Samuel ROESLIN

Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre (DRMKC)

Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission

Ispra, Italy

I work in the Risk Data Hub (RDH) team at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. My research focuses on disaster risk modelling and the analysis of disaster-related losses and damages, with a particular emphasis on Europe.

My work connects research with policy. I collaborate with European Commission services, including the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) and the Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA). My collaborations have also included the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), the European Central Bank (ECB), the World Bank, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).

I hold a PhD from the University of Auckland (2022), a master’s degree from the Regensburg University of Applied Sciences (2016), bachelor’s degrees from the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences and the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (2014), and a Licence Professionnelle from the Robert Schuman University Institute of Technology (2014).

My research also draws on practical experience in post-disaster building damage assessment. In October 2017, I joined a reconnaissance mission to Mexico City to survey and document building damage following the Puebla earthquake.

Explore my publications and research projects.

news

Nov 03, 2026	I attended the 9th European Civil Protection Forum in Brussels, joining colleagues at the JRC booth to present the Risk Data Hub and exchange with the civil protection community. See the LinkedIn post.
Nov 02, 2026	We have released the new Risk Data Hub website! The release brings improved navigation, a revised layout, and new sections to explore our products and disaster risk reduction projects, alongside updated disaster-loss data and vulnerability index data.
Jul 03, 2023	I have joined Unit E.1 Disaster Risk Management at the Joint Research Centre as Scientific Project Officer – Geospatial data analysis, working on the Risk Data Hub.

selected publications

Developing a multi-level European-wide composite indicator to assess vulnerability dynamics across time and space

Andrea Sibilia, Gustav Eklund, Sepehr Marzi, and 7 more authors

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Oct 2024

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@article{sibilia2024vulnerability,
  title = {Developing a multi-level European-wide composite indicator to assess vulnerability dynamics across time and space},
  author = {Sibilia, Andrea and Eklund, Gustav and Marzi, Sepehr and Valli, Igor and Bountzouklis, Christos and Roeslin, Samuel and Rodomonti, Davide and Salari, Sandro and Antofie, Tiberiu-Eugen and Corbane, Christina},
  journal = {International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction},
  volume = {113},
  pages = {104885},
  year = {2024},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104885},
}

Development of a seismic loss prediction model for residential buildings using machine learning – Ōtautahi / Christchurch, New Zealand

Samuel Roeslin, Quincy Ma, Pavan Chigullapally, and 2 more authors

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Mar 2023

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@article{roeslin2023christchurch,
  title = {Development of a seismic loss prediction model for residential buildings using machine learning -- {Ōtautahi / Christchurch, New Zealand}},
  author = {Roeslin, Samuel and Ma, Quincy and Chigullapally, Pavan and Wicker, Joerg and Wotherspoon, Liam},
  journal = {Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences},
  volume = {23},
  pages = {1207--1226},
  year = {2023},
  month = mar,
  doi = {10.5194/nhess-23-1207-2023},
}

Discussion document on Guidance for National Risk Assessment: Methodological update for discussion with Member States and Participating States to support coherent, consistent and evidence-informed risk assessment

Azzurra Lentini, Christina Corbane, Andrej Ceglar, and 5 more authors

Nov 2026

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@techreport{lentini2026nationalriskassessment,
  title = {Discussion document on Guidance for {National Risk Assessment}: Methodological update for discussion with {Member States and Participating States} to support coherent, consistent and evidence-informed risk assessment},
  author = {Lentini, Azzurra and Corbane, Christina and Ceglar, Andrej and Petit, Frederic and Poljansek, Karmen and Roeslin, Samuel and Bountzouklis, Christos and Kock, Elias},
  institution = {Publications Office of the European Union},
  address = {Luxembourg},
  number = {JRC147700},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  doi = {10.2760/6703545},
}