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IRDR Launches New Newsletter – June 2025 Issue Now Available!
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14 July 2025
IRDR Publications and Activities for GP2025
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27 May 2025
Professor Saini Yang Appointed as the New Executive Director of IRDR
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08 July 2024
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RIF-Asia Call for Partners!
13 October 2016
The Asia-Pacific region is home to 40 per cent of all natural disasters and 84 per cent of people affected by natural disasters worldwide. With the region facing such a magnitude of humanitarian and development challenges, there is need for innovation and
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Experts of IRDR – Prof. Joern Birkmann and Ass. Prof. Shuaib Lwasa - published together with colleagues from the USA and Europe a new piece in NATURE
29 September 2016
Experts of IRDR – Prof. Joern Birkmann (University of Stuttgart, Member of the Science Committee of IRDR) and Ass. Prof. Shuaib Lwasa (Makerere University, Member and Head of the Science Committee of IRDR) - published together with colleagues from the US
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Prof. Ian Burton was awarded the Laureat d’Honneur 2016 from IGU!
27 September 2016
Prof. Ian Burton, former Scientific Committee member of IRDR, was awarded the Laureat d’Honneur 2016 from the International Geographical Union for his pioneering work on the understanding of disasters.This prestigious award was established to recogn
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Call for Abstracts: 7th International Conference on Building Resilience
23 September 2016
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 7th International Conference on Building ResilienceUsing scientific knowledge to inform policy and practice in disaster risk reduction and managementhttp://www.buildresilience.org/2017/ Date: 27-29 November 2017Location: Bangk
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Survey on Science and technology for Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia
13 September 2016
Click here for Survey! The 1st Asian Science and Technology Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction on 23-24 of August 2016 was organised by UNISDR with support from IRDR and other partners, which aims to discuss the key issues, challenges, needs and oppor
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1st Workshop to Strengthen Scientific Advisory Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction was successfully held!
30 August 2016
1st Workshop to Strengthen Scientific Advisory Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction was successfully held at National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), Bangkok, Thailand, on 25th and 26th August 2016, co-organized by ICSU Regional Office for Asia and
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1st Asian Science and Technology Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction was successfully held!
30 August 2016
The 1st Asian Science and Technology Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction, Science-Policy Dialogue for Implementation of the Sendai Framework was successfully held at Bangkok, 23-24 August 2016. (View the earlier conference notification)The Conference b
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International Training Workshop on "Strengthening Science Capacities for Sustainable Development and Disaster Risk Reduction” will be held at Sanya, Hainan, China, on 27th November – 3rd December, 2016.
23 August 2016
International Training Workshop on "Strengthening Science Capacities for Sustainable Development and Disaster Risk Reduction”will be held at Sanya, Hainan, China, on 27th November – 3rd December, 2016.In response to the needs of developing countries along
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1st Workshop to Strengthen Scientific Advisory Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction will be held at National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), Bangkok, Thailand, on 25th and 26th August 2016
23 August 2016
The 1st Workshop to Strengthen Scientific Advisory Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction will be held at National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), Bangkok, Thailand, on 25th and 26th August 2016. The co-organizers of the workshop are International Co
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Opportunity! Call for Pre-proposals to identify collaborative research projects in Africa!
20 July 2016
International Council for Science (ICSU), in partnership with NASAC and the ISSC, will support 10 research projects across Africa to the value of up to 90,000 Euro each over two years. These projects are expected to generate new solutions-oriented knowled
