A research group that brings together earthquake engineers, social scientists, coastal engineers and statisticians to provide decision makers with better guidance for where and how to invest to mitigate earthquake related losses. The research in EPICentre is carried out through a number of multidisciplinary projects funded by research councils and industry. The current projects focus on violent flow (tsunami) loss prediction, vulnerability to volcanic ashfall, earthquake vulnerability, earthquake risk perception, using remote sensing to determine resilience of communities and the seismic damage assessment of structures.