Online continuing professional development course: disaster resilience, disaster deaths and creative methodology for risk reduction
Time
14:00-17:30 GMT
About
The Avoidable Deaths Network (ADN) is pleased to announce a three-day continuing professional development (CPD) course on Disaster Resilience, Disaster Deaths and Creative Methodology for Risk Reduction delivered by K2 Crisis and Resilience in collaboration with ADN.
The course will be held online over three days from Monday 8 to Wednesday 10 December 2025 from 14:00 GMT to 17:30 GMT. Day 1 will focus on Disaster Resilience in government, international affairs and international organisations, such as the UN. Day 2 will focus on Disaster Deaths with attention on injury deaths and avoidable disaster deaths. Day 3 will focus on Creative Methodologies for Risk Reduction through spoken word poetry, community engagement and art such as Etegami.
By the end of the training programme participants will have:
- Developed a theoretical understanding of the components required to build resilience in an environment, organisation or business.
- Demonstrated skills through crisis response and other exercises.
- Understood and developed creative methodologies for risk reduction.
- Been invited to form a professional network of risk reduction and disaster resilience professionals, supported by the ADN.
The course will be delivered by world-class professionals, academics and operational experts from India, Japan, Nigeria and the UK, including:
- Professor Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett - Professor, Risk Management and Associate Director, Institute for Environmental Futures (IEF), University of Leicester; Founder President and Convenor, ADN
- Dr. Hideyuki Shiroshita - Associate Professor, Disaster Mitigation and Safety Education, Kansai University; Founding President, ADN
- Mr. Alexander Skinner - Director, K2 Crisis and Resilience; Former UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Mr. James D. R. Brown - Disaster Response and Humanitarian Assistance Specialist; UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination Team; Visiting Lecturer, Disaster Response, UK Universities
- Dr. Aminur Rahman - Director, International Drowning Research Centre Bangladesh (IDRC-B) , and Deputy Executive Director, Centre for Injury Prevention and Research Bangladesh (CIPR-B); Portfolio Director, Drowning Prevention, Royal Life Saving Society Commonwealth
- Professor Anil Kumar Gupta - Full Professor, Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation Strategies, ICARS, Indian Institute of Technology - Roorkee; Principal Editor, Disaster Resilience and Green Growth
- Ms. Patience Andrew - Historian, Spoken Word Poet and Radio Broadcaster; Founder, Custodians of African Literature (COAL)
- Dr. Winifred Ekezie - Epidemiologist and Lecturer, Public Health and Director, Centre for Health and Society, University of Birmingham; ADN
More speakers will be announced soon.
The course will be delivered online, with interactive components and opportunities for questions. Upon completion, a participation certificate will be provided and access to the recorded sessions. Network cohorts will be formed, to boost your crisis and resilience network.