The
2013/2014 edition of the Risk and Emergency Management (REM) curriculum
of the PhD Programme in Understanding and Managing Extremes (UME) is
being offered by the UME Graduate School of the IUSS Pavia to train
graduates and professionals in the assessment, mitigation and management
of extreme events, with a particular focus on those arising from
natural hazards.
The
unique characteristics of the programme include the broad,
interdisciplinary curriculum that includes topics of statistics and
probability, law, economics, resource management, natural hazards and
risk, finance, insurance, sociology, communication, psychology, public
health and medicine, and the innovative teaching structure which allows
renowned lecturers from around the world to make up the teaching body.
Applications
are currently open, with a deadline of 14th March 2013, and
scholarships are available for the highest ranking applicants. Full
details of the programme, as well as the application procedure and
scholarship opportunities, can be found on the following websites: http://www.umeschool.it/rem and http://www.iusspavia.it/eng/dott.php?id=10&sez=1.
Application Deadline : 14 March 2013
