The Flinders University Disaster Research Centre hosts a web-based Disaster Resilience Forum, to foster communication and collaboration across the IRU universities.
The Asia Pacific region is one of the most disaster prone in the world. Recently, disaster events have included the Bali bombings, devastating wildfires such as the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, disastrous flooding and damage from tropical cyclone ‘Yasi’ in Queensland and the devastating Christchurch earthquakes in New Zealand.
These examples highlight the great need for education and research in the area of disaster resilience.
Disaster resilience is an IRU network area of research strength, addressing one of the major challenges of our times.
Across the IRU network, our universities are focused on evaluating the effectiveness of current strategies and developing better disaster management approaches, to ensure we are well prepared for future events.
http://www.iru.edu.au/our-activities/projects/disaster-resilience.aspx
Masters level teaching in humanitarian response and collaborating with Flinders University on joint activities in the field of disaster and humanitarian response.
Courses include: Bachelor of Humanitarian & Community Studies; Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management (with NT Flinders); Centre for Humanitarian & Disaster Management in the NT, intensive short courses on disaster and humanitarian training.
Flinders University Disaster Research Centre
The Flinders University Disaster Research Centre, established in 2009, is a leader in disaster and emergency research in the region. The Centre’s vision is to enhance multidisciplinary research in the area of disasters at both national and international levels so as to translate research outcomes into evidence based practice. The FUDRC provides a coordinated research program developing up-to-date and current knowledge for disaster practice.
The Disaster Research Centre has built an active network across different sectors, including higher education, the three tiers of government, NGOs, the IRU Network, with important international and national links.
Griffith University
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James Cook University
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Latrobe University
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Murdoch University
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University of Newcastle
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