Virtual EPICentre Seminar Series on Disaster Resilience: A Social Scientific Perspective
16 September 2021
Virtual EPICentre Seminar Series take place on Zoom, on the last Wednesday of each month, between September 2021 to February 2022 from 15:00-16:00 London Time.
Each virtual session comprises a 30-minute talk by leading experts on an aspect of their research within the area of disaster resilience, followed by 30-minutes of discussion and question and answer. Through this series, we will engage in multidisciplinary discussion regarding fostering disaster resilience in a range of settings affected by hazards, such as earthquakes, tsunami, flooding, and wildfires.
2021 Speakers
Professor George Bonanno
Professor of Clinical Psychology
Columbia University, United States of AmericaÂ
Dr Julia Becker
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Massey University, New Zealand
Professor Michael Ungar
Professor of Social Work
Resilience Research Centre, Dalhousie University, Canada
For assistance, please contact p.beharry@ucl.ac.uk