Call for Abstracts
Research Committee on Sociology of Disasters
International Sociological Association World Congress
Deadline: September 30, 2013
The International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on the Sociology of Disasters (RC39) is accepting abstracts for presentation at the World Congress of Sociology to be held July 13-19, 2014, in Yokohama, Japan. Abstracts should address topics in one of the many proposed sessions, including cultural memory and preservation in a disaster context, disaster and development, disaster capitalism, resilience building and social marginalism, and disaster and family. For a full description of proposed sessions and to submit an abstract online, see the conference committee page.
Call for Participation
Housing Recovery Post-Disaster Survey
Alicia Flores Salas, University of Manchester
Deadline: October 1, 2013
Alicia Flores Salas, a graduate student at the University of Manchester School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, is requesting participation in a survey that explores how communities affected by tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes and floods participate (or are kept from participating) in their own housing recovery. Housing researchers and practitioners are asked to give their opinions in the brief survey. For more information on topics and to participate, visit the survey Web page.
Call for Abstracts
IRDR Conference 2014
Integrated Research on Disaster Risk
Deadline: October 4, 2013
The Integrated Research on Disaster Risk Conference is accepting abstracts for presentation at the event, to be held June 7-9 in Bejing, China. Abstracts should consider ways to better integrate disaster risk science into policy, practice and sustainability. Topics can include water and disasters; risk reduction in science, politics, or the media; empowering local officials with science; assessing risks; and collaborating with the private sector. For more topics and details on how to submit, visit the IRDR call for abstracts web page.