The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience Small Grants Scheme supported research development, pilot activity, interdisciplinary collaboration, workshops, public engagement and the development of larger external funding proposals. The projects below have been grouped by funding year using the surviving applications, award letters, decision records and project-output records.
The surviving record for 2011/12 lists the following applications. Final award decisions have not yet been verified from the available records.
Project lead(s)
Department
Project title
Project overview
Judith Covey, Qiyuan Zhang and Danae Manika
Psychology and Business School
Counterfactual-Based Persuasive Messages in Risk Communications
Experimental research comparing factual risk messages with messages based on near misses or close calls, to examine effects on risk perception and self-protective behaviour.
Claire Horwell
Earth Sciences and IHRR
Influencing UK Policy on Preparedness for Volcanic Ashfall
Proposed support for UK public-health planning by collating evidence from recent eruptions and revising information on ashfall preparedness and health impacts.
Katie Oven
Geography and IHRR
Living with Seismic Risk: The Case of Christchurch, New Zealand
A scoping study to investigate local adaptation following the Christchurch earthquakes, build international partnerships and develop a larger research proposal.
Steve Robertson, Karen Johnson and Clare Bambra
Engineering, Geography and IHRR
Non-Toxic: The Broader Impact of Contaminated Land
Proposed focus groups and interviews examining the psychosocial effects of contaminated land, with planned outputs including a paper and further grant proposal.
Laura Turnbull
IHRR
Resilience of Drylands and Hazards Associated with Their Degradation
A proposed USGS research visit to develop international collaboration on dryland resilience and hazards associated with land degradation.
Stephen Willis and Robert Baxter
Biological Sciences and IHRR
Resilience to Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Understanding the Current and Historical Capacity for Urban Areas to Act as a Carbon Store
Pump-priming research using aerial data, fieldwork and laboratory analysis to estimate urban carbon storage and compare current capacity with the 1940s.
Duika Burges Watson
School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health
Hugging the Coast: An Exploration of Liminal Living in the Sangihe Archipelago, Indonesia
IHRR supported translation and transcription associated with this exploration of coastal and island living in the Sangihe Archipelago.
Asem Hassan and David Toll
Engineering and Computer Science
Water Content Measurement in Landslides and Engineered Slopes
The project supported dissemination of research on water-content measurement in landslides and engineered slopes, alongside engagement with IHRR activities.
Geography
The Resilience of Drylands to Climatic Drivers and Anthropogenic Disturbances: Developing International Collaboration
The project developed international collaboration on dryland resilience, climate pressures and human disturbance, with a view to strengthening future research.
Sarah Banks
School of Applied Social Sciences
Durham University Citizens’ Panel: New Storylines for Living with Environmental Change
The project supported a Citizens’ Panel activity exploring new ways of understanding and living with environmental change.
Mohd Syazwan Md Rahim and David Toll
Engineering
The Effects of Climate Change on Slopes in Malaysia
The project examined the effects of climate change on slopes in Malaysia and supported dissemination through IHRR networks and activities.
Stephen Willis
Biology
Pilot Research with the RSPB
The project supported equipment for pilot research intended to underpin a publication and develop collaboration with the RSPB.
Andrés Luque-Ayala
Climate Vulnerability and the Smart City: Control Rooms and Management of Ecological Risk
This pilot study in Brazil examined climate vulnerability and ecological-risk management in smart cities and helped develop a larger research proposal.
Elias Lopez-Romero
Archaeology
Coastal Heritage Vulnerability and Resilience
The project supported a Durham workshop with French and Spanish participants to develop collaboration and prepare for a potential European funding bid.
Kerstin Oloff
Hispanic Studies
Plotting the Crisis: Ecologies, Commodities and the Arts
The project brought together participants from several institutions to explore ecologies, commodities and the arts through a research event.
Ilan Baron
School of Government and International Affairs and collaborators
Food Politics Workshop and Pilot Studies
The project supported an IHRR-fostered group of early-career researchers working on food politics through a workshop and two pilot studies.
Christopher Lawless
Climate Change Resilience
The project supported international networking on climate-change resilience and the preparation of a collection of papers for peer review.
Natalya Reznichenko
Glacier–Rock Avalanche Interactions in the Alps
The project supported fieldwork scoping and collaboration with a CNRS research group in France.
Alex Densmore
Geomorphic Effects of Large Earthquakes
The project supported a two-day international workshop in Durham and preparation of a Marie Curie Initial Training Network application.
Arely Cruz Santiago
The Missing: Creating Resilient Communities through Forensic Science
The project supported an interdisciplinary workshop bringing together researchers from Durham and other UK institutions.
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Understanding the Risk and Resilience of British Woodlands from Ongoing and Future Climate Change
The project trialled field equipment to investigate how nesting birds respond to climate change, with links to the British Trust for Ornithology and community engagement.
David Clinnick and James Walker
Slash-and-Burn Farming in Southeast Asia: Small-Scale Community Benefits and Environmental Risks, 6000 BC to the Present
The research examined evidence for past slash-and-burn farming and its relevance to contemporary environmental risks and community benefits in Southeast Asia.
Nicki Kindersley
History
Postdoctoral Foundation Work: Local Negotiations of Long-Term Displacement in South Sudan
The project focused on displaced communities in South Sudan, developed links with Sudanese researchers and laid foundations for a future external funding proposal.
Richard Wilman
Physics
Evaluating Space Risk: A Feasibility Study for a New Interdisciplinary Research Initiative
The project brought together UK experts to examine different dimensions of space risk and develop interdisciplinary collaboration and future funding plans.
Julia Heslop
Urban Organisms that Yield Sustainable Futures
The project explored risks relating to urban food production through creative, interdisciplinary activities with partners outside the University.
Matteo Capasso
School of Government and International Affairs
Carbon Democracy and Revolution: Critical Perspectives from the Middle East and the Mediterranean
The project contributed to a multidisciplinary workshop examining carbon democracy and revolution in the Middle East and Mediterranean.
Jen Truby
Earth Sciences
Disaster in Slow Motion: Communicating Lava-Flow Risk to the Community of Pāhoa, Hawaiʻi
The project combined research and outreach to improve communication of lava-flow risks to affected communities and strengthen links with partners in Hawaiʻi.
United Nations Resilience Academy Meeting
The project supported participation in an international meeting to develop research networks and advance the goals of the United Nations Resilience Academy.
Richard J. Brown
Quantitative Constraints on Future Volcanic Eruptions at Ascension Island, South Atlantic
The project supported field data collection on Ascension Island to improve quantitative understanding of potential future volcanic eruptions.
Zahra Hussain
SCHOOL: A Ten-Day Cross-Curricular and Interdisciplinary Intensive in a Regional Landscape
The project supported a ten-day cross-curricular and interdisciplinary intensive focused on a regional landscape.
Stuart Jones
Scoping Workshop on Subsurface Resources and Environmental Risk
The project supported a scoping workshop bringing together Durham researchers and external collaborators to discuss subsurface resources and environmental risk.
United Nations University Resilience Academy Capstone Conference
The project supported participation in the 2017 Capstone Conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York to advance international research collaboration.
Glenn McGregor
Public-Health Impacts of the 2015–16 El Niño in the Southwest Pacific
The project strengthened evidence on the public-health effects of the 2015–16 El Niño through analysis of disease incidence across Pacific Island countries.
Tom Robinson
Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archaeoseismology: The Alpine Fault, New Zealand
The project supported participation in an international workshop marking the tricentenary of the last great Alpine Fault earthquake.
Andrew Baldwin
Climate Change, Desire and Affect
The project supported an interdisciplinary workshop exploring climate change, desire and affect with collaborators from Geography, Modern Languages and Cultures, and English Studies.
Ramjee Bhandari
Risk and Resilience in Young Adolescents of Annapurna Gaupalika, Nepal
The project focused on risk and resilience among young adolescents in Annapurna Gaupalika, Nepal.
Richard Brown
The resubmitted project supported research to improve understanding of possible future volcanic eruptions on Ascension Island.
Production of a New Global Pamphlet on the Health Impacts of Exposure to Volcanic Gases
The project supported production of a global information resource on the health impacts of exposure to volcanic gases.
Maria Kenti-Kranidioti
Anthropology
Documenting Resilience, Debating Resilience: Critical Politics of Gender and Migration in Modern Greece
The project examined resilience through the critical politics of gender and migration in modern Greece.
Emma Ormerod
Returning to the Local State: Transitions, Risks and Crisis in Local Government
The project supported a workshop connected with research on transitions, risks and crisis in local government.
Biosciences
Assessing the Risk and Potential Resilience of Birds in Suburban and Natural Ecosystems to Alterations in UK Woodland Associated with Development and Climate Change
The project examined risks to birds, and their potential resilience, arising from changes to UK woodland associated with development and climate change.
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