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- IRDR Public Events Calendar 2020-21
Induction for new MSc and MRes students Wed 30th Sep, 14:00-19:00 New Masters students, all academic staff. Other IRDR staff and students welcome. Masters drop-in session for module selection support Thurs 1st Oct, 10:00-13:00 Masters students + Academic staff for advice IRDR Special Seminar and reception Tues 13th Oct, 17:00 seminar, 18:00 reception Public IRDR Monthly Seminar Title (TBC) Tues 17th Nov, 17:00-18:00 Public Enterprise workshop Fri 20th Nov, 09:00-18:00
IRDR students and workshop registrants IRDR Board Tues 24th Nov, 16:00-18:00 Board Members Alumni Mixer Tues 24th Nov, 18:00-22:00 IRDR alumni, students, staff and members Global Humanitarian Studies BSc Virtual Open Day Weds 2 December, 16:00-17:00 Prospective students Enterprise workshop Thurs 3rd Dec, 16:30-18:30 IRDR students and workshop registrants 2nd International Conference on the Rohingya Crisis 3-4 December 10:00-16:00 Public (see https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/events/2020/dec/2nd-international-conference-rohingya-crisis-comparative-perspective) IRDR Christmas Party Tues 8th Dec, 18:00 onwards IRDR staff, students and members IRDR Monthly Seminar Tues 12th Jan, 17:00-18:00 Public. Find out more and book your place. IRDR PhD Student Forum + Reception Wed 20th Jan, 12:00-20:00 IRDR staff and students; external supervisors of IRDR students Enterprise workshop Thurs 21st Jan, 16:00-19:00 IRDR students and workshop registrants dPHE 2nd anniversary event Tues 26th Jan, 15:00-17:00 IRDR staff and students; public. Find out more and book your place. BSc taster session Mon 1 Feb, 16.30-18.30 Prospective students. Find out more and book your place. Humanitarian Institute Masterclass in International Development Fri 5 Feb, 9.00-17.00 Public; staff and students. Find out more and book your place.
IRDR Monthly Seminar Tues 9th Feb, 17:00-18:00 Public; students. Find out more and book your place or watch the livestream on our YouTube channel. Enterprise workshop Postponed, new date TBC Postgraduate students IRDR Careers Fair Wed 24th Feb, 17:00-20:00 Public IRDR Monthly Seminar Tues 16th March, 17:00-18:00 Public IRDR Alumni Mixer event Thurs 25th Mar, 18:00-21:00 IRDR Alumni, students, and selected staff IRDR Spring Academy Mon 26th April & Tues 27th April All IRDR Staff and PhD Students IRDR Monthly Seminar Tues 4th May, 17:00-18:00 Public IRDR Centre for Gender and Disaster - Public Panel Event Date TBC Public IRDR Board
Wed 19th May, 14:00-15:30
Board Members
CPD/HI Masterclass
Tues 15th Jun, 09:00-21:00
Public
Humanitarian Summit
Wed 16th Jun, 09:00-18:00
Public. Find out more and book.
IRDR Annual Conference - Main Event, Reception and meetings
Wed 23rd Jun, 09:00-21:00
Public. Find out more and book.
- UCL IRDR in the Media
Experts from the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction are frequently called upon for commentary and insights during and after major disasters. Recent UCL IRDR media appearances include:
Dr Joanna Faure Walker on predicting earthquakes
21 March 2021, Dr Faure Walker appeared on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire's "Naked scientists" programme discussing why we cannot predict earthquakes.
#MyLockdownJournal
25 June 2020, the Centre for Digital Public Health in Emergencies' app that tracks people's coronavirus lockdown activities was featured in the Mail Online and iNews.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8455071/More-half-locked-Britons-exercising-day.html
Covid-19 pandemic coverage
March–April 2020, a number of our staff appeared in the global media about the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, commenting on aspects ranging from prevention, preparedness, and emergency management for a pandemic to the international political effects, the consequences of lockdown, and digital epidemiology. Some of those appearances are listed in this news article.
Dr Gianluca Pescaroli on flooding and flood risk
1 March 2020, Dr Gianluca Pescaroli discussing flooding and flood risk in the wake of storms Ciara and Dennis in early 2020, on Sky Breakfast News (Sunday).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itMCPqMtTuA
Dr Robert Wicks and Professor Ilan Kelman on the impact of solar storms on power networks
18 January 2020, as Sky One aired disaster drama series COBRA, Dr Robert Wicks and Professor Ilan Kelman spoke to Sky News about the impact of solar storms on power networks.
https://news.sky.com/story/cobra-could-power-on-earth-really-be-wiped-out-by-a-solar-storm-11905286
IRDR and Tohoku University IRIDeS on the Role of Gender in Evacuation
11 October 2018, Prof Maureen Fordham, other IRDR staff and our colleagues at Tohoku University feature on NHK News, Japan's largest broadcasting organisation (in Japanese)
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20181012/k10011668431000.html
Prof David Alexander commentary on Hurricane Ophelia and Ireland
18 October 2017, an opinion piece in the Irish Times newspaper on "Why Ireland had to shut down for Ophelia". https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/why-ireland-had-to-shut-down-for-storm-ophelia-1.3259486
Dr Joanna Faure Walker on September 2017 Mexico City Earthquake
Thursday 21st September 2017, discussing damage and risk reduction relating to the Mexico City earthquake on BBC News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjaV1qCmxMc
Wednesday 20th September, commentary on the Mexico Earthquake on TRT World news: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eCAasrlmiX4
Dr Joanna Faure Walker on Caribbean Hurricanes
Saturday 9th September 2017, commentary post disaster housing in the Caribbean on Radio 4's Today Programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09309gz
Dr Ilan Kelman commentary on Hurricane Harvey
Friday 1st September 2017, authored an article in Dezeen: "Urban design caused the Hurricane Harvey disaster": https://www.dezeen.com/2017/09/01/urban-design-caused-hurricane-harvey-disaster-houston-flooding-ilan-kelman-opinion/
Thursday 31st August 2017, interviewed by CBC News on Hurricane Harvey and the poor (audio link): http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1036699715511
Wednesday 30th August 2017, authored an article in The Independent on No, climate change didn't cause the Hurricane Harvey disaster – society did: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/hurricane-harvey-climate-change-infrastructure-government-weather-texas-a7920106.html
Wednesday 30th August 2017, quoted in Press TV: More storms expected due to global warming, scientists say: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/08/30/533471/Global-Warming-Hurricane-Harvey-Scientists
Tuesday 29th August 2017, quoted in BBC News: Hurricane Harvey: The link to climate change: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41082668
Tuesday 29th August 2017, authored an article in The Conversation on Don’t blame climate change for the Hurricane Harvey disaster – blame society: https://theconversation.com/dont-blame-climate-change-for-the-hurricane-harvey-disaster-blame-society-83163 also published on Yahoo News News https://www.yahoo.com/news/don-apos-t-blame-climate-121158519.html
Tuesday 29th August 2017, authored an article in Yes! Magazine: Hurricane Harvey Isn’t a “Natural” Disaster. Politics Created the Chaos: http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/hurricane-harvey-isnt-a-natural-disaster-politics-created-the-chaos-20170829, also published on Vox Populi https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/30/ilan-kelman/
Dr Ilan Kelman on Climate Migrants
Friday 18th August 2017, authored an article in Thompson Reuters Foundation News, on How do islanders think about becoming climate migrants?
http://news.trust.org/item/20170818141947-h98ta
- Previous IRDR Public Events
- 2018-19
IRDR Special Seminar Tues 9th Oct, 17:00-18:00 Roberts G06 LT, followed by reception in Roberts Foyer Public Humanitarian Institute Evening Conference Series on the UN Sustainable Development Goals Thurs 18th Oct, 17:00-20:00 Roberts G08 LT and Roberts Foyer Public Humanitarian Institute Masterclass in International Development: Safer Schools Fri 19th Oct, 09:00 - 17:00 Roberts 422 and Roberts Foyer (reception from 17:00) Public Launch of IRDR Centre for Digital Health and Emergencies Thurs 1st Nov, 18:00 - 21:00 Roberts G08 LT and Roberts Foyer (reception from 19:30) Public IRDR Monthly Seminar Tues 13th Nov, 17:00-18:00 Anatomy G04 Gavin de Beer LT Public Entrepreneurship for Global Humanitarian Impact Workshop Fri 16th Nov, 9:30-17:00 UCL Base KX,103c Camley St, Kings Cross, IRDR students and Public Alumni and Members Dinner Tues 20th Nov, 18:00-22:00 Haldane Room Public Business Simulation Game Thurs 29th Nov, 16:30-18:30
Roberts Building 508 IRDR students and Public IRDR Monthly Seminar Tues 4th Dec, 17:00-18:00 Roberts Building Public IRDR Christmas Party Tues 4th Dec, 18:00 - 20:00 tbc IRDR staff, students, and associates Consultancies R Us Thurs 13th Dec,16:30 -18:30 Roberts Building 508 IRDR students and Public IRDR Monthly Seminar Tues 8th Jan, 17:00-18:00 Pearson Building G22 Lecture Theatre Public IRDR Monthly Seminar Tues 5th Feb, 17:00-18:00 Pearson Building G22 Lecture Theatre Public Humanitarian Institute Teaching Forum Thurs 7th Feb, 17:00-20:00 Cruciform Lecture Theatre 2 (5-6:30pm) and South Cloisters (6:30-8pm) Public IRDR Careers Fair Wed 20th Feb, 17:00-20:00 Gustave Tuck LT and South Cloisters Public IRDR Public Panel Event - Centre for Gender and Disaster Anniversary Wed 6th March, 18:00-19:30 Roberts G06 LT and Foyer Public IRDR Monthly Seminar Tues 12th March, 17:00-18:00 Pearson Building G22 Lecture Theatre Public Alumni and Student Mixer Thu 21st March, 18:30-21:00 Jeremy Bentham Room IRDR alumni, students, and staff IRDR Monthly Seminar Tues 7th May, 17:00-18:00 25 Gordon Street, Room 500 Public Humanitarian Summit Tues 18th June, 09:00-18:00 Robert G06 LT and Roberts Foyer G02, Roberts 110 for speakers meet & greet Public IRDR annual Conference Wed 19th June, 09:00-21:00 Robert G06 LT and Roberts Foyer G02, Eng. Executive Suite 103 and 104 for speakers meet & greet Public International Conference on the Rohingya Crisis in Comparative Perspective Thu 4 July to Fri 05 July, 09:00-18:00 G11 & G17 UCL Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) Public - Summer 2018
IRDR Monthly Seminar: Field experience in natural disaster response: Sierra Leone Regent-Lumley landslide 14th August 2017 by Grace Campbell and Peter Redshaw (Arup) Tues 1st May, 17:00-18:00 Roberts 508 Public Virtual Open Day for Postgraduate Study at UCL IRDR Weds 30th May, 12:00 - 14:00 Virtual Anyone interested in postgraduate study in the IRDR. Go to event page. Humanitarian Institute Evening Conference Series on the UN SDGs. South-South Humanitarianism, New Aims, Old Challenges Thurs 31st May, 18:00 - 21:00 Gustave Tuck LT and South Cloisters Open to the public. Registration via eventbrite
Full details on event pageHumanitarian Summit Tues 19th Jun, 08:00-18:00 Roberts G06 and Roberts Foyer Open to the public. Registration via eventbrite
Chair: Rosanna Smith
IRDR Annual Conference Weds 20th Jun, 08:00-20:00 Darwin Lecture Theatre and South Cloisters Open to the public. Registration via eventbrite
Chair: David Alexander
Humanitarian Institute Masterclass on Public Health and Digital Disaster Response Thurs 21st Jun, 09:00 - 17:00 Chandler House Room 118 Registrations via eventbrite. Limited spaces available.
Chair: Carmine Galasso
Spring 2018
IRDR Monthly Seminar:
Three myths in our dealings with disasters, climate change and development by Terry CannonTues 13th Mar, 17:00-18:00 Roberts 508 Public IRDR Public Panel Event Weds 7th March, 18:00-19:30 Wilkins Gustave Tuck Lecture and North Cloisters Open to the public. Registration via eventbrite
IRDR Careers Fair Wed 28th Feb, 17:00-20:00 Wilkins Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre and North Cloisters Open to the public. Registration via eventbrite
IRDR Monthly Seminar: Designing in bamboo: the new green steel? by Sebastian Kaminski (Arup) Tues 6th Feb, 17:00-18:00 Roberts 508 Public IRDR Monthly Seminar: Cybersecurity by Simon Parkin and Ingolf Becker (UCL Computer Science) Tues 9th Jan, 17:00-18:00 Roberts 508 Public Autumn 2017
IRDR Monthly Seminar:
by Grace Campbell, Arup and Emily Clarke, Civil Contingencies Secretariat, Cabinet OfficeTues 5th Dec, 17:00-18:00 Anatomy Gavin de Beer Lecture Theatre Public Finland 100: Evening on Finland and Arctic Governance with Timo Koivurova
and the Polar Research and Policy InitiativThurs 30th Nov, 19:00-20:30 Gordon House 106, 29 Gordon Square, University College London, London, WC1H 0PP Open to the public. Registration via eventbrite
Arctic Resilience - Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration with Rescue Global and IRDR Thurs 30th Nov, 16:00-17:30 Room 675, the UCL Institute of Education (IoE), 20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AL Public Alumni Dinner Tues 21st Nov, 18:00-22:00 Haldane Room IRDR Alumni, staff, students and members
Go to event pageIRDR Monthly Seminar: Title (TBC) by Guy Yemomans, Arctic Futures Tues 14th Nov, 17:00-18:00 Anatomy G04 Gavin de Beer Lecture Theatre Public
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