Centro de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada del Riesgo de Desastres (CIGIDEN)

The Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (Centro de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada del Riesgo de Desastres; CIGIDEN) is an association of four universities, which was born in response to the call made by the FONDAP program of CONICYT in its fourth national competition of Research Centers in Priority Areas, to address research on disasters and their consequences. Disasters of natural origin present a series of technological, social and political challenges. CIGIDEN generates scientific and technical knowledge to help improve the way in which the risk management cycle is tackled in Chile.