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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. Dr Loïc Le Dé has worked in the Pacific region on community-based disaster risk reduction, disaster response and sustainable development for a decade, and Dr Ailsa Holloway has more than 25 years’ experience in the disaster risk and emergencies field in Asia, Africa and the Middle-East.

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
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Technology like video games and virtual reality can be powerful for disaster risk reduction
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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
Mathew St Martin
Jackie Bubb
Damithri Jayasekara
Su Myat Kyaw
Jerry Wells Hagaria
Mathew St Martin
Great graduatesMathew St MartinDisaster Program Manager for Tennessee, Red Cross, United StatesMaster of Disaster Risk Management and DevelopmentStudying disaster risk management and development has opened up more opportunities than he ever expected, says Mathew St Martin who came to AUT from the US.Studying disaster risk management and development has opened up more opportunities than he ever expected, says Mathew St Martin who came to AUT from the US.
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Jackie Bubb
Great graduatesJackie BubbDisaster Response Manager, New Zealand Red CrossMaster of PhilosophyThe people are what she loves most about her career in disaster risk management and development, says Jackie Bubb who works for the New Zealand Red Cross.The people are what she loves most about her career in disaster risk management and development, says Jackie Bubb who is the disaster response manager for the New Zealand Red Cross and is currently completing a Master of Philosophy at AUT. Jackie and her team have responded to a wide range of disasters and emergency situations, including the Whakaari volcano eruption, Southland floods, Auckland droughts and several rural fires.
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Damithri Jayasekara
Great graduatesDamithri JayasekaraDoctor of PhilosophyShe wants to help her home country reduce the impacts of disasters, says Damithri Jayasekara who came to AUT as an international student from Sri Lanka.She wants to help her home country reduce the impacts of disasters, says Damithri Jayasekara who came to AUT as an international student from Sri Lanka.
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Su Myat Kyaw
Great graduatesSu Myat KyawMedical Activity Manager, Médecins Sans Frontières, MyanmarMaster of Disaster Risk Management and DevelopmentFor many Myanmar migrants floods and storms are common disasters, says Su Myat Kyaw who came to AUT to study disaster risk management and development.For many Myanmar migrants floods and storms are common disasters, says Su Myat Kyaw who came to AUT as an international student from Myanmar to study disaster risk management and development. With a background in medicine, Su came to AUT to further her understanding of how to best support people during emergencies and disaster situations.
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Jerry Wells Hagaria
Great graduatesJerry Wells HagariaMaster of Disaster Risk Management and Development
Graduate Diploma in Health ScienceHis goal is to help communities reduce disaster and climate risks, says Jerry Wells Hagaria who came to AUT from the Solomon Islands to study health sciences.His goal is to help communities reduce disaster and climate risks, says Master of Disaster Risk Management and Development student Jerry Wells Hagaria who came to AUT from the Solomon Islands, supported by a Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade New Zealand – Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship.
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