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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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CEDIM's Annual Research Report 2012 - Focus on Forensic Disaster Analysis in Near Real-Time
03 May 2013
Good Day Colleagues:The Centre for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology (CEDIM) published its 2012 Annual Research Report earlier this year, highlighting the implementation of its new research strategy for the years 2012 to 2014: near real-ti
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IDRiM/DwD Conference - September 2013
19 April 2013
Aloha to all Fellow FORINers -I recently learned that a few people are submitting abstracts to give FORIN-related presentations at this year's IDRiM/DwD conference in early September (http://idrim.org/?page_id=315). At last year's IDRiM conference in Beij
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Welcome to the new IRDR FORIN Listserv!
18 April 2013
Dear Colleagues:On behalf of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) Forensic Investigations of Disasters (FORIN) project, it gives us great pleasure to welcome you to the new IRDR FORIN listserv!This discussion forum, within the wider IRDR FORIN
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Workshop on Mathematics of climate change, related hazards and risks
27 March 2013
Organized as part of the global program Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013, the workshop will take place at Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas (CIMAT) in Guanajuato, Mexico during July 29 – August 2, 2013 and will be a satellite of the 2013 Mathematical
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Call for papers - RIA workshop in May at King's College London
26 March 2013
An agenda setting workshop to better integrate behavioural and social science and practitioner approaches to knowledge and learning in resilience building for disaster risk management will be held on 16-17 May 2013 at King’s College London.Co-Chairs: Rich
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Vacancy Announcement: CODATA Executive Director
07 February 2013
CODATA, an interdisciplinary committee of ICSU that promotes improved scientific and technical (S&T) data management and use, is recruiting an Executive Director. Applications are open now and close on 21 February.CODATA, founded in 1966, is a non-gov
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Call for papers - International Conference on Building Resilience
05 February 2013
The Centre for Disaster Resilience, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, UK and RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia are organising the next event in the series of “Building Resilience” International Conferences. The conference is enti
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UNISDR (2011) Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction
25 January 2013
The 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR11) highlights the political and economic imperative to reduce disaster risks, and the benefits to be gained from doing so. Importantly, it offers guidance and suggestions to governments and
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ICSU (2010) Regional Environmental Change: Human Action and Adaptation
25 January 2013
In late 2009, the Belmont Forum, a group of major funders of international global change research, invited the International Council for Science (ICSU) to conduct an analysis of the international research capability required to respond to the challenge of
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ISSC & UNESCO (2010) World Social Science Report 2010
25 January 2013
Produced by the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and co-published with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Report is the first comprehensive overview of the field in over a decade. Hundreds of soc
