Risk awareness, response scenarios, resolutions.
- Are you interested in learning more about crisis management strategies?
- Do you want to expand your knowledge about individual, social, and systems‘ resilience in the context of chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, geography and geosciences?
- Do you enjoy discussing interdisciplinary perspectives and possible measures with international peers from some of our Forthem Alliance and Erasmus+ partner universities?
If so, then join this blended intensive program (BIP) to talk about resilience in times of global crises!
Pandemic, climate change, loss of biodiversity. Natural disasters such as heavy rains, storms, floods, forest fires, heat, drought. Scarcity of resources, global inequality, housing shortages, migration movements. Uncontrolled artificial intelligence, technology and power failures, cyber security, anti-democratic tendencies and war. The world, our planet Earth, is currently exposed to extreme events. Life on Earth is being transformed, multiple crises are interlinked and converge in a so-called polycrisis. How can we face these planetary transformations or global crisis? How can we be better prepared? What makes individuals, societies and systems more resilient in emergencies?
These and similar research questions and conceptualizations of the term “resilience” are addressed by psychological disciplines as well as natural, social and technically applied sciences. The term originates from physical materials science and describes materials that return to their original state after extreme deformation thanks to their resilience, elasticity and resistance. In the 1970s resilience research in psychology and ecology developed almost simultaneously and independently of each other. Since its emergence, the term has evolved in meaning and usage and its reception has increased immensely. Despite the use of the term in different contexts, the common core is the successful handling of a disruption of any kind.
The main aim of resilience research is to identify resilience factors and resilience mechanisms and to decipher the adaptation processes that take place in order to develop new methods and measures for prevention and to remain able to function and act. Forster Summer School 2025 will focus on the findings of resilience research.
Come along and discover current discourses and scientific perspectives on resilience from the research areas of
- energy generation and regenerative energy management
- crisis and disaster management
- geological hazards and resources
- pandemic preparedness and drug supply
- healthcare and global health
- sustainable food environments
- resilience's governmental implications
- education and (geography) didactics
Your participation affords you the unique chance to discuss current scientific positions from multiple perspectives with experts from the fields of chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, geography, geosciences and others. The program will be held in English.
And that’s not all: Experience practical implementation during excursions. Explore the lovely city of Mainz, famous for its Roman heritage. Admire the three most famous attractions: the Romanesque cathedral, the Gutenberg printing press and the Carnival fountain. Beyond that, you can explore the Rhineland and discover Rhine-Hesse as the country's largest wine-growing region.
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