Ebola Research Database

The attached Ebola Research Database contains information on all current academic research relevant to Ebola that we have been informed about. This information sharing is...

‘Good-enough’ disaster risk assessment Workshop

This report summarises the themes of discussion at an international workshop in February 2014 on the role of science in ‘good-enough’ disaster risk assessment. UKCDS, in...

International science for the HFA2 framework

Disaster risk reduction

Dr Julie Calkins, disaster risk reduction consultant at UKCDS, describes her current work with the post-2015 process. Today is the final session of the UN’s open-ended...

Hot new Horizon 2020 funding opportunities

A busy summer for the EU’s Horizon 2020 scheme Image: Jeremy Vandel As the summer reaches its height, many will be looking forwards to holidays, or at least the promise...

Disaster Risk Management Meetings Report

In the last week of March 2014, UKCDS hosted two days of meetings with senior representatives of international, regional and national institutions to discuss a new and...

EU funding opportunities

Image: Flickr, EU Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Kirsty Hogan is Head of the International Team in the Cabinet Office’s Civil Contingencies...

Science’s role in disaster risk assessments

Monitoring hydrometeorological hazards at IDEAM, Colombia In the last week of February, members of the UKCDS Disasters team organised a workshop in Bogotá, Colombia on...

EU Civil Protection

On 7 March 2014 the Cabinet Office and UKCDS jointly held an Information Day on EU Civil Protection Funding Opportunities . The aim was to provide the UK civil protection...

A bold step forwards

Dr Megan French of UCL collects samples for water quality analysis in Bolivia Dr Kate Crowley is Disaster Risk Reduction Advisor at CAFOD and co-authored the guidelines...