Cross-Institute Symposium – Hazards, Risks and Disasters

The symposium is intended to generate cross-Institute interdisciplinary dialogue and strategic thinking. The thematic chosen for 2024 is ‘Hazards, Risks and Disasters’ and features many ECCI team members, Co-Director Dr Kate Donovan and Associates.

Wednesday 8th May

Welcome (HoS/DoR/Eliza Calder)

I. Scene-Setting, Project Spotlights and Tasters (Chaired by Gabi Hegerl)

• GCRF Tomorrow’s Cities Hub - overview - Hugh Sinclair (25+5 mins)
• GCRF Ixchel - overview - Eliza Calder/Aracely Martinez (25+5 mins)

Short talks (8+2 mins):

• Andrew Bell - Galapagos
• Gabi Hegerl - large scale heat, drought and fire
• Ian Main - earthquake forecasting/REF case
• Teresa Armijos- Voices of Recovery: Post covid recovery in context of other crises
• Andrew Curtis – risk associated with CO2 storage
• Saraswati Thapa - Flood risk in Asia
• Ashrika Sharma – Participatory DRR in Nepal
• Mark Naylor - INLAbru (data assimilation for natural hazards)
• Neil Stuart - Working with MapAction -Value of map-making practices in DRR

II. Chaired Thematic Panel Discussion on co-production of knowledge, output types and challenges for the future. (Chaired by Niamh Shortt)  

Panel participants:

• Ana Cabrera Pacheco (Postdoc on Ixchel Project)
• Ale Colom (NGO LabEtnografico, Guatemala)
• Marisa Wilson (Caribbean Food for Climate Justice)
• Ashrika Sharma - (PhD student - Participatory DRR in Nepal)
• Rahul Ranjan (Environmental Justice)

III. Film Screenings (Theatre room, Adam House)

• Pip Thornton: Pandemic times: Zoom Obscura
• Marisa Wilson: Caribbean Food for Climate Justice project
• Sam Staddon and Clare Barns: Collective Reflective Learning for Social Justice in Nepal’s Community-based Natural Resource management.
• Kate Donovan: Climate change adaptation: Elandskloof CRITICAL Food Heritage Project.
• Mischa Prince: The Colour of Ash
• Hugh Sinclair: Rapti, Nepal on community/local government engagement
• Teresa Armijos: Remembering Nevado de Ruiz

Q-and-A with Film Producers

Wine Reception & Tribute paid to Professor John McCloskey - Ian Main

Thursday 9th May

Amelia Bain – Supporting partnerships and making ODA-funded projects work

IV. Chaired Discussion Panel on Interdisciplinary/Transdisciplinary Working Practices

(Chaired by Teresa Armijos/Claire Barnes)  

Panel participants:

• Amilcar Roca, (Head of Volcanology section, INSIVUMEH Guatemala)
• Alex Petzey (Community Researchers, Ixchel)
• Ruth Doherty (Air pollution, China).
• Kate Donovan (Climate risk and resilience)
• George Tsitati (Quantifying climate change vulnerability and risks)

V. Breakout sessions - Opportunities/Next Steps/Strategic Plans (Chaired by Eliza Calder)  

(Additional topic suggestions welcome)

• Post-GCRF funding landscape, new ODA-funding
• Meaningful partnerships
• Challenges in interdisciplinary collaborations
• ERCs Interdisciplinary publications and careers
• Research into teaching - opportunities to teach across Institutes
• Doing research with community researchers and/or Indigenous researchers

(Finish with report back from each break out group)

Discussions ongoing over working lunch