Director: Prof. Bruce Malamud
Co-directors: Prof. David Toll** & Dr Sim Reaney
Assistant Prof: Dr Hanna Ruszczyk
PDRAs: Dr Ellen Robson & Dr Rebekah Harries
Manager: Mrs Julie Dobson
Assistant Manager: Mrs Jules Finn
Administrator: Jordan Chaplin*
Networks:
After Disasters Network (lead by PIPs)
IHRR Forecasting Laboratory (Lead by Dr Kostas Nikolopoulos)
*Oct24-Jan25
**Jan21-Dec24
We extend our sincere thanks to Charles Wilson for his exceptional contribution of £1.5 million to advance and broaden the scope of our mission for societal impact, and for a further £50,000 to support collaborative work with partners in the Philippines.
We are also profoundly grateful to The Christopher Moyes Foundation for its generous gift of £140,000, which will enable the recruitment of an international PhD scholar later this year—the 13th such PhD scholar supported by the Foundation—a significant investment in developing future global research leadership.
These contributions are instrumental in enabling IHRR’s research and initiatives, and we extend our deep appreciation for the continued commitment of our supporters to our vision.
Road to Resilience Workshop, Dr Ellen Robson, May-2024
Sediment Cascades and Climate Change workshop, Dr Rebekah Harries and Dr Sim Reaney, Jun-2024
Building an inclusive research environment, Sep-2024
AI: What keeps you up at night?, multiple speakers, Nov-2024
Dr Harries at the Cascading Hydrogeomorphic Hazards workshop 2024 - Durham University, Dr Rebekah Harries, Nov-2024
Careers event workshop, range of industry professionals, Nov-2024
Dr Robson co-organised a workshop to explore the climate resilience of Fiji's road network, Dr Ellen Robson, Dec-2024
Using AI Ethically in Research and manuscript preparation, Prof. Bruce D Malamud, Apr-2025
'Integrating Disaster Preparedness into the Transportation Engineering curriculum for the Indian Himalayas’, Dr Ashutosh Kumar & Dr Ellen Robson, Apr-2025
Co-production as a methodology for disaster risk reduction and sustainable development: examples from Mexico City and Puebla, Mexico, Dr Amelia Bain, Jan-2024
More Research Needed? Complexity and Uncertainty in Decision-Making, Dr Rupert Hough, Jan-2024
Security & Resilience of Smart Buildings, Dr Charles Morisset, Feb-2024
Moving the goal posts - risk, consequences and resilience, Kate Cochrane & Neil Denton, Feb-2024
Alpine debris flows in a changing climate: A case study from the Horlachtal catchment(Austria), Dr Jakob Rom, Watch this seminar on Youtube, Mar-2024
Hazard Interrelationships and Dynamic Risk Scenarios, Prof. Bruce D Malamud, Oct-2024
Geo-hydrological hazards in a warming climate, Dr Fausto Guzzetti, Oct-2024
Improving landslide resilience after catastrophic events (India & Tanzania), Dr Ernest Mulaya & Dr Ellen Robson, Nov-2024
Cash Assistance to People on the Move: Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience in Refugee Governance, Dr Lauren Martin, Nov-2024
Neill & Reaney, Nov-2023
Malamud 2024
Commentary published in the Journal of the British Academy, May-2024
Publication in Transportation Geotechnics: 'Cost-benefit methodology for road slope stabilisation', Jun-2024
New article on behaviour of infrastructure earthworks when subject to changing climatic conditions, Jun-2024
New article on deterioration of road infrastructure in Tanzania when subject to cycles of wetting and drying, Toll, Aug-2024
Bodies as Urban Infrastructure Book Chapter by Dr Ruszczyk published, Nov-2024
New Publication in Landslides, Feb-2025
New publication in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS), Mar-2025
The Gobeshona Global Conference 4, Mar-2024
Overlookedness: Where do we go from here?, Jun-2024
Dr Ruszczyk speaks at the GLITCH – 2024 conference in Bologna, Jul-2024
Dr Ruszczyk spoke about gendered infrastructure at the Gender in Crisis conference in Utrecht, Jul-2024
Gender and Caste in the Overlooked City, Sep-2024
Dr Harries speaks at British Society for Geomorphology Annual Conference, Sep-2024
Dr Ruszczyk co led the opening session of the Asia Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week in Bangkok, Dr Hanna Ruszczyk, Dec-2024
Fieldwork on the Rio Teno, Chile, Jun-2024
Fieldwork investigating sediment flood hazards in Chile, Jul-2024
Climate Change Risks of Cultural Heritage, Feb-2024
Dr Ruszczyk was an invited speaker at Reading University, Feb-2024
Discussing partnerships with Ukraine 26-27 March 2024, Apr-2024
Humanities and Social Sciences, The British Academy and IHRR, Jul-2024
UPRI Lecture - Exploring Hazard Interrelationships and Dynamic Risk Scenarios, Sep-2024
Forging Resilient Partnerships: Durham University IHRR and UP Resilience Institute, Sep-2024
UPRI - Natural Hazards Demonstrations for Secondary School Teaching Workshop, Sep-2024
Looking Back to Look Forward in Ukraine, Sep-2024
Dr Ruszczyk spoke at the University of Vienna on 29 October 2024, Oct-2024
Professor David Toll presents International Society Technical Talk on Tropical Residual Soils, Feb-2025
Ritwika Basu completes PhD in Human Geography, Nov-2024
Esha Afsana Afrin - PhD title ‘Avoiding graveyards of drinking water technologies: Building resilience for vulnerable communities in the field of water security, technology and governance in Bangladesh’
Naznin Nasir - PhD title ‘The Future Lab: Governing Climate Change in Bangladesh’
Dr Ashutosh Kumar IIT Mandi Visits IHRR, Jun-2024
IHRR hosts visitors from Tribhuvan University, Nepal, for research on road slope policy guidelines, Aug-2024
General Director Fausto Guzzetti visits IHRR, Oct-2024