Who?
We are an initiative of researchers of Paderborn University, District of Paderborn and the City of Paderborn. We strongly cooperate with the university and are supported by an advisory board.
What?
We investigate and realise together with our partners innovative concepts in the field of „Digitisation for Civil Safety“ with a dedicated focus on human-centered design aspects.
How?
We identify needs of the civil safety and potentials through information technology and evaluate developed concepts and technical components in practice.
INSPIRE at the 3rd Virtual Conference “Digitization in Communities – Smart City regionally, nationally and internationally”
On March 30, 2021, the 3rd virtual conference took place under the motto "Digitization in Communities - Smart City regionally, nationally and internationally". In addition...
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Internship completed successfully
The topic "Potentials and risks for fire departments in the use of social media" was the focus of Jan Säck's internship. He was able to...
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INSPIRE work meeting for pilot project operation
On the 1st of February, the first digital INSPIRE working meeting of the new year took place. The meeting started with a review of the...
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New partner for the sub-project Drones in the INSPIRE project
INSPIRE has gained a new partner. CONDOR Multicopter & Drones GmbH has taken over the drones sub-project since November 2020. It is thus responsible for...
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Merry Christmas!
With the launch of the EU project LINKS, a successful milestone in INSPIRE and the move into our new office, we look back on some...
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New office space
We are very happy to announce that we have moved to a new office! Since November we are centrally located at Alte Torgasse 10 in...
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Strengthening links between technologies and society for European disaster resilience (LINKS)
The aim of LINKS is to understand and assess the impact of social media and crowd-sourcing (SMCS) on European resilience to disasters. In the course...
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Study Digital Transformation in Civil Emergency Response
Is the digital transformation in civil security lagging behind development (e.g. in relation to the economy)? Does this mean that optimal procedures are not used...
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Integrated Safety Pilot Region (INSPIRE)
In the field of digitization for civil security, numerous promising individual solutions have emerged over the past few years. However, many individual solutions with different...
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European Network of CBRN Training Centers (eNOTICE)
The eNOTICE project deals with the establishment of a network of CBRN training centres. CBRN stands for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hazards. In order...
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safety days 2019
The safety days 2019 will be held for the first time at the University of Paderborn from 22 to 24 March under the motto "Information...
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Intelligent Rescue in the SmartHome (IRiS)
The aim of the research project "Intelligent Rescue in the Smart Home" (IRiS) is to make SmartHome data and functions usable for civil safety purposes....
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