Workshop Ankündigung
Dealing with the Disasters of Others 2012
When: January 26-28, 2012
Who and where: ZiF Research Group at Uni Bielefeld
Looking backward, thinking forward: Within the context of the
closing conference, the fellows of the ZiF-Research Group
Communicating Disaster will present first research outcomes of
the multiple activities, events, regular working meetings and
cooperations of the past research year as well as arisen open
questions stimulating further research.
In addition, we are honoured to include presentations by
representatives from the Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (BMBF), the Federal Office of Civil Protection and
Disaster Assistance (BBK), from practical fields of disaster
management and the industry (medical and safety technology).
The four sessions of the conference are identically equal to
the four topics covering the major fields of research and
discussions within the research year:
- Communicating Disaster in Space and Time
- Media and the Micro Order of Disaster
- Technologies and Social Media for Dealing with Disasters
- Organisation and Management of Disaster Communication

