The 2014 summer school entitled “Prepare for high impact disasters: towards the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction” was organized on July 22–25, 2014 at Tohoku University and attended by 47 participants from seven countries. This year’s summer school consisted of a seminar with a series of presentations as well as group discussions on campus safety and regional priorities in DRR. A field trip was also conducted to Kesennuma City, which was very severely affected by the 2011 disaster.

A 2-page summary of key points surrounding campus safety and disaster management plans.

The 2013 summer school was organised on July 23-25, 2013 at Tohoku University as the first major activity under the Multi-Hazards Program. The summer school was attended by 31 participants from 9 countries, and it consisted of 17 students, 13 faculty members and 1 APRU secretariat staff.

The 4th APRU-IRIDeS Multi-Hazards Summer School, organised by the APRU Multi-Hazards Program and hosted by the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) at Tohoku University was held in Sendai from 19 to 22 July 2016.

APRU-IRIDeS Multi-Hazards Program Campus Safety Workshop 2018: Building Disaster Resistant Universities: Is Your University Ready for the Next Natural Disaster?

April 3-5, 2018, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan