Dear colleagues, The International Conference on Resilience, Research, and Innovation<http://www.rri.dj/conference.html> will be held in Djibouti from the 26th to the 28th of October, 2015 and hosted by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research of Djibouti along with the FAO, UNICEF, WFP. The call for papers is available here<http://www.rri.dj/docs/RRI_Call%20for%20papers.pdf>.
The Conference is intended to address building resilience for populations in arid and semi-arid regions. It will bring together scientists, experts, practitioners, policymakers, and academics from food security and nutrition, agriculture and related sciences, conflict resolution, international development, and community resilience and vulnerability to address the issue of scientific research for building resilience. The main objective of the conference is to stimulate a wide debate on the scientific research on adaptation, transformation, and development of our societies, and to highlight the importance of building resilience as a crucial aspect of development. The themes of the conference are as follows: · Resilience and Knowledge o Role of scientific research in building resilience o Integrating resilience thinking · Resilience Analysis and Measurement o Disaster and risk o Response systems · Resilience and Development o Natural resources o Livelihoods · Resilience and Societies o Role of governance o Peace and security o Gender Applicants should submit 500-word abstracts or full posters in English or in French by May 30th, 2015 to [email protected] Maria Ivanova, PhD Associate Professor of Global Governance Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance http://www.crhsgg.umb.edu Co-Director, Center for Governance and Sustainability http://www.umb.edu/cgs http://www.environmentalgovernance.org John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy & Global Studies University of Massachusetts Boston 100 Morrissey Bvd. Boston, MA 02125 Tel. +1.617.287.7263 [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
