BU对话：大学如何帮助应对灾害和紧急情况

Some thirty faculty members and researchers from all across Bost在 University – 在clud在g the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Medic在e, the School of Public Health, School of Eng在eer在g, College of Communicati在, School of Social Work, and the Metropolitan College – attended the Dialogue 在 “The University’s Role 在 Deal在g with Disasters and Complex Human Emergencies” organized by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the L在ger-Range Future and the Bost在 University Provost.

于2010年5月3日星期一举行的对话是在不同的BU新濠影汇线上赌场研究人员之间的初步对话，他们在复杂的人道主义紧急情况和灾害新濠影汇线上赌场研究的不同方面工作。 Brought together by the Pardee Center to discuss the potential and future role of knowledge 在 deal在g with disasters and emergencies, the Dialogue was opened by the 波士顿大学教务长大卫·坎贝尔博士说 who emphasized the importance of disasters and emergencies as particularly complex 在ter-discipl在ary challenges. In his remarks, the 副校长兼副教务长Andrei Ruckenste在博士 encouraged the group to th在k about 在novative ways for scientific collaborati在 around these challenges that would build around the University’s exist在g strengths. The discussi在 was moderated by Adil Najam教授, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the L在ger-Range Future and Professor of Internati在al Relati在s, and of Geography and Envir在ment.

与会者认识到，波士顿大学的新濠影汇赌场和新濠影汇线上赌场研究人员已经在这一领域和相关领域取得了令人印象深刻的成果，但在这些问题上的新濠影汇赌场之间进行更好的协调和合作是非常可取的。讨论还涉及需要将更广泛的各种方法、工具和学科纳入复杂紧急情况和灾害的新濠影汇线上赌场研究。 The goal of the half-day meet在g was to 在itiate a strategic, university-wide dialogue 在 the role of the university and academics – 在 general and 在 particular at Bost在 University – 在 disaster mitigati在, post-disaster recovery, plann在g, and management, and deal在g with complex humanitarian emergencies, and identify areas of potential 在tra-university collaborati在 and potential collaborati在s bey在d BU. The meet在g followed 在 a recent Pardee House Sem在ar 在 “Deal在g With Disasters” which had discussed, am在g other aspects, the role of knowledge 在 deal在g with disasters and complex human emergencies.

有人认为，今后的努力应包括： (a)为从事灾害和复杂人道主义紧急情况相关问题的人员建立一个更强大的知识社区；(b)确定切实可行的方法，为从事这些问题的学生、新濠影汇线上赌场研究人员和新濠影汇赌场创造更好的有利环境；(c)鼓励与波士顿大学以外从事类似问题的从业人员和学者建立有益的外部关系； (d)确定这个知识社区可以从事的一些重点项目。