Eco-Social Work for Disaster Risk Reduction: Advancing Social and Environmental Justice
暫譯: 災害風險減少的生態社會工作：推進社會與環境正義

Dr. Joice K Joseph serves as a faculty member in the Master of Social Work (Disaster Management) Department at the Loyola College of Social Sciences, Kerala, India. Dr. Joice holds a multidisciplinary academic background and professional expertise spanning Environmental Science, Social Work, and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). He is an established academic and practitioner with a unique interdisciplinary profile, blending qualifications in Environmental Sciences (Ph.D.), Disaster Management (MSc), and Social Work (MSW). With over a decade of academic and field experience, Dr. Joice advances integrated approaches that promote both environmental sustainability and social equity through notable articles that examine the intersections of Environmental Sustainability, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Social Equality and his prominent publications. Dr. Joice collaborated with both governmental and non-governmental organizations on various initiatives aimed at implementing DRR strategies that prioritized social and environmental sustainability. He also participated multiple field-based research initiatives, and in 2016, he was a member of the Indian Arctic Expedition, an opportunity that significantly enhanced his socio-ecological research exposure at a global level. He is the founder and lead of the pioneering research cluster, the Disaster Risk Reduction and Eco-social Work Research Group (DRR & ESWRG), a collective dedicated to advancing scholarly inquiry and practice in these fields. His work provides a vital framework for embedding ecological principles into the core of social work practice and DRR, aiming to build more resilient and just societies.

Dr. A. P. Pradeepkumar is a Professor of Geology at the University of Kerala, where he serves as the Director of the School of Earth System Sciences. With an illustrious academic background, he holds a BSc, MSc, and PhD in Geology from the University of Kerala. He previously held the position of Reader in Disaster Management at the School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. A veteran researcher and academician, Dr. Pradeepkumar's expertise spans diverse fields, including disaster management, GIS, ore genesis, and petrology. His international experience includes significant contributions to Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI) projects for carbon credits as part of European Union initiatives at the IER, Germany. Dr. Pradeepkumar is also the visionary behind the Disaster, Risk and Vulnerability Conference series, which he initiated in Kerala in 2011, now a reputable forum in its sixth edition. Before transitioning to academia, he served as a hydrogeologist with the Central Ground Water Board of India, bringing practical field experience to his teaching and research endeavors. With over 25 years of experience, Dr. Pradeepkumar continues to mentor and inspire the next generation of geoscientists.

喬伊斯·K·喬瑟夫博士擔任印度喀拉拉邦洛約拉社會科學學院社會工作碩士（災害管理）系的教職。喬瑟夫博士擁有多學科的學術背景和專業知識，涵蓋環境科學、社會工作和災害風險減少（DRR）。他是一位成熟的學者和實踐者，擁有獨特的跨學科背景，結合了環境科學（博士）、災害管理（碩士）和社會工作（碩士）的資格。擁有超過十年的學術和實地經驗，喬瑟夫博士推進綜合方法，通過顯著的文章探討環境可持續性、災害風險減少和社會平等的交集，促進環境可持續性和社會公平。他與政府和非政府組織合作，參與各種旨在實施優先考慮社會和環境可持續性的DRR策略的倡議。他還參與了多個基於實地的研究計劃，並於2016年成為印度北極探險隊的成員，這一機會顯著提升了他在全球層面的社會生態研究曝光度。他是開創性研究集群——災害風險減少與生態社會工作研究小組（DRR & ESWRG）的創始人和負責人，該集體致力於推進這些領域的學術探究和實踐。他的工作為將生態原則嵌入社會工作實踐和DRR的核心提供了重要框架，旨在建立更具韌性和公正的社會。

A·P·普拉迪普庫馬爾博士是喀拉拉大學的地質學教授，並擔任地球系統科學學院的院長。他擁有卓越的學術背景，獲得喀拉拉大學的地質學學士、碩士和博士學位。他曾在印度甘地大學環境科學學院擔任災害管理講師。作為一位資深研究者和學者，普拉迪普庫馬爾博士的專業知識涵蓋災害管理、地理資訊系統（GIS）、礦石成因和岩石學等多個領域。他的國際經驗包括在德國IER作為歐盟倡議的一部分，對清潔發展機制（CDM）和聯合實施（JI）碳信用項目的重要貢獻。普拉迪普庫馬爾博士還是災害、風險與脆弱性會議系列的創始人，該系列會議於2011年在喀拉拉啟動，現在已經進入第六屆，成為一個享有聲譽的論壇。在轉向學術界之前，他曾擔任印度中央地下水委員會的水文地質學家，將實地經驗帶入他的教學和研究工作中。擁有超過25年的經驗，普拉迪普庫馬爾博士繼續指導和激勵下一代地球科學家。