Events
Debating Matters National Final
Starts: Jun 28, 2013 1:30:00 PM
IRDR 3rd Annual Conference, 14th June 2013
Starts: Jun 14, 2013 9:00:00 AM
Careers and Opportunities in Risk and Disaster Reduction
Starts: Jun 13, 2013 4:00:00 PM
Events
Debating Matters National Final
Publication date: 19 June 2013
Start:
Jun 28, 2013 1:30:00 PM
End:
Jun 29, 2013 7:15:00 PM
This year, the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction will host the National final of Debating Matters. Debating Matters is a national debate competition for 6th form students, run by the Institute of Ideas. The National final runs over 3 days, with days 1 and 2, Fri 27th and Sat 28th June, hosted by the IRDR and day 3, Sun 29th June, hosted by the ROyal Society of Medicine.
IRDR 3rd Annual Conference, 14th June 2013
Publication date: 26 March 2013
Start:
Jun 14, 2013 9:00:00 AM
End:
Jun 14, 2013 7:30:00 PM
After successful annual conferences in 2011 and 2012, we are hoping for our 2013 annual conference to be even bigger and better. As in previous years, this conference aims to draw together a varied and dynamic audience from across UCL and beyond to report on, explore and inform research in risk and disaster reduction through thought-provoking lectures and discussions.
Careers and Opportunities in Risk and Disaster Reduction
Publication date: 19 March 2013
Start:
Jun 13, 2013 4:00:00 PM
End:
Jun 13, 2013 7:00:00 PM
The UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction will hold it's inaugural Careers and Opportunities Forum and Reception
First Academic Conference on Risk and Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience
Publication date: 6 February 2013
Start: Jun 13, 2013 9:00:00 AM
By invitation only - 13 June 2013
UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR) will hold a one-day event on 13 June 2013 in order to bring together representatives of the universities in the UK and Europe that offer courses or conduct research on risks, hazards, disasters and resilience.
IRDR 2012-2013 Seminar series
Publication date: 5 September 2012
Convened by Dr Megan French
| Date and Time | Location | Speaker | Title |
| 17 Oct 2012, 16:00 | Pearson Lecture Theatre, Room G22 | Professor David Alexander, IRDR | Mortality Patterns in Earthquakes: the Example of L'Aquila (Italy), 6 April 2009 |
| 14 Nov 2012, 16:00 | Pearson Lecture Theatre, Room G22 | Jessica Turner, RMS |
Selected scientific challenges facing catastrophe modeling |
| 23rd Nov 2012, 13:00 | Garwood Lecture Theatre, South Wing, 1st floor |
Dr Anawat Suppasri, IRIDeS, Tohoku University |
Reconstruction of areas hit by the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in March 2011 |
| 12 Dec 2012, 16:00 | Pearson Lecture Theatre, Room G22 | Dr Gordon Woo, RMS | The Charitable Catastrophe Modeller |
| 16 Jan 2013, 16:00 | Garwood Lecture Theatre, South Wing, 1st floor | Dr Cassidy Johnson, DPU, UCL | Urban Community Resilience to Disaster |
| 13 Feb 2013, 16:00 | Garwood Lecture Theatre, South Wing, 1st floor | Dr Joanna Faure Walker, IRDR | Observations and questions following the UK-Japan Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction - Learning from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake |
| 13 Mar 2013, 16:00 | Garwood Lecture Theatre, South Wing, 1st floor | Dr Anasuya Aruliah, Physics and Astronomy, UCL | Extreme Space Weather: What is it? Risks and Mitigation |
| 24 Apr 2013, 16:00 | Garwood Lecture Theatre, South Wing, 1st floor | Dr Ben Lishman, IRDR | Arctic Risk (exact title TBC) |
| 15 May 2013, 16:00 | Pearson Lecture Theatre, Room G22 | Dr Mohammad Shamsudduha, IRDR | Water Risk (exact title TBC) |
