Care vs Control: the need for greater support for Home Office asylum caseworkers
This blog was written by Hannah Ellis, a student on the intercalated BSc in Global Health at HCRI As part of my intercalation in Global Health I chose to write my dissertation on the ethical issues raised by the involvement of medical expert witnesses working with...
read moreGetting behind everyday indicators
This blog was written by Professor Roger Mac Ginty, Lecturer in Peace and Conflict studies at HCRI. The original blog can be found on his website. I don’t think I have seen as many large construction cranes as I have seen towering above Manchester at the moment....
read moreReflections on conducting fieldwork in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
This blog was written by Emma Keelan, a Master's student on HCRI's online Global Health programme. When embarking on a Master’s dissertation involving a period of fieldwork, many factors need to be considered. Developing a project idea, the creation of timely and...
read moreHCRI 10 Year Anniversary and PhD Symposium
This blog was written by Megan Turner, HCRI Communications and Administrative Assistant. May 2018 was a special month for HCRI, most notably for the launch of our 10 Year Anniversary. To celebrate a decade of HCRI, this year will see a large programme of events that...
read moreNew economic geographies and old conflict dynamics: trade in the border region of India, Pakistan and China
This blog was written by Dr Birte Vogel, Director of Teaching and Learning at HCRI. @birtevogel_ How do economic interactions impact on peace or conflict and vice versa? This is the central question of a new project I am working on with partners from O.P. Global...
read moreA call to action in research, practice and everyday life: Reflections on the 1st World Congress on Migration Ethnicity Race and Health.
This blog was written by Louise Tomkow, a second year student on HCRI's PhD programme. Following a week (or two) of the dreaded writer’s block, I made my way up to Edinburgh to attend the 1st World Congress on Migration Ethnicity Race and Health. I was one of over...
read moreInternational EMT Training Programme: West China Hospital of Sichuan University
This blog was written by Dr Andrea Bartolucci, Research Associate at HCRI. Andrea is working on the HCRI EMT program within the WHO Global EMT Initiative. His research aims to support the development of a training curriculum for EMT with reference to WHO Global EMT...
read moreNEEDS 2018: Northern European Emergency and Disasters Studies Conference
This blog was written by Bart Veneman, a student on our MSc International Disaster Management Programme. NEEDS 2018: Northern European Emergency and Disasters Studies Conference 21-23 March 2018 - Amsterdam Between the 21st to 23rd of March 2018, the upper floor of...
read moreUrban slums, land-rights and disasters
This blog was written by Daniel Richards, a student on the BSc International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response Programme. Are you legally allowed to live where you do? What would you do if you returned home to find your house damaged beyond repair,...
read moreWhen the lights go out after disasters: the disproportionate burden on women
Written by Dr Gemma Sou, Lecturer in International Disaster Management. @gemmasou After Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on September 20th 2017, the media kicked into frenzy mode and recounted the devastation brought by the grade 5 Hurricane. This was...
read moreBroken Bodies: the paradox of improving maternal health in low-middle income countries
Written by Jenna Murray de López, Programme Director of HCRI's MA in Humanitarianism and Conflict Response. jenna.murray@manchester.ac.uk Measuring the quality of maternal health outcomes is not isolated to the moment of birth. As Dr. Princess Nothemba...
read moreHow engendering development can reduce disaster risks for women
Written by Heidi Parkes-Smith, a student on the BSc International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response Programme. Gender and disasters Whilst being female in a disaster setting does not in itself increase your vulnerability, gendered power relations...
read moreViews on challenges for disaster management research, policy and practice: a call for new perspectives
Dr Billy Tusker Haworth, Programme Director, MSc Disaster Management: Resilience, Response and Relief (Online), HCRI, University of Manchester Twitter: @BillyTusker Disaster management, in theory and in practice, is complex to say the least. While there are many...
read moreThe Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme in the UK – a successful durable solution for refugees?
Blog written by Laura von Puttkamer. Laura recently got her MSc degree in Global Urban Development and Planning from The University of Manchester. She is now working for an NGO in Mexico and runs her own blog at www.parcitypatory.org. This blog article is based on an...
read moreFrom Theory to Practice: a Disaster Simulation Exercise
By Ben Walkling, student on the MSc International Disaster Management programme Before the start of the second semester, Master's students on HCRI's International Disaster Management Programme undertook a simulation exercise run by David Powell, the former Head of...
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