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Gender and Caste in the Overlooked City

Dr Hanna Ruszczyk discussed the intersection of caste and gender in cities at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference.

Humanities and Social Sciences, The British Academy and IHRR

Dr Ruszczyk of The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) speaks at the 122nd AGM of the British Academy
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Dr Ruszczyk speaks at the GLITCH – 2024 conference in Bologna

Dr Hanna Ruszczyk spoke at the GLiTCH Project conference on migration confinement.
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Dr Ashutosh Kumar, IIT Mandi Visits IHRR June 2024

The Institute for Hazard, Risk, and Resilience (IHRR) was delighted to welcome Dr. Ashutosh Kumar, Assistant Professor at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, IIT Mandi, India, for a collaborative week of research
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Sediment Cascades and Climate Change workshop, Chile

Exploring Sediment Cascades and Climate Change in the Andes: A four-day workshop
Sedement workshop Chile June 2024

Overlookedness: Where do we go from here?

The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) and the Department of Geography hosted the final event of the Overlooked Cities grant on the 10-11 June 2024.

Road to Resilience: Navigating the interplay of politics, governance, and physical hazards in building resilient road networks

[05/24] The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) hosted a one-day hybrid workshop on the many factors that affect road networks.
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The Gobeshona Global Conference 4

Co-organized by ICCCAD, IUB and IHRR, Durham University 1st to 8th March 2024
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IHRR supports Zaporizhzhia National University in interdisciplinary research

The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) supports Zaporizhzhia National University (ZNU), Ukraine, by documenting the realities of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine through technology.
ZNU visitor

'Representing People on the Move' subproject - IHRR and Geography collaborate with ZNU

The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) and the Dept. of Geography at Durham University collaborate with Zaporizhzhia National University (ZNU), Ukraine, on 'Representing People on the Move' subproject.
ZNU academics visit

Grant success - 'Implementing road cut design policy guidelines for Nepal'

A new grant of £35k has been awarded by EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) to the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) PDRA Dr Ellen Robson on “Implementing road cut design policy guidelines for Nepal”.
Road cut slopes in Nepal

Virtual reality scoping workshop

This one-day workshop hosted by the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) at Durham University explored the breadth of work involving virtual reality at Durham and potential strategies for its greater integration into hazard, risk, and resilience research and practice.
VR demonstration