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Professor at Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria, in the Department of Environmental and Energy Process Engineering, for the Master’s program in Safety and Disaster Management (Interdisciplinary study), during the summer semester of the 2025/2026 academic year

I am honoured to announce my engagement as a Professor at Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria, in the Department of Environmental and Energy Process Engineering, for the Master’s program in Safety and Disaster Management (Interdisciplinary study), during the summer semester of the 2025/2026 academic year. I will be delivering lectures on: 🔹 Critical Infrastructure Protection This course will explore the protection of critical infrastructure against natural and technological hazards and disasters, emphasizing risk assessment, resilience-building, and emergency response strategies. Students will examine vulnerabilities and cascading effects across infrastructure sectors, with a focus on cybersecurity threats, system interdependencies, and the role of public-private collaboration in disaster preparedness and recovery. Through real-world case studies and best practices, the course will provide practical insights into safeguarding essential services such as energy, transportation, water supply, and communication networks, ensuring their functionality during disasters. In addition to this engagement, I am also pleased to be recognized for “very good” rated teaching, as acknowledged in the “Rektor aktuell” publication. It is an honor to contribute to academic excellence and receive such recognition. A special thanks to Rector Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Peter Moser for this opportunity, to Univ.-Prof. Dr. Harald Raupenstrauch, Programme Director and Chair of Thermal Processing Technology, for his support and collaboration, and to Dr. Renate Renner, Senior Scientist and Head of the Safety and Disaster Studies (SDS) working group, for her invaluable contributions and dedication to advancing disaster risk management education. Looking forward to engaging in discussions and knowledge exchange with students and faculty at Montanuniversität Leoben this summer semester! 🎓🌍 PURE Montanuniversität Leoben – https://pure.unileoben.ac.at/en/persons/vladimir-cvetkovic-2

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Prof. Dr. Vladimir M. Cvetković – Disaster Risk Management

Gender disparities in flood risk perception and preparedness: a Serbian case study

Cvetković, V., Roder, G., Tarolli, P., Öcal, A., Ronan, K., & Dragićević, S. (2017). Gender disparities in flood risk perception and preparedness: a Serbian case study. Paper presented at the European Geosciences Union GmbH – EGU General Assembly 2017, At Vienna, Austria, Volume: Vol. 19, EGU2017-6720: Session HS1.9/NH1.18 Hydrological risk under a gender and age perspective, Vienna. Gender disparities in flood risk perception and preparedness: a Serbian case study Vladimir. M. Cvetković*1, Giulia Roder2, Paolo Tarolli2, Adem Öcal3, Kevin Ronan4, Slavoljub Dragićević5  1 The Academy of Criminalistics and Police studies, Cara Dušana 196, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia 2 Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova, Agripolis, viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy 3 Faculty of Gazi Education, Gazi University, Ankara, 06500, Turkey 4 Clinical Psychology School of Human, Health and Social Sciences, CQ University, Rockhampton, Australia 5 Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 3/III, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia   HS1.9/NH1.18 Hydrological risk under a gender and age perspective (co-organized) Abstract The catastrophic flood occurred in Serbia in 2014 was one of the most critical events registered in the Balkan area in the last decades. The procedures for evacuation have been tough to manage indicating a low level of perception and preparedness towards flood events. Also, the failure in the response phase showed a gender unbalance, where information did not reach men and women equally. Urgently, the Council for Gender Equality Government of the Republic of Serbia held an extraordinary meeting dedicated to the flood planning and emergency support in a gendered perspective. It concluded with the necessity of developing more gender-sensitive statistics, indicators of vulnerability, reconstruction and recovery to floods. For these reasons, we conducted an extensive interview to underlined the differences in risk perception and preparedness actions of both women and men in the wake of […]

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