About UKADR

On behalf of the Institute of Hazard, Risk & Resilience (IHRR) and UK Alliance for Disaster Research (UKADR) Durham University is delighted to be the host of UKADR 2025 conference.  

• “The primary motivation for the UK Alliance for Disaster Research (UKADR) is to bring together the UK's rich and diverse disaster research community. This will facilitate collaboration and partnership to aid representation of the research community at government level in the UK, and, where appropriate, help with the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The Alliance is independent and managed by voluntary contributions from the UK research community.”
• “What is the focus of UKADR? The focus is on all contexts and systems of disaster risk recognising of the UK role in this field across an interconnected world. UKADR understands science on disaster risk and its management to be interdisciplinary. There is an emphasis on integrated and applied dimensions of knowledge production rooted in fundamental science. This includes work from the natural sciences, engineering and technology, medical and health sciences, agricultural science, social sciences, and humanities and includes information technology, economics, and behavioural sciences.”
  • An alliance of the research and academic disaster research community to facilitate collaboration and partnership across the UK
  • An advocate of UK science to UK Government
  • A contact point for UK Government seeking the best UK science input
  • A mechanism for UK Government to communicate emerging needs to the UK science community.
  • A national contact point for international efforts to coordinate science efforts to reduce the global impacts of disaster
  • Collaborator with other international agencies engaged in supporting Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Disaster risk reduction, prevention and preparedness, disaster response, reconstruction and recovery are all of interest.