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The International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches in Science is organized by the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo to celebrate 100 years of excellence in Science. The main objective of the conference is to update the recent developments of knowledge and practices in basic sciences and to enhance and promote multidisciplinary research as a tool […]
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MAKING A DISASTER RESILIENT BUILT ENVIRONMENT: ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Dr. Chamindi Malalgoda Senior Lecturer, University of Huddersfield, UK Urban areas are growing rapidly all over the world, particularly in the developing regions. As a result of rapid urbanisation, cities are becoming extremely vulnerable to natural disasters. Thus, it has become necessary to make cities […]
The eighth guest lecture organized by the Department of Geography, UOC has been conducted on 17th October 2021 at 5.00 pm. The guest speaker was Prof.Jayantha Lal Rathnasekara, the vice chancellor of Uva Wellassa University, Badulla and he conducted his talk on Reading and Writing for improving the Skills and it was very interactive and […]
The Department of Buddhist Studies Department organizes a guest lecture on 18th October 2021 from 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm. The lecture will be delivered by Emeritus Professor Asanga Tilakerathne on ‘Buddhist and Western Philosophical Categories: How compatible are they?’
The Department of Geography will be organizing the 5th guest lecture on ‘Geopolitics of China in Africa with a special emphasis on Chinese development assistance Africa’ on 17th July at 7.00 pm via zoom. The lecture will be delivered by Dr. Victor Owusu, Department of Geography and Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.
Already in 2012 GIZ highlighted the process of Societal Transformation (ST) as a ‘central paradigm of international cooperation’ (p. 3) to be followed by the IPPC report 2014, suggesting that ‘transformations in economic, social, technological, and political decisions and actions can enable climate-resilient pathways’ (p. 903). Ever since Prof. Troeger has challenged this enthusiastic and […]
