Risk, Disaster & Resilience Network
Risks such as climate change, natural hazard events like floods and bushfires, and COVID-19 are changing the world we live in. They require new approaches that support resilience building and innovative solutions.
The Risk, Disaster and Resilience (RDR) Network tailor-makes research and training to support our end users assess, plan for and manage their risk and impacts, before, during and after events.
We work with businesses, governments, communities and other research networks to deliver dynamic new approaches that support resilience building and innovative solutions.
Our expertise
Communities
Community development, health and economics.
Environment
Climate, ecology, fire and water.
Organisations
Emergency management, public safety and training.
Built infrastructure
Water, energy, green and sustainable infrastructures and their use.
Systems & strategy
Policies, foresighting and the future workforce.
Read more about the expertise of the RDR Network.
Featured videos
Meet some members of the Risk Disaster and Resilience Network - a research team formed in 2021, to identify multiple areas of risk, including Climate Change.
Discover how VU researchers are shaping and working to create solutions that make our communities safer and more resilient.