New research project: "Scoring #Warnings" www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve... @uclwrc.bsky.social #ArtScience #ScienceArt #EWS #WarningSystems #Warning #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterWarning #EarlyWarning #EarlyWarningSystems #EW4All #WarningsForAll #WarningForAll #Warning4All #Warnings4All

"Measuring #EcoAnxiety, or Not" www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/disa... @psychologytoday.com #ClimateAnxiety #ClimateGrief #Solastalgia #Symbiocene #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateDoom #EcoInspiration #EcoHope #ClimateChange #Climate #DRR #Anthropocene #EcoGrief #EcoStress #ClimateStress

New paper: "Exploring the associations of weather and climate with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review." doi.org/10.1136/bmjp... Led by Matylda Buczkowska. #weather #climate #HIV #AIDS #HIVAIDS #ClimateChange #SubSaharanAfrica #GlobalHealth #Health #PlanetaryHealth #Africa

New book: " #SmallStates and #InternationalLaw " brill.com/edcollbook/t... My chapter "Disasters and Small States". #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters

"Tsunamis & atolls: why warnings must be locally meaningful" www.preventionweb.net/drr-communit... #EWS #WarningSystems #Warning #DRR #EarlyWarning #EarlyWarningSystems #IslandStudies @preventionweb.bsky.social @undrr.bsky.social @uclrdr.bsky.social @uclglobalhealth.bsky.social @uclwrc.bsky.social

"Is the Climate a Crisis?" policypostings.medium.com/is-the-clima... "Pinpointing exactly the concern: a greed crisis. Especially with the tendency of greed by the few who are privileged." @uclpublicpolicy.bsky.social #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

"Is the Climate a Crisis?" policypostings.medium.com/is-the-clima... "Pinpointing exactly the concern: a greed crisis. Especially with the tendency of greed by the few who are privileged." @uclpublicpolicy.bsky.social #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

This meme should ask "What problems have oppression, marginalisation & discrimination caused during weather which otherwise could be dealt with?" #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (no #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #ClimateChange #ClimateDisasters #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

🎓 Anastasia studied an MSc at UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction (RDR) and sparked a passion for research that led her to pursue a PhD with us too. UK applicants: Apply by 29 August to start your own journey here. Find out more about our Master's programmes direc.to/nzJq #PostgraduateStudy #DRR

"Psychosocial Impacts of Belgium’s 2021 Floods" www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disa...   #DisasterPsychology #DRR #FloodRiskReduction #FloodRiskManagement #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters #Flood #Floods #Flooding #Belgium #Vesdre #VesdreValley #Meuse #RiverMeuse #Liège #Liege #psychology

Disasters Avoided Newsletter #9 Focus on #disaster #finance and #insurance mailchi.mp/9d23586aafdb...   #DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disasters

Thank you & congratulations on an amazing magazine! Thank you also for the opportunity to contribute an article on 'Are #health impacts from #disasters growing?' #GlobalHealth #PlanetaryHealth #EcoHealth #DRR #disaster #DisasterRiskReduction #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateDisaster #DisasterClimate

Thanks to @phoebeweston.bsky.social ‬for today's ‪@theguardian.com briefing www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... on lives saved in yesterday's #Pacific #tsunami. @uclrdr.bsky.social @uclglobalhealth.bsky.social @uclwrc.bsky.social #EWS #WarningSystems #Warning #DRR #EarlyWarning #EarlyWarningSystems

"Evaluating Mental Health Literacy Programs" www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disa... #Health #MentalHealth #MHFA #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthLiteracy

@ilankelman.bsky.social joins The Standard’s Tech & Science Daily to decode the magnitude 8.8 Kamchatka quake and 4m tsunami waves it unleashed. Discover how these waves form and how communities can stay safe. 🎧 Listen: shows.acast.com/039b783b-a52... #Tsunami #Earthquake #DisasterRiskReduction

"Off-Earth Geoethics" www.geoethics.org/post/off-ear... #GeoEthics #OuterSpace #OffWorldLiving

New paper: "From multi-hazard early #warning systems (#MHEWS) to all-vulnerability warning systems (AVWS)" #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1016/j.is... #EWS #WarningSystems #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #EarlyWarningSystems #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (no #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters)

New paper on possible #ClimateChange #mortality in #Chile: doi.org/10.1016/j.la...   #ClimateHealth #HealthClimate #Health #GlobalHealth #Climate #CCA #Adaptation #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateChangeAdaptation #PublicHealth #PlanetaryHealth #OneHealth #EcoHealth

New #OpenAccess paper: "Risky decisions and complex problem solving in Norwegian first responders". In "Safety and Reliability". doi.org/10.1080/0961...   #FirstResponders #EmergencyWorkers #EmergencyManagement #EmergencyResponse #Norway #Norge #EmergencyResponders

New paper: "Data Management for Sustainable Development: Case Analyses of Small Island Developing States (SIDS)" doi.org/10.1111/dpr.... #island #islands #IslandStudies #SmallIslands #IslandStates #sustainable #development #Islandness #SustainableDevelopment #BigData #SmallData

Disasters Avoided Newsletter 8 - #urban #cities #towns mailchi.mp/a43be29272f5... Urban 2.0 Newsletter 2 - #resilience #DRR #DisastersAvoided mailchi.mp/6d7cfaa1e35f... #UrbanStudies #city #town #UrbanLife #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (no #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters)

Facing Disaster Risks Together: Academia, Policy, and Community at the Crossroads By Ilan Kelman @ilankelman.bsky.social #SPCIS #NTS #Disaster #Risks

Stories of solastalgia are explored in a recently published volume, with reflections from communities in Uganda, Kenya, Thailand, India, and the Arctic. @ilankelman.bsky.social 📕 lwbooks.co.uk/product/stor... #solastalgia #indigenous #indigenousrights #environment #climatechange

Two #OpenAccess @uclopenscience.bsky.social books: 1. Understanding and Addressing #DisasterRisk doi.org/10.4324/9781... 2. #Development & #Disasters practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3006/de... #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR

"Psychological Effects of Sudden Himalayan Floods" www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disa... #PhD #research by Aaliya Aaliya.   #GLOF #GLOFs #PhDLife #HKH #Himalayas #Floods #FloodRisk #DRR #DisasterPsychology #Hunza #HunzaValley #Pakistan

Just-published #PhotoEssay: "Working #equids supporting women's #DisasterRiskManagement" doi.org/10.1108/DPM-... #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #GenderDisaster #DisasterGender #Horses #Donkeys #Mules #WorkingAnimals #AnimalsDisasters #DisastersAnimals

"Mental Health First Aid for Bangladesh: Marking the tenth birthday of the country’s program" www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disa... #Health #MentalHealth #MHFA #FirstAid #MentalHealthAwareness #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #Bangladesh

"Disasters that never happened: 6 preventive actions" www.preventionweb.net/drr-communit... #DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR @preventionweb.bsky.social @undrr.bsky.social

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS FOR 2026 SERIES ON POLAR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION & RESPONSE 📢 🔜 The Arctic Institute will publish a new series on Polar Disaster Risk Reduction and Response ❄️ 👥 @ilankelman.bsky.social, Jeevan Toor, @alinabykova.bsky.social www.thearcticinstitute.org/call-for-pap...

Disasters Avoided Newsletter #7 Focus on Non-Governmental Org. #NGOs and Civil Society Org. #CSOs mailchi.mp/9e31722a66e3... #DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #Switch2Sendai #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction

"Mental Health Literacy Education" www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disa... #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthLiteracy #MentalHealthEducation #Psychology #PsychologyToday

#OpenScience #ResearchEthics #Science #Activism

Two new #Psychology Today articles: 1. " #PsychologicalResilience of #EmergencyResponders" www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disa... 2. " #Youth #Advocacy for #MentalHealth & Wellbeing" www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disa... #resilience #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #EmergencyResponse #COVID19

New paper: " #COVID-19 impacts on #emergency responder #resilience in #Bergen and #London " doi.org/10.1111/disa...   #coronavirus #covid19 #covid #covid_19 #covid19outbreak #Covid19pandemic #disaster #disasters #DRR #Health #GlobalHealth #PlanetaryHealth #epidemic #pandemic #disease #outbreak

The #SendaiFramework's 10th Birthday link.springer.com/journal/1375... & the launch www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaste... #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters

#OpenScience #ResearchEthics #Volcanology #Volcanologists #ClimateChange #TropicalCyclones #Hurricanes #anthropology #anthropologists

New book: #Development & #Disasters: #NaturalHazards & #vulnerability reduction Free PDF practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3006/de... thanks to @ucl.ac.uk #OpenAccess. @uclopenscience.bsky.social @practicalaction.bsky.social #NoNaturalDisasters (no #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR

Study for a disaster Master's degree at UCL, UK. www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaste... for applications and funding. Deadlines: Non-UK 4 April and UK 29 August. #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (do not use #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement

#Gender, #Disaster, and the #SendaiFramework 18 Mar. 1830-2100 UCL, UK, in-person www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaste... #GenderDisaster #DisasterGender #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (do not use #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DisasterRiskReduction

"Ein übersehenes #Risiko: #Hitze gefährdet die #psychische #Gesundheit" www.boell.de/de/2025/01/2... Thanks to the Bosch Alumni Network. "#Katastrophen aus Menschenhand" doi.org/10.1007/978-... #HeatWaves #humidity #Health #MentalHealth #DRR #ClimateChange #DisasterRiskReduction

#OpenScience #ResearchEthics #Urbex #UrbanExploration #DisasterDiplomacy #DRRConflict #ConflictDRR #ConflictDisasters #DisastersConflict #PlaceHacking #DisasterEthics

Job opportunity: Lecturer (Teaching) in #HumanitarianOperations & #CrisisManagement www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Full-time, permanent contract @uclrdr.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk Closes 28 Feb. 2025 #DRR #AcademicJobs #PhDJobs #ScienceJobs #Humanitarianism #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement

"Katastrophen aus Menschenhand" doi.org/10.1007/978-... The #German translation of "Disaster by Choice" global.oup.com/academic/pro... #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #Katastrophen

Study for a disasters Masters! @ucl.ac.uk Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction combines #teaching and #research to train you for addressing and preventing disasters. More information and applications www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaste... #PostGraduateStudy #LoveUCL #DRR #RiskStudies #DisasterStudies

Considering more #MoreThanHuman #risk #anthropology, #cetaceans beach doi.org/10.1017/S147... while: 1. #Ostriches do not bury their heads during danger doi.org/10.1080/0035... 2. #Lemmings do not complete mass suicide doi.org/10.1093/past... 3. #Elephants likely forget doi.org/10.3758/s134... (1/2)

"Researching equids and disaster risk management" www.linkedin.com/pulse/resear... With Brooke, Action for Working Horses and Donkeys and Gemma Carder. #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #Equids #Horses #Donkeys #Mules #Animals #AnimalsInDisasters

As the world's attention still focuses on #CaliforniaWildfires #LAWildfires #LosAngelesWildfires, other places currently face similar hazards: 1. #Thailand asianews.network/forest-fires... 2. #Patagonia #Argentina www.batimes.com.ar/news/argenti... 3. #Australia quillette.com/2025/01/16/f... #DRR

#IndigenousPeoples and the #California #fires: 1. ictnews.org/news/native-... 2. nativenewsonline.net/currents/tri... 3. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... #DRR #LAFires #CaliforniaFires #LAWildfires #CaliforniaWildfires #California #fires #Indigenous #IndigenousPeople

Stories about #UndocumentedPeople and the #California #fires: 1. www.npr.org/2025/01/10/n... 2. www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/... 3. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025... #DRR #LAFires #CaliforniaFires #LAWildfires #CaliforniaWildfires #California #fires #Undocumented #UndocumentedPeoples

"#Ukraine offers to send 150 #firefighters to help #California battle #wildfires" www.politico.eu/article/ukra... exemplifying #DisasterDiplomacy www.disasterdiplomacy.org #Canada and #Mexico have also contributed substantially, along with others. #DisasterAid #DisasterRelief