Session "Landslides and Society" at WLF7 2026: The call for abstracts is open!
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The 7th World Landslide Forum (WLF7) will be hosted by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (University) from 23 to 27 November 2026 in Faridabad, India.
WLF7 is a flagship triennial international event organised under the aegis of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), in collaboration with UNESCO and other United Nations system and international organisations.
The Forum brings together scientists, engineers, practitioners, policymakers, and students to exchange knowledge, present advances, and strengthen global collaboration in landslide science, technology, policy, and disaster risk reduction.
The call for abstracts is open (deadline: 31 March 2026).
We encourage abstract submissions to the following session:
Session 1.3: Landslides and Society: Cultural, Educational, Ethical, Social and Policy Aspects in Sustainable Landslide Risk Reduction
(Conveners: Matjaž Mikoš, Irasema Alcántara-Ayala, Beena Ajmera, Giuseppe Di Capua)
By definition, landslide related studies are often subject to many factors that can negatively influence the impartiality, transparency, inclusivity, and standards of conduct of individuals. Today more than ever before, landslide researchers need to critically evaluate all stages of their work from site selection, project goals, participation, output dissemination, quality control, data sharing, authorship, accountability, and other issues based on a foundation of ethical values and practice. This session provides an opportunity to present and discuss a suite of topics, case studies and strategies that are germane to ethical landslide research. We encourage practitioners to submit contributions related to landslide ethics as examples include conflicts of interest, gender/ageism biases, questionable peer reviewing, breaches of standards, work safety avoidance, developed country favoritism, information hoarding, rumor impacts, social media abuse, limiting education, and respecting privacy are but a few examples of the many ethical issues that can impede the positive growth and progress in landslide studies.
KLC2020 also defines in its Action 5 «Promote open communication with local governments and society through integrated research, capacity building, knowledge transfer, awareness-raising, training, and educational activities, to enable societies and local communities to develop effective policies and strategies for reducing landslide disaster risk, to strengthen their capacities for preventing hazards from developing into major disasters, and to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of relief programs.” This Session therefore also aims at knowledge exchange among diverse stakeholders (from academic institutions, research institutions, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, engineers, policy makers, local communities,…), including ICL community how Open Science and Open Educational Resources can and should be developed in the field of capacity development and education for landslide risk reduction. Reports and expertise papers, case studies and best practices papers are welcome to shed light on how these new educational and research ways have already been or may be successfully applied worldwide in future to meet Sendai Framework 2015-2030 for Disaster Risk Reduction and Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals in the field of Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction.
For abstract submission, please visit the WLF7 website: https://wlf7.org/
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