This session provided case studies of collaborative projects and reflections on what catalysed successful outcomes. Introduction by Head of Department, Prof Joanna Faure Walker.
Frank Savage is Chairman of the Commonwealth Disaster Management Agency (CDMA), established in the early 1980s by fellow Director Robbie Lyle to establish an insurance facility for less developed countries in regions threatened by disasters, Director of FJS Associates Ltd, providing disaster management consultancy services to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and a retired senior British diplomat who served as Her Majesty’s Governor of Montserrat (1993-97) and the British Virgin Islands (1998-2002), as well as earlier posts in Cairo, Washington, Aden, Dusseldorf, Beijing and Lagos.
The UK Alliance for Disaster Reduction (UKADR) 2024 Conference was hosted by UCL Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction (RDR) from 26 to 27 June 2024.
The conference brought together academics, practitioners and funders with an interest in disaster risk reduction. This year, there were invited talks on case studies of positive collaborations across sectors to encourage evidence-based policy, participant breakout discussions around how to improve collaboration and assist practitioners to guide research conversations, primary research and practitioner presentations as well as flash talks from early career researchers and practitioners to share current work, findings and challenges.
For more information on the event and speakers, see the RDR website: www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/events/2024/jun/ukadr-conference-2024-collaborative-research-make-difference