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Institute of Geography

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CUORE

Cultures of Response

Prof. Dr. B.M.W. Ratter, Dr. Corinna de Guttry, Dr. Martin Döring, Dr. Michael Fink (until 30.09.2024), Ya-Qing Zhan M.A. (until 31.01.2024) , Louisa Schneider M.Sc.
Duration: 01.05.2020 - 30.09.2024

The project "CUORE - Cultures of response" analyzes the cultural and dynamic character of resilience using the example of two case studies on storm resilience: the Penghu Archipelago (Taiwan) and the East Frisian Islands (Germany). CUORE's intercultural approach leads to a deeper understanding of the cultural embedding of resilience, on the basis of which a set of indicators and response scenarios will be developed, which can then be used by local and national decision-makers to develop effective measures to improve social preparedness for and resilience to natural disasters.

Overall, CUORE makes a threefold contribution to the current discussion on resilience: a) from a theoretical perspective, the introduction of response diversity to empirically study resilience; b) from a methodological perspective, triangulation and fruitful combination of culturally sensitive qualitative and quantitative data; c) from an operational perspective, the transfer of the results of the project to the political context.