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IRDR Publications and Activities for GP2025
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27 May 2025
Professor Saini Yang Appointed as the New Executive Director of IRDR
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08 July 2024
IRDR Introduction Video
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23 May 2023
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TWAS Affiliated Membership 2016
07 March 2016
TWAS Affiliated Membership 2016 Nominations/Applications Form(to be typewritten in English)Kindly read the information overleaf prior to completing the form. A candidate can be proposed by a TWAS Fellow, an Associate Fellow or individual candidates should
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World Risk Index
01 March 2016
WorldRiskIndex presented by Prof. Birkmann at a high level event in New York
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IRDR seeks Executive Director
06 February 2016
The International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN-ISDR) invite applications for the post of Executive Director of the Integrated Research on Disaster
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Call for science briefs - UN Global Sustainable Development Report
03 February 2016
The team preparing the Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) is issuing an open call for science briefs to members of the global sustainable development community. The GSDR is a United Nations publication aiming to strengthen the science-policy in
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Call for Submission of Case Studies on the role of S & T in Asia DRR
30 January 2016
UNISDR Asia Pacific Office has formed the Asia Science Technology and Academia Advisory Group (ASTAAG) in May 2015 to facilitate active roles for Science and technology in DRR in Asian countries. ASTAAG is composed of 8 members from 7 Asian nations; they
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IRDR releases Issue Brief before ISDR Science & Technology conference
26 January 2016
Integrated Science for Sendai Framework ImplementationThis Issue Brief was prepared for the UNISDR Science and Technology Conference on the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, to be held the 27-29 January 2016 in
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Access ISDR S&T Conference (Jan 2016) documents here
22 January 2016
The Conference goal is to promote and support the availability and application of science and technology to disaster risk reduction decision-making for implementation of the Sendai Framework. The Expected Outcomes are to launch the UNISDR Science and Tech
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IRDR is to be a co-sponsor of the 2nd Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX) Science Conference in Beijing
22 January 2016
PEEX is a multidisciplinary, multi-scale research initiative aiming at resolving the major uncertainties in Earth System and Global Sustainability Science. PEEX is especially concerned with Arctic and Pan-Eurasian regions. The vision of PEEX is to solve i
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IRDR publishes The FORIN Project: A conceptual framework and guide to research
21 January 2016
Forensic Investigations of Disasters (FORIN) has an important new publication: Forensic Investigations of Disasters (FORIN): a conceptual framework and guide to research. This is FORIN's second major publication. It both articulates a conceptual framework
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WILLIAM PATON is IRDR's INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
25 December 2015
An Interim Executive Director has stepped in to lead IRDR for a six-month transition period. During this time, a review of the IRDR programme will be conducted and recruiting a new ED will take place.William (‘Bill’) Paton PhD has 30 years’ experience wor
