UCL IRDR Master's Taster Lectures 2021
Wondering what it's like to study at UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction? Curious about our research? Join our series of online taster lectures to find out more.
During July and August, we run a series of online taster lectures that highlight some of the key themes explored in our Master’s programmes. In these one-hour sessions, IRDR teaching staff pose challenging questions and encourage attendees to analyse their own ideas and opinions.
The free webinars are open to everyone but are particularly beneficial to anyone who is considering studying a postgraduate programme in the IRDR.
2021 programme
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8 July 2021, 1pm BST - David Alexander: Some Emerging Themes in Disaster Risk Reduction: We will apply a SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) to the disaster risk reduction field to see what sort of emergencies we will have to confront in the future and how we can organise to deal with them.
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15 July 2021, 4pm BST - Joanna Faure Walker: Micro insurance – can it be a suitable risk reduction tool?
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22 July 2021, 1pm BST - Ilan Kelman: Disaster by choice: How our actions turn natural hazards into catastrophes: An earthquake shatters Haiti and a pandemic ravages the world. We hear that nature runs rampant, seeking to destroy us through these 'natural disasters'. Science recounts a different story. Disasters are not the consequence of natural causes; they are the consequence of human choices and decisions. We put ourselves in harm's way and we fail to take measures which we know would prevent disasters, no matter what the environment does. The real causes of disasters are humanity's decisions, as societies and as individuals – at least, for those who have choices.
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29 July 2021, 4pm BST - Patty Kostkova: There's an app for that!: In this webinar, Professor Patty Kostkova examines how digital technologies and social media shape our health and assist in fighting pandemics.
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5 August 2021, 1pm BST - Maureen Fordham: TBC
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12 August 2021, 4pm BST - Joanna Faure Walker: The Analytical Hierachy process - a tool for combining expert opinion
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19 August 2021, 1pm BST - Myles Harris: Space Health and Disaster Risk Reduction: Myles Harris, UCL IRDR PhD student and coordinator of UCL Space Health Risks Research Group, will present an overview of space health and disaster risk reduction, including some of the projects the research group is working on.
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26 August 2021, 4pm BST - Rebekah Yore: TBC