ERIA Special Lecture on “Disaster Management”

Bridging Gaps between Local Experience and Global Science in
Disaster Management: Toward Building a Regional Platform for Distance Risk Management in Asia

Lectured by Dr. Yoshimi Nishi, Associate Professor of Kyoto University

Programme

Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) has conducted a variety of studies not only on economic and trade issues but also on socio-cultural ones. Given that many of ASEAN and East Asian counties are among the most disaster-prone countries in the world, ERIA examines the experience of those countries in an effort to provide recommendations to strengthen disaster relief and disaster management. The outcome of ERIA studies is embodied by, for example, Resilience and Recovery in Asian Disasters: Community Ties, Market Mechanisms, and Governance.

This is to inform you that ERIA invites Dr. Yoshimi Nishi, Associate Professor of Kyoto University, to deliver a special lecture on disaster management to policymakers, private sectors, and NGOs on 18 April 2018. The lecture will highlight the importance of leaning and understanding experience of disaster management that have been accumulated in East Asia in promoting international/regional cooperation and building societies resilient to disasters. In addition, the lecture will provide a view on how disaster management contributes to resolving other social problems such as conflicts by making reference to the case of Aceh, Indonesia.

Short Bio of the Lecturer: Yoshimi NISHI is an Associate Professor at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University and currently stationed at Jakarta Liaison Office of CSEAS. Her specialty is Indonesian studies, especially focusing on disaster management in multicultural society and region-based information management in multilingual and multi-religious regions for restructuring of collective memory in post-conflict society. She obtained her PhD in Area Studies from Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo, after conducting field research since 1997 to 2000 in Aceh, Indonesia. Her works in English include: "Among Bangsa, Keturunan, and Daerah: Peace-Building and Group Identity in the law on Governing Aceh, 2006" in Bangsa and Umma: Development of People-Grouping Concepts in Islamized Southeast Asia (Kyoto University Press, 2011) and "Social Flux and Disaster Management: An Essay on the Construction of an Indonesian Model for Disaster Management and Reconstruction" in Journal of Disaster Research, Vol.7, No.1 (2012).

Schedule

Note: Prior registration is preferable. If you want to register or have any questions about this special lecture, please contact the following person.

• Rheizka Aulia: rheizka.aulia(at)eria.org
• Elisa Ayu: elisa.ayu(at)eria.org

Information Sheet