The 7th APRU-IRIDeS Multi-Hazards Summer School was held on 22-25 July at Tohoku University. More than 60 students and researchers from 11 countries and region (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, U.S.A and Japan) participated in the event. They learned the experience from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, the recovery effort in the affected area and discuss the contribution of academia in the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR).

At the opening ceremony, Prof. Hideo Ohno (President of Tohoku University), Ms. Tina Lin (Senior Program Officer, APRU Secretariat), and Prof. Fumihiko Imamura (Director of IRIDeS) gave the opening remarks. The speakers included the faculty members of IRIDeS, University of California, Davis, UNU-IAS and National Taiwan University, as well as AAR Japan, the local government of Tagajo City and the elementary School in Watari town.

At the first group work, the participants shared their research findings using their posters. At the second group work, each group developed a DRR project proposal that applied and used their research results/findings.

During the field trip on the Day 3, the participants visited the affected areas such as Arahama Elementary School in Sendai and Onagawa town.