Qingyue Du

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 20.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS PGothic'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Qingyue Du is a researcher at the School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University, China. Her research focuses on risk communication, crisis communication, and disaster risk reduction. She holds a Ph.D. in Journalism from Sichuan University, where her dissertation examined the dissemination of information about the participation of social organizations in disaster relief</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS PGothic'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">She has published several academic articles and has been engaged in volunteer efforts aimed at improving disaster information services and coordination.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 20.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS PGothic'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Rajib Shaw is a professor in Graduate School of Media and Governance of Keio University, Japan. He is the co-founder of a Delhi (India) based social entrepreneur startup Resilience Innovation Knowledge Academy (RIKA), and RIKA Institute. He is the Co-chair of the United Nations Asia Pacific Science Technology Advisory Group (AP-STAG) and was CLA for IPCC&rsquo;s 6th Assessment Report. Professor Shaw is the recipient of prestigious &ldquo;Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA)&rdquo; in 2021 for his contribution in education sector.&nbsp; He also received United Nations Sasakawa Award in 2022 for his lifetime contributions in the field of disaster risk reduction.&nbsp; He published 89 books and over 450 research papers. </span></p>