Impacts of natural disasters: Analyzing the economic consequences of natural disasters, including their effects on local and regional economies, productivity, employment, economic growth, and socioeconomic inequalities, and evaluating disaster resilience and recovery.
Risk assessment and management: Exploring methodologies and models for assessing and managing the ecological and economic risks associated with natural disasters, including probabilistic risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, resilience-enhancing strategies, and the role of insurance mechanisms and financial instruments.
Ecosystem services and natural capital: Assessing the economic value of ecosystem services in the context of natural disasters, examining the impacts of disasters on natural capital, and exploring the role of ecosystem-based approaches in disaster risk reduction and recovery.
Adaptation and mitigation strategies: Analyzing economic policies and strategies for adapting to and mitigating the impacts of natural disasters, identifying the preconditions for successful transformation, and examining the barriers to policy implementation.
Governance, institutions, and policy: Investigating the role of governance structures, institutions, and policy frameworks in promoting resilience to natural disasters, and exploring the economic implications of international aid and cooperation.
Behavioral and psychological responses: Examining the economic implications of individual and collective behavioral responses to natural disasters, including risk perception and decision-making under uncertainty.
