The International Council for Science (ICSU) is seeking a Science Officer for a fixed term contract (18 months) to assist with the planning and implementation of ICSU’s initiatives. Applications close on 17 February. Salary: Euros 40,000–55,000 (net per year before income tax) Location: Paris, France Closing date: 17 February 2013 ICSU is a non-governmental scientific …

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The 33rd annual IGARSS Symposium in Melbourne (21 – 26 July 2013) will continue the excellent tradition of gathering world-class scientists, engineers and educators engaged in the fields of geoscience and remote sensing. The Symposium’s theme of building a sustainable earth through remote sensing will be tackled through many exciting and varied technical sessions including: …

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The host of the IRDR programme, the Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth (CEODE), has merged with the Institute of Remote Sensing Applications (IRSA) to form the new Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI), which is governed by the  Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Headed by the former Director-General of CEODE, Academician Huadong Guo, RADI is …

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The International Hydrology Prize is awarded annually jointly by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) to an individual in recognition of his/her outstanding contributions to hydrology. IAHS President, Dr Gordon Young, presented the award and said “Professor Takeuchi has …

IRDR’s Vice Chair Kuni Takeuchi Received the 2012 International Hydrology PrizeRead More »

ICSU, ISSC and UNISDR, the three co-sponsors of IRDR programme, have approved the nomination of Dr David Johnston as the new Chair of the IRDR Science Committee. Dr Johnston is a Senior Scientist at GNS Science (New Zealand’s Geological Survey) and Director of the Joint Centre for Disaster Research in the School of Psychology at …

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IRDR is pleased to announce the approval of a new Science Committee member, Shuaib Lwasa. Dr Lwasa is a geographer with extensive teaching and research experiences at Makerere University, Uganda. He brings his knowledge and expertise in urban environmental management, livelihood systems, hazard and vulnerability assessment in both rural and urban environments. His more detailed …

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Policy Brief No.7 on Addressing loss and damage in the context of social vulnerability and resilience, presented by the Munich Re Foundation (MRF) Chair on Social Vulnerability and the United Nations University-Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), is now available online!  Two of IRDR’s Science Committee members, Anthony Oliver-Smith and Susan L, Cutter, contributed …

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Food poses one of the key challenges for human societies in the coming decades. Food Futures encompasses everything from what we eat and food security to the way we research and talk about food. Food is often a central theme in issues related to security, global health, demographics, geography, urbanities, culture and society, political systems, …

DFG/ICSU/ISSC Young Scientists Networking Conference on Integrated ScienceRead More »

The International Day for Disaster Reduction is a day to celebrate how people and communities are reducing their risk to disasters and raising awareness about the importance of DRR. The theme for 2012 is “Women and Girls: the [in] Visible Force of Resilience”. Women and girls make a major contribution to disaster risk reduction and …

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