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Professor Saini Yang Appointed as the New Executive Director of IRDR
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IRDR New Zealand director’s Sendai blog on resilience and development assistance
01 April 2015
The following blog is from Kelvin Berryman, Director of the Natural Hazards Research Platform and Principal Scientist of GNS Science who shares his reflections from the 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. The Natural Hazards Platform is an
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EU Loss Data conducts fifth workshop in Italy
01 April 2015
The fifth European Union Loss data working group workshop took place on 30 and 31 March in Ispra, Italy. The workshop gathered 30 experts from 11 European Member States (MS). The workshop discussed the challenges set forward by the new European Union Civi
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IRDR France presents its scientific programme
31 March 2015
AFPCN (Association Française Pour la Prevention des Catastrophes Naturelles), which functions as IRDR National Committee France, presented, on occasion of the 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) the achievements of its scientific pr
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Two Research Associate opportunities at King's College London
30 March 2015
King's College London is looking for two Research Associates to undertake research within a live aid programme and to influence programming in an adaptive management approach to research/practice co production.1. Research Associate in the Department of Ge
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IRDR NC Colombia in regional tsunami alert exercise
30 March 2015
Together with agencies from 22 other countries from the wider Caribbean region, "Unidad Nacional de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres, UNGRD), which functions as IRDR National Committee Colombia, is participating in CARIBE WAVE 2015, a major exercise on eme
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Nominations Now Open for 2015 Mary Fran Awards
29 March 2015
The award recognizes disaster professionals (individuals and organizations) who continue Myers’ goal of promoting research on gender issues in disasters and emergency management.The selection committee is especially interested in nominations from outside
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4th International Tsunami Field Symposium
28 March 2015
The Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, in partnership with IRDR co-sponsor ICSU (Regional Office), organised the 4th International Tsunami Symposium in March in Phuket, Thailand, on 23 - 27 March 2015.T
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GeoX Conference on Natural Hazards, GeoRisks and Globalization
27 March 2015
The Geo.X conference held in Berlin, Germany from 24-26 March 2015 provided an international, interdisciplinary platform to discuss the role of the Earth Sciences for increasing the resilience of society to natural hazards. About 30 scientists of various
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ICSU ROLAC is looking for a Science Officer to be hired in June 2015
27 March 2015
Reporting to the Regional Director, the Science Officer assists with the scoping, planning and implementation of ICSU’s initiatives. He or she liaises with the ICSU family and regional scientific organizations with the aim of establishing short-term and l
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Interviewing Chris Field and Steve Sparks on disaster risk reduction
26 March 2015
“Road to Paris”, a science communication platform that is hosted by IRDR co-sponsor ICSU (“where science, policy and economics meet on our way to the 2015 climate conference in Paris”) recently published two interviews with key members of the scientific c
