In this project, three partners cooperated to bring young Swiss professionals and members of local Indian communities together on specific research questions. These generally related to the way local communities react to disasters and how they can be better assisted in their adaptive capacities. The three partners were Basel University’s Department of Geography/Urban and Regional Studies, responsible for the cooperative conceptualization and design of relevant research questions, the All India Disaster Mitigation Institute of Ahmedabad, responsible for providing internship opportunities, organizing and supervising local field work, and the KFPE of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation which funded this cooperation.

This research was funded by: Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE); Platform Science and Policy of the Swiss Academy of Sciences; Program "Echanges Universitaires", founded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft (FAG), Basel; University of Basel, Institute of Geography, Urban and Regional Studies.