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FY 2010 (FR4)
| 27th January 2011 | Second Call for Papers/Posters
The Vulnerability and Social-Ecological Resilience Project of the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature has extended the deadline for abstract to 15 February 2011. Notification of acceptance for abstract submitted after 31 January 2011 is also extended to 28 February 2011. For more details, please visit our symposium web site. (19 January 2011, Uploaded)
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| 19th January 2011 | Annual Report of FY2010 Viewable Online
The FY2010 Annual Report of the Vulnerability and Social-Ecological Resilience Project [Project E-04-FR4] has been uploaded to the project's web site. Interested readers may view and download individual article or full report here. (19 January 2011, Uploaded) |
| 4th December 2010 | Successful Resilience Session at JASID Annual Meeting 2010
Four project’s members, i.e. Chieko UMETSU, Takeshi SAKURAI, Thamana LEKPRICHAKUL and Shuhei SHIMADA, presented their papers under an organized session on "Resilience of Social-Ecological and Poverty Reduction" at the Japan Association of International Development (JASID) Annual Meeting 2010. The conference was held at Waseda University, Tokyo, between December 4-5 . A large group of audiences of approximately 80 persons attended the session in a lively discussion atmosphere, particularly on the roles of resilience on developments. (27 December 2010, Uploaded) |
| 22nd November 2010 | Call for Papers/Posters
The Vulnerability and Social-Ecological Resilience Project of the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature is organizing an International Symposium on "Building Social-Ecological Resilience in a Changing World" on June 18-20, 2011 to be held at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan. Deadline for submission of abstract is 31 January 2011. For details, please click here. (22 November 2010, Uploaded)
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| 2nd November 2010 | GLP 2010 Conference Participations
Four members of the Social-Ecological Resilience Project, i.e. (from right to left) Tom Evans, Hidetoshi Miyazaki, Kume Takeshi, and Thamana Lekprichakul, presented their studies on issues relating to social-ecological resilience at the GLP Open Science Meeting 2010 at the Arizona State University between October 17-19, 2010. To view abstracts of all four presentations, please click here. (2 November 2010, Uploaded) |
| 16th September 2010 | The 32nd Resilience Seminar Takashi Kurosaki, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University Title: Vulnerability and Resilience of Canal-Irrigated Agriculture against Floods: The Case of Pakistan Friday, October 22nd, 2010; 16:00-17:30 (16 September 2010, Uploaded) |
| 31st August 2010 | Dr. Takashi Kume, a senior researcher of the Resilience Project, received a research award for young scholars at the Japan Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering's 2010 Annual Meeting.
Congratulations to Dr. Kume! (3 September 2010, Uploaded)
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| 8th June 2010 | The 44th RIHN Seminar and the 31st Resilience Seminar Tom P. Evans, RIHN Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Geography, Indiana University Title: Food Security, Climate Variability and Land Use in Zambia : Methods for Spatial Analysis and Modeling Vulnerability and Resilience of Smallholder Systems Thursday, June 17th, 2010, 13:30-15:00 (8 June 2010, Uploaded) |
| 2nd April 2010 | The 30th Resilience Seminar Masaaki Hirai (Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University) Title: Resilience of Ecological Resource and Livelihood: A case of the Sereer in Senegal Apr. 10th, 2010, 16:00-17:30 (2 April 2010, Uploaded)
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FY 2009 (FR3)
| 8th December 2009 | International Workshop on The Indian Ocean Tsunami: 5 Years Later The Social-Ecological Resilience Project is organizing an international workshop on "The Indian Ocean Tsunami: 5 Years Later" at the Allson Hotel, Singapore from March 1-3, 2010. The workshop aims at assessing the vulnerability and resilience of the Tsunami affected coastal regions. For more details, please click here. (8 December 2009, Uploaded) |
| 4th December 2009 | Core members meeting held at the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Working Paper on Social-Ecological Resilience Series No 2009-009 has been published. |
| 30th October 2009 | The 29th Resilience Seminar Yoshitake Shinbo (Managing Director, Technical Support Office for Rural Development in Kinki District, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan) Title: Agriculture and Rural Community of Africa as Object of Technical Cooperation October 30th, 2009, 17:00-18:00 (4 November 2009, Uploaded)
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| 13th October 2009 | Elinor Ostrom Won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences!
Professor Elinor Ostrom of Indiana University has become the first female to win the Nobel Prize in economics. The prize is shared by professor Oliver Williamson of UC Berkeley. They won the award for their seminal work in the field of economic governance.
Congratulations to professor Ostrom and professor Williamson!!! (13 October 2009, Uploaded)
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| 28th August 2009 | The 2nd Lusaka Workshop on Social-Ecological Resilience Was a Success.
The RIHN's Resilience Project together with Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI) jointly organized the second Resilience Workshop on the 28th August 2009 at Mika Lodge, Zambia. More than 50 participants from various countries such as Japan, USA, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Zambia attended the workshop in a lively and insightful discussion atmosphere. The workshop was privileged to have Dr. Elizabeth Colson, a UC Berkeley's emerita professor who has studied Zambia's Tonga since 1950s, in attendance to provide comments.
(13 October 2009, Uploaded) |
28th August 2009 |
The 2nd Lusaka Workshop on Social-Ecological Resilience Organized by: Resilience Project, RIHN and Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI) For further information and program, please click here.
(24 July 2009, Uploaded) |
| 11th August 2009 | The Resilience Alliance's workbook for an assessment of social-ecological resilience has been translated into Japanese by the team at the RIHN's Resilience Project. The Resilience Project has made the final draft version of the workbook available for downloading to solicit feedback from the community.
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| 7th August 2009 | Core members meeting held at RIHN. Working Paper on Social-Ecological Resilience Series No 2009-008 has been published. |
3rd August 2009 |
The 28th Resilience Seminar Titel: A Spatial Structure for the Institutional Analysis of Common Pool Resource Systems August 3rd, 2009, 15:00-16:00 (24 July 2009, Uploaded) |
20th July 2009 |
Dr. C.R. Ranganathan (Department of Physical Sciences and Information Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University), an invited research fellow, and his wife, Geetha, returned to India.
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13th July 2009 |
Dr. Tom Evans (Department of Geography, Indiana University), a project member, arrived at RIHN.
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| 8th July 2009 | The 27th Resilience Seminar Dr. C.R. Ranganathan (Professor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India) Title: Quantifying the impact of climatic change on yields and yield variability of major crops and optimal land allocation for maximizing food production in different agro-climatic zones of Tamil Nadu, India: An Econometric Approach July 8th, 2009, 15:00-16:00 RIHN Seminar Room 3, 4 Held in English (25 June 2009, Uploaded) |
27-30 Apr 2009 |
Seven project members participated in the IHDP Open Meeting 2009, the 7th International Science Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change at the World Conference Center, UN Campus, Bonn, Germany under the theme “Social Challenges of Global Change”. Six oral presentations and one poster presentation were made.
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| 19 Apr 2009 | Dr. C.R. Ranganathan (Department of Physical Sciences and Information Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University) arrived at RIHN as an invited research fellow. |
| Apr 2009 | Working Paper on Social-Ecological Resilience Series No 2009-007 has been published. |
| 11 Apr 2009 | Core member meeting, RIHN. |
FY 2008 (FR2)
| Feb 2009 | Resilience Project Report FY2008 has been published. |
| 20-21 Feb 2009 | Resilience Project 7th Workshop, Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture. |
| 10th February 2009 | The 26th Resilience Seminar Dr. Yoichi Mine (Associate Professor, Global Collaboration Center (GLOCOL), Osaka University) Title: Human Security in Africa: Between Normalcy and Emergency February 10th, 15:00-16:30 (13 May 2009, Uploaded) |
| Jan 2009 | Working Paper on Social-Ecological Resilience Series No 2008-005 and 008-06 have been published. |
| 5th December 2008 | The 25th Resilience Seminar Dr. Mitsuru Tsubo (Associate Professor, Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University) Title : Combating Drought in South Africa, and Southern Africa December 5th, 16:00-17:00 (6 Nov 2008, Uploaded) |
| 1st Sep. 2008 | On 18th July, Prof. Shimada, Theme III Leader, received “Daido Insurance Co. Area Study Award” for his book publication. Congratulations. |
| 2nd Aug. 2008 | The invited research fellow, Dr. Chileshe Mulenga returns to University of Zambia. |
| 1st Aug. 2008 | The invited research fellow, Dr. Tom P. Evans returns to Indiana University. |
| 28th and 29th June, 2008 | Project Workshop and Core member meeting (at RIHN)
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| 17th July, 2008 | The 24th Resilience Seminar Dr. Tom Evans (RIHN invited researcher; Department of Geography, Indiana University) Title : Modeling Household-Level Deforestation and Reforestation with Agent-Based Approaches: Case Studies from Laos PDR, United States and June 17th, 15:00-17:00 (14 Jul. 2008, Uploaded) |
| 18th June, 2008 | The 23rd Resilience Seminar Dr. Chileshe L. Mulenga (RIHN invited researcher; Institute of Economic and Social Research, University of Zambia） "Resilience of Rural Households and Communities to HIV/AIDS and Recurrent Droughts: Case of People around Mwami Adventist Hospital, Chipata, Zambia" June 18th, 15:00-16:15 (3rd June 2008, Uploaded) |
| June 2008 | Working Paper on Social-Ecological Resilience Series No. 2008-004 has been published. |
| 24th May, 2008 | Core member meeting at RIHN |
| 12 May, 2008 | Mini Seminar on Agent-Based Model Dr. Tom Evans , Department of Geography, Indiana University (RIHN invited researcher) "The history and trends of agent-based models and their applications to resource management" RIHN Seminar Room 3 & 4, 13:30-15:30 (in English) (7 May 2008,. Uploaded) |
| 5th May, 2008 | The invited research fellow, Dr. Lawrence S Flint returns to ENDA. |
| Apr, 2008 | Dr. Chileshe Mulenga (Institute of Economic and Social Research, University of Zambia) arrives at RIHN as an invited research fellow. |
| Apr. 2008 | Book publications by project members (in Japanese) |
| Apr, 2008 | Dr. Tom P. Evans (Department of Geography, Indiana University) arrives at RIHN as an invited research fellow. |
| Mar, 2008 | Resilience Project Report FY2007 has been published. |
| 17 Mar, 2008 | Working Paper on Social-Ecological Resilience Series No. 2008-001, No. 2008-002, No. 2008-003 has been published. |
| 8 Mar, 2008 | Resilience Project Otaru Workshop |
| 11 April, 2008 | The 22nd Resilience Seminar Dr. Lawrence Flint (RIHN Visiting Fellow and ENDA) "Socio-ecological Resilience in an Arena of Rapid Environmental Change: Climate Variability and Adaptation in the Upper Zambezi Valley Floodplain" RIHN Lecture Hall, 15:00-16:15 (in English) |
FY 2007 (FR1)
| Feb, 2008 | Dr. Lawrence S Flint (ENDA) arrives at RIHN as an invited research fellow. |
15 February, 2008
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The 21st Resilience Seminar (25 Jan. Uploaded) |
22 November, 2007
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The 20th Resilience Seminar (5 Nov. Uploaded) |
| 30 July, 2007 | The 19th Resilience Seminar Living with the Bible: The Growth of Independent Churches in Southern Africa Kenji Yoshida （National Museum of Ethnology） RIHN Lecture Hall, 15:30-16:45 |
| 20 June, 2007 | The 18th Resilience Seminar Synthesis of soil management options for better targeting of technologies and ecological resilience under variable environmental conditions Mr. Moses MWALE （Zambia Agricultural Research Institute） |
| 23 May, 2007 | RIHN seminar by Tom P. Evans and Jacqui Bauer |
| 11-12 May, 2007 | The 2nd workshop (Hamamatsu) |
| 23 Apr, 2007 | The 17th Resilience Seminar Carrying Capacity of Land and Environment of Africa Shigeru Araki, Professor, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University |
| Dec, 2007 | Professor Gear Kajoba returns to UNZA from RIHN. |
| 17 Dec, 2007 | Core member meeting (RIHN) |
17 November, 2007 |
Dr. Takeshi Sakurai, Theme II Leader talked on "Resource Management and Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa" at the Institute of Developing Economies Open Seminar "Emerging Issues of Development Assistance in Africa", The 2nd Workshop "Combating Dissertification, Climate Change in Africa" (3 Dec. Uploaded) |
| 1 Oct, 2007 | Professor Gear Kajoba, University of Zambia (UNZA), arrives at RIHN as an invited researcher. |
| 3 Sep, 2007 | Lusaka Workshop was held at Lusaka, Zambia. |
| 19 Jul, 2007 | Core member meeting (RIHN) |
| 23 June 2007 | Mr. Moses Mwale, an invited research fellow, returns to ZARI from RIHN. |
| 20 June, 2007 | Core member meeting (RIHN) |
| 25 May, 2007 | Project leader, Chieko UMETSU give a talk about resilience of rural villager in developing countries at the 19th RIHN public seminar. (in Japanese) |
| 23 Apr, 2007 | Core member meeting (RIHN) |
| Apr, 2007 | Mr. Moses Mwale from ZARI arrives at RIHN as an invited research fellow. |
| Apr, 2007 | Our project has been at a Full-Research stage. |
- Mar. 2007 The MOU with Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI) was signed.
- Apr. 2006 Pre-research Program of RIHN
- Apr. 2005 Feasibility Study of RIHN
- Apr. 2004 Incubation Study had started.
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