Welcome to the competence centre for floods, avalanches, debris flows and rockfall

On the following pages you will find information about the teaching and research activities of the institute.

Keywords: torrent control - avalanche control - torrent - debris flow - avalanche - rockfall - debris transport - technical, land management and biological protection measures - prevention - disaster control - technical object protection - vulnerability - risk - risk management - risk assessment - monitoring warning systems - rheology

New job offers !

We are seeking two motivated PhD students to work in the project "Flow behavior of debris flows at different scales (Behave)”, funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF. (click here for details)

Management and Administration

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