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Vacancy: Executive Director of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) programme
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15 February 2024 IRDR Introduction Video
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23 May 2023 Agreement on IRDR Phase II became effective on May 11 2023
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Dr. Susan Cutter Recognized with AAG Presidential Achievement Award
19 June 2018
HVRI director Dr. Susan Cutter, the former IRDR Scientific Committee member, the former co-chair of IRDR AIRDR Working Group, and the leader of IRDR ICoE in Vulnerability and Resilience Metrics (IRDR ICoE-VaRM), was recognized at the 2018 AAG annual meeti
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CALL FOR AUTHORS [Springer Book on Emergency Response]
12 June 2018
This Springer volume focuses on the key functions to be performed in the emergency response to a disaster, how these functions are coordinated, and the typical challenges and issues that emerge. Cases in the volume will address both hazard- and response-g
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IRDR ICoE-CCOUC Research Summit on Health-related Emergency and Disaster Risk Management
25 May 2018
Research Summit on Health-related Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (H-EDRM) on 9-10 July is organized by IRDR ICoE-Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC) Organized in collaboration
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Call for papers: Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2019
23 May 2018
The UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) is the flagship report of the United Nations on worldwide efforts to reduce disaster risk, which is published biennially by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). The GAR is a v
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Survey on Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction
03 May 2018
Click here for the online survey!The 2nd Asian Science and Technology Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction on 17-18 of April 2018 was organised by UNISDR with support from IRDR and other partners, which aims to renew the commitment to the accelerated im
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Multi-Hazards Summer School at Tohoku University
02 May 2018
The 6th APRU MH Summer School will be held on 24-27 July at Tohoku University. This year’s focus is “Applying science, technology and innovation in disaster risk reduction”. Students and faculty interested in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and management a
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19th IRDR Scientific Committee Meeting
19 April 2018
The 19th IRDR Scientific Committee Meeting was held in Beijing, April 15-16, 2018.The central focus of this meeting was related to IRDR Strategic Plan of Actions 2018-2020. With the feedback of UNISDR and ICSU (the co-sponsors) and the discussion of Scien
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Extend till 23 APR - Call for participation: 2018 AI-SOCD at Heat Stress
13 April 2018
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (SFDRR) emphasizes managing the risk of small-scale and large-scale, frequent and infrequent, sudden and slow-onset disasters caused by natural or man-made hazards.One of the most concerned issues
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LIPI delegation visit IRDR
11 April 2018
LIPI (the Indonesian Institute of Sciences) delegation visited IRDR on April 10, 2018.In the meeting, Mr. HAN Qunli, the Executive Director of IRDR, welcomed Prof. Bambang Subiyanto, the Chairman of LIPI, and his delegation. Mr. Han made an introduction a
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2018 IRDR China Annual Meeting
28 March 2018
2018 IRDR China Annual Meeting was held on 27 March in Beijing. This meeting was chaired by Prof. GUO Huadong, the academician of Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) and the chair of IRDR China.The first session is the reports from CAST (donor of IRDR), IRDR
