Cascading Risks and Disaster Resilience: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
TED University invites you to the Pre-COP31 Online Panel, organized by the TED University Sustainable Trade Research Center (TEDUsTRC) as part of its Pre-COP31 events.
Date: October 5, 2026, Monday
Time: 10:00 AM Eastern Time (ET) / 5:00 PM Ankara Time (UTC+3)
Venue: Online via Zoom
Panel Recording
Watch the panel recording on YouTube
About the panel
As disasters become increasingly interconnected and their impacts extend far beyond directly affected areas, understanding cascading risks and strengthening resilience require perspectives that cut across disciplines, institutions, and geographies.
The panel will bring together leading international scholars and experts in disaster resilience, climate risk, disaster preparedness, urban planning, and governance. Bringing together expertise from economics, sociology, governance, urban planning, climate resilience, and disaster management, the discussion will explore how cascading risks emerge and how communities, cities, and institutions can build greater resilience in an increasingly complex risk environment.
The event also builds on TED University’s growing research agenda on systemic and cascading disaster risks, including Beyond Epicenters, an EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Staff Exchanges project coordinated by TED University.
Speakers
- Daniel P. Aldrich — Northeastern University
- Kezban Çelik — TED University
- Ziqiang Han — Nanjing University
- Karl Kim — University of Hawaiʻi
- Courtney Page-Tan — Indiana University Indianapolis
- Jeff Schlegelmilch — Columbia University
Moderator
Nazire Nergiz Dincer — Professor of Economics, Director of the Sustainable Trade Research Center at TED University, and Project Coordinator of Beyond Epicenters.
We look forward to welcoming researchers, students, practitioners, policymakers, and everyone interested in disaster resilience and cascading risks.
Event poster
