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, several cultural and technological challenges are still preventing …
Call for International Scientific Programme Committee candidates for SciDataCon 2014Read More »
Application deadline: 20 February 2014 Salary: £33,967 – £39,705 Post duration: 24 months Prof 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, FP7 funded research project, entitled PEARL (Preparing for extreme …
Vacancy: Post-Doctoral Research Associate for Review of FORIN StudiesRead More »
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), IRDR Conference 2014 is designed bring continued worldwide attention to the …
IRDR to Hold the 2nd Conference on Disaster ReductionRead More »
Research Areas 8 and 17 The 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 governments will adopt a …
Fourth Call for Abstracts – 2015 Global Assessment Report (GAR15)Read More »
An ad hoc working group comprising several members of the IRDR Science Committee (SC) and experts associated with the Programme, prepared a brief to inform the discussions of the United Nations General Assembly Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals. The OWG will hold its seventh session in New York, from 6-10 January 2014. Issue …
IRDR Contributes to Discussions on UN Sustainable Development GoalsRead More »
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. IRDR is an exciting decade-long, internationally integrated, all-hazards research programme bringing together the talents of the natural, social, medical and engineering …
Good Day Colleagues: The Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology (CEDIM), http://www.cedim.de, now has a call for abstracts for its session, “NH9.2 – Forensic Disaster Analyses” for the European GeoSciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2014. The EGU General Assembly will be held in Vienna, Austria, from 27 April to 2 May 2014. Conveners: Heidi Kreibich, …
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS DEADLINE EXTENDED 2nd Integrated Research on Disaster Risk Conference “Integrated Disaster Risk Science: A tool for sustainability” Date: 7-9 June 2014 Beijing, China Venue: China National Convention Center (CNCC), No.7 Tianchen East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100105 China We invite submissions of abstracts from researchers, politicians, practitioners, funding agencies and disaster risk reduction-related organisations …
2nd IRDR Conference Call for Abstracts Deadline ExtendedRead More »
2nd Integrated Research on Disaster Risk Conference “Integrated Disaster Risk Science: A tool for sustainability” Date: 7-9 June 2014 Beijing, China Venue: China National Convention Center (CNCC), No.7 Tianchen East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100105 China We invite submissions of abstracts from researchers, politicians, practitioners, funding agencies and disaster risk reduction-related organisations to discuss and develop ways …
22-24 October 2013, Taipei Sponsored by IRDR International Center of Excellence – Taipei & organized by International START Secretariat The Young Scientists’ Conference on Integrated Research on Disaster Risk, Future Earth, and Sustainability offers a prestigious platform for selected young scientists from Taiwan and Southeast Asia to present their research findings to one another and to leading scientists …