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Dr Ruszczyk co-led the opening session of the Asia Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week in Bangkok
[12/24] Dr Ruszczyk (Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience) and Professor Michael Barnett (George Washington University, USA) co-led the first session of the Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week in Bangkok
Dr Robson awarded the Springer Young Researcher Award
[11/24] Dr Ellen Robson (Postdoctoral Research Associate at the IHRR) was awarded the Springer Young Researcher Award at the 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics in Sydney.
Dr Harries at the Cascading Hydrogeomorphic Hazards workshop 2024
[11/24] Dr Harries was invited to speak about hotspot analysis at a workshop on cascading hazard research and related risk management
Bodies as Urban Infrastructure Book Chapter by Dr Ruszczyk published
[11/24] Conceptualising bodies as urban infrastructure in Asia book chapter published
Ritwika Basu completes PhD in Human Geography
[11/24] A message from Ritwika Basu, Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) student, who recently completed her PhD
Dr Ruszczyk spoke at the University of Vienna on 29 October 2024
Dr Ruszczyk was invited to reflect on what it means to be a city
IHRR Co-Director, Professor David Toll, awarded prestigious prize by Institution of Civil Engineers
[10/24] Professor David Toll has been awarded the Telford Premium Prize from the Institution of Civil Engineers for his co-authored paper “Heritage building information modelling: a case study of Kasthamandap, Nepal”.
Natural Hazards Demonstrations for Secondary School Teachers Workshop: Durham University IHRR and University of the Philippines UPRI
[09/24] IHRR Director Bruce Malamud led a workshop in partnership with the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute (UPRI) and UP National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development (NISMED).
Grant success - 'Integrating Disaster Preparedness into the Transportation Engineering Curriculum for Indian Himalayas'
[09/24] Dr Ellen Robson and Professor David Toll have been awarded the British Council’s £30,000 Industry Academia Collaborative Grant for a project to improve the resilience of roads in the Himalayan region of India by integrating disaster preparedness into transportation engineering education.
Looking Back to Look Forward in Ukraine
[09/24] Dr Ruszczyk is Co-Investigator of the ‘Looking Back to Look Forward: History, Recovery, and Sustainability in Understanding the War in Ukraine on a Global Scale’ project.
Forging Resilient Partnerships: Durham University IHRR and UP Resilience Institute
[09/24] IHRR Director Professor Bruce D Malamud visited the University of the Philippines (UP) to discuss a Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutes
UPRI Lecture - Exploring Hazard Interrelationships and Dynamic Risk Scenarios
[09/24] IHRR Director Professor Bruce D Malamud gave a lecture at the National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS) 2024 Lecture Series on the complex interplay between different natural hazards