03/26] Researchers from IHRR and IGME are convening a session on landslide data and their practical use at the next World Landslide Forum (WLF7)

[02/26] New Scholarships Open Doors for International Students in Sustainability and Risk at Durham University

[02/26] Researchers present Italy’s long historical catalogue of flood and landslide events with human consequences, showing how multi-century records support societal risk analysis, vulnerability studies, and hazard communication.

[02/26] IHRR research presented at the International Conference on Geomorphology highlights new work on landslide inventory reliability and operational forecasting of rain-induced landslide under uncertainty.

[02/26] The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) is pleased to announce the launch of the IHRR Seedcorn Funds for Research and Outreach Initiatives for the 2025/26 cycle. These competitive awards are designed to support early‑stage research and public outreach activities that advance understanding and action in hazard, risk and resilience.

[02/26] Researchers from the UK, Japan and India met in Edinburgh and Durham for a four-day workshop advancing the BWEF Nexus project on cascading shocks and resilience.

[01/26] Dr Ashutosh Kumar, Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR), has been recognised with an Excellent Paper Award by the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), the leading global professional body for computational geotechnics.

[01/26] Project lead Dr Ellen Robson (PDRA, IHRR), and co-leads, Prof Bruce Malamud (Director, IHRR), and Dr Ashutosh Kumar (IIT Mandi) have been awarded a US$100k grant by the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) to develop a Primer on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (PoDRI).

[12/25] The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) is pleased to celebrate the successful launch of Forecasting, Planning and Strategy in a Turbulent Era, marking the publication of a new book co-edited by IHRR Co-Director Professor Kostas Nikolopoulos. The launch event was hosted by Durham University Business School on Monday, 15 December at 5:00pm in Room WB1001.

[12/25] 24 Durham Sixth Form geographers visit the IHRR for an Oman 3165 (Mark Evans MBE kayaking trip down the coastline of Oman) virtual reality experience

[12/25] A new review paper co-authored by Professor Fausto Guzzetti (IHRR, Durham University), Matteo Berti, Paola Reichenbach, and Veronica Tofani has been published in Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali

[12/25] Professor Fausto Guzzetti delivered a keynote on Capabilities and Challenges of Landslide Anticipation at the international seminar “Unearthing the Past, Shaping the Future” organized by the Geological Survey of India