Institute of Hazard, Risk & Resilience (IHRR)-Durham University
A world-leading research institute in Hazard, Risk & Resilience
durham.ac.uk/ihrr
Email: ihrr.admin@durham.ac.uk
- 🌍 IHRR Seminar Join us for Dr Caroline Clason’s talk on the risks of glacier decline and what shrinking “mountain water towers” mean for global water, energy, and food security. 💧 “Thousands have lived without love, but not one without water.”
- Caroline will explore glacier change in regions like the Andes & Himalayas, and what communities can do to adapt to a rapidly warming world. 📅 Mon 26 Jan 2026 🕑 2–3pm 📍 TLC106 or Teams 👉 lnkd.in/e2_jSwzp A must‑attend for anyone interested in climate resilience and Earth’s disappearing ice.
- 🎉 Congrats to Dr Ashutosh Kumar, IHRR Visiting Fellow, on receiving the IACMAG Excellent Paper Award! His work with Dr Arash Azizi and Prof David Toll advances understanding of how weather affects compacted soils in railway embankments. DOI: doi.org/10.1061/(ASC...
- 🎉 Congratulations to Professor Kostas Nikolopoulos, Co-Director of IHRR, on the launch of his latest book. We were delighted to celebrate the recent book launch by Professor Kostas Nikolopoulos, Co-Director of the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR).
- Dr Ellen Robson is leading a new international project awarded US$100k by CDRI (IRAX). With Prof Bruce D Malamud and Dr Ashutosh Kumar (IIT Mandi), the team will develop PoDRI—a free, open-access online course on disaster-resilient infrastructure, with partners in the UK, India & New Zealand. 👏
- Our December IHRR Newsletter is out! Full of fresh updates, timely insights, and important dates for your calendar. If you didn’t see it in your inbox today, now’s a great time to join our mailing list — we’ll send our latest news directly to you each month.
- 📣 IHRR welcomes four new Co-Directors! We’re excited to announce the appointment of four new Co-Directors to the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR), strengthening our leadership in interdisciplinary risk and resilience research.
- IHRR is thrilled to welcome Dr Fausto Guzzetti, world-leading landslide expert, as our new Prof. of Hazard and Risk. Supported by the IHRR Donor Fund for Strategic Research & Outreach Initiatives, Dr Guzzetti joins us after a distinguished 40-year career advancing natural hazard research in Italy.
- 🌍 IHRR Seminar Series 2025/26 – with Dr Lauren Martin 🌍 Join us for our next IHRR seminar with Dr Lauren Martin, Associate Professor in Geography at Durham University. 🗓️ Mon 17 Nov 2025 🕐 1:15–2:30pm (UK) 📍 TLC 117, Durham University 💻 In person + online – all welcome!
- 🚨 Don’t forget! It’s not too late to register for Professor Bruce D. Malamud’s seminar today! 🌋 IHRR Seminar Series 2025/26 – Hazard Interrelationships and Dynamic Risk Scenarios 🌋
- 🌋 IHRR Seminar Series 2025/26 🌋 Join us for Hazard Interrelationships and Dynamic Risk Scenarios with Professor Bruce D. Malamud, Director & Wilson Chair, IHRR. 📅 20 Oct 2025 | 🕐 1:15–2:30pm | 📍 TLC 117 / Teams 👉 Register: tinyurl.com/4p4f84nx #IHRR #DurhamUniversity #NaturalHazards #RiskResearch
- 🌊 IHRR Seminar Series 2025/26 – Opening with Dr Brian Cook 🌊 Join us for the first seminar of the new academic year! 📅 Mon 13 Oct 2025 🕐 1:15–2:30 pm (UK) 📍 TLC 117, Durham University 💻 In person + online – open to all 🔗 Sign up: lnkd.in/epHuw5pd
- 🌟 Thank you, Dr Rebekah Harries! 🌟 As she concludes her PDRA role at IHRR, we celebrate her vital work on climate, erosion & sediment transport, and her creative science communication. Excited she’ll stay on as a Visiting Fellow!
- 🚨 Last chance! 🚨 Today’s the final day to register for the UKADR Annual Conference 2025 at Durham (4–5 Sept). 👉 durham.ac.uk/UKADR-2025 #UKADR2025 #DisasterResearch
- 🚨 Exciting news from @IHRR! Prof. Kostas Nikolopoulos has been invited as a Distinguished Speaker at #ITISE2025 in Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 (July 16–18). 🧠 Talk: The Computer and the Brain Exploring the balance between Human and Artificial Intelligence in forecasting—across business, finance, and economics.
- 🎬 Exploring Risk Film Festival – Today at IHRR! 🎬 Join us in W246 anytime 10:00–16:00 for a rolling programme of powerful films on global risk & resilience. 🌍 Live hour: 13:00–14:00 With co-hosts: Tribhuvan University, Nepal IIT Mandi, India IHRR, UK
- 🎨 Exploring Risk Visual Arts Festival 2025 Photo + Film exploring how people adapt to global crises. 📍 Durham Uni 📷 24 images on display (TLC + Engineering Atrium) 🎬 Film fest + Q&A | Tue 20 May, 13:00–14:00 (IHRR Hub) Films looped 10:00–16:00
- 🚨 New publication alert! Outcomes from the UK Space Agency-funded “Resilience to Recovery – Data for Disasters” project are now out in Remote Sensing! 🌍🛰️ This 2023 project explored how satellite data can support emergency management in NE England.
- Great 2-day workshop at IIT Mandi led by Dr Ashutosh Kumar & Dr Ellen Robson on integrating disaster preparedness into transport engineering for the Indian Himalayas—bringing together unis, industry & policymakers via a £30k British Council grant. More: durham.ac.uk/ihrr
- 🌟 The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) is making waves at hashtag#EGU25! 🌍
- 🌍 Exciting news from the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience! Our Director, Professor Bruce D Malamud, was honoured to give an invited talk at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2025 in Vienna.
