Research Network on Disasters, Environment and Society
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The Research Network on Disaster, Environment and Society (ReNDES) is composed of three research teams based at the University of Auckland, Auckland University of Technology and the University of the Philippines Diliman. Together, we are a collective of around 25 researchers and as many ‘alumni’ committed to uncovering and addressing issues at the interface between the environment, disasters and society.
We come from a range of backgrounds that include geography, psychology, social work, economics, business and management, urban planning, public health, architecture, agricultural science, environmental science, biology and forestry. We have considerable experience working with civil society organisations, including international and local Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), as well as national and local government agencies towards reducing the risk of disasters. We particularly focus on Asia and the Pacific. Each member of our network is grounded in a particular country/region, with secondary expertise in another, so that we collectively cover a very wide range of geographical and cultural contexts. We also speak more than 25 languages, which facilitate our grounding in places where we do research and foster disaster risk reduction.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.