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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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16 May 2023
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Synthesis Report of 1st "Science Advice to Governments" Conference
16 December 2014
The first "Science Advice to Governments" conference took place in Auckland, New Zealand, on 28-29 August 2014. The meeting was co-hosted by the Office of Sir Peter Gluckman, Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of New Zealand and the International
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RIA Fellows webinars on indigenous knowledge and DRR
15 December 2014
Two upcoming webinars of the Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction Project are scheduled on 15 and 18 December 2014. The webinars are supported by START - Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training and IRDR - Integrated Research o
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IRDR Host RADI holds Annual Academic Conference
14 December 2014
The 2014 Academic Conference of RADI convened in Beijing on 9 December and was attended by more than 500 researchers. Under the theme of “Remote Sensing and Digital Earth: Ushering in an Age of Taking the Lead” the conference served as platform for academ
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Report: IUPsyS capacity building workshop on psychological intervention after disasters
14 December 2014
The final report of the IUPsyS-led capacity building workshop on psychological intervention after disasters that was held in Mianyang China in December 2014 is now published on the IUPsyS website. It is also available for download from the link given belo
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Including People with Disabilities in Disaster Preparedness and Response – European Conference
13 December 2014
Brussels’ Palais Egmont witnessed, on 4-5 December 2014, a unique conference in this period of intense preparations for the post-2015 framework for DRR: policy makers and government representatives, incl. local administrations, agencies, associations, civ
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Report on ICoE Taipei- co-sponsored workshop on “Psychological Intervention After Disasters”
13 December 2014
The final report of the IUPsyS-led capacity building workshop on psychological intervention after disasters that was held in Mianyang China in December 2014 is now published on the IUPsyS website. It is also available for download from the link given belo
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Swedish North-South collaborative seed funding for GEC research
12 December 2014
Researchers within humanities, natural and social sciences can are apply for SSEESS seed grants under the “Research Links 2015” programme: SEK 90 000 (ca €10 000) can go towards cost related to networking activities, such as visits between the partners, s
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BNHCRC (IRDR Australia) holds Research Advisory Forum in Melbourne
11 December 2014
The second Research Advisory Forum (RAF) for 2014 was held at RMIT University in Melbourne on 3-4 December. Unlike the first Research Advisory Forum in Adelaide in March, the two-days of this second meeting focused on only one half the projects supported
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Sasakawa long list announced
10 December 2014
The 2015 Sasakawa Award has generated a huge response with 88 nominations of individuals and organizations received from a remarkable 44 countries.And the four judges – from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania – have taken the first important s
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ICSU announces Dr. Heide Hackmann to be Executive Director and Dr. Lucilla Spini, Head of Science Programmes
09 December 2014
The International Council for Science announced that Dr. Heide Hackmann, a dual South African-German national, will take over leadership of the organization’s International Secretariat in Paris in March 2015.Hackmann joins the Council from the Internatio
