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Dr Rebekah Harries presented at the European Geoscience Union (EGU) in Vienna

[04/25] Dr Harries (IHRR PDRA) was invited to present her research on catastrophic sediment-rich flows triggered by warm storms.
Dr Rebekah Harries presented at the European Geoscience Union (EGU) in Vienna - lon

Sim Reaney presented the SCIMAP tool at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) in Vienna April 2025

[04/25] Sim Reaney presented the SCIMAP tool at the European Geosciences Union (EGU), focusing on how nutrients impact instream ecology. The SCIMAP tool is part of the wider SCIMAP toolkit that identifies the sources of diffuse pollution and flood waters at the landscape scale.
Sim Reaney EGU April 2025

New publication in Remote Sensing

[04/25] A Newcastle University-Durham University research group, including IHRR codirector Dr Sim Reaney and IHRR PDRA Dr Ellen Robson, funded by the UK Space Agency have published a new article in Remote Sensing on ‘Capability Analysis of Earth Observation Data for Integrated Emergency Management’.
Remote sensing

UK-Chile Fieldwork investigating the vulnerability of river terraces to changing storm magnitudes in central Chile

[04/25] Dr Rebekah Harries (IHRR PDRA) led an interdisciplinary field team to investigate the evolution and vulnerability of river terraces to erosion during catastrophic sediment-rich flows.
UK-Chile Fieldwork investigating the vulnerability of river terraces to changing storm magnitudes in central Chile

Co-creating research with local communities and institutions in Chile

[04/25] Dr Rebekah Harries (IHRR PDRA) and Dr Alejandra Seray (Universidad de O’Higgins) led engagement activities with local communities along the Rio Teno to co-create future research.
Co-creating research with local communities and institutions in Chile

Using AI Ethically in Research and Manuscript Preparation

[04/25] Prof. Bruce D. Malamud Presents Workshop on Ethical Use of AI in Research at ARISE 2025
ARISE BDM

IHRR-IIT Mandi Workshop on ‘Integrating Disaster Preparedness into the Transportation Engineering curriculum for the Indian Himalayas’.

[04/25] Dr Ashutosh Kumar (IHRR Visiting Fellow and Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, IIT, Mandi) and Dr Ellen Robson (IHRR PDRA) co-organised a workshop on 'Integrating Disaster Preparedness into the Transportation Engineering curriculum for the Indian Himalayas’ as part of their £30,000 British Council Industry Academia Collaborative Grant.
ER News 'Overview of datasets required in integrated emergency management'.2

MSc Environmental Hazards and Risks field trip to Cumbria on Flood Management

[03/25] MSc Environmental Hazards and Risk students visiting flood mitigation options in Cumbria. The students looked at both engineered and nature-based solutions (NbS) within the River Cocker catchment.
SR West Cumbria Rivers Trust

New publication in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)

[03/25] Dr Ellen Robson (IHRR PDRA) has published a new article in NHESS on ‘A participatory approach to determine the use of road cut slope design guidelines in Nepal to lessen landslides’ co-authored by Dr Bhim Kumar Dahal (Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal) and Prof David Toll (Emeritus Professor, Durham University).
New publication in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)

Building bridges through co-production: Stakeholder dissemination workshop

[02/25] The dissemination workshop fostered meaningful dialogue and the exchange of experiences related to Esha’s PhD research questions, engaging stakeholders from across all levels of the drinking water governance system.
Esha 2 2025

Professor David Toll presents International Society Technical Talk on Tropical Residual Soils

[02/25] Former IHRR Co-Director, Professor David Toll presented an Interactive Technical Talk on Tropical Residual Soils to the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
IITT Screenshot DT Feb25

New publication in Landslides

[02/25] Our colleagues at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi, and Dr Ellen Robson (IHRR PDRA) have published a new article in Landslides on ‘Investigation of landslides triggered by unprecedented rainfall events during 2023 monsoon in Himachal Pradesh, India’.
Ellen Landslide publication