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Call for Papers: 3rd International Conference on Crisis Communication in the 21st Century: Crossing Boundaries in Crisis Communication, 2-5 October 2013, Erfurt, Germany

Hosted by Ilmenau University of Technology and the International Research Group on Crisis Communication (IRGoCC). Partner: Temporary Working Group on Crisis Communication (@ECREA) Recent crisis events such as hurricane Sandy, the earthquake and the following nuclear catastrophe in Japan 2011, … Continue reading

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Call for Papers and Session Proposals: Dealing with Disasters Conference (DwD 2013) / 4th Conference of the International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM 2013)

From Opportunity to Action: Bridging the Gap between Disaster Reduction and Development through Science(s), Technology and People Centred Actions 4-6 September 2013 Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK DwD / IDRiM 2013 Overview The focus of the conference builds on … Continue reading

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Deadline extended to 15 February 2013: ESA 11th Conference, DSCRN sessions, Torino, Italy, 28-31 August 2013

We would like to inform you that the abstract deadline for the European Sociological Association (ESA) Conference in Torino has been postponed to 15 February 2013. We wish that this additional time will for its part help you prepare and … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: ESA 11th Conference, DSCRN sessions, Torino, Italy, 28-31 August 2013

The 11th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) will be held in Torino, Italy, 28-31 August 2013. In August 2012, a call was sent to all our members to suggest sessions to this conference. As a result of this … Continue reading

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Åre Risk Event, 12-14 March 2013 (deadline extension)

Extended deadline for abstracts: December 23 2012  Welcome to Åre Risk Event which will be held for the second consecutive year at hotel Holiday Club in the ski-resort Åre, 1 hours drive from Östersund, Sweden. This year’s conference theme is “Risk … Continue reading

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Interim Meeting’12 assessment report

Dr. Nicholas Petropoulos, Chair, Organizing-Scientific Committees of the DCSCRN Interim-12 Lesvos Conference has prepared an assessment report based on his experiences as the organizer and a survey that was collected from the conferees. Read the assessment→

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DSCRN Newsletter n. 47 is out

Please find the latest issue of our newsletter below: Newsletter 47, April 2012 – August 2012

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Call for Session Proposals: ESA 11th Conference, DCSCRN sessions, Italy, 2013

The European Sociological Association (ESA) invites scholars from around the globe to come together in Torino, 28-31 August 2013 to debate the most pressing sociological questions of the day under the general theme: “Crisis, Critique and Change”. This general theme … Continue reading

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Call for Session Proposals: ISA World Congress of Sociology, Japan, 2014

The International Sociological Association (ISA) World Congress of Sociology is hosting their 2014 meeting in Yokohama, Japan on July 13-19. If you are interested in proposing a session idea for the Research Committee on Disasters (RC-39) please contact Dr. Lori … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: Dealing with Disasters International Conference 2012, Sri Lanka

Following successful conferences on responses to Disaster Management since 2006, the Centre for Research into the Experience Economy (CREE) at the University of Sunderland in conjunction with Northumbria University’s Disaster and Development Centre (DDC), the University of Glamorgan and the … Continue reading

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