Resilience to Multi-Risk - workshop and meeting of AK Naturgefahren/Naturrisiken

Call for participation "Resilience to Multi-Risk"

The built environment – our cities, buildings, infrastructures and human-shaped open spaces – is facing major challenges due to the consequences of global climate change. In particular, the increase in extreme weather events such as heatwaves, heavy rainfall and droughts poses a growing threat. These natural hazards not only threaten human lives, but also property and economic assets. It is therefore becoming increasingly important to make cities and regions more resilient to these hazards.

The risks of these natural hazards are interconnected, often referred to as complex, multi(ple), compound or systemic risks. They are interdependent and can trigger and reinforce each other. There are dynamic interactions between and within the risk drivers of hazard, vulnerability and exposure. These interactions between the individual hazards and the resulting dynamic development of vulnerability and exposure should be considered holistically in multi-risk assessments.

While a lot is already known about river flooding, there is still a considerable need for research into the risks posed by heat, drought, heavy rain/snowfall, landslides or avalanches etc. Furthermore, scientific projects have developed methods that usually only focus on individual natural hazards. Additionally, systemic environmental risk refers to the potential for widespread, cascading negative impacts on ecosystems and human/social systems (such as finance, health, and infrastructure) due to complex, interconnected environmental issues. However, there is still a lack of comprehensive approaches that link and systematise different hazards and their effects.

We invite scientists interested in the topics mentioned above to participate in this interactive event. It is planned to have a mixture of keynotes, impulse presentations, discussions and poster sessions. In addition, a half-day excursion is foreseen.

Submissions (talks, speed talks or posters) may address issues of

1. Innovative single and multi-risk Assessments,
2. Territories or areas that are especially exposed and/or vulnerable,
3. Innovations in risk reduction and resilience building.

You are welcome to submit your abstract (German/English, Max. 250 words) for oral presentations or posters until 16 January 2026. Decisions of participation will be taken until 30 January 2026.

The conference is free of charge for participants. Coffee breaks will be provided by the conference organizers, travel and accommodation needs to be organised and covered by the participants; dinner will be organised but needs to be covered by participants.

Keynotes
To be announced.

Hotels
Guesthouse ‘Am Weberplatz’
InterCityHotel Dresden
ibis Dresden Zentrum
ibis budget Dresden City
Motel One Dresden am Zwinger

Further hotels can be found via the usual booking portals.

Organising committee (IOER):
Regine Ortlepp
Marco Neubert (main contact – m.neubertioer@ioer.de)
Gerárd Hutter
Christoph Schünemann
Reinhard Schinke

In coordination with the speakers of the AK:
Andreas Mayer, Department of Geography, University of Innsbruck
Liang Emlyn Yang, Department of Geography, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU)
Alexandra Titz, Department of Geography and Geosciences, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen