5th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July 2025)

As the global climate and geopolitical climate shifts, communities are faced with changes that highlight the political, cultural, economic, social, and physical vulnerability of livelihood opportunities that shape community, group, and individual strategies to mitigate disaster risk. These challenges can also demonstrate their resilience and adaptive capacities. Research in the fields of hazard management, humanitarian response, food security programming, agricultural development, and gender-equity programming have sought to understand the factors that threaten livelihood structures and strategies to enhance their adaptive capacity. This session will bring together case studies from around the globe to illustrate programming or community-based responses that have helped reduce livelihood risks or help to expand and diversify livelihood options. Documenting the best practices for building resilient livelihood systems and reducing vulnerability will be a major focus of the session. Papers that focus on planning, mitigation, and response are welcome.