Travel Risk Response in Field Research (04.02.2026)
This on-site workshop aims at providing relevant information and practical training to avoid risk and danger during field research.
Our one-day safety training is among other things best practice for safety-oriented behavior in borderline / extreme situations such as medical emergencies, robberies, political unrest, interrogation by authorities or natural disasters. In addition to conveying certainty of action in threat cases, you will get a lot of useful information about how to prepare trips in general and how to prepare trips in risky regions. The overall goal is to improve your situational awareness in unfriendly or hostile environments.
The trainer offers an online information exchange in advance. By participating in this preparatory exchange, you get the chance to ask questions and customize the workshop content with regard to individual expectations and experiences on the one hand and travel plans (destination, duration of stay, accommodation, group trip vs. individual field excursion etc.) on the other.
Please address questions to: ggg.kursanmeldung@uni-goettingen.de.
This workshop format was included in our qualification program as a consequence of an application in GGG’s funding line „from the bottom up“ in 2022. Due to very positive feedback, we are offering this course again in 2026.
Instructor: Benjamin Beutekamp (https://saefa.de/)
Credits: 1 ECTS
Schedule:
February 04, 2026 (9 AM – 5 PM)
t.b.a. online information event in advance (1h)
Venue: Convention Center by the Observatory, Geismar Landstraße 11, big seminar room
For details please visit: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/703500.html