Disaster Risk Management and Development department

AUT’s disaster disk management and development programmes equip students with complex emergency and disaster risk management skills to make a difference now and in the future.

Our programmes cover a range of topics, including disaster risk reduction, environmental change, humanitarian action, emergency and disaster management, public health, resilience building and sustainable development.

Our academic staff are recognised nationally, regionally and globally, and have worked on community-based disaster risk reduction, disaster response and sustainable development projects across the world.

Undergraduate courses

You can currently study a disaster risk management and development course as part of the Bachelor of Health Science:

EMGT601 Disaster Risk Management and Development

This is a core course in the Bachelor of Health Science in Health Management.

Postgraduate courses

AUT offers a range of postgraduate degrees in disaster risk management and development:

Study Progression Pathway

Interested in public health and resilience?

We recommend that you take the following courses as part of your programme so you can graduate with a focus on public health and resilience.

PUBH801 Principles of Public Health
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Research partners and organisations we work with:

Group activities during the Build Community Resilience block course

Fieldwork in partnership with the Red Cross in Vanuatu after 2015’s Tropical Cyclone Pam

Damaged house after Tropical Cyclone Evan hit Samoa in 2012

Technology like video games and virtual reality can be powerful for disaster risk reduction

In her role for Médecins Sans Frontières, alumna Su Myat Kyaw now looks after the wellbeing of people in IDP (Internally Displaced Person) camps in Myanmar