DRC 40th Conference

Conference Agenda

University of Delaware
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice

Disaster Research Center (DRC)

Disaster Research and the Social Sciences:
Lessons Learned and Future Trajectories
April 30 - May 1, 2004

Friday, April 30

SESSION ONE:

8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 Welcome and Brief Remarks on DRC; Goals & Objectives of the Conference
8:45 Welcome to the Workshop by Invited Dignitaries
9:00 “Foundations, Growth, and Development of Disaster Research in the Social Sciences and DRC: A Historical Perspective”
- PANELISTS: E.L. Quarantelli and Russell Dynes
  MODERATOR: Joanne Nigg
  RECORDER: Brian Monahan

10:10 Break

SESSION TWO:

10:30 “Disaster Research: Theoretical and Methodological Contributions and Challenges”
- PANELISTS: Patrick Lagadec, Elaine Enarson, Deborah Thomas, and William Waugh
- MODERATOR: Gary Webb
- RECORDER: Susann Ullber

DESCRIPTION: This session was aimed at provoking discussion about recent theoretical and methodological contributions that are molding the disaster research field as a whole and with in specific disciplines. It addressed recent and emerging challenges and opportunities in the field, as well as future directions and goals