Researchers within humanities, natural and social sciences can are apply for SSEESS seed grants under the “Research Links 2015” programme: SEK 90 000 (ca €10 000) can go towards cost related to networking activities, such as visits between the partners, seminars, workshops, and joint publishing/proposal writing activities. Deadline for submission is on 31 January 2015. The main …

Swedish North-South collaborative seed funding for GEC researchRead More »

The second Research Advisory Forum (RAF) for 2014 was held at RMIT University in Melbourne on 3-4 December. Unlike the first Research Advisory Forum in Adelaide in March, the two-days of this second meeting focused on only one half the projects supported by BNHCRC. Another RAF will be held in early 2015 which will allow sufficient …

BNHCRC (IRDR Australia) holds Research Advisory Forum in MelbourneRead More »

The 2015 Sasakawa Award has generated a huge response with 88 nominations of individuals and organizations received from a remarkable 44 countries. And the four judges – from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania – have taken the first important step by announcing their first long list of 33 nominations that remain in contention …

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The International Council for Science  announced that Dr. Heide Hackmann, a dual South African-German national, will take over leadership of the organization’s International Secretariat in Paris in March 2015. Hackmann joins the Council from the International Social Science Council (ISSC), where she has been Executive Director since 2007. During her tenure, she strengthened ISSC’s activity …

ICSU announces Dr. Heide Hackmann to be Executive Director and Dr. Lucilla Spini, Head of Science ProgrammesRead More »

The 2nd ISDR Asia Partnership Meeting of the year 2014 was held on 2 to 4 December 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting discussed the way forward from the 6th Asia Ministerial Conference, preparation towards the 3rd WCDRR and most importantly preparing towards the post 2015 framework adoption and implementation. The ISDR Asia Partnership (IAP) …

2nd ISDR Asia Partnership meeting in 2014 concludes in BangkokRead More »

Wellington undertaken by the Wellington region’s IRDR International Centre of Excellence for Community Resilience (IRDR ICoE CR) has won a bid to be part of the international network 100 Resilient Cities. Last year, The Rockefeller Foundation launched the 100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge (RC100) to help cities around the world become more resilient to physical, …

IRDR ICoE host city Wellington joins 100 Resilient Cities NetworkRead More »

The Integrated Research on Disaster Risk International Centre of Excellence (IRDR ICoE) located in Taipei, International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS),  the International Council for Science, Regional Office for Asia & the Pacific (ICSU ROAP) and partners is conducting a workshop on Psychological Intervention after Disasters (PIAD) on 8 – 11 December 2014 in Mianyang, …

IRDR ICoE Taipei and partners to conduct capacity development workshop in Mianyang, ChinaRead More »

The National Academy of Sciences Geographical Sciences Committee cordially invites you to the annual Gilbert F. White Lecture in the Geographical Sciences at The National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, D.C. on December 4, 2014. The lecture will be given by Susan Cutter, Carolina Distinguished Professor of Geography at the University of South Carolina, …

Lecture on Natural Hazards: Why More Knowledge Is Not Reducing LossesRead More »

The Royal Society has published ‘Resilience to extreme weather’. The full report, executive summary and other interactive content are available here. A briefing covering the content of the report will take place at 9.30am on 3 December at the Royal Society. How do we reduce the impact of extreme weather today while preparing ourselves for …

Resilience to extreme weather, a major new Policy Report from the Royal SocietyRead More »