A proposal co-developed by Fatemeh Jalayer and Saeed Soltani has been awarded support through the UCL Global Engagement Fund (GEF) 2026/27.

The project focuses on designing a behavioural framework for tsunami evacuation modeling and brings together researchers from UCL, INGV, Université Grenoble Alpes, and IHCantabria. The collaboration sits at the intersection of social science, artificial intelligence, and tsunami risk.

The UCL Global Engagement Fund supports international collaboration between UCL staff and researchers around the world, providing seed funding for a wide range of collaborative activities and research initiatives.

Through this project, the team will use the seed funding to support knowledge exchange, collaborative discussions, and the co-development of new ideas in tsunami evacuation modeling. The collaboration is intended to provide a foundation for future and longer-term joint research activities.