CRC researcher heads disaster committee

Long-time CRC researcher Prof John Handmer has been named Chair of the Scientific Committee of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) programme.  

Prof Handmer from RMIT University has been a key part of research conducted at the CRC; he was the research leader for the Out of uniform: building community resilience through non-traditional emergency volunteering and Social, economic, and environmental impacts of the 2012/13 Victorian fire season projects as well as being the Principal Scientific Advisor for the CRC.  

The IRDR is a research programme that looks at natural disaster mitigation, co-sponsored by the International Science Council (ISC) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).  

Prof Handmer has been a part of the IRDR Scientific Committee since 2016, as well as being on a number of other Australian advisory boards. He is currently on the National Vulnerability Profile project. 

Congratulations John on your appointment from the CRC.