PhD in Chemical & Environmental Risk, IUSS Pavia - UME Graduate School, Italy (2016)

The first edition (2016/2017) of the Chemical and Environmental Risk 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.

A unique characteristic of the Programme is the broad curriculum, oriented towards assessment and management of complex risk situations involving technological, environmental, behavioural and individual susceptibility risk factors. Environmental and human health risk topics are addresses by multidisciplinary approaches integrating biomedical and public health sciences, social and behavioural sciences, advanced technology (e.g. telecommunication, remote sensing), computational sciences, statistics and probability, and economics (e.g. resource management, risk insurance law).

Research Fields
Environmental science

Eligibility criteria
The minimum requirement to apply for the UME PhD Programme is a University Degree, preferably in Engineering, Geophysics, Physics, Economics or similar. Professional experience in related topics will be favourably evaluated.

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