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UNDERSTANDING RISK FIELD LABS

The Understanding Risk (UR) Field Labs are collaborative, unstructured, un-conferences that bring together people to produce creative approaches to address today's most pressing climate and disaster risk management issues.

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The Field Lab experience

Over four weeks, participants from around the world co-design a schedule and form working groups to develop projects, ranging from art to research.

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Why The Field Lab?

We need to develop new and effective ways of working with climate change data, while also working to create a more equitable and pluralistic data. (change)

HOW TO RUN A FIELD LABFIELD LAB TOOLKIT

GLOBAL LOCATIONS

The Field Lab is held in locations around the world that are on the frontlines of climate and disaster risk

FEATURED OUTPUTS

A selection of featured projects, papers, and videos from across all Field Labs.


For a full list of outputs from past field labs click here:

Chiang mai 2019 - Outputs

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Kathmandu 2024 - Outputs

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Exit Survey 2024

Results of the anonymous exit survey from the 2024 Kathmandu Field Lab participants, to which 50 people responded.

Field Lab Experience

85% of participants rated their experience hihgly

Impact on Career

80% of participants said the Field Lab had a positive impact on their career

During Field Lab

90% of participants made progress on projects during the Field Lab

Connections

64% of participants came away from the Field Lab with new friendships and/or collaborations

Where are they Now?

Quotes from the alumni of the 2019 Chiang Mai Field Lab on Urban Flooding.

This microsite, exit poll surveys and participation in the UR Forum Himeji were made possible with the support of

Government of Japan
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
World Bank

The UR Field Labs were supported by:

ICIMOD
Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Disaster Risk Financing & Insurance Program World Bank Group
Social Science Baha
Urban Justice League
Plan 8
University of Toronto
University of Michigan
Himalayan University Consortium
Government of Nepal Ministry of Home Affairs National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority
HOT OSM - Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
Earth Observatory of Singapore
Nanyang Technological University - NTU Singapore
Natural Capital Project
Chiang Mai University
Facebook
National Research Foundation, Singapore (NRF)
CO-RISK LABS

COLLABORATIONS & CONNECTIONS

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