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Another section will focus on adapting the existing research infrastructure (contribution of universities to equipment and sensors) and the selectively planned new purchases to the concept of a mobile laboratory. Both specialist groups will cooperate closely with each other in order to develop and implement a technically, ergonomically and organizationally harmonized overall concept. Apart from the deployment scenario of a real loss event, this mobile infrastructure will offer many new opportunities in everyday university life. For the first time, the mobile research infrastructure offers the opportunity to pursue research-relevant issues away from the physical infrastructure and to put them into practice. In addition, a positive effect on the teaching is expected since the students can apply their acquired knowledge in practice. The main advantages of a mobile infrastructure are the following: • Possibility of monitoring existing critical mass movements within the sphere of influence of settlement areas • Possibility of effective hazard and risk assessment along infrastructure (railway lines, motorway routes, quarries) • Increasing understanding of processes and triggering mechanisms by linking to local variables (such as precipitation measurements using weather radar) Of course, the planned mobile infrastructure should not only be available to the applicants. Organizational integration into the Disaster Competence Network Austria ensures that this infrastructure is subsequently accessible to all users in the field of civil protection and disaster management. The operation and the further expansion (new thematic emphases in relation to sensor technology and analytics) of the DCNA measuring and analysis laboratory is ensured. The expansion will take place through the integration of further universities. 6. CONCLUSION The Disaster Competence Network Austria is combining scientific expertise in the field of disaster research and prevention in order to establish a closer cooperation between knowledge carriers and their stakeholders. The aim of the non-profit association is to transfer scientific knowledge into practice through cooperative research and educational activities carried out in conjunction with a wide range of stakeholders, as well as the provision of information and advice to decision-makers in the event of a disaster. 673