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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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GRC in Partnership with IAHS and IRDR has been Awarded an IUGG Grant
22 May 2012
The Commission on Geophysical Risk and Sustainability (GeoRisk Commission), in partnership with International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) and Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR), has been awarded an International Union of Geodesy a
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IUGG First GRC Conference on Extreme Natural Hazards and Their Impacts
21 May 2012
Dear Colleagues, Partners and Collaborators,IUGG First GRC Conference on Extreme Natural Hazards and Their Impacts will be held in Chapman University campus on December 8-12, 2012.The Topics are:Session I - Some of Major Recent Earthquake and Tsunami Even
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IRDR Japan Makes a Permanent Committee of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ)
16 May 2012
On April 23, 2012, IRDR Japan made a permanent committee of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ). Toshio Koike, Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, was appointed to serve as the new Chair of IRDR Jap
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CODATA 2012 International Conference - Call for Scientific Presentations Deadline
16 May 2012
Dear Colleagues, Partners and Collaborators,The call for the Scientific Presentations for the 23rd International CODATA Conference themed “Open Data and Information for a Changing Planet”, which will be held October 28-31, 2012 in Taipei, China, has been
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IRDR Announces New Science Committee Members
10 May 2012
IRDR would like congratulate the new Science Committee members Irasema AYALA-ALCÁNTARA, Ann BOSTROM and Sisi ZLATANOVA, who have been approved by the Sponsors to replace outgoing members Raymond Chan, Allan Lavell, Maria Patek and Coleen Vogel.For more in
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IRDR’s Anthony Oliver-Smith Winning the Malinowski Award
07 May 2012
IRDR would like to congratulate Anthony Oliver-Smith for winning the Malinowski Award.The Bronislaw Malinowski Award is an award given by the US-based Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) in honor of Bronisław Malinowski (1884–1942), an original member
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Towards a Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
13 March 2012
Dear Colleagues, Partners and Collaborators,Towards a Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction UNISDR paper outlines some substantive issues and a process of consultations as the disaster risk reduction community heads toward the end date of the cu
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4th IDRC Davos 2012 – Call for Abstracts Extended to 31 March
12 March 2012
The call for contributions for the 4th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2012 has been extended to 31 March 2012. The best papers will be published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.Submit an abstract.
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Asia Oceania Geosciences Society and American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly 2012
06 March 2012
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) and American Geophysical Union (AGU) will hold a joint assembly August 13-17, 2012 on Sentosa Island, Singapore.Abstracts are invited for this session:Session IWG10 - Concatenated Hazards and DisastersThis session w
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United Nations Starts Discussion on a New International Blue Print for DRR
06 March 2012
The United Nations Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström, and HE Yoichi Otabe, the Japanese Ambassador to the International Organizations in Geneva, announced today the start of consultations on a new international bluepr
