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Finisterra – Revista Portuguesa de Geografia – 2024 Annual Lesson and award ceremony for the Best Paper of the Year 2023.

The session will take place on October 17, 2024, at 5:00 pm, at the

Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Lisbon

in a hybrid format (presential and online).


This year’s Annual Lecture entitled

Mapeo de desastres: una perspectiva forense-geográfica sobre las causas de fondo y los impulsores del riesgo de desastre

will be attended by Irasema Alcántara-Ayala. With a degree in geography from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), a PhD in geography from King’s College, London, and postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, Irasema teaches at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters and serves as a researcher at the UNAM Institute of Geography, where she has also served as director. Her research focuses primarily on slope instability and natural disaster risk, promoting the integration of science, public policies, and risk management. She has over 200 publications and has participated in more than 100 international conferences. She’s a member of important scientific committees, such as the UNESCO International Geoscience Programme and the World Weather Research Programme. In this conference, Irasema proposes an approach that combines forensic investigation and geographical analysis to identify the underlying causes of disaster risk, revealing how historical, social, and economic factors increase vulnerability. Integrating this knowledge into management strategies makes it possible to mitigate the impacts of disasters. This approach strengthens communities and guides the formulation of more effective public policies.


DATE: 17 October 2024

START: 17:00 (UTC +1)
PRESENTIAL & ONLINE SESSION:
Presential: Orlando Ribeiro Auditorium, IGOT, University of Lisbon (subject to space availability) (address here)
Online: (link to be made available soon on the event page  here)
 
SUBSCRIPTIONS (free and mandatory): HERE