Science and Communications Officers Needed for IRDR
Job Title: Science Officer [download PDF] Office: Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR), International Programme Office (IPO)c/o Institute of Remote Sensing & Digital Earth (RADI), Chinese Academy of Sciences Location: No. 9 Dengzhuang Nanlu, Haidian District, Beijing 100094, China Duration: two years initially, renewable subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability Application deadline: 22 November 2015, […]
PhD Scholarship Opportunity for understanding multi-hazards in Urban Africa
Doctoral Studentship: Understanding Multi-Hazards in Urban Africa The Department of Geography, Kings College London, is offering a 3.5 year (full time) fully funded research studentship supervised by Prof Bruce D. Malamud and Dr James Millington, experts in natural hazards, spatial analyses, and quantitative methods. The research project will be aligned with the recently initiated Urban Africa Risk […]
New Research by RADAR Reveals Severe Storm Impacts in South Africa
OFF THE RADAR: Severe storms and their impacts in the Western Cape, South Africa The Research Alliance for Disaster and Risk Reduction (RADAR), the South African Partner of PERIPERI U based at Stellenbosch University, have completed their current research project focusing on analysing severe storms and their impacts in the Western Cape of South Africa. […]
6th ANIE Conference Programme
From 7-9 October 2015, the 6th ANIE Annual Conference will bring together multi-level stakeholders in Higher Education and Internationalisation. Experts from around the world are set to deliberate on the contributions of international higher education following the shift from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). PERIPERI U will participate in […]