Official twitter account of the Journal of Disaster Studies, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press

Joined September 2022
We are happy to announce the publication of vol. 3, iss. 1 of the Journal of Disaster Studies! The issue includes a special section on Disasters in Soviet Historiography, two research articles, a research note, and many book reviews (all in open access!) muse.jhu.edu/issue/57395
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Join us on Tuesday 14th July for a special Disasters: Deconstructed livestream event co-hosted and co-curated with the Journal of Disaster Studies. /1
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In this livestream, JDS Co-Editor @kschmutina will be talking about why the Manifesto matters with the authors of the conversation as well as with our colleagues Christopher Gomez, Louis Nyahunda & Tek Bahadur Dong. /3
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We will show how the Manifesto can be used in disaster scholarship & practice and disaster scholarship needs to be more grounded in respectful & resiprocal research informed by local understandings of the world, led by scholars familiar with local cultures and societies. /4
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We are very pleased to announce the publication of the newest issue of Journal of Disaster Studies! As always, of the articles from Volume 2, Issue 2 are available in open-access. You can read them here: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56527
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Journal of Disaster Studies retweeted
We are so thrilled that @JDS_Disasters has received an honorable mention for Best New Journal from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals! Congratulations to the editors. Learn more about this innovative open-access journal on our website: bit.ly/3Z62bpN
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We are very pleased to share that the Journal of Disaster Studies has won the Honorable Mention for Best New Journal from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals! See the link below for the judges' citation: celj.org/winners @pennpress
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Please join us on 4 February 2026 at 2:30pm GMT for a workshop with Dr Gemma Sou, the author of “How to Translate Research into a Comic: Examples from Disaster Scholarship” paper, recently published in JDS. Registration and more information here: lboro.ac.uk/research/ias/eve…
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We hope you can join us for our online seminar on multilingualism in disaster research -- coming up in about 10 hours from this post!
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We hope you can join us for our online seminar on multilingualism in disaster research -- coming up in about 10 hours from this post!
Please join us on 19/20 November (per time zone) for an open seminar with the authors of “A Call for Multilingual Inclusiveness in Science and Disaster Research” –  recently published in the Journal of Disaster Studies (JDS). Zoom registration link here: uci.zoom.us/meeting/register…
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Journal of Disaster Studies retweeted
Please join us on 19/20 November (per time zone) for an open seminar with the authors of “A Call for Multilingual Inclusiveness in Science and Disaster Research” –  recently published in the Journal of Disaster Studies (JDS). Zoom registration link here: uci.zoom.us/meeting/register…
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Please join us on 19/20 November (per time zone) for an open seminar with the authors of “A Call for Multilingual Inclusiveness in Science and Disaster Research” –  recently published in the Journal of Disaster Studies (JDS). Zoom registration link here: uci.zoom.us/meeting/register…
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Article authors Rodolfo Hernandez, Jen Henderson, and Kim Fortun will be joined by discussants Wen-Hua Kuo, Noela Invernizzi, and Leandro Rodriguez Medina to discuss multilingualism in science and disaster studies. The event is co-hosted by JDS and UC-Irvine's EcoGovLab.
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Article authors Rodolfo Hernandez, Jen Henderson, and Kim Fortun will be joined by discussants Wen-Hua Kuo, Noela Invernizzi, and Leandro Rodriguez Medina to discuss multilingualism in science and disaster studies. The event is co-hosted by JDS and UC-Irvine's EcoGovLab.
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This Wednesday, 5 November!
Please join us on 5 November for an open seminar with the authors of an article – What Is “Restorative Justice” after the Church Rock Uranium Spill? – recently published in the Journal of Disaster Studies (JDS). The event is co-hosted by JDS and the UC-Irvine EcoGovLab.
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Please join us on 5 November for an open seminar with the authors of an article – What Is “Restorative Justice” after the Church Rock Uranium Spill? – recently published in the Journal of Disaster Studies (JDS). The event is co-hosted by JDS and the UC-Irvine EcoGovLab.
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