Anybody within the eruption zone would be pulverised by blasts, crisped by the heat, or asphyxiated by ash.

Wie hängt das Katastrophenrisiko eines Landes mit der gesellschaftlichen Situation zusammen? Welchen Einfluss haben Faktoren wie Regierungsführung, Qualität des öffentlichen Gesundheitssystems, Umweltsituation und Bildungsniveau auf die Gefährdung eines Landes durch Naturkatastrophen? Der WeltRisikoBericht versucht, Antworten auf diese Fragen zu geben.

Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, Earthquakes and more: this year's Hazards conferences are set to be the best yet!

The 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the northeast USA were 25 years ago today, yet mental health impacts persist.

In practice and research, Emily Ragus reflects on her experiences and contributions to maintaining mental health while being a trauma nurse.

Date: Thursday 22 October, 15:00 – 16:00 CET Format: live online: 1 hour Speaker: Ilan Kelman is Professor of Disasters and Health at University College…

Disasters are not natural but result from social vulnerabilities, inequality and policy choices. This blog argues that focusing on vulnerability, rather than labels such as “natural” or “hybrid” disas...

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The 2026 Polar Disaster Risk Reduction and Response Series recaps key findings and arguments, concluding with a broader perspective.

Education is widely positioned in international policy frameworks as a mechanism for fostering agency in young people to promote resilience in their communities, including in the United Nation's Send...

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Human-induced climate change significantly impacts human health, with children being particularly susceptible to its impacts. National Adaptation Plans serve as the main framework for countries to est...

Following our 4 June newsletter discussing the AustraliaTuvalu Falepili Union, Professor Ilan Kelman shared the following response, offering additional legal...

AB070. Integrating health and ethics in climate adaptation: a global review of National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)

The Disasters Avoided project provides six characteristics for actions to ensure disasters avoided, applied here to the polar regions.

An independent quarterly online exhibition dedicated to migrant creators. Exploring memory, lived experience, and image-making as collective imagination.

Two recent reviews of psychological first aid in disasters show ways for the field to move forward.

Монография органично встраивается в научно-популярную серию «На пути к формализму риска», развивая её ключевую методологическую установку: рассмотрение риска как свойства управляемого случайного проце...

Join Professors Judy Stephenson and Ilan Kelman as they discuss the dangers of complacency, and how 'natural disasters' are a misnomer

As humanity settles new locations on and off the Earth, today's knowledge is inadequate for understanding and responding to future disaster mental health needs.

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Marking UCL200, the 16th UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction annual conference explores 'Cities of the future: Risks, resilience and reimagination'.

Author: Ilan Kelman  https://www.ilankelman.org/ and Instagram/Threads/X @ILANKELMAN and Bluesky [ilankelman.bsky.social]ilankelman.bsky.social is Professor of Disasters and Health at University Colle...

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By Robert Stojanov, Ilan Kelman & 1 more. Islanders tend to express a preference for staying in their homes and adapting to climate change, as demonstrated by Maldives.

Much is said, written, and proposed about the climate-migration-health nexus with many efforts and suggestions put forward regarding its governance at multiple levels, including regionalism and interr...

Environmental change can lead to disorientation in and alienation from the familiar at home, termed “dépaysement,” adversely affecting mental health.

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Tales from the Poles Tales from the Poles is a collaborative storytelling project organized by APECS Netherlands and the UK Polar Network. Its aim is to bring together diverse voices connected to th...

By Ilan Kelman, University College London and Simon Hollis, Swedish Defence University Climate change is affecting Pacific Islanders who are often advised from outside the Pacific to respond throug…

After a disaster, assumptions can prevail about mental health during recovery. People respond at different paces, with different timeframes, and using different mechanisms.