COP26: 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, from 31 October to 13 November 2021

COP26: 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, from 31 October to 13 November 2021

COP26: 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, from 31 October to 13 November 2021

JC Gaillard reading group and drinks reception, 30th June 2022 from 2:00pm to 4:30pm

The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience at Durham University presents the Postgraduate Forum: Perspectives on Risk, 29th June 2022, from 2:30pm to 4:30pm

Institute of Hazard, Risk & Resilience June newsletter

Join the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience for a one-off online seminar with Professor JC Gaillard. Professor Gaillard will be giving a seminar surrounding his new book ‘The Invention of Disaster: Power and Knowledge in Discourses on Hazard and Vulnerability’. The seminar will be followed by a group reading tutorial and drinks reception on 30th June 2022 from 2pm to 4:30pm.

Well done to Dr Adrian Hernandez (Francisco-J. Hernández Adrián) and Dr Angelos Theocharis, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, who, with support from the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience, organised a very successful two-day event seminar.

Journal article of the month: Rahman M F, Kuhl L, Ruszczyk H, Nadiruzzaman MD, Warner J, Krause D and Baldwin A (2022) “Social justice and environmental sustainability must be at the heart of climate related relocation efforts”, 19 May 2022 E-letter, Science

Dr Angelos Theocharis (Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience, Durham University, and the UKRI GCRF Living Deltas Hub) recently organised a five day mobile filmmaking workshop at the Red River Delta in Vietnam as part of his research project "Community Digital Storytelling and Delta Futures” (CDST).

The Christopher Moyes Memorial Foundation was established in 2006 by Jan Moyes, in memory of Christopher Moyes who died in 2006. Christopher was a founder of the Go-Ahead transport group, chair of Durham University council, deputy lieutenant of the County of Durham and a great family man. Chris was widely respected as a quiet, effective leader who believed in making a difference.

Spotlight on Ivo Pink, Research Postgraduate (PhD)