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Key Research Themes and Topics
Key Research Themes and Topics
Key Research Themes and Topics
As part of its mission to reduce the impact of future geohazard events EQC funds research to
address critical gaps in knowledge about New Zealand’s exposure and vulnerability to
geological hazards and options for their cost-effective management.
EQC aligns its research funding criteria and allocation process to achieve the following impacts:
support strategic outcomes with relevance to issues of public disaster risk management
stimulate the growth of innovative and more adaptive research cultures
encourage collaboration across agency and discipline boundaries (including the Natural
Hazards Research Platform, the ‘Resilience to Nature’s Challenges’ National Science
Challenge, and other relevant research initiatives such as through BRANZ and MBIE)
promote consistent involvement of students and early career researchers
emphasise the importance of national and international collaboration and peer review
EQC will fund research that contributes to one or more of the following research themes and
associated topic areas. The listed themes and topics have been derived from a review of EQC’s
historical research investments, consideration of global trends in natural hazard risk research
and catastrophe risk financing, and feedback from researchers and end-users attending forums
and planning workshops, sponsored by EQC and other funding agencies.
While the listed topics indicate preferred content of a research programme to assist EQC’s
strategic aims, this should not be viewed as a rigid prescription for individual projects.