Established in 2022, Y-EMERGE is a pan-university Research Institute at York University, focusing on science, technology and human and social aspects of disaster and emergency management. It brings together researchers from several faculties with a common interests in disaster and emergency management related research to enhance safety and security of people.
Y-EMERGE will build on York’s exceptional expertise to develop, grow, and sustain transformative and multidisciplinary research and teaching in transformative disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness, response, and recovery.
Y-EMERGE publication platform-CJEM
Quick Links
Upcoming Events
- Distinguished Monthly Lecture in Emerging & Systemic Risks, Next session: TBA
- Mass Evacuation Speaker Series Panel, Next Session: TBA
Important Links
- Y-EMERGE publication platform-CJEM
- Y-EMERGE Monthly Newsletter
- PhD Program in Disaster & Emergency Management
- Research Services Office
- Research Documents and Forms
- Funding Opportunities for Research
- Job Opportunities in Research
Latest News
- Exciting Opportunities Available:
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Mechanistic Modelling and Health Economics
- Postdoctoral Researcher position at Saarland University
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Modelling of Mpox and other (Re)emerging Zoonotic Threatshttps://www.yorku.ca/research/yemerge/?page_id=1089
Y-EMERGE is created to leverage and furthering York University’s institutional capacity and its global collaborative network to develop and coordinate transformative and integrative research; foster strong networks of researchers, trainees, and practitioners; develop a robust agenda for funding research and practice; and advance disaster and emergency knowledge translation activities to meet the urgent need to transform thinking, policy, and practice in disaster and emergencies for a more resilient and healthy communities in Canada and globally.
— Professor Jianhong Wu
Director Y-Emerge
Our Mission
Transformative & Interdisciplinary
Y-EMERGE will transform the way the societies understand, conceptualize, analyze, manage, and govern crises, disasters, and emergencies. YEMERGE will foster interdisciplinary collaborations & real-world and need-driven research.
Partnership & Community Engagement
Y-EMERGE will transform the way the societies understand, conceptualize, analyze, manage, and govern crises, disasters, and emergencies. YEMERGE will foster interdisciplinary collaborations & real-world and need-driven research.
Knowledge Mobilization & Mentoring
Y-EMERGE will transform the way the societies understand, conceptualize, analyze, manage, and govern crises, disasters, and emergencies. YEMERGE will foster interdisciplinary collaborations & real-world and need-driven research.
Research Themes
- Disaster Risk & Emergency Prediction, Simulation, and Modeling (PSM)
- Social, Phycological, and Behavioural (SPB) Dimensions of Disaster Risk & Emergency Management
- Ecological, Biological, Physical, and Engineering (EBPE) Dimensions of Disaster & Emergency
- Disaster Risk & Emergency Governance, Policy, Evidence, and Ethics (GPE)
- Digital Tools & Platforms (DTP) for Disaster Risk & Emergency Management
- Community Engagement & Inclusive Research (CEIR) for Disaster Risk & Emergency Management
- Emergency Support & Rapid Response (ESRR)
- Training, Education & Mentorship (TEM)