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- IRDR Public Events Calendar 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 Roberts Building Public IRDR Monthly Seminar Tues 5th Feb, 17:00-18:00 Roberts Building Public Humanitarian Institute Evening Conference Series on the UN Sustainable Development Goals Thurs 7th Feb, 17:00-21:00 Robert G08 LT and Roberts Foyer Public Humanitarian Institute Masterclass in International Development Fri 8th Feb, 9.00-17.00 Roberts 422, and Roberts Foyer for reception from 17:00 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 Roberts Building 508 Public IRDR Monthly Seminar Tues 7th May, 17:00-18:00 Roberts Building 508 Public Humanitarian Institute Evening Conference Series on the UN Sustainable Development Goals Thurs 16th May, 17:00-21:00 Robert G08 and Roberts Foyer Public CPD/HI Masterclass Mon 17th Jun, 08:00-21:00 Engineering Front Executive Suite 103 Public Humanitarian Summit Tues 18th June, 09:00-18:00 Robert G06 LT and Roberts Foyer G02 Public IRDR annual Conference Wed 19th June, 09:00-21:00 Darwin LT and South Cloisters Public - 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:
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
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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