IRDR Newsletter Oct 2025 (Issue 2)
11 October 2025
The October 2025 (Issue 2) of the IRDR Newsletter highlights key activities and publications from across the IRDR community covering the period of July to September 2025.
Some highlights:
Announcing the results of the recent review of IRDR ICoEs in Phase I
Events focusing on AI for DRR
Trainings for young professionals provided by ICoEs
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Related News & Events
28 September 2026
A delegation from the IRDR IPO, led by Executive Director, Prof. Saini Yang, met with key representatives from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), including the Executive Vice President, Mr. Jason Bell, to discuss discuss possible areas of collaboration at the intersection of disaster risk science, animal welfare, and sustainable development.
23 September 2026
Join the IRDR-ICoE-SEADPRI UKM webinar on 29 September 2026 (10:00 am–12:00 pm Malaysia Time) with IRDR Fellow Prof. Rajib Shaw as he explores how the Sendai Framework's lessons can shape the next generation of DRR and embed "Resilience by Design" into sustainable development beyond 2030.
21 September 2026
The IRDR Special Session at the recently held 16th IDRiM Conference 2026, “Advancing International Collaboration to Foster Integrated Research on Catastrophe Resilience in Megacities”, brought together leading researchers and institutions to address the growing disaster risk in the world's most populous urban centres.
