The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) is issuing a Call for Papers that address issues and present research towards the development of the four chapters of the 2019 UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR19).
The timelines and requirements specified in the Call for Papers (and found below) are:
- Deadline for submission of abstracts for GAR19 papers is the 3 June 2018.
- Abstracts must be 300 words or less.
- Abstracts must be submitted in English to katsanakis@un.org and chiara.menchise-intern@un.org using the submission template available via https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/58255
- Authors are encouraged to read the GAR19 concept note in preparation of their abstract, which is available via https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/58255
- Selection will be conducted by UNISDR, whereupon successful authors will be notified by 15 June, 2018 to develop full GAR19 papers for submission by 15 August, 2018.
- All papers having successfully passed peer-review will be made available online as an annex to GAR19 by May 2019.