Social Vulnerability

Third Summer Academy Environment-related migration – Hard facts needed for a better policy

The third Summer Academy was held in late July 2008. 25 young scientists from 16 nations analysed the extent to which environmental and climate change is forcing people to migrate. >more

Summer Academy 2008

Summer Academy 2008 - Application

From 27 July - 02 August 2008 the third Summer Academy  “Environmental change, migration & social vulnerability”  will take place at Hohenkammer Castle. Applications close by 15 January 2008. >more (PDF, 238 KB)

Social Vulnerability Bulletin

First Social Vulnerability Bulletin

Welcome to the first Social Vulnerability Bulletin, an annual update of research and activities in the field of social vulnerability. >more (PDF, 618 KB)

Summer Academy 2007 - Report

2nd Summer Academy: Challenges Posed by Megacities

Two dozen young scientists from 15 countries met with internationally recognised experts at Schloss Hohenkammer near Munich at the end of July to discuss issues relating to the topic “Megacities: social vulnerability and measures to build social resilience”. >more

SOURCE No. 6 - Perspectives on Social Vulnerability

SOURCE No. 6 - Perspectives on Social Vulnerability

The results of the first Summer Academy on Social Vulnerability are available now. Please download the PDF version. >more

UNU Vice Rectorate

The establishment of a UNU Vice Rectorate in Bonn

The United Nations University (UNU) and the Ministry of Education and Research of the Federal Republic of Germany (BMBF) signed an agreement on the establishment of a UNU Vice Rectorate in Europe (UNU-ViE) on 4 June 2007 at the UN Campus in Bonn. >more (PDF, 51 KB)

Leaflet Summer Academy

Leaflet - Summer Academy and the most important results of social vulnerability

The leaflet describes the partnership between the United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) and the Munich Re Foundation as well as the jointly sponsored Chair on Social Vulnerability. It shows the most important results in the complex field of social vulnerability, as defined by the participants during the first Summer Academy in 2006. >more

Prof. Hans-Georg Bohle

New holder of the foundation chair

Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Bohle, geographer and expert on poverty in India, will hold the Chair on Social Vulnerability for the academic year 2006/2007. >more

Summer Academy 2007

Summer Academy 2007 - Announcement

The Munich Re Foundation and the UN University, Bonn (UNU-EHS), will hold their second summer academy on social vulnerabilty from 22 to 27 July 2007. The topic will be: Megacities as hotspots of risk. >more

Megacity Chennai

Water and Health: Struggling for Survival in a South Indian Megacity

Floods during the monsoon period, water scarcity during the dry months, contaminated drinking water, lack of waste water facilities – embedded in this multifaceted water crisis the populations of the South Indian megacity Chennai are struggling just to maintain their health. >more

A research and action agenda for social vulnerability

In the summer of 2006, the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security and the Munich Re Foundation called a group of experts together to discuss the state-of-the art in social vulnerability science, and define a research and action agenda in this field. >more