Welcome to the Web site for the International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters.  The IJMED is the official journal of the International Sociological Association's International Research Committee on Disasters (RC 39).  If the selections to the left do not provide answers to your questions, please contact us at ijmed@usc.edu.

See also the IRCD's quarterly newsletter, Unscheduled Events.

Introducing the IRCD's new on-line journal of reviews, Contemporary Disaster Review.

Read about the origin and history of the International Research Committee on Disasters (RC 39) written by E. L. Quarantelli (Professor Emeritus, University of Delaware, USA), co-founder and President Emeritus of the IRCD.

This website is maintained courtesy of the University of Southern California's School of Policy, Planning, and Development.