INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DISASTER RESEARCH
The main activity of the International Institute for Disaster Research is scientific research work in the field of disaster studies, and it is performed at the Institute whose headquarters are at the mentioned address. The main activity of the Institute is realized through basic, applied, and developmental scientific research in the field of the scientific discipline of disaster risk management. It has several departments: 1. Department for research of phenomenology, endangerment, and resistance to disasters; 2. Department for Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Research; 3. Department for Disaster Protection and Rescue Research; 4. Disaster Recovery Research Department; 5. Disaster Risk Management Department; 6. Department for Research on International Cooperation and the Legal Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.