Making a difference to how we live with hazard and risk
Welcome
The Institute of Hazard and Risk Research is harnessing the capacity of researchers from across Durham University to make a difference to how we live with emerging hazards and risks. Making a difference means moving beyond what we already do, to challenge the core assumptions, scientific, economic and social, about how we live with hazard and risk. This can only be done through critical engagements that bring together researchers from across the Natural and Social Sciences, Engineering, Health and Humanities.
We are championing key research programmes in hazards, vulnerability and frontier knowledge. Our Graduate Programme, training students to both Masters and Doctoral level, is equipping the next generation of researchers to address some of the fundamental challenges of the 21st Century.
Our activities are housed in a purpose-built building with a dedicated staff, generously funded by private benefactions and University investments, as well from industry, government, NGOs and research councils.
Professor Stuart Lane
Executive Director
Events
Monday 23 November 2009
- Seminar - Data derivatives: The life of risk flags, maps and scores 12:30pm to 2:00pm , Seminar Room 010, Department of Geography , Mara Wesseling, Louise Amoore, Alex Hall and Stuart Lane (Contact krysia.johnson@durham.ac.uk)
Monday 30 November 2009
- Seminar - Healthy land: Engineering, public health and the regeneration of brownfield 12:30pm to 2:00pm , Seminar Room 010, Department of Geography , Steve Robertson, ROBUST Project, Department of Engineering (Contact krysia.johnson@durham.ac.uk)
Wednesday 2 December 2009
- Seminar - Predictive uncertainty in real time flood forecasting 12:30pm to 2:00pm , Seminar Room 010, Department of Geography , Ezio Todini, University of Bologna (Contact krysia.johnson@durham.ac.uk)
Monday 7 December 2009
- Seminar - Well-adapted, but still extinct: Why ‘good’ adaptations to global change may fail 12:30pm to 2:00pm , Room 007, Department of Geography , Andrew Dugmore, Edinburgh University (Contact krysia.johnson@durham.ac.uk)
Monday 14 December 2009
- Workshop - Engaging publics 12:30pm to 2:00pm , Dave Guston, Center for Nanotechnology in Society, Arizona State University (Contact krysia.johnson@durham.ac.uk)
Tuesday 12 January 2010
- Water and Risk Workshop 9:30am onwards , Durham University
Wednesday 13 January 2010
- Water and Risk Workshop all day , Durham University
Thursday 14 January 2010
- Water and Risk Workshop until 3:00pm , Durham University
News
Postdoctoral research assistants required for Leverhulme Tipping Points project
The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience is appointing 5 postdoctoral research assistants to work on a 5 year Leverhulme Programme Grant: Tipping Points - mathematics, metaphors and meanings.
(19 Nov 2009) » More about Postdoctoral research assistants required for Leverhulme Tipping Points project
Research Writer and Dissemination Officer required
The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience wishes to appoint a Research Writer and Dissemination Officer.
(19 Nov 2009) » More about Research Writer and Dissemination Officer required
Chancellor Bill Bryson launches new charity to help students from the Global South
The Christopher Moyes Memorial Foundation launched on Tuesday 17th November to commemorate Christopher Moyes, a leading Durham businessman and former chairman of the council of Durham University who died in 2006.
(17 Nov 2009) » More about Chancellor Bill Bryson launches new charity to help students from the Global South
How deep will nanotechnology's impact be?
The final report of the DEEPEN (Deepening Ethical Engagement in Emerging Nanotechnologies) project will be launched on 28th September in Brussels.
(22 Sep 2009) » More about How deep will nanotechnology's impact be?
Research shows remarkable resilience displayed by Afghan children
Research carried out by Catherine Panter-Brick and Mark Eggerman in Anthropology with colleagues in Pakistan and Afghanistan has constituted the first large-scale survey of mental health among young people in Afghanistan. It was found that one in five schoolchildren in northern Afghanistan is likely to suffer from a psychiatric disorder, and that day-to-day violence and stress were as much the cause of the children’s suffering as the war-related brutalities they witnessed. However, remarkable resilience by the children was displayed.
(25 Aug 2009) » More about Research shows remarkable resilience displayed by Afghan children
IHRR awarded £1.75 million grant from the Leverhulme Trust
The Institute of Hazard and Risk Research has been awarded a grant to study Tipping Points in economic and environmental systems.
(21 Jul 2009) » More about IHRR awarded £1.75 million grant from the Leverhulme Trust
Professor Sarah Curtis awarded a £713K grant from the EPSRC to investigate Built Infrastructure for Older People in Conditions of Climate Change
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has awarded to Durham University and Heriot-Watt University grants totalling £713,942 for the BIOPICCC project, as part of a major research network funded by the Council on Adaption and Resilience to a Changing Climate.
Natural Hazards Workshop Web and Wiki
Why not contribute to our online discussion forum?
(3 Mar 2009) » More about Natural Hazards Workshop Web and Wiki
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