IRDR Young Scientists Programme
Introduction
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) calls for enhanced role of science and technology for evidence based decision-making. It also urges the need for innovation and partnership, which is linked to practise and diverse stakeholders. IRDR, with its mandate for integrated and trans-disciplinary research, would like to promote capacity building of young professionals, and encourage them to undertake innovative and needs based research which makes science-policy and science-practice linkages stronger.
Objectives
- ● Increase awareness among young scientists about Sendai Framework implementation and pro vide opportunities for further engagement through the Young Scientists Program on DRR.
- ● Collate existing research knowledge on DRR and identify research gaps and priorities in relation to the Sendai Framework Priorities for Action
- ● Identify opportunities to fund continued multi-disciplinary research by young scientists and early career researchers
- ● Provide technical support to promising young researchers in DRR fields
- ● Build and foster strong and dynamic networks among worldwide experts and institutions in DRR fields
- ● Develop, over time, a community of high-quality young professionals that can provide support for policy making decisions related to DRR
Eligibility
To be an IRDR Young Scientist, following are the necessary criteria:
- ● Increase awareness among young scientists about Sendai Framework implementation and pro vide opportunities for further engagement through the Young Scientists Program on DRR.
- ● Collate existing research knowledge on DRR and identify research gaps and priorities in relation to the Sendai Framework Priorities for Action
- ● Identify opportunities to fund continued multi-disciplinary research by young scientists and early career researchers
- ● Provide technical support to promising young researchers in DRR fields
- ● Build and foster strong and dynamic networks among worldwide experts and institutions in DRR fields
- ● Develop, over time, a community of high-quality young professionals that can provide support for policy making decisions related to DRR
Programme benefits
Once selected, as fellow can be an “IRDR Young Scientist” for a period of maximum three years. The fellow will receive the following benefits:
- ● Link to IRDR network of professionals and practitioners
- ● Access to IRDR Scientific Committee (SC) for academic support / advice
- ● Participation in IRDR related training programs (there would be a different selection process for each of the training program)
- ● A certificate for IRDR Young Scientist upon successful completion
Responsibility of IRDR Young Scientists
- ● Contribute to innovative research in the field of disaster risk reduction
- ● Be the ambassador of IRDR in different conferences and/or social media
- ● Develop and contribute to networking of young professionals
- ● Submit a 6-month report of activities in the prescribed format of IRDR
- ● Acknowledge the contribution of IRDR in the academic paper, thesis etc.
APPLICATIONS
TRAININGS
Open Ceremony of DBAR International Training Workshop
11 December 2017 15:36
International Training Workshop on Integrated Risk Assessment Methods Using Spatial and Social Vulnerability Data for Disaster Risk Reduction opened on Dec 11, 2017 at RADI Sanya Campus.This workshop will provide a scientific and practical guide on DRR to the participants from developing countries a...
IRDR young scientist in "Major Natural Disaster Alleviation of the Belt and Road" Training Programme
04 September 2017 15:57
IRDR young scientist Dr. Basanta Raj Adhikari from Tribhuvan Univeristy, Nepal has been attending the training programme on Major Natural Disaster Alleviation of the Belt and Road at the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China. In this programme, IR...
IRDR Young Scientists joining Croucher Summer Course of IRDR ICoE-CCOUC in HK
04 July 2017 15:09
Since 2013, CCOUC, with the generous support from the Croucher Foundation, has been organizing biennial research methodology training in the field of disaster and humanitarian crisis. This year, the 3rd cohort of the Croucher Summer Course on Research Methodology for Disaster and Medical Humanitaria...
ACTIVITIES
IRDR Young Scientists Publication: An inclusive and adaptive framework for measuring social resilience to disasters
29 May 2018 14:07
A.M. Aslam Saja, one of IRDR young scientists, recently pulished "An inclusive and adaptive framework" in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction with his colleagues.Resilience is a multifaceted phenomenon, and approaches to measure resilience across disciplines have produced wide-rangi...
44 young researchers are accepted as IRDR Young Scientists
26 April 2018 11:55
The 3rd round application of IRDR Young Scientists Programme closed on Feb 28, 2018. After the evaluation of IRDR Young Scientists Programme Panel, 44 young researchers from 24 countries were proposed to be accepted as IRDR Young Scientists. The result was approved in the 19th IRDR Scientific Comm...
IRDR Young Scientist Co-edited "Disaster Governance in India"
07 November 2017 12:48
IRDR Young Scientist Abhinav Walia, a PhD Researcher at University of Newcastle, Australia and former faculty member at Centre for Disaster Management, LBSNAA, India, has co-edited a book titled “Disaster Governance in India – Vol-4.” The book is compilation of four field based case studies on vario...
