Our Research Themes
Our work covers the broad field of probabilistic risk analysis (a.k.a. the mathematics of disasters), disaster risk reduction, post-disaster assessment, and recovery. Spanning the entire disaster cycle, we combine methods from spatial statistics, risk analysis, statistical learning and the social sciences in order to better understand the potential impacts of natural hazards on society and develop tools to promote resilient communities.
QUANTIFYING RISK AND RESILIENCE
We are developing rigorous design-oriented quantitative measures of resilience, drawing on insights from probabilistic risk analysis, urban planning, resilience indexes, and more.
Learn moreMEASURING DISASTER IMPACTS
Drawing from rich datasets collected by our collaborators, we are applying interdisciplinary methods to develop more accurate and holistic disaster impact metrics to inform post-disaster decisions.
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Using methods from statistical learning, geostatistics, drones, crowd sensing, and more, we are developing tools to rapidly analyse remote-sensing data for damage detection in disaster contexts.
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Work with us!
The Disaster Analytics for Society Lab (DASL) is led by Dr. David Lallemant, Assistant Professor at the Asian School of the Environment and Principal Investigator at the Earth Observatory of Singapore in Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
DASL works closely with communities in Asia and collaborates with researchers from around the world who share our passion for applying rigorous quantitative methods and interdisciplinary tools to reduce the risks faced by cities and communities to natural hazards. We also take seriously the social and ecological context of our work — anthropogenic climate change and the increasing frequency of disasters that affect the most vulnerable — and strive to build a group culture that is sustainable, supportive, and aligned with our values.
We are a young, dynamic research group looking to grow. We currently have openings for post-doctoral researchers, research associates, and PhD students. Click the link below to learn more.
Our Team
The DASL team is young, diverse, and interdisciplinary: engineers, ethnographers, risk modelers, artists, and more are working together to advance the frontiers of risk and resilience research.
David Lallemant
Principal Investigator & Assistant Professor, NTU
Yolanda Lin
Research Fellow, Asian School of the Environment, NTU
Maricar Rabonza
PhD Student, Asian School of the Environment, NTU
Lim Tian Ning
Research Assistant, Asian School of the Environment, NTU
Feroz Khan
Project Officer,
Earth Observatory of Singapore
Sabine Loos
PhD Student,
Stanford University
Mariano Balbi
PhD Student,
University of Buenos Aires
Gizem Mestav Sarica
PhD Student, Institute for Catastrophe Risk Management
Recent Updates
Keep up with our latest research: publications, conferences, events, blogs, and more.
DASL group wraps up disaster recovery workshop in Nepal
This week the Disaster Analytics for Society Lab team was in Nepal for the 3rd workshop on the Informatics for Equitable Recovery (IER) project. One purpose of our study is[…]
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Counterfactual Black Swans Workshop
On the 26-27th of August 2019, David, Susanna Jenkins, and I (Yolanda) hosted the Counterfactual Black Swans Workshop, dedicated to applying downward counterfactual thought in risk analysis. This builds directly[…]
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Our new website is live!
Welcome to the new site for the Disaster Analytics for Society Lab (DASL) in NTU! We’ll be using this as a space to share our work — including publications, blog[…]
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You can find us at our offices located in the Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University. Please call or email us in advance to fix an appointment.
Get in touch
Address:
50 Nanyang Ave, Block N2-01a-15, Singapore 639798
Phone:
(+65) 6592 3199