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Questionnaire from the ISDR IAP Stakeholders Group on Science, Academia and Research

12 March 2014 21:36

In an effort to better understand how the ISDR Asian Partnership on Disaster Reduction (IAP) Stakeholders Group on Science, Academia and Research can benefit the Asia-Pacific region, we would appreciate if you would take a few minutes to answer this questionnaire of just seven questions.Here are the...

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2nd International Training Workshop on Space Technology for Disaster Mitigation

04 March 2014 15:47

2nd International Training Workshop on Space Technology for Disaster Mitigation (03-13 June, 2014)I．Background and ObjectivesCAS-TWAS Centre of Excellence on Space Technology ...

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ISSC & UNESCO (2013) World Social Science Report 2013

22 February 2014 21:09

The World Social Science Report 2013 issues an urgent call to action to the international social science community to collaborate more effectively with each other, with colleagues from other fields of science, and with the users of research to deliver solutions-oriented knowledge on today’s most pre...

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Applications Invited for International Seminar on FORIN (Mexico City, Mexico)

06 February 2014 20:19

From 24-25 February 2014, the Institute of Geography of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico, will host an international seminar on Forensic Investigations of Disasters (FORIN). This seminar is the follow-up to the International Workshop on FORIN Associated with Landsl...

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Vacancy at ISSC

05 February 2014 12:51

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: PROGRAMME COORDINATOR: TRANSFORMATIONS TO SUSTAINABILITY The Transformations to Sustainability Programme is a new international research funding and coordination programme on global change and sustainability. Its overall objective is to increase the social science contributions...

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IDRD Newsletter Vol. 5 No. 1

28 January 2014 12:35

In this issue of the IRDR newsletter we look back at some of the major activities and events in which the Programme planned and/or participated in, and the advances the four projects made during 2013 in pursuit of the IRDR mission.Contents of Vol. 5 No. 1: IRDR Conference 2014 UN Sustainable Develop...

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Call for International Scientific Programme Committee candidates for SciDataCon 2014

27 January 2014 13:44

Call for ISPC by CODATA & ICSU-WDS Data are essential to all scientific endeavours. The emerging cultures of data sharing and publication, open access to, and reuse of data are positive signs of an evolving research environment. Nevertheless,...

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Vacancy: Post-Doctoral Research Associate for Review of FORIN Studies

22 January 2014 14:17

Application deadline: 20 February 2014 Salary: £33,967 - £39,705 Post duration: 24 monthsProf Mark Pelling, lecturer in the Department of Geography at King's College London (KCL) and IRDR Science Committee (SC) Member, is looking for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate to work alongside him on an EU...

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IRDR to Hold the 2nd Conference on Disaster Reduction

08 January 2014 13:11

BEIJING—The Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) 2014 conference is scheduled to be held from 7th June to 9th June, 2014, at the Beijing International Convention Center (BICC). Organized by the IRDR International Programme Office and the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), IR...

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Fourth Call for Abstracts - 2015 Global Assessment Report (GAR15)

23 December 2013 08:17

Research Areas 8 and 17The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) is issuing a Fourth Call for Abstracts as part of the development of the 2015 Global Assessment Report (GAR15). The GAR15 will be published prior to the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2015, in which...