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About the Program

Third edition 2018 - 2019

The Master ‘Emergency & Resilience’ is an exclusive master degree that improves the professional response of architects, engineers, geographers, logisticians and social scientists within the context of humanitarian emergencies (conflicts and natural disasters), rapid urbanizations and poverty. The program is a join venture of University of Venice IUAV and Emergency Architecture & Human Rights EAHR and it is located in Venice at IUAV.
Interdisciplinary and Co-creative approach

Interdisciplinary and Co-creative approach

Master Emergency & Resilience is the only international master that focus on Humanitarian Emergencies and Resilience with teachers and students from different academic backgrounds and nationalities.
The master prepares practitioners to develop and manage projects with a holistic approach within the field of humanitarian emergencies and development.
Prestigious Faculty

Prestigious Faculty

IUAV is one of the first Architecture Schools in Italy and has established cooperation and exchange relationships with more than 130 European universities and more than 60 non-EU institutions and universities.
The unique international teaching staff on the Master is a mix of academics from some of the best Universities around the world and high profile international experts from International Agencies and INGOs.
Job Opportunities

Job Opportunities

The aim of the Master is to provide government, international, and civil society organisations with professionals equipped with a solid interdisciplinary knowledge base and skills that can meet the increasing demands and expectations from those who work in the humanitarian field. To achieve it the students will be involved in lectures and internship that provide the connections and experience needed to secure positions in the humanitarian field.

Teaching Staff

Kilian Kleinschmidt

Kilian Kleinschmidt (DE)

UNHCR / IPA
Roger Hearn

Roger Hearn (AUS)

UNRWA / Save the Children
Daniele Donati

Daniele Donati (IT)

FAO
Mathias Spalaviero

Mathias Spaliviero (IT/KE)

UN-HABITAT
Yona Friedman

Yona Friedman (FR)

Architect
Arne Vagen

Arne Vagen (NO/DK)

Danish Red Cross
Anne La Cour

Anne La Cour (DK)

Danish Red Cross
Dominique Burgeon

Dominique Burgeon (FR)

FAO
Benno Albrecht

Benno Albrecht (IT)

IUAV
Ciro Pirondi

Ciro Pirondi (BR)

Escola da Cidade
Peter Kjær Mackie Jensen

Peter Kjær Mackie Jensen (DK)

University of Copenhagen
Eduardo Feuerhake

Eduardo Feuerhake (CL/MZ)

UN-HABITAT
Francesco Musco

Francesco Musco (IT)

IUAV
Iván Leonhardt

Iván Leonhardt (CL)

Chilean Government
Salma Samar Damluji

Salma Samar Damluji (IQ/LB)

The American University of Beirut
Wesam Asali

Wesam Asali (SYR)

University of Cambridge
Nabeel Al Kurdi

Nabeel Al Kurdi (JO)

University of Jordan
Jørgen Taxholm

Jørgen Taxholm (DK)

EAHR
Jørgen Eskemose

Jørgen Eskemose (DK)

The Royal Danish Academy
Fernando Fereiro

Fernando Fereiro (CL/MZ)

UN-HABITAT
Mark Vacher

Mark Vacher (DK)

University of Copenhagen
Eleonora Carrano

Eleonora Carrano (IT)

EAHR
Silvia Sarrelli

Silvia Sarrelli (IT)

UNISS
Michele Di Marco

Michele Di Marco (IT)

EAHR
Elisa Vendemini

Elisa Vendemini (IT)

IUAV
Tore-Qvist

Tore Qvist (DK)

EAHR
Mattia Bertin

Mattia Bertin (IT)

IUAV
Federica appiotti

Federica Appiotti (IT)

IUAV

Testimonies

Selena Angelone

Selena Angelone

"The Master Emergency & Resilience is a perfect environment to sharing knowledge and learning from an amazing teaching staff composed by professionals working at the front line in the cooperation field. I definitely could enhance my architectural point of view with a more responsible and more conscious approach." 

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