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 Power, Prestige & Forgotten Values:
A Disaster Studies Manifesto

We want to inspire and inform more respectful, reciprocal and genuine relationships between “local” and “external” researchers in disaster studies. This Manifesto calls for rethinking our research agendas, our methods and our allocation of resources.

We recognise that, while every researcher in our globalised system struggles with complicity and contradiction, the manifesto reflects principles that we as a collective aspire to. It is not by any means a claim of having achieved these objectives in our past work.

We, the undersigned, are committed to these principles and call others to join us in putting our words into action.

1. Our concerns

1.1 Disaster studies is not always informed by local realities: researchers are sometimes operating from a cultural deficit, and the everyday risk that people experience is ultimately inappropriately articulated.

1.2. Consequently, disaster studies often lead to ‘discovery’ that is the common knowledge of people who live with risk. At worst, this can become an intellectual conquest - research done ABOUT people experiencing risk, rather than BY, WITH and FOR them.

1.3 Methodologies are broadly embraced which were inspired by Enlightenment thinking and implemented by researchers from countries steeped in such traditions. Even the language that we use (today, mostly academic English), our prevailing narratives, our cultural lenses and the framing of our research problems rely heavily on Enlightenment origins as opposed to local and indigenous ontologies and epistemologies. These are well reflected in expectations of peer reviewers of proposals and publications.

1.4 The impact and success of research is generally measured based on the priorities of institutions valuing Enlightenment-type thinking including the agenda/values/reporting needs of similarly thinking funding agencies and donors.

1.5 The research agendas in disaster studies is too often driven by fleeting institutional interest in concepts, buzzwords, industry and political agendas that appear to present the greatest opportunities for research funding. In addition, mechanisms for funding tend to favour research proposals that serve a neoliberal status quo, promote interests outside of the local (studied) contexts and ultimately fall short scientifically and ethically.

1.6 Agendas are also formed by foreign policy and development aid interests, and often take the form of research grants that promote diplomatic and trade interests of donors irrespective of others’ needs. Capacity building projects can be neo-colonial. There is a lack of resources available for research FOR and BY local people.

1.7 External “experts” taking the lead (and the credit) for researching “vulnerable” “others” is widely normalized. In such instances people who are subjected to these investigations and local researchers that should actually be leading such work are disempowered and patronised. This unhealthy approach is modelled by many experienced researchers, universities and donors.

1.8 Individual researchers are often motivated not only by funding opportunities, but also by the chance (and pressure) to develop and publish ostensibly unique findings in ostensibly high-impact journals - and the perceived prestige that follows - based on research of “the vulnerable”, the exotic, the Other, who do not necessarily get to hear of the research outputs.

2. The future we want

2.1 We want disaster studies to model respect for and trust in local researchers, their knowledge and abilities, no matter where they come from. Those who are usually researched or who are currently used to assist outside researchers recognise that they can and should lead research and that their knowledge and skills are as valuable as those from other places in the world.

2.2 We want local researchers to study their own localities at risk and local disasters wherever they happen. Local researchers tend to know local contexts better than anyone else and thus should become principal investigators of any research project that deals with risks and disasters. They should lead academic and non-academic publications, both oral and written.

2.3 We want outside researchers to come and support locally-driven initiatives only when needed. When such collaboration is warranted, local researchers and/or local people must retain power in leadership and decision making, including through genuine participatory research led by people at risk where there is no local research capacity. Collaboration between local and outsider researchers should advantageously build on pre-existing partnerships and dialogue while seeking mutual interest in new partnerships and dialogue.

2.4 We want local research epistemologies and indigenous constructs of disasters to be central to our field, to better reflect diverse local realities. Local researchers should thus value local ontologies and epistemologies, whenever appropriate, to decolonise disaster research and move beyond the Enlightenment-based sources, concepts, methodologies and languages that dominate the field. Local and non-local researchers should be encouraged and supported to not only publish in international journals, but also to value local publications, both as an outlet for their research and as a reference for their studies.

2.5 We want our field to reaffirm that disaster research carries a political agenda, that is to address the root causes of vulnerability and recognise the capacities of local people. Our research should therefore be geared towards reducing the risk of disaster, rather than towards building academic reputation. Putting local researchers at the forefront of scholarship should be the first political and symbolic move in this direction, recognising that disaster research is neither apolitical nor detached from historical heritages.

2.6 We want our field to not only get our stories right, but also to tell them right. The dissemination of research outputs and outcomes must occur in a way that demonstrates collaboration, local leadership and appreciation for local knowledge and ways of collecting and presenting knowledge. We should also share and present knowledge in languages accessible to people who can/want to make use of this knowledge. Our peer reviews of publications should thus be sensitive to non-Enlightenment-based ontologies and epistemologies.

3. How do we get there?

Change HOW we research:

3.1 Stop assuming the role of “expert” as part of research on local conditions and people outside of our own culture and instead ensure that local researchers and people experiencing risk can tell their own stories and develop their own methods, in their own ways, for their own purposes. Disaster studies research can then push against normative approaches that largely benefit external scholars and rather promote the idea that research should be undertaken principally for the local benefit.

3.2 Research should be framed from locally appropriate, culturally grounded perspectives and methodologies which must be similarly developed and critiqued. It is still largely assumed that Enlightenment-based ideas about science are fundamental and rational, thus assuming superiority and a mission to ‘bring progress’. The ‘progress’ however is ill-fitting and ignores local social and institutional practices. This epistemological shift should feature in our routine research chores such as the peer review of proposals and publications.

Change WHAT and WHO we research:

3.3 Encourage and promote local researchers to lead the development and design of research proposals based on local priorities, theorising local issues and making best use of local capacities—always with critiques.

3.4 Do not always prioritise research adopting Enlightenment-based research approaches and do consider local and indigenous ontologies and epistemologies. The epistemologies and ideologies that underpin disaster studies research are important because they frame the questions that are asked, determine the sets of methods that are employed, and shape the analysis.

Change WHO does the research:

3.5 Foster the leadership of local institutions (regardless of the ranks in the international leagues), including local funding agencies, and encourage local researchers to lead research endeavours, from designing proposals to collecting and analysing data as well as authoring publications. This will help to minimise the frequent ‘discovery’ of what is new for the external scholar but is common knowledge of those to those who live in the context.

3.6 Employ methods that enable and encourage local people to lead and critique enquiry and local scientific endeavours that provide maximum benefit to local researchers and the people who are the subjects of research.

4. Join us and commit to:

4.1 Develop a research agenda that reflects local realities, priorities, and critiques while recognising that local groups often differ in their views and interests.

4.2 Respect and build upon what local researchers have achieved already, rather than only “external” scholarship.

4.3 Lobby for change in research agendas through our publications, peer-reviewing, networks and professional time servicing our field.

4.4 Promote and lobby for more local funding opportunities to support our research so that external funding only top these up when needed.

4.5 Fit into, and pursue local research agendas and work within local/indigenous epistemologies where appropriate.

4.6 Ensure that research is done with the benefit of those being researched as a central aim.

4.7 Actively pursue network building with institutions and individuals everywhere (and those often the subject of our research).

4.8 Seek and involve these researchers in projects in our own homes, as co-principal investigators, encouraging their critiques of and advice regarding work and approaches in our homes.

4.9 Commit to support and publish in journals everywhere. Open access also matters - make sure that scholars around the world can use your work while being careful not to perpetuate inequities through only using pay-to-publish-open-access journals.

4.10 Create opportunities for non-English publications in disaster studies.

4.11 Encourage and promote locally-led publications and presentations, academic and non-academic.

We hope that you will join us! Disaster studies needs to become more inclusive and collaborative. If we are successful, disaster studies might contribute more fully to disaster risk reduction. We can’t afford to wait.

Main signatories

Bob Alexander (Independent Researcher, Malawi)

Per Becker (Lund University, Sweden)

Kevin Blanchard (DRR Dynamics, United Kingdom)

Lee Bosher (Loughborough University, United Kingdom)

Fernando Briones (University of Colorado Bouder, United States of America)

Jake Rom Cadag (University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines)

Ksenia Chmutina (Loughborough University, United Kingdom)

Christo Coetzee (North West University, South Africa)

Giuseppe Forino (The University of Newcastle, Australia)

JC Gaillard (Waipapa Taumata Rau, Aotearoa)

Christopher Gomez (Kobe University, Japan)

Rohit Jigyasu (ICCROM, United Arab Emirates)

Ilan Kelman (University College London, United Kingdom, and University of Agder, Norway)

Jonatan Lassa (Charles Darwin University, Australia)

Loïc Le Dé (Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa)

Victor Marchezini (Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais, Brazil)

Jessica Mercer (Secure Futures, United Kingdom)

Fatima Gay Molina (Center for Disaster Preparedness, Philippines)

Emmanuel Raju (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Saut Sagala (Resilience Development Initiative, Indonesia)

Yoko Saito (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)

Briony Towers (RMIT University, Australia)

Dewald van Niekerk (North West University, South Africa)

Jason von Meding (University of Florida, United States of America)

Ziqiang Han (Shandong University, China)

See names of all signatories: https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/power-prestige-forgotten-values-a-disaster

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Priorities, Values, and Relationships:
A Disaster Studies Accord

The Disaster Studies Manifesto: Power, Prestige and Forgotten Values called for a change in our approach to researching disasters in order to inspire and inform more respectful, reciprocal and genuine relationships and exchanges among researchers in disaster studies and linked fields. It is now time to transform this call into practice. This is the objective of this Accord.

An accord that is meant to recognise local realities, people’s priorities, diverse epistemologies/ways of knowing and indigenous worldviews/senses cannot be a rigid list of set principles that would apply anywhere in the world across extraordinarily diverse cultures and societies. The present Accord thus relies on a set of questions that we hope researcher from all disciplines will ask themselves and their partners ahead of conducting any studies on disasters. Each of these questions entails a reflective process where exploring ‘why’ is as essential as the answer itself. Because research is fluid and inherently dependent on the contingencies of life, these questions are also to be asked throughout our research endeavours. These questions should serve as constant reminders of our commitment to the principles of the Manifesto. We hope that the answers to these questions will be geared to benefiting in priority “local” people who deal with risk and disaster as well as “local” researchers. This is not to exclude “external” researchers or people, but roles should balance leadership, with accountability for everyone involved. This type of accountability can strengthen relationships while also enhancing the practice of research.

Therefore, we, the undersigned, are committed to ask ourselves and answer the following questions prior to any research endeavour:

Who researches disaster?

· Who decides whether there is a need for research?

· Whose research is it?

· Who would benefit from this research?

· Who is funded to do research and why?

What to research and why?

· What is a disaster?

· Whose disaster is it?

· Is it the same disaster for everyone?

· What is the importance of doing the research? For whom?

When to research disaster?

· When is the appropriate time to conduct research and according to whom?

· Is there a history of research in the location?

· Is there other research being conducted on the disaster and other issues in the location?

· How does the proposed research build on existing works?

How to design our research

· Who defines the research objectives?

· Whose worldviews/senses inform the research?

· Whose epistemologies/ways of knowing underpin our methodology/ies?

· Whose realities are captured by our methodology/ies?

· Are there local, vernacular, or traditional processes in place to conduct research?

· Whose knowledge is considered and prioritised?

· Who decides who the research partners are?

· Who decides who is involved and how?

· Who decides the amount and allocation of resources?

· Who benefits from these resources? What harm could the resources do?

· What are the social structures the research builds upon and/or generate?

· Are there ethics committees or procedures for providing approval? Do they achieve what they seek or cause additional barriers or challenges for researchers and/or “local” people?

Conducting the research

· Whose language/s and modes of sharing are prioritised and used?

· Who decides which data to collect and from where?

· Who collects data?

· Who analyses data and where?

· Who is left out of the research process and why?

· Who understands the research findings, and who should understand the research findings?

· Who owns the data that is collected?

· Who benefits from the research findings and how?

· Who may be negatively or positively affected by the research process and the findings?

Sharing the findings of the research

· Whose voices are considered, prioritised and acknowledged in sharing research findings?

· What are the means for sharing research findings?

· Who do we first share our research findings with, besides our research partners?

· Which outlets and modes are prioritised for publications?

· What are the languages and modes of dissemination of these publications?

· Who reads these publications?

· Who leads and is included in the writing and authorship of publications?

· Who chooses conferences for presentations?

· Where do these conferences take place?

· Who attends these conferences?

· Who presents at these conferences?

· Who represents the project and who speaks to the media and other dissemination outlets?

Following up on the research

· Who evaluate or reflects upon the impact of the research?

· Is the research assessed in partnership with practitioners?

· Are partners or informants involved in post-research activities?

· To what extent has research influenced policies and practices?

· Who has benefited from the research and why?

We hope you will join us in asking ourselves and each other these questions prior to and during any research endeavour, independently of its nature, location, and duration. Although we aspire that the answers to these questions will meet the ethos of the earlier Manifesto we also recognise that every scholar struggles with complicity and contradiction inherent to our globalised research environment. As such, it is not about getting it ‘right’ but about being committed to learning and improving. Ultimately, these questions are about priorities, values, exchanges, and relationships; relationships which we hope will be respectful, reciprocal and genuine so that disaster studies be more grounded, inclusive, useful, and useable. It is the condition for disaster studies to contribute more meaningfully to helping people help themselves. We can’t afford to wait.

Main signatories

Josephine Adekola (Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom)

Bhen Aguihon (UN-Habitat, Philippines)

Viviana Aguilar Muñoz (Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alerta de Desastres, CEMADEN, Brazil)

Wahyu Aji (Pemuda Tata Ruang, Indonesia)

Çağlar Akgüngör (Resilience Advisors Network, Canada)

Maria Carinnes Alejandria (Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei)

Bob Alexander (Independent Researcher, Malawi)

Alkindi Aljawabra (Independent Researcher)

Maria Khristine Alvarez (University College London, United Kingdom)

Avianto Amri (PREDIKT, Indonesia)

Mauro Andino (Ecuador)

Dave Angel (Loughborough University, United Kingdom)

Amanda Anguiano (Raytheon, United States of America)

Gulcheen Aqil (UNICEF, Pakistan)

Angelina Aquilo (Charles Darwin University, Australia; University of the Philippines DIliman, Philippines)

Fernando Aragón-Durand (Independent Researcher, Mexico)

Teresa Armijos Burneo (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom)

Marie Aronsson-Storrier (University of Reading, United Kingdom)

Kevin Ash (University of Florida, United States of America)

Mahsa Azizi (Natural Disaster Research Institute, Iran)

Tek Bahadur Dong (Social Science Baha, Nepal)

Jay Balagna (Pardee RAND Graduate School, United States of America)

Marjorie Balay-as (Independent Researcher, Philippines)

Greg Bankoff (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines)

Nina Baron (University College Copenhagen, Denmark)

Dipak Basnet (Social Science Baha, Nepal)

Louise Baumann (Waipapa Taumata Rau, Aotearoa)

Sarah Beaven (University of Canterbury, Aotearoa)

Per Becker (Lund University, Sweden)

Ebru Tekin Bilbil (Özyeğin University, Turkey)

Nyima Dorjee Bhotia (Social Science Baha, Nepal)

Kevin Blanchard (DDR Dynamics, United Kingdom)

Sara Bonati (Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy)

Sara Bondesson (Swedish Defence University, Sweden)

Lee Bosher (Loughborough University, United Kingdom)

Pablo Martin Bravo (Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México, Mexico)

Fernando Briones (University of Colorado Boulder, United States of America)

Jake Rom Cadag (University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines)

Kaira Zoe Alburo Cañete (University of New South Wales, Australia; University of the Philippines Cebu, Philippines)

Ian Phil Canlas (University of Central Asia, Kyrgyz Republic)

Antonio de las Casas (Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico)

N. Vinod Chandra Menon (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India)

Damithri Chathumani (Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa)

Wesley Cheek (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)

Ricia Chansky (University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico)

Ksenia Chmutina (Loughborough University, United Kingdom)

Carlo Chunga Pizarro (University of California - Irvine, United States of America)

Amy Cardinal Christianson (Métis, Canadian Forest Service, Canada)

Yung-Fang Chen (Coventry University, United Kingdom)

Mahed Choudhury (University of Calgary, Canada)

Jagriti Chowdhury (Know Disasters)

Christo Coetzee (North West University, South Africa)

Louise Comfort (University of Pittsburgh, United States of America)

Brian Cook (The University of Melbourne, Australia)

Mae Kristine Cordenillo (Ateneo de Davao University, Philippines)

Juan Carlos Perez Cruz (Independent Researcher, Mexico)

Genaro Cuaresma (University of the Philippines, Philippines)

Tracy Daszkiewicz (Hertfordshire University, United Kingdom)

Belinda Davis (Monash University, Australia)

Francesco De Pascale (University of Palermo, Italy)

Monia del Pinto (Loughborough University, United Kingdom)

Mariano Del Pópolo (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Rosa Sánchez del Valle (Independent Investigator, Guatemala)

Hugh Deeming (Independent Researcher, United Kingdom)

Pierre Delmelle (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique)

Belen Desmaison (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru, and Durham University, United Kingdom)

Isabelle Desportes (Disaster Research Unit, Free University Berlin, Germany)

Martin Dolan (Independent Researcher)

Jonathan Eaton (University of British Columbia, Canada)

Christine Eriksen (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)

Juhn Chris Espia (University of the Philippines Visayas, Philippines, and Canterbury University, Aotearoa)

Anna Eyre (Centre for Collective Trauma, United Kingdom)

Emmanuel Eze (University of Heidelberg, Germany)

Crystal Fa'asolo (Waipapa Taumata Rau, Aotearoa)

A.J. Faas (San José State University, United States of America)

Laura-Alina Fabich (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)

Mahmood Fayazi (Centre de recherche et d’innovation en sécurité civile du Québec, Canada)

Glenn Fernandez (Sichuan University, China)

Manuela Fernandez (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina)

Roger Few (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom)

Maureen Fordham (University College London, United Kingdom)

Giuseppe Forino (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)

Kristel Fourie (North West University, South Africa)

Robert Friedman (Tulane University, United States of America)

Cesar Flores (Gobierno Invesigacion, Colombia)

Ricardo Fuentealba (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

JC Gaillard (Waipapa Taumata Rau, Aotearoa / University of the Philippines, Philippines)

Anthony Gampell (Waipapa Taumata Rau, Aotearoa)

Chaya Ocampo Go (York University, Canada)

Isabel Gomes (Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal)

Pedro Ananias Gomes Catanho (Defesa Civil do Estado de Ceará, Brazil)

Christopher Gomez (Kobe University, Japan)

Susie Goodall (Loughborough University, United KIngdom)

Mhari Gordon (University College London, United Kingdom)

Suchismita Goswami (Københavns Universitet, Denmark)

Lesley Gray (University of Otago, Aotearoa)

Rachel Guimbatan-Fadgyas (Philippine Institute of Environmental Planners, Philippines)

Magnus Hagelsteen (Lund University, Sweden)

Tilly Hall (Durham University, United Kingdom)

Ziqiang Han (Shandong University, China)

Heather Handley (Universty of Twente, Netherlands / Monash University, Australia)

Katharine Haynes (University of Wollongong, Australia)

Kinkini Hemachandra (University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom)

Jen Henderson (Texas Tech University, United States of America)

Eefje Hendriks (Avans University, The Netherlands)

Julie Hermesse (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

Nancy Merlo Hernández (Fundación Amigos de El Yunque, Puerto Rico)

Rodolfo Hernandez (Texas Tech University, United States of America)

Katharina Hetzeneder (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)

Anna Hicks (British Geological Survey, United Kingdom)

Dorothea Hilhorst (Erasmus University / International Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands)

Katherine Hore (Waipapa Taumata Rau, Aotearoa)

Valerie Ingham (Charles Sturt University, Australia)

Lorna G. Jaramillo-Nieves (Universidad de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico)

Rohit Jigyasu (ICCROM, Italy)

Martin Joe (Waipapa Taumata Rau, Aotearoa)

Michael Johnson (Monash University, Australia)

Ilan Kelman (University College London, United Kingdom, and University of Agder, Norway)

Faten Kikano (Centre d'Étude en Responsabilité Sociale et Écocitoyenneté, Canada)

Dayoon Kim (Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden)

Laura Kmoch (University of Kassel, Germany)

Miwako Kitamura (Tohoku University, Japan)

Kirstin Kreyscher (Deakin University, Australia)

Jane Kushma (Jacksonville State University, United States of America)

Rohit Kumar (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India)

Shefali Juneja Lakhina (Wonder Labs, United States of America)

David Lallemant (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Jonatan Lassa (Charles Darwin University, Australia)

Loïc Le Dé (Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa)

Virginie Le Masson (University College London, United Kingdom)

Chia-Chi Lee (Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Estevão Cristian da Silva Leite (Instituto Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Bina Limbu (Northumbria University, United Kingdom)

Gonzalo Lizarralde (Université de Montréal, Canada)

Carolina García Londoño (Independent Researcher)

Simone Lucatello (Instituto Mora, Mexico)

Mayfourth Luneta (Center for Disaster Preparedness, Philippines)

Elias Mabaso (Independent Researcher)

Christopher Mabeza (Independent Researcher)

Tapuwa Mandisodza (School Teacher, Scotland)

Tania del Mar López Marrero (Universidad de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico)

Victor Marchezzini (Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais, Brazil)

Stewart Mashiter (University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom)

Alessandro Massazza (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom)

Abigail Matos-Pagan (Coalition of Nurses for Communities in Disaster, Puerto Rico)

Sarah McBride (United States Geological Survey, United States of America)

Ronan McDermott (University of Groningen, Netherlands)

Haleh Mehdipour (University of Florida, United States of America)

Rodrigo Mena (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

N. Vinod Chandra Menon (India Excellence Foundation, India)

Annabelle Moatty (Aix-Marseille Université, France)

Fatima Gay Molina (Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration,  Philippines)

Samantha Montano (Massachusetts Maritime Academy, United States of America)

Charlotte Monteil (Université Paul Valéry - Montpellier III, France)

Femke Mulder (Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom)

Nabreesa Murphy (The University of Melbourne, Australia)

Njoki Mwarumba (Empire State University, United States of America)

Aivin Naing (Daet Municipal Disaster RIsk Reduction and Management Office, Philippines)

Kien Nguyen-Trung (Monash University, Malaysia)

Fernando Rocha Nogueira (Universidade Federal do ABC, Brasil)

Erwin Nugraha (University of Twente, Netherlands, and Resilience Development Initiative, Indonesia)

Alexis Nzeyimana (Weather and Climate Sustainable Solutions, Rwanda)

Aaron Opdyke (The University of Sydney, Australia)

Isabeau Ottolini (Open University of Catalunya, Spain)

Katie Oven (Northumbria University, United Kingdom)

Nejdet Özberk (Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Turkey)

Raymundo Padilla (Universidad de Colima, Mexico)

Charles Parrack (Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom)

Shona Paterson (Brunel University London, United Kingdom)

Lori Peek (University of Colorado Boulder, United States of America)

Tushar Pradhan (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India)

Anuradha Puri (Social Science Baha, Nepal)

Pierre Purseigle (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)

Irina Rafliana (BRIN Indonesia, Indonesia, and German Development Institute, Germany)

Mercy M.F. Rampengan (Universitas Negeri Manado, Indonesia)

Alfi Rahman (Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center (TDMRC) Universitas Syiah Kuala, Indonesia)

Emmanuel Raju (Københavns Universitet, Denmark)

Mayeda Rashid (Central Queensland University, Australia)

Julien Rebotier (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France)

David Rees (Decolonising Geography Group)

Loy Rego (Mainstreaming RSA Practitioners Network)

Juan-Andres Rincon-Gonzalez (Universidad Panamericana, Mexico)

Danielle Zoe Rivera (University of California Berkeley, United States of America)

Richard Robertson (The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago)

Dina Rodehorst (Lunds universitet, Sweden)

María N. Rodríguez Alarcón (El Colegio de Michoacán, Mexico)

Naxhelli Ruiz-Rivera (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)

Saut Sagala (Resilience Development Initiative, Indonesia)

Bhola Saha (The Assam Royal Global University, India)

Robert Sakic Trogrlic (King’s College London, United Kingdom)

Albert Salamanca (Stockholm Environment Institute, Thailand)

Monica Sanders (Georgetown University, United States of America)

Vicente Sandoval (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, and journal REDER, Chile)

Boaventura Santy (Amilcar Cabral University, Guinea-Bissau)

Neen Sapalo (University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines)

Talkmore Saurombe (North West University, South Africa)

Jazmin P. Scarlett (Independent Researcher, United Kingdom)

Caroline Schöpf (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR)

Nadar Shah (University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom)

Aditi Sharan (Waipapa Taumata Rau, Aotearoa)

Jennifer Shasserre (Portland State University, United States of America)

Justin Sharpe (University of Oklahoma, United States of America)

Barsha Shrestha (Department of Architecture, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal)

Aline Silva (Departamento de Recursos Minerais do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Timothy Sim Boon Wee (Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore)

Gemma Sou (RMIT University, Australia)

Reidar Staupe-Delgado (UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway, and Roskilde University, Denmark)

Marvin Starominski-Uehara (Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore)

Linda Stjernholm (Lunds Universitet, Sweden)

Yvonne Su (York University, Canada)

Gavin Sullivan (Coventry University, United Kingdom; International Psychoanalytic University Berlin, Germany)

Sanjana Tadepalli (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Sunil Tamang (Social Science Baha, Nepal)

Camila Tavares (University College Cork, Ireland)

Fatima Maria Tedim (Universidade do Porto, Portugal)

Carole Therrien (Carleton University, Canada)

Daisy Thomson (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Isabella Tomassi (Université Lumière Lyon 2, France)

David A. Torres (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico)

Briony Towers (RMIT University, Wurundjeri Country, Australia)

Lauren Traczykowski (Aston University, United Kingdom)

Minh Tran (Stockholm Environment Institute, Thailand)

Heidi Tuhkanen (Stockholm Environment Institute, Estonia)

Filjohn B. Tychingco (Mercedes Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management OFfice, Philippines)

Lærke Uhrenholt Jensen (Lund University, Sweden)

Dewald van Niekerk (North West University, South Africa)

Jesica Viand (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Jamie Vickery (University of Washington, United States of America)

Jason von Meding (University of Florida, United States of America)

Rory Walshe (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Gowhar Farooq Wani (University of Kashmir, India)

Clive Warren (Bond University, Australia)

Juergen Weichselgartner (Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin, Germany)

Zenaida Willison (Global Network of CSOs for DRR)

Ben Wisner (University College London, United Kingdom)

Erik Wood (Georgetown University, United States of America)

Punam Yadav (University College London, United Kingdom)

Nino Zaittun (Associação GERHANA, Timor Leste)