Category Archives: Risk

Society for Risk Analysis – Benelux Annual Conference 2019

Posted on 17 October 2018 by antti

Registration for the SRA Benelux Annual Conference 2019 is now open at the following link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/society-for-risk-analysis-benelux-conference-2019-registration-53855205369 Registration is free but mandatory to participate in the conference. In order to be included in the participant list, please ensure that you register … Continue reading →

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Barbara Lucini’s new book: The Other Side of Resilience to Terrorism: A Portrait of a Resilient-Healthy City (Springer, 2017)

Posted on 15 January 2018 by antti

Our long-standing member and member of the coordinating committee, Dr Barbara Lucini (Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Milan), has just published the following monograph on urban resilience and terrorism with Springer.  Congratulations on your publication and we are sure … Continue reading →

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Two fully funded PhD Studentships, dept of Sociology, Lancaster University – applications invite

Posted on 15 January 2018 by antti

Please find below information on two exciting PhD studentship opportunities at Lancaster. The first of these projects, both based at the Department of Sociology, is focused on accidents, risks, and harms, with the British Red Cross. Applications are invited for … Continue reading →

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ESA’17 programme online

Posted on 14 August 2017 by antti

Please find the current finalised programme for the 13th European Sociological Association Conference for its sessions by RN08: Disaster, Conflict and Social Crisis Research Network (DCSCRN). We look forward to meeting you soon in Athens! If you have any questions on the … Continue reading →

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Antti Silvast’s new book: “Making Electricity Resilient” (Routledge, 2017)

Posted on 6 July 2017 by antti

© 2017 – Routledge 174 pages | 17 B/W Illus. Energy risk and security have become topical matters in Western and international policy discussions; ranging from international climate change mitigation to investment in energy infrastructures to support economic growth and more sustainable energy … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: European Sociological Association 2017, Athens, 29 August – 1 September 2017, DCSCRN sessions

Posted on 27 December 2016 by antti

The Call for Papers for the next European Sociological Association (ESA) conference has been published and is available here: http://www.europeansociology.org/download/esa2017_CFPs.pdf Based on excellent proposals by our members, the ESA RN08: Disaster, Conflict and Social Crisis Research Network (DCSCRN) is delighted … Continue reading →

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ESA’15 programme online

Posted on 21 August 2015 by antti

The DCSCRN final programme of our sessions for the 12th European Sociological Association Conference is online, please follow this link: http://www.dcscrn.org/esa-conferences/esa15/programme/

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Call for Papers: DCSCRN sessions at ESA’15 in Prague

Posted on 19 December 2014 by antti

We would like to announce that the Call for Papers for the DCSCRN sessions at the 12th European Sociological Association (ESA) Conference in Prague, Czech Republic, has been published on this web site and ESA’s own conference site. Please follow … Continue reading →

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CfP: ESA Risk and Uncertainty Research Network 22, Mid-term conference Risk, Uncertainty and Transition, University of Stuttgart, Germany, 8-10 April 2015

Posted on 26 November 2014 by antti

We aim to stimulate sociological and interdisciplinary research and debate into how risk and uncertainty are perceived, constructed, managed and/or neglected by social actors – individuals and organisations – as well as the impact of these responses in society. Although … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: DCSCRN Interim Conference 2014, Disasters, Conflicts and Social Crises: Causes, Impacts and Responses, Rethymno, Greece, 18-19 September 2014

Posted on 28 March 2014 by antti

This year’s interim conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) Research Network 08 “Disaster, Conflict and Social Crisis Research Network” (DCSCRN), entitled «Disasters, Conflicts and Social Crises: Causes, Impacts and Responses», is organized in collaboration with the Department of Sociology … Continue reading →

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