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World-leading research into earthquakes, disasters and resilience is being conducted by staff and students throughout ΢��ҕ�l.

Psychology researchers have conducted numerous earthquake/disaster related studies since the Christchurch and Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 and Japan's massive earthquake in 2011. PhD student and ΢��ҕ�l Quake Centre scholarship recipient Royce Liu is progressing steadily with his research into improving the performance of bridge structures under seismic loading.��Engineering Professor��Brendon Bradley was awarded the 2016 Prime Minister’s MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize, which included $150,000 for further research.

An important role for the ΢��ҕ�l Quake Centre is conducting and co-ordinating research, and helping to ensure the findings reach the most appropriate audiences.

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Research strengths

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Earthquake Resilience

Areas of current research in earthquake resilience��include:

• Ground motion simulation
• Liquefaction impacts on infrastructure
• Heritage, safety and economics: addressing earthquake-prone buildings
• Next-generation infrastructure: low-damage and repairable solutions
• Pathways to improved resilience
• Spatially-distributed infrastructure

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Research centres and groups

• QuakeCoRE NZ Centre for Earthquake Resilience
• Quake Centre
• CEISMIC��Canterbury Earthquake Digital Archive

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Researchers and supervisors

Staff actively working in these areas are:

Ken Elwood
Brendon Bradley
Misko Cubrinovski
Nick Horspool
Jason Ingham
David Johnston
Erica Seville
Liam Wotherspoon

Natural and Geological Hazards

Areas of current research in natural and geological hazards��include:

• The vulnerability of high voltage electrical distribution systems exposed to volcanic ashfall hazards
• Prediction of size, location and runout of large coseismic rock avalanches and volcanic debris avalanches
• Mechanics of fragmentation and rock friction: blockslides and faulting
• Mechanics of landslide dam breaching
• River aggradation and flooding from large mass movements
• Earthquake-induced flooding and aggradation on alluvial fans in Westland
• Paleoseismicity of active faults in the plate boundary deformation zone
• Fault-specific and regional seismic hazard assessment
• Seismic hazard assessment of Canterbury fault propagation folds
• Volcanic debris avalanches

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Research centres and groups

• Natural Hazard Research Centre
• Geological Hazards Research Group

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Researchers and supervisors

Staff actively working in these areas are:

Risk, Resilience and Renewal

Areas of current in risk, resilience and renewal��include:

• Organisational��resilience and recovery
• Service provider response
• Financial recovery��
• Human Resource Management - leadership and management, post-disaster recovery and management��
• Law and Policy - natural disasters��
• Tourism - short-term and long-term impacts, recovery

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Research centres and groups

• ΢��ҕ�l Centre for Risk, Resilience and Renewal
• Resilience: Technological Research Group
• Resilience: Organisational Research Group
• Resilience: Social Research Group

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Researchers and supervisors

Staff actively working in these areas are:

Hazard and disaster management

Areas of current research in hazard and disaster management��include:

• Social resilience - animals, people and community
• Emergency management planning
• Volcanic hazards assessment and mitigation
• Communication in emergency management
• Mass movement hazards and mitigation
• Hazard and vulnerability assessments
• Land use planning for hazard mitigation

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Research centres and groups

• Search and Rescue Research Group (SRRG)
• Hazard and Disaster Management Group

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Researchers and supervisors

Staff actively working in these areas are: