floodrisk lab
floodrisk lab
Science communication · Flood risk · Climate resilience
Floodrisk Lab turns disaster and climate research into things people can actually use — infographics, short videos, data visualisations and explainers, published where the audience already is.
The problem
Flood and climate science is written for other scientists — paywalled, dense, in English, in formats no one reads on a phone. The people who most need it are the ones least likely to reach it. Floodrisk Lab exists to close that distance.
Journal articles, hazard models, return-period statistics, technical reports, hydrological datasets.
One clear finding, in the right language, at the right moment — usable in a village meeting, a budget hearing, or a scroll.
Formats
One finding, one image. Built to be understood in the time it takes to scroll past it.
Reels and shorts that explain a mechanism — why a river breaches, how early warning reaches a village — in under a minute.
Rainfall records, land-cover change, exposure maps — drawn so the pattern is visible without a statistics background.
Plain-language breakdowns of the terms that shape policy: return period, residual risk, adaptation, resilience.
Audience
Floodrisk Lab connects academics, government institutions, civil society and local communities — turning research into knowledge that can inform preparedness, adaptation and sustainable development.
Reliable information about the risk where you live, and what can be done before the water arrives.
Evidence in a form that survives a briefing note — so decisions rest on data rather than on the last flood.
Material NGOs, agencies and field teams can reuse directly in training, outreach and preparedness work.
A channel that carries your findings past the journal — and a collaboration route if you want them communicated well.
Open database · Aceh
Hazard area by risk class for every district and city in Aceh — rebuilt from the official tables in R3P Aceh 2026–2028, so the numbers trace back to a document, not a guess.
Source: Tables 1.12 & 1.13, Book I Chapter I — R3P Aceh 2026–2028 (Rencana Rehabilitasi dan Rekonstruksi Pascabencana), citing BPBA, 2021. District boundaries: GADM v4.0, simplified for the web. This database is a reference tool, not a substitute for the source document for technical planning.
Work with us
We collaborate with universities, agencies, NGOs and community organisations to turn studies, datasets and project results into material people read, share and act on.