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

[06/24] 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.

Durham University's Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) Director Bruce Malamud contributed to the lunchtime webinar for the Royal Geographical Survey (RGS) Disaster Risk Management Professional Practice Group, on 'The art and science of Geovisualisation for disaster risk management'.

Dr Hanna Ruszczyk, a research associate at the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) at Durham University, has published a photo essay related to the gendering of aspirations and road construction in urban Nepal.

Durham University's Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) Director Bruce Malamud joins the European Geosciences Union (EGU) Conference from 24-28 April 2023 with six co-authored posters and oral presentations on topics ranging from serious games and expert elicitation to urban textures and flood hazard impacts.

Dr Ellen Robson, a research associate at the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience at Durham University, conducted a field trip to Nepal in March 2023 to assess the stability of road cut slopes. She recorded a stretch of road using a 360° camera to upload to Google Maps Street View. This is hugely beneficial for research purposes and for the public to use to learn more about this region of Nepal.

IHRR Hanna Ruszczyk Co-I in 2023 Urban Studies seminar series grant awarded for ‘Overlooked Cities: Thinking and doing global urban studies differently: ordinary and overlooked cities in conversation’.

Professor A.S.M. Maksud Kamal, Pro-Vice Chancellor Education, Dhaka University, visited the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) at Durham University on 8-9 March 2023.

Dr Hanna Ruszczyk, a research associate at the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) at Durham University, has published a paper on small Bangladeshi cities in Cities Journal.