ANDROID: An Inter-disciplinary Academic Network that Promotes Co-operation and Innovation among European Higher Education to Increase Society's Resilience to Disasters

Haigh, Richard, Amaratunga, Dilanthi and Thayaparan, Menaha (2014) ANDROID: An Inter-disciplinary Academic Network that Promotes Co-operation and Innovation among European Higher Education to Increase Society's Resilience to Disasters. Procedia Economics and Finance, 18. pp. 857-864. ISSN 2212-5671

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Abstract

Using knowledge, innovation and education to build a culture of safety and resilience at all levels is one of five priorities for action (PFA) that were identified in the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). The responsibility for such capacity building resides largely with educators such as higher education institutes, but the complexity of resilience poses a number of challenges.
This paper describes ANDROID, an EU funded international partnership of higher education institutes and key actors in disaster
resilience, which has been formed to develop innovative European education. ANDROID is based on an inter-disciplinary consortium of partners that comprises scientists from applied, human, social and natural disciplines. ANDROID set out to
achieve this aim through a series of inter-linked projects, identified as work packages and led by a sub-group of international partners. This paper describes these projects and highlights key outputs achieved to date: an inter-disciplinary doctoral school; a survey capturing and sharing innovative approaches to inter-disciplinary working; a survey of European education to map
teaching and research programmes in disaster resilience; a survey analysing the capacity of European public administrators to address disaster risk; emerging research and teaching concerns in disaster resilience; and, open educational resources.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Building Resilience, Building Resilience 2014, 8-10 September 2014, Salford Quays, United kingdom
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
Schools:	School of Art, Design and Architecture School of Art, Design and Architecture > Global Disaster Resilience Centre
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Depositing User:	Sharon Beastall
Date Deposited:	08 Jan 2015 10:25
Last Modified:	10 Dec 2016 21:12
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/23028

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