The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) hosted an internal Durham University networking event on 20 September 2023.

Dr Rebekah Harries, a research associate at the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR), has published an article in Geomorphology that investigates how persistent climate patterns impact mountain river morphology and explores the implications for how sensitively different rivers may respond to future climatic change.

A mini-conference was held online on 9 September 2023 on “Responding to Major Disasters: decision informed from the Theory and Practice of Operations/(al) Research” with all proceeds going towards the relief of sufferers from the devastating Earthquake in Turkey & Syria.

A one-day workshop on exploring feminist futures through care, urban planning, and leadership took place on 8 September 2023 at Palace Green, Durham University, organised by Dr Hanna Ruszczyk (Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience, IHRR, Durham University, and Gender Responsive Resilience and Intersectionality in Policy and Practice, GRRIPP) and Dr Emma Ormerod (Newcastle University).

A new grant of £96k has been awarded by British Academy/Royal Academy of Engineering/Royal Society for interdisciplinary research “Exploring the feasibility of regenerating Medieval Licchavi Period irrigation infrastructure in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal”

Dr Bhim Kumar Dahal visited the IHRR for two weeks in July 2023 to collaborate with Dr Ellen Robson and Prof David Toll on the development of road cut slope design guidelines for Nepal.

Dr Hanna Ruszczyk, a research associate at the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR), has co-authored a publication on climate change and crisis narratives in the journal Urban Geography.

Dr Aaron Neill, research associate within the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) at Durham University, was invited to give a lecture at the River University 2023 course held from 31 July to 4 August in Kutzow See, Oder delta, Germany, co-organised by Coalition Clean Baltic and Rewilding Oder Delta.

The ground beneath Chicago is deforming as a result of heat leaking from underground structures — a phenomenon dubbed a "silent hazard" for cities across the globe.

Beth Barnes, a member of IHRR Management Board, being recognised by the Women's Engineering Society as one of the top 50 Women in Engineering

Durham University's Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) Director Bruce Malamud contributes to a three-day workshop for the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) on mutli-hazards.

The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience together with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s (CPA) Small Branches network organised a workshop on disaster risk management which was attended by Members of Parliament from 13 small Parliaments in the Commonwealth.