Journal of Disaster Studies

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

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

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

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/e…

We hope you can join us for our online seminar on multilingualism in disaster research -- coming up in about 10 hours from this post!

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/regist…

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.

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.

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.

Estrenando nuevo número de @JDS_Disasters

Delighted to announce that issue 2:1 of @JDS_Disasters is up, open access for all, on @ProjectMUSE. Check it out! muse.jhu.edu/issue/55699

Publication Highlight: "Trust, Traffic, and Contemporary Evacuation Barriers in #Hurricane Ida." Journal of Disaster Studies 1(2): 189-219. muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article… @UDelaware @UDResearch @JDS_Disasters

“The normalizing of extreme events and the effects of the pandemic…have rendered a critical epidemiological tool (excess death calculations) largely useless” Keller in the latest @JDS_Disasters muse.jhu.edu/issue/54211

Nuevo número del Journal of Disaster Studies!!

BOOK REVIEWS: Last but not least, the new issue of JDS features nearly 20 book reviews, covering some of the latest interdisciplinary disaster studies scholarship: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54211 Please check out the new issue and help us spread the word!

PODCAST TRANSCRIPT: "The End of this World: Land Body Ecologies Podcast" featuring Victoria Pratt, Ben Eaton, and Jenni Laiti muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article…