Child's picture with tall pink building with a crack near the top on the right. At the bottom is a grey road with a fallen tree in the middle and a plane with red and yellow flames coming off it. At the top is a blue thundercloud with rain drops and a yellow flash of lightning.

Alison Lloyd Williams: Blog from Fukushima

I am currently in Japan on a one-month visit, following up on last year’s research study here as a JSPS postdoctoral fellow. I’m working again with Prof Aya Goto at Fukushima Medical University (FMU), who invited me to lead a series of seminars on sociological approaches to disasters and participatory methods in research, as well[…]

The CUIDAR Project ‘Dives into Science’ with the University of Catalonia

“Children and young people do not identify with the current paternalist approach to civil defence. Today, they ask to be fully empowered citizens: to participate, be active, cooperate…”   So begins the account of a powerful interaction between children and young people, practitioners and policy makers in disaster management and risk reduction held for the[…]

The CUIDAR Project ‘Dives into Science’ with the Open University of Catalonia

“Children and young people do not identify with the current paternalist approach to civil defence. Today, they ask to be fully empowered citizens: to participate, be active, cooperate…”   So begins the account of a powerful interaction between children and young people, practitioners and policy makers in disaster management and risk reduction held for the[…]

The CUIDAR Project ‘Dives into Science’ with the Open University of Catalonia

“Children and young people do not identify with the current paternalist approach to civil defence. Today, they ask to be fully empowered citizens: to participate, be active, cooperate…”   So begins the account of a powerful interaction between children and young people, practitioners and policy makers in disaster management and risk reduction held for the[…]

Child's drawing of a red triangle, inside are 3 drawings of a tornado, an earthquake and a blue wave. Underneath the triangle is written the word 'Cuidado' which is Spanish and Portuguese for 'take care'

The CUIDAR Project ‘Dives into Science’ with the Open University of Catalonia

“Children and young people do not identify with the current paternalist approach to civil defence. Today, they ask to be fully empowered citizens: to participate, be active, cooperate…”   So begins the account of a powerful interaction between children and young people, practitioners and policy makers in disaster management and risk reduction held for the[…]

Amatrice – a poem

Graham Mort, visited Amatrice in September 2016, five weeks after the major earthquake. We approached Amatrice through wooded hillsides, mountains in the distance, white clouds, the road twisting and climbing through tight bends. At first, all seemed peaceful, until an eerie sense of desertion set in. The fields were empty of workers and livestock. Then[…]

Amatrice – a poem

Graham Mort, visited Amatrice in September 2016, five weeks after the major earthquake. We approached Amatrice through wooded hillsides, mountains in the distance, white clouds, the road twisting and climbing through tight bends. At first, all seemed peaceful, until an eerie sense of desertion set in. The fields were empty of workers and livestock. Then[…]

Amatrice – a poem

Graham Mort, visited Amatrice in September 2016, five weeks after the major earthquake. We approached Amatrice through wooded hillsides, mountains in the distance, white clouds, the road twisting and climbing through tight bends. At first, all seemed peaceful, until an eerie sense of desertion set in. The fields were empty of workers and livestock. Then[…]

Child's picture of an earthquake with a graveyard in the foreground, 2 cracks through the middle of the picture from left to right and above buildings leaning to the right and buses overturned

Amatrice – a poem

Graham Mort, visited Amatrice in September 2016, five weeks after the major earthquake. We approached Amatrice through wooded hillsides, mountains in the distance, white clouds, the road twisting and climbing through tight bends. At first, all seemed peaceful, until an eerie sense of desertion set in. The fields were empty of workers and livestock. Then[…]