NEWS BULLETIN
August 2017
Opportunities of Interest
Tenure Track Position at Boston College(Boston, USA)The Department of Sociology and the International Studies Program at Boston College invite applications for a tenure
track assistant professor position. Scholars with expertise in any geographic area, or those who do transnational orinternational sociology, are invited to apply. All inquiries should be sent to Andrew Jorgenson, Chair of the Departmentof Sociology and Chair of the Search Committee, at jorgenan@bc.edu.
Helen Hamlyn Senior Fellow(New York, USA)The Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) invites applications for a renewable grant
funded non-tenure track teaching Fellowship, the Helen Hamlyn Senior Fellow (HHSF) at Fordham
University. The IIHA is a university-wide center that reports directly to the President of Fordham
University. By incorporating the academic rigor and intellectual standard of Fordham University withthe experience and expertise of humanitarian aid and development agencies in the field, we endeavor to advance themethods and framework by which humanitarian workers operate.
https://www.fordham.edu/iiha

Other Items of Interest
Report Released: Science for Disaster Risk Management 2017: Knowing Better and Losing Less
This report is the result of the multi-sectorial and multi-disciplinary networking process and represents
the combined effort of more than two hundred, mostly European, experts. It will support theintegration of science into informed decision making through synthesizing and translating evidence
for disaster risk management and strengthening the science-policy and science-operation interface. Itshows a holistic understanding of both, disaster risk addressing hazards, exposure and vulnerability
as well as disaster risk management focusing on all four phases of disaster cycle through a systematic
multi-hazard assessment overview of existing disaster risk knowledge.
http://drmkc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/knowledge/Challenges-Sharing

Your Input is needed: Words into Action guidelines: National disaster risk assessment
In 2016 the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) commissioned thedevelopment of guidelines on national disaster risk assessment (NDRA) as part of a series of thematic
guidelines under its “Words into Action” initiative. The present Guidelines are the result of thecollaboration between over 100 leading experts from national authorities, international organizations,non-governmental organizations, academia, think tanks and private-sector entities. This document will
be on PreventionWeb for public review during 2 months and has the purpose to ensure we haven’t
overseen aspects that are important to consider. Share your comments!
http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/publications/52828?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_feed%3BB3G2%2B6yvRkGIbc2Lkjsv6A%3D%3D

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