Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (CIGIDEN)
Centers and Initiatives
Centro de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada del Riesgo de Desastres
Generar conocimiento para evitar que los eventos extremos de la naturaleza se transformen en desastres. CIGIDEN cuenta con un equipo de investigadores de diferentes disciplinas , como las ciencias de la tierra, ingenierías, ciencias sociales, geografía, economía, diseño, arquitectura, urbanismo y ciencias de la comunicación.
This interdisciplinary approach has promoted a profound academic transformation, advancing from the study of natural hazards and emergency response toward a comprehensive perspective focused on disaster risk reduction and resilience building.
Our scientific production is internationally recognized, and CIGIDEN’s public policy proposals and technological transfer contributions are having a positive impact on people’s lives. We believe that scientific research of excellence is only possible with knowledge, presence, and roots in the territory, achieved through the construction of collaborative relationships and permanent dialogue with individuals, communities, and decision-makers.
Research lines:
L1: Solid earth process hazards
L2: Surface water process hazards
L3: Risk and resilience in complex systems and networks
L4: Disaster Culture and Risk Governance
L5: Socioeconomic evaluation for critical infrastructure risk mitigation
L6: Citizen governance.
Specialty areas:
(i) Natural hazards
(ii) Risk identification and characterization
(iii) Resilience to socio-natural disasters
(iv) Integrated disaster risk management
Location
Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul
Hernán Briones Building, 3rd Floor
San Joaquín Campus, UC
Santiago, Chile
