NH41B:
Disaster Diplomacy: Transcending Academic and National Boundaries to Reduce Disaster Risks Posters


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Session ID#: 47222

Session Description:
Disasters are complex natural and social phenomena that transcend scientific and political borders. International, interdisciplinary, and multi-stakeholder collaborations are vital in advancing our understanding of the underlying drivers and impacts of disasters. Disaster diplomacy provides opportunities to advance the scientific knowledge of disasters while simultaneously building bridges between states where relationships could otherwise be strained. Disaster diplomacy can originate within any disaster-related activity, such as prevention/mitigation, preparation, risk reduction, planning, response, recovery, and reconstruction, or their intersection. Disaster diplomacy is a multitrack diplomacy, which simultaneously might encompass official conflict resolution efforts led by governments with peer-to-peer exchanges between scientists and non-academic disaster experts, such as practitioners and local knowledge holders. Therefore, disaster diplomacy efforts could simultaneously comprise interdisciplinary research, scientific assessments, and governmental policy agendas. We encourage abstracts that illustrate disaster diplomacy in action and highlight its effectiveness and current challenges on international, intra-national, and local levels.
Primary Convener:  Yekaterina Y Kontar, Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, MA, United States
Conveners:  Alik Ismail-Zadeh, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, AGW, Karlsruhe, Germany and John L LaBrecque, IUGG Commission on Geophysical Risk and Sustainability (GeoRisk Commission), West Palm Beach, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Yekaterina Y Kontar, Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, MA, United States
Chairs:  Alik Ismail-Zadeh, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, AGW, Karlsruhe, Germany and John L LaBrecque, IUGG Commission on Geophysical Risk and Sustainability (GeoRisk Commission), West Palm Beach, FL, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Yekaterina Y Kontar, National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs, Alexandria, VA, United States

Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

4327 Resilience [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4335 Disaster management [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4353 Sociology of disasters [NATURAL HAZARDS]
6620 Science policy [PUBLIC ISSUES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Post disaster contexts, discourse systems and public policy transitions (446130)
Erin Friedman, CUNY Graduate Center, Earth and Environmental Sciences, New York, United States, Rebekah Breitzer, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, United States and William Duncan Solecki, City University of New York - Hunter College, Geography and Environmental Science, New York, NY, United States
A Volcanic Preparedness Communication Game for the Ring of Fire (458600)
Isaac Kerlow, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Executive Creative Director, Singapore, Singapore and Art+Media Group in collaboration with Volcano Group

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