News received from
Michele Calvello (University of Salerno, Italy)
LARAM is an International School on “LAndslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation” of the University of Salerno. The School is held annually and is aimed at 40 PhD students and 10 young doctors selected every year from those working in the field of Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Engineering Geology or with a similar Engineering background.
The LARAM School 2026 will be held in Lausanne (Switzerland) from Monday 7 to Friday 18 September in person (https://www.laram.unisa.it/school/2026/2026).
CANDIDATE PARTICIPANTS
The LARAM class will be composed of:
- 40 selected PhD students
- Up to 10 young doctors (PhD defended not before 2021)
Participants pay their own travel and accommodation expenses, as well as a registration fee of 500 CHF.
Deadline for PhD applications and young doctor registrations: May 30, 2026
- Application of PhD students:
https://www.laram.unisa.it/school/2026/application_phd_students - Registration of young doctors
https://www.laram.unisa.it/school/2026/registration_young_doctors
SCHOOL PROGRAMME
The programme of the school will consist of 6-hour daily lectures and tutorials from Monday to Friday (details on the web site).
The programme is structured in the following sessions:
- S1, Introduction to landslides
- S2, Landslide risk theory
- S3, Landslide modelling
- S4, Landslide risk analysis and zoning
- S5, Landslide monitoring and mitigation
- S6, Landslide risk management and risk governance
SELECTION
The selection of the participants will be based on an evaluation of the candidate’s curriculum – including academic performance, previous research experience and publications – and on the content of the recommendation letter(s) in relation to the PhD year, the field of expertise and the research topic.
Note. In exceptional cases, it will be allowed that some extra students, additional to the 40, will attend remotely, but only for documented reasons. For those candidates, the application is still mandatory, and participation will be allowed upon selection. While uploading the CV, include also a page explaining the reasons for remote participation.
- The list of selected students will be issued by 12 June 2026.
ACCOMMODATION
- Selected student will pay for their accommodation.
- The Local Organizers are booking possible options at reduced fares.
- Information on this issue will be published on the web site soon.