Call for participants to international workshop

Localising Strategies for Making Cities Resilient to Disasters

Under the British Council’s Researcher Links scheme offered within the Newton Fund, we will be holding a workshop on Localising Strategies for Making Cities Resilient to Disasters. The workshop will be held in Manila, Philippines from 22 to 26 January 2018. The workshop is being coordinated by Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga (Global Disaster Resilience Centre, University of Huddersfield, UK) and Professor Andres Winston Oreta (De La Sallle University, Manila, Philippines) and will have contributions from other leading researchers, including Professor Richard Haigh (University of Huddersfield, UK), Professor Renan Tanhueco and Professor Jose Edgar Mutuc (De La Sallle University, Manila, Philippines) and Abhilash Panda (UNISDR).

We are now inviting Early Career Researchers from the UK and the Philippines to apply to attend this workshop. All travel and accommodation expenses will be covered by the Newton-Agham Researcher Links Programme. The application form, with more details on the initiative, is attached. UK application forms should be sent to Dr Ezri Hayat (e.e.hayat@hud.ac.uk) at the University of Huddersfield, UK. Applications from the Philippines should be sent to Professor Professor Andres Winston Oreta (andres.oreta@dlsu.edu.ph) at De La Salle University, the Philippines.

Deadline

All applications should be received by 16:00 UK time 30 September 2017

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Application form (1007KB)