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26 July 2013 16:15

Dear Colleagues:On behalf of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) Risk Interpretation and Action (RIA) project, it gives us great pleasure to inform you that the new IRDR RIA listserv is now up and running!This discussion forum sits within the wider IRDR RIA Community of Practice, an onli...

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Call for Participants: Young Scientists’ Conference on Integrated Research on Disaster Risk, Future Earth, and Sustainability

10 July 2013 14:24

22-24 October 2013, TaipeiSponsored by IRDR International Center of Excellence - Taipei & organized by International START SecretariatThe Young Scientists’ Conference on Integrated Research on Disaster Risk, Future Earth, and Sustainability offers a prestigious platform for selected young scient...

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IRDR Scientific Committee (SC) Membership Call for Nominations

03 July 2013 14:16

The IRDR programme is pleased to announce it is now accepting nominations for new members of the IRDR Scientific Committee (SC). Candidates' research areas should be closely related to the challenges of natural and human-induced hazards, capacity building, development of case studies, data managemen...

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Prof David Johnston, IRDR Scientific Committee Chair, Gives Lecture at the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI) in Beijing, China

14 June 2013 14:29

(Beijing, China, 14 June 2013) --- Prof David Johnston, Chair of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) Scientific Committee (SC), gave a lecture on the “Canterbury Earthquake Sequence and its Impacts” today to an avid audience of scientists, other staff members and students from the Instit...

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Vacancy Announcement: Executive Director of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) Programme

05 June 2013 01:46

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 important post of Executive Director of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) programme, which is bec...

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Call for Applications: World Social Science Fellows Programme

03 June 2013 03:39

The International Social Science Council (ISSC) calls for applications from outstanding early career social and other scientists around the world to become World Social Science Fellows to participate in an interdisciplinary World Social Science Seminar on "Risk Interpretation and Action: Decision-ma...

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IRDR at the Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (Geneva, Switzerland, 18-23 May 2013)

29 May 2013 14:37

From Saturday, 18 May to Thursday, 23 May 2013, representatives from the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) programme were in Geneva, Switzerland to attend the Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. The event was held at the International Conference Centre in Gen...

Research outputs

Annual Report 2012

13 May 2013 14:58

Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) takes a global, multi-disciplinary approach to dealing with the challenges brought by natural disasters, mitigating their impacts, and improving related policy-making mechanisms...

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International Workshop on Forensic Investigations of Disasters (FORIN) Associated with Landslides

08 May 2013 09:56

The Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas (University of Science and Arts of Chiapas) in Mexico will be hosting an international workshop on forensic investigations of disasters (FORIN) associated with landslides from 24 June to 5 July 2013.The main objective of the Workshop is to share the FOR...

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CEDIM's Annual Research Report 2012 - Focus on Forensic Disaster Analysis in Near Real-Time

03 May 2013 14:38

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-time “Forensic Disaster Analysis” (FDA).CEDIM’s...