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Professor Saini Yang Appointed as the New Executive Director of IRDR
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08 July 2024 IRDR Introduction Video
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23 May 2023 Agreement on IRDR Phase II became effective on May 11 2023
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IRDR partners analyse priorities for SDGs
06 May 2015
IRDR co-sponsors and partners such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences and International Council for Science recently co-authored an article in Nature entitled, "Five priorities for the UN Sustainable Development Goals". In the article, the authors laid ou
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Call for Applications: World Social Science Fellows Seminar on Sustainable Urbanization
05 May 2015
The International Social Science Council (ISSC) calls for applications from outstanding early career social scientists around the world to become World Social Science Fellows and participate in a World Social Science Seminar on Sustainable Urbanization: U
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Call for Nominations: IRDR Science Committee (SC) members
04 May 2015
The IRDR – Integrated Research on Disaster Risk - is a ten-year-programme, co-sponsored by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (
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ICSU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific publishes its Annual Report for 2014
03 May 2015
The ICSU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) recently published its Annual Report for the year 2014. The report documents the activities of ROAP highlighting key activities in its priority areas of work in health and wellbeing in the changing
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IRDR SC roundtable and workshop with IRDR China
03 May 2015
On 3-5 June 2015, in conjunction with the 13th IRDR Science Committee (SC) Meeting and the 2nd plenary meeting of the new IRDR China Committee meeting, a roundtable on IRDR research and policy perspectives and capacity building workshop for early and mid-
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Planning group on psychological intervention after disasters meets in Taipei
01 May 2015
The planning group of the 4th regional capacity building workshop on psychological intervention after disasters (PIAD) that will be held in November 2015 met in Taipei (28 and 29 April 2015) to prepare plans for the implementation of the workshop in 2015.
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Belmont Call for research proposals: “Mountains as sentinels of change”
01 May 2015
The Belmont Forum has issued a call for funding of international collaborative research to enhance our understanding of mountain ecosystems, related ecosystem services, as well as dynamics linked to hazards, vulnerability, risks, adaptation and resilience
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IRDR Ailsa Holloway representing Periperi U at the UN
30 April 2015
On 23 April 2015, Dr Ailsa Holloway from Stellenbosch University South Africa and IRDR ICoE for Risk Education and Learning (IRDR ICoE-REaL), represented Periperi U as she took part in an ICSU (International Council for Science) delegation for a series o
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IRDR’s Shuaib Lwasa at NY conference on “Measuring Sustainable Development”
28 April 2015
The international conference on “Measuring Sustainable Development” was held on 23-24 April 2015 at UN Plaza in New York City to debate the implementation of the evolving Post-2015 Development Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will
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First Vice President of Thai Legislative Assembly Visits IRDR Host Institution RADI
27 April 2015
On the morning of April 24, 2015, a delegation led by First Vice President of the Thai Legislative Assembly SurachaiLiengboonlertchai visited RADI, host institution of IRDR.Deputy Director of RADI Liu Jianbo made an introduction to the two sides’ existing
