A limited number of seats will be available for participants from outside the Department of International Public Health, NIPH. Please email unni.gnathan@gmail.com if you intend to attend.
Summary of presentation
Disaster diplomacy research examines how and why disaster-related activities do and do not influence peace and conflict, from community to international levels. Global health topics intersect with many areas of disaster risk reduction and disaster response. This presentation explores a research and policy agenda for viewing global health from a disaster diplomacy perspective.
Bio
Ilan Kelman (Twitter @IlanKelman) is a Reader in Risk, Resilience and Global Health at University College London, England and professor II at the University of Agder. His overall research interest is linking disasters and health, including the integration of climate change into disaster research and health research. Disaster diplomacy and health diplomacy cover one such area.