Dr. Rainer Bell
Research Associate 
Post doc
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Department of Geography
Meckenheimer Allee 166
D-53115 Bonn
Germany
Room: 154
Office hours: by arrangement
Integrative natural hazard and risk analysis and management, cascading hazards and risks
Mountain geomorphology, landslides, floods, permafrost
Early warning systems
GIS, Remote sensing and spatial analysis in general
Himalayas (Nepal), Andes, Austria, Germany, Norway, Iceland, China
EifelfloodS – Eine GFZ HART und Uni Potsdam NatRisk Initiative (since Sept. 2021)
Spatial occurrence and hydrological significance of Andean permafrost, Agua Negra, Argentina (HyPerm) (2021-2024)
Resilience of tourism systems to natural hazards in the Himalayas (touRES) (2017-2020, Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW))
Susceptibility map for debris flows, debris slides and soil slides in Western Norway, Trøndelag and Agder, (Norway) (2014-2017, Norwegian water resources and energy directorate (NVE), in collaboration with Norwegian Geotechnial Institute (NGI)
Deriving landslide metrics and analysing landslide age based on surface roughness from Airborne Laser Scanning Digital Terrain Models (2013)
Development of methods for the landslide hazard assessment in Lower Austria (MoNOE) (2009-2014, Province of Lower Austria, Austria)
Integrated landslide early warning systems (ILEWS) (2007-2010, BMBF)
Integrative Landslide Risk Analysis and Perception in the Swabian Alb, Germany (InterRISK) (2003-2007, DFG)
Teaching (at Universities of Bonn, Vienna and Klagenfurt)
GIS courses including remote sensing (topics: geomorphology, natural hazard and risk modelling)
Field courses in geomorphology
Courses on Earth System Science and Global Environmental Change
Introductory courses to geomorphology and physical geography
Field trips (e.g. Nepal, Romania, European Alps, SW-Germany, Eifel/Rheinland)
KaVoMa course: Multi hazards and risk analysis
Mitgliedschaft/Membership
Deutscher Arbeitskreis für Geomorphologie (AK Geomorphologie)
Deutscher Arbeitskreis für Naturgefahren und Naturrisiken (AK Naturgefahren/Naturrisiken)
European Geoscience Union (EGU)
Österreichische Geographische Gesellschaft (ÖGG)
Österreichische Forschungsgruppe für Geomorphologie und Umweltwandel
