From 7-9 October 2015, the 6th ANIE (African Network for Internationalization of Education) Annual Conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania will bring together multi-level stakeholders in Higher Education and Internationalisation. The conference theme, “Moving from the MDGs to SDGs: The Contributions of International Higher Education” will engage experts from around the world to deliberate on …
PERIPERI U Leads DRR session at 6th ANIE Annual ConferenceRead More »
Research funded under the programme of Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centres (BNHCRC), the IRDR National Committee for Australia, has produced a range of new publications during July and August 2015. David Bruce, Communication manager at BNHCRC, published ” Post-incident research – gaining knowledge after the event” in the Australian Journal of Emergency Management, …
Post-bushfire: Gaining knowledge after the disasterRead More »
Beginning in 2016, David Johnston will become co-chair of the Scientific Steering Group (SSC) of the High Impact Weather Project (HIWeather) working alongside Metservice and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). HiWeather is a ten-year project sponsored by WMO’s World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) and aims to dramatically increase resilience to high impact weather worldwide by …
SC Chair David Johnston appointed to HiWeather Scientific CommitteeRead More »
Stellenbosch University, a partner of the Periperi U consortium, will be hosting their well regarded Community Risk Assessment Short course. For more information and to register click here. Key Content Areas: Role of CRA in development planning/ risk reduction Principles, practice and ethics of CRA Introduction to critical data sources for assessing risk Capturing and …
Periperi U Community Risk Assessment Short Course 16-20 November 2015Read More »
The IRDR International Centre of Excellence ion Vulnerability and Resilience Metrics led by Susan Cutter at the University of South Carolina recently announced the latest version of the SHELDUS database (SHELDUS™ 14.0). SHELDUS™ is a county-level hazard loss data set for the U.S. for 18 different natural hazard event types such as: thunderstorms, hurricanes, floods, …
IRDR ICoE VaRM: New version of US county-level hazard loss data setRead More »
The interdisciplinary research project Changing Disasters has a September 1 deadline for the conference’s Call for Papers. They are hosting the first Northern European conference on emergency and disaster studies which will be held at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. IRDR has organized an extended expert panel to kick off the conference. Susan Cutter, Allan …
Sept.1 abstract deadline for NEEDS conference in CopenhagenRead More »
In 2008, AFPCN (Association française pour la prévention des catastrophes naturelles), which functions as IRDR National Committee for France, established a Working Group that studied the vulnerability of networks in the face of natural hazards. A report was published that brought together evidence and analyses presented during the lifetime of the first cycle of the …
IRDR France relaunches WG Networks and Natural DisastersRead More »
The Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, which functions as IRDR National Committee Australia, AFAC and a number of NGO and civil society partners, among them the Australian Red Cross, will together deliver services on behalf of Emergency Management Australia (EMA). Australia’s Minister for Justice announced that the consortium had been selected to deliver EMA’s professional development …
BNHCRC and partners deliver training on emergency management in AustraliaRead More »
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, adopted at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on 18 March 2015 in Sendai, Japan, calls upon the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) to facilitate consultative processes to develop practical guides for implementation. Consultations for the development of “Words Into Action” …
Words Into Action – topics under development by UNISDRRead More »
Attention early- and mid-career scientists from developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America wishing to increase scientific knowledge of disaster mitigation and space technology. Applications due August 28,2015 for the 3rd International Training Workshop on Space Technology for Disaster Mitigation (23 November-4 December, 2015) In response to the needs of developing countries in disaster …