[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’.

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

[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.

[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.

[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).

[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)

[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’.

[01/25] IHRR Director Bruce D Malamud spoke at our Active Listening and Co-Creating Knowledge in Hazards, Risk and Resilience Symposium

[01/25] Dr Ruszczyk’s Gender and Resilience in the City book is one of Practical Action Publishing’s top 5 trending books for 2024

[12/24] Piotr Osinski has been awarded a PhD degree from the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. Piotr’s external PhD supervisor was Professor David Toll, Co-Director of the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR)

[12/24] Dr Ellen Robson, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) co-organised a workshop on 'Enhancing the Climate Resilience of Fiji's Road Network' at Fiji National University.

[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