Disastrous Doctorates

open for another week // Please submit by 8 May 2026

📢 It’s not too late to submit your interest for Disastrous Doctorates 2027! 📢

📍 Registration for is and open to students at all stages of their PhD research. We are also able to offer domestic travel and accommodation for NZ-based students thanks to our generous event sponsors. Most meals are also provided throughout the event.

📍 This annual in-person symposium is organised by students for students, and aims to bring together PhD students from a wide range of disciplines that are contributing to a more resilient Aotearoa New Zealand by building our understanding of:

👉 natural hazard risks and impacts, mitigation and adaptation options; and/or
👉 how we can support and empower people, communities, and society as a whole, to be more resilient to future natural hazard events and disasters.

2027 will mark of Disastrous Doctorates, and so the event is shaping up to be an extra special celebration.

📍 DD2027 will be hosted by the Joint Centre for Disaster Research (where DD began back in 2007) at Massey University - Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa from Sunday April 4 - Tuesday April 6, in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.

📍 As it is a special occasion, and we are expecting our largest numbers ever, we are putting out a call for Expressions of Interest now, to help us with our event planning as we endeavour to make DD2027 as accessible to as many students as possible.

📍 EOIs from interested PhD students should be completed by 5pm on Friday 8 May.

🔗 Click the link below to complete the Initial Expression of Interest (EOI) form.

: We would also appreciate you sharing this DD2027 EOI information with your professional networks to help us get the word out. While we are also emailing this info to many people, we know there may be many more we are missing, and someone receiving the information twice is better than not at all.

AUT - Auckland University of Technology Lincoln University Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Canterbury University of Otago The University of Waikato Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

Disastrous Doctorates 2027 Initial Expression of Interest (EOI) This initial EOI is to gauge interest in the event to get some initial numbers for event planning purposes. Please note that the deadline for submitting this initial Expression of Interest (EOI) is Friday 8 May 2026. The Disastrous Doctorates symposium is an annu...

// Disastrous Doctorates 2027

We’re pleased to advise the dates for Disastrous Doctorates 2027.

This student-led 3-minute thesis (3MT) event will be held at the Joint Centre for Disaster Research (JCDR), Massey University - Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa in Wellington from 4 - 6 April 2027.

The 2027 event marks since Disastrous Doctorates began, and it’s fitting that we return to JCDR, where it all started, to celebrate this milestone.

Disastrous Doctorates continues to provide a unique platform for PhD Students to share their work in disaster risk and resilience in a way that is clear, engaging, and accessible. It also strengthens connections across the emergency management and hazard research community.

We’ll be releasing an Expression of Interest form soon for those keen to take part.

In the meantime, please - we’d love to see you there!

📢 Expressions of Interest (EOI) for attending Disastrous Doctorates 2026 are now OPEN! Please share this post far and wide around Aotearoa New Zealand ➡️

🤝Join us at the University of Otago in Ōtepoti Dunedin on 9 & 10 February 2026. More detail is available in the registration form below 👇

is an annual, interdisciplinary, multi-day, in-person symposium for PhD and Masters students doing disaster-related research. It's a great forum to connect, share research, present findings, and learn about career management from others 👨‍🎓.

👥 Organised by students for students, this annual event fosters a community among researchers from diverse fields, including , , , , , and more!

🙏 The symposium is generously supported by New Zealand research centres and aligned organisations (but other financial sponsors welcome to get in touch to help us enable more students to come😁).
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ℹ️ Submit your EOI via this link➡️ https://forms.gle/p85rjPVadN2V8Sf2A

🗓️EOI open until 24 October 2025 - so submit your interest now so you don't miss out on this great opportunity!
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🔥 We hope to see you there!

University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, University of Otago, Massey University - Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa, The University of Waikato, University of Canterbury, Lincoln University, QuakeCoRE: NZ Centre for Earthquake Resilience, Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake, Earth Sciences New Zealand

Join us for the Disastrous Doctorates 2025 at the University of Waikato, Hamilton.

To register your interest, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/2h1RXV36pSnTcZwE7

Deadline: 25 November

For more details, visit our website: https://sites.google.com/view/dd2k25?usp=sharing

Hurry up, seats are limited!
Please complete the form as soon as possible if you require travel and accommodation support.