Disaster Risk (IRDR)

IRDR Scientific Committee

The IRDR Scientific Committee (IRDR-SC) is the principal governing body of IRDR set up by, and acting for, the sponsors of the programme. Its responsibilities are to define, develop and prioritize plans for IRDR, to guide its programming, budgeting and implementation, to establish a mechanism for oversight of programme activities, and to disseminate and publicize its results.

Chair

David Johnston (New Zealand)

Members

• Irasema Alcántara-Ayala (Mexico)
• Djillali Benouar (Algeria)
• Ann Bostrom (USA)
• Sálvano Briceño (Venezuela) (Vice-Chair)
• Omar Darío Cardona  (Colombia)
• Susan Cutter (USA) (Vice-Chair)
• Ferruccio Ferrigni (Italy)
• Shuaib Lwasa (Uganda)
• Anthony Oliver-Smith (USA)
• Mark Pelling (UK)
• Chamhuri Siwar (Malaysia)
• Kuniyoshi Takeuchi (Japan) (Vice-Chair)
• Angelika Wirtz (Germany)
• Sisi Zlatanova (Netherlands/Bulgaria)

Ex-officio Members

• Gudmund Hernes (ISSC)
• Huadong Guo (CEODE)
• Andrew Maskrey (UN-ISDR)
• Howard Moore (ICSU)