The IRiMa Risks Research Program is structured around three main categories of actions:

  1. Coordination actions for scientific networking, organization of assemblies and workshops, and communication.
  2. Targeted projects aimed at structuring and strengthening five major research hubs (coastal risks, mountain risks, NaTech risks, overseas risks, and social sciences), supporting research infrastructures, and fostering training initiatives and international development.
  3. Open projects designed to develop the skills and infrastructure needed to strengthen the community in the long term, both at the national and European levels. These projects are selected through dedicated calls for proposals, intended to support highly innovative or emerging collaborative research.

Targeted projects

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Four Research Chairs to strengthen the cross-cutting activities of the IRiMa Risks Research Program
The “Collective Chairs” project is dedicated to establishing four collaborative research chairs to reinforce the cross-cutting scientific activities of the IRiMa Risks Research Program, and to enhanc…
Vue sur le Lyskamm
Mountain risks (IRIMONT) : assessment and mitigation of natural hazard risks in mountain territories in the context of global systemic change
In mountain regions, imperfect knowledge and modeling of the physical and social processes that generate natural hazards limit the effectiveness of risk assessment and mitigation. The IRIMONT project…
Suivi de la Dune du Pilat par l'Observatoire de la Côte Aquitaine (2019).
Coastal risks (IRICOT) : Toward a better understanding of coastal risks to prepare society for global systemic change
Coastal zones are particularly sensitive to the effects of climate change and represent specific risk areas exposed to hazards such as marine flooding, shoreline retreat, and sea level rise. The IRIC…
La centrale nucléaire du Tricastin, vue de l'extérieur, ville de Saint Paul Trois Chateaux, département de la Drome, France
NaTech risks : anticipating and managing technological accidents triggered by natural events in urban and peri-urban areas
Climate change is leading to changes in the frequency and intensity of natural hazards, which in turn increase the number of technological accidents. The NaTech Risks project of the IRiMa Risks Resea…
Cette carte montre les traces de tous les cyclones tropicaux qui se sont formés entre 1985 et 2005. Les points montrent l'emplacement des cyclones à des intervalles de six heures, et leur couleur indique leur intensité sur l'échelle de Saffir-Simpson © NASA
Overseas risks, tsunami, and hydro-climatic risks in Overseas Territories
The targeted project Overseas Risks focuses on seismo-volcanic risks in the French Antilles, tsunami risks in the Indian Ocean, and hydro-climatic risks in the Pacific, with the goal of improving kno…
La partie sud du glissement de Morne Calebasse à Fort-de-France
Risks and societies (RISC) : Risks and societies in the era of global environmental change: issues, knowledge, and policies
The superposition and combination of different risks in the same territories, and their aggravation by climate change, raise new scientific, social, and political challenges. The Risks and Societies …
Calcul de cartes de risques et d’une carte de risque avec effets de concomitance sur la base de cartes d’aléas et des éléments exposés existantes aux échelles moyennes et larges (selon définitions K. Graff), le wf02 est de type multi-aléa et multirisques avec possibilité de moduler les effets d’un aléa sur l’autre
Digital platforms: a distributed architecture of data and services for the implementation of risk scenarios
The Digital Platforms project of the IRiMa Risks Research Program aims to design a service infrastructure to provide the relevant scientific community with shared means of modeling, analysis, and map…
Calcul de cartes de risques et d’une carte de risque avec effets de concomitance sur la base de cartes d’aléas et des éléments exposés existantes aux échelles moyennes et larges (selon définitions K. Graff), le wf02 est de type multi-aléa et multirisques avec possibilité de moduler les effets d’un aléa sur l’autre
Pillar 6: Platform infrastructure
Risk assessment requires a dedicated infrastructure of platforms to capture complexity, bring together the full range of expertise needed, and enable cross-fertilization and knowledge sharing with a …