Multidisciplinary approaches to risk management

Risk @ UNIBO is an initiative of the UNIBO Working Group on Risk (Scientific Coordination: Alessandro Marzani, Federico Casolari). Weekly meeting, Friday 2-4 PM.

Contents:

• Risk defintions, elements of probability, risk assessment and analyses;
• Specific risks in various scenario (seismic, landslide, polluted sites, tsunami, flood, alluvial, explosion, terrorist attack, digital);
• Domino effect, risk managment, loss estimation;
• Case studies and lesson learned.

Programme:

Seminar 1 - 18 May 2018, 2-4 PM (Room G, Belmeloro Building, via Andreatta 8 - Bologna)

Risk, perception, communication, Luca Pietrantoni (Department of Psychology)

Groundwater contamination by chlorinated hydrocarbons: identification of the polluter and pathways for human exposure, Maria Filippini (Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences)

Seminar 2 – 25 May 2018, 2-4 PM (Room H, Belmeloro Building, via Andreatta 8 - Bologna)

International and EU Disaster Law, Federico Casolari (Department of Legal Studies)

Earthquake: facts and fakes, Silvia Castellaro (Department of Physics and Astronomy)

Seminar 3 – 1 June 2018, 2-4 PM (Room H, Belmeloro Building, via Andreatta 8 - Bologna)

The statistical approach to risk analysis: Methods and case studies, Massimo Ventrucci (Department of Statistical Sciences)

Flood risk assessment and management: a systems approach for an ever evolving world, Attilio Castellarin (Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering)

Seminar 4 – 8 June 2018, 2-4 PM (Sala Feste, Malvezzi Building, via Zamboni 22 - Bologna)

Seismic assessment and fragility analysis of industrial buildings in seismic areas – A case study after 2012 Emilia earthquake, Marco Savoia (Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering)

Technological risk and cascading events, Valerio Cozzani (Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering)

Seminar 5 – 15 June 2018, 2-4 PM (Room H, Belmeloro Building, via Andreatta 8 - Bologna)

Decision-making under risk: psychological and neural mechanisms, Giuseppe Di Pellegrino (Department of Psychology)

Floods and Landslides in a Geo-Historical Perspective, Stefano Piastra (Department of Education)