Evidence for Policy in Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Summer School 2026
Summer School on generating Evidence for Policy in Disaster Risk Management (DRM)
Workshop
Key information
- Date(s)
- -
- Location
- Tallinn, Estonia
- Attendance type
- Face-to-face
- Registration instructions
As a closed event, UCPM Member/Participating States have first priority in nominating participants. An open call to UCPM and Horizon Europe project researchers was available until March here.
- Attendance model
- Closed
Description
Due to the success of the previous Evidence for Policy in DRM Summer Schools (2020, 2023, 2024 and 2025), the European Commission and the Civitas Soteria consortium (ICF and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna) are reorganising the school for 2026 in Tallinn, Estonia with the Tallinn University as host. In 2025, 83% of participants (N=61) rated the overall quality of the programme as above average or very high.
The Summer School's objective is for participants to gain:
- New knowledge on how to better integrate scientific evidence into policymaking.
- Scientists will learn how to better communicate and visualise their results, tackle uncertainty and align their projects with policy and operational needs.
- Policymakers and operational staff will learn how research can support policy, which science can be relevant to their field, where to find it and how to interpret it, and what can be expected from researchers.
- New insights on how ‘the other side’ operates.
- An enlarged network of likeminded professionals, working on disaster risk management with ambition of using evidence in policymaking.
- Access to a global community of practice, exchanging top resources and expertise.
An open call to UCPM and Horizon Europe project researchers was available until March here.
Agenda, logistics, class descriptions and scenario package
The final agenda, logistical info as well as the class descriptions and scenario package are uploaded below for participants.
Related content
Documents
final-agenda-summer-school-26.pdf
(401.34 KB - PDF)final-logistical-brief_summer-schoool-26.pdf
(499.22 KB - PDF)class-1_harnessing-the-economics-of-disaster-risk-management-and-smart-investing-tools.pdf
(241.62 KB - PDF)class-2_developing-a-risk-communication-approach-to-support-population-preparedness.pdf
(304.23 KB - PDF)class-3_cyber-security-incidents-blackouts-and-energy-disruptions-as-emerging-disasters.pdf
(270.12 KB - PDF)class-4_leveraging-open-source-data-in-crisis-management.pdf
(415.56 KB - PDF)class-5_eu-beyond-its-borders-preparedness-and-response-in-the-face-of-climate-related-disasters.pdf
(275.32 KB - PDF)class-6_the-multiple-uses-of-artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning-for-preparedness.pdf
(290 KB - PDF)class-7_preparedness-and-resilience-for-managing-the-systemic-risk-of-compounding-disasters.pdf
(349.8 KB - PDF)class-8_exploring-systemic-cascading-impacts-with-foresight.pdf
(287.56 KB - PDF)arganil_general-scenario-package.pdf
(512.27 KB - PDF)paldiski_general-scenario-package.pdf
(662.59 KB - PDF)