Official Announcement of Chair and Vice-Chairs of IRDR Scientific Committee
02 August 2024

Recently, IRDR Co-sponsor International Science Council (ISC) announced the appointment of Dr. Alik Ismail-Zadeh as the new Chair of IRDR Scientific Committee, Prof. Christopher Garimoi Orach and Dr. Naxhelli Ruiz-Rivera as the new Vice-Chairs, after announcing the 15 members of the first term of Scientific Committee in IRDR Phase II in June.

Dr. Alik Ismail-Zadeh is Senior Fellow and Research Professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany, promoting international cooperation in Earth and space sciences and in disaster risk reduction. Dr. Christopher Garimoi Orach is a Professor of Community Health, departmental chair of Community Health and Behavioural Sciences, and deputy dean at Makerere University School of Public Health. Dr. Naxhelli Ruiz-Riverais a social scientist at the Institute of Geography, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

The Scientific Committee provides scientific guidance for IRDR to deliver on its mission to mobilize science for the reduction of all types of disaster risk, building resilience and reducing vulnerability by integrating risk science with climate change adaptation and mitigation and sustainable development. 

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