Call for Applications
Extremes: Natural Disasters in Changing Climate
Belpasso International Summer School
Deadline: May 15, 2011
Belpasso International Summer School is now accepting applications for its 2011 course on disasters attributed to climate change, to be held September 4-10 in Sicily. The course will examine how climate change affects vulnerability and how natural hazard prevention can dovetail with climate adaptation. Doctoral and post-doctoral students who are able to present on their dissertations are welcome to apply.
Call for Applications
Summer Institute for Advanced Study of Disaster and Risk
Beijing Normal University
Deadline: May 15, 2011
Beijing Normal University is accepting applications for its second summer institute focusing on disaster, risk, and climate change. The institute, which will be held August 2-13 in Beijing, is part of a series aimed at strengthening international disaster risk education. New professionals and advanced doctoral students with a strong interest in hazards and risk are encouraged to apply.
Call for Papers
Post-Disaster Recovery Management Issue
Journal of Public Management and Social Policy
Deadline: May 31, 2011
The Journal of Public Management and Social Policy is calling for multidisciplinary papers addressing ways in which multi-actor response agencies manage interim and long-term recovery. Papers can include local and global case studies, cross learning between early and later phases of response, performance measures for multi-actor response, or alternatives to current strategies and techniques.