For those who might be in or around London on 7 November...
How did we become unprepared? Emergency and resilience in an uncertain world
7 November 2012, 6 pm
The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH
Booking:https://www.britac.ac.uk/events/2012/How_did_we_become_unprepared.c
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We have entered a new geological age – the Anthropocene. For the first
time, human activity is shaping biospheric change and global evolution. For
good or ill, we have become the architects of our own planetary future.
Professor Mark Duffield will explore the implications of using radical
interconnectivity and uncertainty as the frame for global events, including
natural and human disasters. He will look critically at the significant
shift from attempts to protect from contingency to resilience-thinking with
its call to embrace risk as opportunity.
Researchers from the University of Bristol's Cabot Institute will discuss
a social-ecological understanding of society, the built environment and
resilience-thinking.
Chair
Professor Judith Squires is Professor of Political Theory at the University
of Bristol, where she is also Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences & Law
and a member of the Cabot Institute Governing Board. She is Director of
the South West Doctoral Training Centre and a member of the ESRC Training
and Skills Committee.
Speakers
Professor Mark Duffield was the founding Director of the Global
Insecurities Centre and an acknowledged international expert in disaster
politics and the connections between development and security. He is the
author of Global Governance and the New Wars (2001) and Development,
Security and Unending War (2007). He is currently heading a research
project on risk management among aid agencies working in the challenging
environments of Southern Sudan and Afghanistan.
Dr Jon Bridle has over 16 years research experience on evolutionary and
ecological responses of organisms to environmental change. He is a member
of international working groups on ecological resilience and adaptation to
global change.
Professor Colin Taylor CEng FICE, was Head of Civil Engineering and
immediate past Chairman SW Region of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
He has over 30 years research and practitioner experience in systems
performance management of complex infrastructures, such as dams, nuclear
facilities, long span bridges, water and electricity utilities, with a
special emphasis on natural hazards, including earthquakes, wind and
climate change.
Attendance is free, but places are limited and registration is required.
This event will start at 6.00 pm and finish at 7.30 pm.
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Wendy Larner FRSNZ AcSS
Professor of Human Geography and Sociology
Research Director, Faculty of Social Sciences and Law
School of Geographical Sciences
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1SS
United Kingdom
Tel +44 117 928 8306
Fax +44 117 928 7878
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