A number of activities have taken place over the last four years that correspond directly to advancement of volcanic hazards research demonstrating the high level of both interest and dynamism in the community in this area. These initiatives have been supported by projects from government funding agencies raised by individuals, or collaborative groups of researchers, combined with IAVCEI contributions largely through the Commission on Explosive Volcanism. The fact that such initiatives can readily leverage funding from national research councils reinforces that this is an area of applied volcanology with direct and obvious societal impact that is identified around the globe as a priority for support.

List of just some of the recent initiatives:

2010 Summer school on Computer models and geophysical risk analysis. August 2010, University of British Columbia, Sponsored by Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences and NSF. (http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/100806-sscmgra).

2011 Workshop on The analysis of probabilistic volcanic hazards. University at Buffalo, May 2011, Sponsored by NSF and IAVCEI.

2013 Workshop on Applying computational models to real-case scenarios for volcanic hazard assessment. Funded by National Science Foundation - Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute Program (PASI). 

2013 Volcano Observatories Best Practices 2, November 2013 in Erice, Italy.