UNDERSTANDING RISK FIELD LABS
The Understanding Risk (UR) Field Labs are collaborative, unstructured, un-conferences that bring together people to produce creative approaches to address today's most pressing climate and disaster risk management issues.
The Field Lab experience
Over four weeks, participants from around the world co-design a schedule and form working groups to develop projects, ranging from art to research.
Why The Field Lab?
We need to develop new and effective ways of working with climate change data, while also working to create a more equitable and pluralistic data. (change)
GLOBAL LOCATIONS
The Field Lab is held in locations around the world that are on the frontlines of climate and disaster risk
Exit Survey 2024
Results of the anonymous exit survey from the 2024 Kathmandu Field Lab participants, to which 50 people responded.
Field Lab Experience
86% gave the Field Lab experience 4-5 stars out of 5
Impact on Career
80% believe the Field Lab has already had a positive impact on their career. Almost 50% say the positive impact on their career has been significant (greater than 8 out of 10).
During Field Lab
90% made progress, and 18% completed, an idea or project that they worked on during the Field Lab.
Continuation of Project
64% have kept on working on something they initiated at the Field Lab
Where are they Now?
Quotes from the alumni of the 2019 Chiang Mai Field Lab on Urban Flooding.
FEATURED OUTPUTS
A selection of featured projects, papers, and videos from across all Field Labs.
For a full list of outputs from past field labs click here:
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