Public Risk and Disaster
About this minor
In this minor you will explore grand challenges such as climate change, intensified disaster, cybercrime, and risks associated with new technologies, and look for possible ways forward. Unique to this minor is its multidisciplinary approach, where you learn to combine a unique blend of social sciences and engineering concepts to analyse and evaluate current-day risk and disaster-related issues.
Structure of the minor
The minor consists of 6 courses of 5 ECTS each and takes place during the first semester. The semester is divided into two blocks of eight weeks each. In every block, three courses are taught. You can also register to only follow the three courses in block one, which count for a total of 15 ECTS.
Please be aware that the PRD minor needs to be completed in one academic year. It is not possible to retake courses that you have not passed during the following academic year.
Schedule
The online timetables show an overview of all your courses, locations, and starting and ending times per semester. Please note that the timetables can be subject to changes if required, so please check the timetables regularly. For Leiden University, timetables can be found via https://rooster.universiteitleiden.nl/schedule. For TU Delft courses, Timetables can be found via https://mytimetable.tudelft.nl/. In both timetables, click on 'add timetable' and 'program of study' and search for the minor to see the courses.
Location
The PRD minor courses will take place at Campus The Hague and Delft University of Technology. More information on this can be found in the e-prospectus of the individual courses.
What will you learn?
The minor PRD gives insight into risk and disaster-related topics which are omnipresent in today’s world, such as incidents due to technological errors, the effects of climate change, and disasters.
After completion of the minor, you will be able to:
- Acquire multidisciplinary knowledge and skills to assess, analyze, and manage risks associated with complex socio-technical systems and global challenges
- Understand the interconnectedness of risks and vulnerabilities across borders
- Apply insights from theories on emerging technologies, cybersecurity, disaster studies, climate politics, cascading effects and engineering risk management to real-world cases and policy question
- Formulate policy advice on some of the most pressing issues in the world today concerning technology, climate change, and disaster
- Develop proficiency in conducting risk assessments, forecasting potential cascading effects, and proposing evidence-informed strategies for risk prevention and risk mitigation.
- Collaborate in multidisciplinary teams
Cooperation TU Delft and Leiden University
To provide this broad spectrum of knowledge to students, TU Delft and Leiden University set up a cooperation. Leiden University primarily contributes with knowledge in disaster studies, focusing on climate change and disaster politics, and intersectional issues. TU Delft contributes in the areas of risk management, system analyses, technology assessment, and ethical analyses, focusing on man-made risks.