[11/25] PARIS, France Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne welcomed Professor Bruce D. Malamud, Director of Durham University’s Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR), for a two-day visit from 27–28 November 2025. The meetings offered an important opportunity to explore avenues for deeper academic and research cooperation between the two institutions.

[11/25] The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) is pleased to announce the appointment of four new Co-Directors for three year terms, who joined the Institute’s leadership team in August / September 2025. Together, they bring a wealth of interdisciplinary expertise spanning forecasting and decision sciences, environmental change, quantitative modelling, and the philosophy of science—further strengthening the IHRR’s mission.

[11/25] To mark its 175th anniversary, the Geological Survey of India hosts an international seminar in Jaipur (20–21 Nov 2025). Professor Guzzetti gives a keynote on landslide anticipation.

Geographer Dr Caroline Clason has played a key role in a major new international report highlighting the accelerating decline of the world’s glaciers and ice sheets.

[10/25] Durham University’s Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) announces the appointment of internationally renowned landslide expert Dr Fausto Guzzetti as Professor of Hazard and Risk.

[10/25] Explorer Mark Evans MBE visited Durham University on 21 October to launch his upcoming research and education expedition, Oman-3165. The IHRR is collaborating with Mark to capture 360° imagery of Oman’s coastal and marine environments and to develop virtual reality teaching materials in partnership with the Royal Geographical Society.

[07/25] Dr Ellen Robson (PDRA, IHRR) and Dr Peter McGowran (Research Associate, King’s College London) led the organisation of an interdisciplinary workshop that explored the intersections between roads, development and disaster resilience with 50 practitioners, policymakers, and physical and social scientists – a synthesis of the workshop discussions has now been published as a journal article in IJDRR.

[07/25] Dr Ashutosh Kumar (IHRR Visiting Fellow and Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, IIT, Mandi) visited the IHRR to collaborate with Dr Ellen Robson (IHRR PDRA) for their project on 'Integrating Disaster Preparedness into the Transportation Engineering curriculum for the Indian Himalayas’.

[06/25] Summary: A Durham University–NHS Highland research team, has been awarded £80,000 in UKRI SALIENT Devolved Funding for a new project on Mass Casualty Plans for a Resilient Health and Social Care System (ReSC)

[06/25] Integrating Disaster Preparedness into the Transportation Engineering Curriculum for Indian Himalayas (British Council’s £30,000 Industry Academia Collaborative Grant, Sept 2024-2025)

[05/25] The Exploring Risk Visual Arts Festival 2025 explored stories of increasing resilience through visual arts approaches. The event was co-organised by IHRR at Durham University, Tribhuvan University, Nepal and IIT Mandi, India.

[05/25] The Exploring Risk Visual Arts Festival 2025 featured the Picture of Risk exhibition, which captured stories of increasing resilience through visual arts approaches. The event was co-organised by IHRR at Durham University, Tribhuvan University, Nepal and IIT Mandi, India.