Visit by PEMSEA, Executive Director Ms. Aimee Gonzales

16 / May / 2018

Ms. Aimee Gonzales, Executive Director of the Partnership in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA), Philippines visited the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto U

Lecture by Mr. Guillermo Siercke, GFDRR, The World Bank

11 / May / 2018

Mr. Guillermo Siercke, Disaster Risk Management Specialist, Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), The World Bank Tokyo Office delivered a lecture on the Japan-World Bank P

Courtesy Visit by The World Bank Tokyo Office

11 / May / 2018

On 10 May 2017, Mr. Guillermo Siercke, Disaster Risk Management Specialist, Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), The World Bank Tokyo Office, paid a courtesy call to GADRI

GADRI 2nd Open Discussion Forum 2018

20 / Mar / 2018

GADRI organized the Open Discussion Forum on How Can Disaster Research Institutes Significantly Contribute to Real World Disaster Risk Reduction? at the Collaborative Research Hub, Room 301, Dis

Lecture by Dr. Prabhakar Sharma, School of Ecology and Environment, Nalanda University

01 / Mar / 2018

Dr. Prabhakar Sharma, Assistant Professor, School of Ecology and Environment Studies, Nalanda University, Nalanda, Bihar, India delivered a lecture on " Pollutant Fate and Transport of the Subsurface

GADRI Featured in DPRI, Kyoto University Laboratory Diaries

06 / Feb / 2018

The Comic Book of "Kyoto University Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI) Laboratory Diary Series- episode 11" introduces the "Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI)" and its

Lecture by Dr. Uttam Kumar Roy, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, India

15 / Jan / 2018

Dr. Kumar is answering a question from the audience Lecture by Dr. Uttam Kumar Roy, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, India delivered a lecture "Addressing Urban Risk

2018 Asian Science and Technology Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

19 / Dec / 2017

The Sendai Framework emphasizes the role of science and technology. It calls to prioritize the development and dissemination of science-based risk knowledge, methodologies and tools, science and techn

Lecture Series: Measuring Economic Resilience to Natural Disasters and Terrorism

01 / Dec / 2017

Prof. Adam Rose, Price School of Public Policy and Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE), University of Southern California will deliver a lecture on "Measuring Economic R

First Meeting of GADRI Book Series

29 / Nov / 2017

The first meeting of the GADRI Book Series will be held at the Shin-Marunouchi Building‑10F, Tokyo, Japan on 21 November 2017. One of the outcomes of the Group Discussion sessions held during the 3rd

GADRI Meeting of the Board of Directors

29 / Nov / 2017

GADRI meeting of the Board of Directors will be held at the Kyoto University, Nihombashi Life Science Building - 9F, Tokyo, Japan. The Board of Directors consists of 11 member institutions.

GADRI at the World Bosai Forum 2017, Sendai, Japan

26 / Nov / 2017

GADRI session at the World Bosai Forum was on "Vision and Future of Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI)" during the morning of the 27th November. The session was attended by nearly

Meeting of GADRI Board of Directors

22 / Nov / 2017

GADRI Meeting of the Board of DirectorsNihombashi Office of the Kyoto UniversityNihombashi Life Science Building-9F, Tokyo, Japan22 November 2017 GADRI Board of Directors meeting took place at the Nih

First Meeting of the GADRI Book Series

21 / Nov / 2017

First Meeting of the GADRI Book SeriesKyoto Acadia Forum, Shin-Marunouchi Building-10FTokyo Station, Tokyo, Japan21 November 2017 The Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI) organized

Special Lecture on Decision and Risk Analysis to Improve Homeland Security by Prof. Detlof von Winterfeldt, Director, CREATE, USC

01 / Nov / 2017

During Prof. Detlof von Winterfeldt's visit to Japan, he visited the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), and the Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (DPRI), Kyoto University, U

Visit by European Commission Joint Research Centre (EC-JRC)

02 / Oct / 2017

The Director-General of European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) Mr. Vladimir Sucha and Dr. Liliana Pasecinic, Deputy Head of Unit, visited the Kyoto University, Uji Campus Disaster Prevention

Visit by University College London

02 / Oct / 2017

Prof. Peter Sammonds, Director, University College London Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction paid a courtesy visit to the Kyoto University Uji Campus Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPR

DPRI Newsletter No. 85 Now Available

30 / Aug / 2017

DPRI Newsletter no. 85 - August 2017 is now available. This issue features an article about the 3rd Global Summit of Research Institutes of Disaster Risk Reduction organized by the Global Alliance of

Science for Disaster Risk Management 2017: Knowing Better and Losing Less - EC-JRC Report

01 / Aug / 2017

EC-JRC has now released the final version of its report "Science for Disaster Risk Management 2017: Knowing Better and Losing Less". This 550-page report summarizes the state of science relevant to

Natural Hazards Center Workshop

20 / Jul / 2017

Prof. Hirokazu Tatano was one of the presenters at the 42nd Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop held at the Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado-Boulder, USA from 9 to