Specialization 1: Hazard, Disaster, and Crisis Management
Risk, disaster and crisis management for all risks types and for every level of governance in a national and international environment.
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NOTE: No course is offered to ERASMUS students
Compulsory Common Courses (1st Semester)
Y01: Introduction to Hazard, Crisis and Disaster Theory (ECTS: 6)
The problem of risks and crises at global, national, regional and local levels. Global fora for disaster risk reduction. Priorities of the Sendai 2015-2030 framework. Basic concepts of hazards and crises. The fundamental equation of hazard, vulnerability and risk. EDCM classification of risks and crises. Natural - Geodynamic hazards. Natural – Hydrometeorological hazards. Natural – Biological hazards. Manmade – Technologic hazards. Impacts by hazard and crisis type. New parameters and challenges in hazard and crisis management.
Υ02: Geodymanic Hazards (ECTS: 6)
Υ03: Climate, Climate Crisis, and Hydrometeorologic Hazards (ECTS: 6)
Υ04: Manmade and Biological Hazards (ECTS: 6)
Υ05: Disaster Management (ECTS: 6)
Compulsory Specialization Courses (2nd Semester)
ΥΕ01: Hazard and Crisis Management - National Civil Protection Institutional Framework (ECTS: 6)
Emergency planning and disaster and crisis management. Current National Institutional Framework. Emergency plans per hazard on a national level. Emergency plans per hazard on a regional level. Emergency plans per hazard on a municipal level. Emergency planning for earthquake on a local level. Cascading disasters and crises - new challenges for Civil Protection.
ΥΕ02: International Organizations and Crisis Management (ECTS: 6)
Elective Specialization Courses (2nd Semester)
Ε01: Communication, Leadership and Social Influence (ECTS: 6)
Stress and natural disasters. Post-traumatic stress disorder. Basic principles of communication. Message. Social influence. Incitement. Problem Solving. Decision making, negotiation. Leadership formation (psychological dimension).
Ε02: Negotiations and Crisis Resolution (ECTS: 6)
Ε03: Economic Crises (ECTS: 6)
Ε04: Psychological and Social Implications of Disasters and Crises and Resilience (ECTS: 6)
Ε05: Risk Assessment and Business Continuity (ECTS: 6)
Ε06: Technological Hazard Management (ECTS: 6)
Elective Common Courses (2nd Semester)
Ε16: Environmental Ethics (ECTS: 6)
Elements of Moral Philosophy/ Moral Theories: What is Ethics? Cultural relativism and subjectivism, The idea of the social contract, The utilitarian approach, Kant's ethics, Aretaic ethics. Basic topics of environmental ethics: Definitions, concepts, basic questions, Anthropocentrism and Ecocentrism, Animal liberation and rights, The deep ecology approach, Social ecology, ecofeminism. Religion, politics and the environment: Western Christianity and the ecological crisis, Orthodoxy and the environment, Capitalism and the environmental crisis, Nature and the environment in Marxist thought. Analysis of practical problems: Reference to cases of ethical conflicts/dilemmas during the execution of technical projects, the implementation of environmental policies, the treatment of diseases, etc. Specific topic/topics (which include questions and conflicts) depending on the current situation and the interests of the students, debate on the arising ethical and political issues.
Ε17: Mass Media and Social Media in Disasters and Crises (ECTS: 6)
Ε18: State of the Art Technologies in Research and Management (ECTS: 6)
E19: State of the Art in Governance and Institutions (ECTS: 6)
Ε20: Economy, Sustainability and Circular Economy (ECTS: 6)
Ε21: Climatic Variability - Climate Change (Anthropocene Epoch) (ECTS: 6)
3rd Semester
ΜΔΕ: MSc Thesis (ECTS: 30)
Master's thesis on a topic chosen from a list of suggested topics, or proposed for approval by the individual student.