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Ilan Kelman

@ilankelman.bsky.social

Disasters, health, islands, prevention, everyday risks, risk reduction, risk management, disaster diplomacy, Arctic/Antarctic/polar, migration, climate change, inclusion, sustainability. Focus: science, research, action. Acronyms: DRR, DRM, CCA, SDGs.

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Ilan Kelman@ilankelman.bsky.social · yesterday

"Climate Change and Tuvaluan Migration" www.islandinnovation.co/content/arti... #climigration #climaterefugees #climatemigrants #environmentalrefugees #environmentalmigrants #ClimateChange #ClimateMigration #Tuvalu #Tuvaluan #Tuvaluans #IslandStudies

Expert Response: Climate Change and Tuvaluan Migration | Island Innovation

Following our 4 June newsletter discussing the AustraliaTuvalu Falepili Union, Professor Ilan Kelman shared the following response, offering additional legal...

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Ilan Kelman@ilankelman.bsky.social · yesterday

"Integrating #health and #ethics in #ClimateAdaptation: a global review of #NationalAdaptationPlans (NAPs)" doi.org/10.21037/jph... #ClimateHealth #HealthClimate #GlobalHealth #Climate #ClimateChange #CCA #Adaptation #ClimateChangeAdaptation #PublicHealth #PlanetaryHealth #OneHealth #HealthEthics

AB070. Integrating health and ethics in climate adaptation: a global review of National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)

AB070. Integrating health and ethics in climate adaptation: a global review of National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)

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Ilan Kelman@ilankelman.bsky.social · 2d ago

Two new #DisastersAvoided articles: 1 #Polar www.thearcticinstitute.org/framework-av... 2 Mindset & investment crisis-response.com/Articles/744... More disastersavoided.com #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction

A Framework for Avoiding Polar Disasters

The Disasters Avoided project provides six characteristics for actions to ensure disasters avoided, applied here to the polar regions.

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Ilan Kelman@ilankelman.bsky.social · 3d ago

"Plane People" www.shuttlesphotography.com/issues/02/il... "Migration involves all modes of transport, including the roads in the sky through airplanes." #migration #migrants #mobility #mobilities #MigrationResearch #MobilityResearch #MobilitiesResearch #PhotoEssay

Shuttles — A Migrant Photography Collection

An independent quarterly online exhibition dedicated to migrant creators. Exploring memory, lived experience, and image-making as collective imagination.

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Ilan Kelman@ilankelman.bsky.social · 3d ago

"Disaster by Choice" (book) is now in #Russian infra-e.ru/products/978... "На пути к формализму риска. Катастрофа как выбор". Original in #English global.oup.com/academic/pro... ...and in #German " #Katastrophen aus Menschenhand" doi.org/10.1007/978-... #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters

На пути к формализму риска. Катастрофа как выбор

Монография органично встраивается в научно-популярную серию «На пути к формализму риска», развивая её ключевую методологическую установку: рассмотрение риска как свойства управляемого случайного проце...

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Ilan Kelman@ilankelman.bsky.social · 3w ago

"How to Prevent #Disasters" @uclpress.bsky.social "A Cup of Tea With, #Podcast" uclpress.co.uk/podcast/how-... Thanks for the chat and for the tea! #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement

How to Prevent Disasters: A Cup of Tea with Professor Ilan Kelman

Join Professors Judy Stephenson and Ilan Kelman as they discuss the dangers of complacency, and how 'natural disasters' are a misnomer

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Ilan Kelman@ilankelman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For #disaster #psychology and #MentalHealth #blogs, sign up www.psychologytoday.com/gb/contribut... Latest: "Mental Health for Future Human Settlements" www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/disa... #GlobalHealth #GlobalMentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #DRR #DisasterPsychology #disasters #DisasterRisk

Mental Health for Future Human Settlements

As humanity settles new locations on and off the Earth, today's knowledge is inadequate for understanding and responding to future disaster mental health needs.

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Ilan Kelman@ilankelman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I am delighted to contribute cover photos to the "Journal of Climate Change and Health". The 1st www.sciencedirect.com/journal/the-... Thanks to Amelia Cussans & @ritaissa.bsky.social #katuali #SeaSnake #Niue #ClimateChange #HealthTwitter #HealthClimate #ClimateHealth #ClimateTwitter #GlobalHealth

Covers Gallery - The Journal of Climate Change and Health | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Read the latest articles of The Journal of Climate Change and Health at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

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Ilan Kelman@ilankelman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I am humbled and privileged to be awarded the 2026 Professor Douglas Paton Distinguished Researcher Lifetime Legacy Award, recognising and advancing Douglas’s visionary work in disaster science, his deep commitment to education, and his global impact on building resilient communities. #DRR

Ilan Kelman@ilankelman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The 16th @uclrdr.bsky.social annual conference explores 'Cities of the future: Risks, resilience and reimagination'. www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical... In person, 24 June 0900-1800, London. #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR

16th UCL Risk & Disaster Reduction annual conference

Marking UCL200, the 16th UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction annual conference explores 'Cities of the future: Risks, resilience and reimagination'.

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Ilan Kelman@ilankelman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Risk jargon: Compound, complex, and confusing!" www.risk-society.com/risk-jargon-... #Risk #RiskSociety #RiskResearch #ComplexRisk #CompoundRisk #CascadingRisk #ConcurrentRisk #ComplexRisks #CompoundRisks #CascadingRisks #ConcurrentRisks

Risk jargon: Compound, complex, and confusing! - Risk Society

Author: Ilan Kelman  https://www.ilankelman.org/ and Instagram/Threads/X @ILANKELMAN and Bluesky [ilankelman.bsky.social]ilankelman.bsky.social is Professor of Disasters and Health at University Colle...

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Ilan Kelman@ilankelman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I am humbled and privileged to be an awardee. This award is not about the individuals, but reflects our predecessors and collaborators in my fields. Thank you, @geoethics.bsky.social, for all that you do. #geoethics

International Geoethics Research Infrastructure@geoethics.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We are pleased to inform you that Ganapathy Pattukandan Ganapathy (India) and Ilan Kelman (United Kingdom) have been awarded the Geoethics Medal 2025 by the International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG): www.geoethics.org/post/geoethi... #geoethics #geoetica #geoethicsmedal

Ilan Kelman@ilankelman.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New paper: “Not Your #ClimateRefugees”: A Maldivian Perspective on #Migration and #Adaptation Free to access doi.org/10.24043/001... #Climigration #ClimateMigrants #EnvironmentalRefugees #EnvironmentalMigrants #ClimateChange #ClimateMigration #Maldives #IslandStudies #Migration #Adaptation #Climate

"Not Your Climate Refugees": A Maldivian Perspective on Migration and Adaptation | Published in Island Studies Journal

By Robert Stojanov, Ilan Kelman & 1 more. Islanders tend to express a preference for staying in their homes and adapting to climate change, as demonstrated by Maldives.

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Centric Lab@thecentriclab.com · 4mo ago

Up Close and Policy is produced by @uclpublicpolicy.bsky.social. Lab director Araceli Camargo is speaking alongside: 🗣️ @ilankelman.bsky.social is Professor of Disasters and Health at University College London, and 🗣️ Poppy Lyle, currently Head of Air Quality at the Greater London Authority.

Centric Lab@thecentriclab.com · 4mo ago

NEW EVENT What role does language play in how we understand, communicate, and respond to environmental crises? And what happens when science, community advocacy, and policy adopt a shared vocabulary rooted not in abstraction, but in lived experience? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/up-close-p...

Ilan Kelman@ilankelman.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New free-to-access chapter "The Ungovernability of the #Climate #Migration #Health Nexus?" doi.org/10.1007/978-... #climigration #climaterefugees #climatemigrants #environmentalrefugees #environmentalmigrants #ClimateChange #ClimateMigration #GlobalHealth #Mobility #Mobilities #Immobility

The Ungovernability of the Climate-Migration-Health Nexus?

Much is said, written, and proposed about the climate-migration-health nexus with many efforts and suggestions put forward regarding its governance at multiple levels, including regionalism and interr...

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Ilan Kelman@ilankelman.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"Dépaysement: #MentalHealth Impacts as the Environment Changes - alienated and displaced from home: Mental impacts of #EnvironmentalChange." www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disa... #dépaysement #depaysement #solastalgia #EcoAnxiety #EcoGrief #EcoHope #EcoInspiration

Dépaysement: Mental Health Impacts as the Environment Changes

Environmental change can lead to disorientation in and alienation from the familiar at home, termed “dépaysement,” adversely affecting mental health.

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