Pecha Kucha: 20 images. 20 seconds. 1 chance.
This blog has been published by Ben Pollock and Melissa Colak (current postgraduate students in International Disaster Management) who arranged the Pecha Kucha event last month, in collaboration with colleagues in the HCRI faculty and office. A big thanks to Billy...
read morePractical Approaches to Research in Fragile Environments: A Research Visit to Mumbai
We have three blogs which have been published by various third year undergraduate students on the research field trip in Mumbai at the beginning of January. The first blog was published by Olivia Harper: The research visit to Mumbai, in collaboration with Tata...
read moreTaking action against Immigration Detention in the UK: Reflections on an Evening Symposium
This blog has been published by Dr Louise Tomkow and Isabelle Kidder who both study at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester. Dr Louise Tomkow is a Geriatric Registrar in the Northwest deanery and a PhD researcher exploring...
read moreAn interview with Mr Chad Simpson, Graduate Contingency Planning Officer at Westminster City Council, London, and former MSc International Disaster Management student at HCRI.
This blog has been published by Dr Billy Tusker Haworth, Lecturer in International Disaster Management Email: billy.haworth@manchester.ac.uk Twitter: @BillyTusker Billy: What does your role at Westminster City Council involve? Chad: I’m a Graduate Contingency Planning...
read moreResearching the Legacies of War in Uganda with our Postgraduate Students
This blog has been published by Dr Jessica Hawkins, Lecturer in Humanitarian Studies. The blog discusses the research field trip in Uganda which took place at the start of January. For the past ten days, seventeen of our postgraduate students studying on our MA...
read moreWAST PEER Research Project Graduation
This blog has been published by Sarah Lagot, one of our postgraduate students. The blog discusses No Recourse! Project Launch and Graduation which took place earlier this month. On 5th December 2018, the inaugural cohort of 10 researchers from the WAST PEER Research...
read moreNew Emergency Infrastructures: An Insight from New York
This blog is published by Dr. Nathaniel O'Grady, who will be joining HCRI as a lecturer in Human Geography and Disasters from January 2019. The blog discusses his recent fieldwork in New York City. Digital data bear an ever-increasing prevalence across emergency...
read morePolitical Symbols: Representing Kaleidoscope Nations
This blog was written by Dr. Catherine Arthur, Lecturer in Humanitarian Studies. It summarises her recent book publication: Political Symbols and National Identity in Timor-Leste. Symbols of identity – flags, hero figures, emblems of nationhood – are the central glue...
read moreChild Soldiers of the 21st Century
This blog post was written by Amy Hook who is currently enrolled in our MA in Humanitarian and Conflict Response. The news that armed groups in South Sudan released more than 200 child soldiers in April was gratifying. Since violence arose between the government and...
read moreThe economic side effects of peacekeeping and humanitarian interventions: Intervention gentrification and everyday economics
This blog was written by Dr Birte Vogel, Director of Teaching and Learning at HCRI. It summarises her recent publication in Civil Wars journal. What happens to local communities and neighbourhoods when a large group of international aid workers, peacekeepers or...
read moreThe Emotional Burden of Research
After a year and a half of preparing for my fieldwork in Malawi, which consisted of many late nights sat at my computer, reading, writing, re-writing, and drowning in ethics applications, I finally arrived in Lilongwe in April, and am now coming to the end of what has...
read moreDissertation reflection: counterfeit drugs in Thailand
This blog was written by Dan Turley, a student on the intercalated BSc in Global Health at HCRI. Find out more information about the iBSc in Global Health here. For my dissertation submitted to the HCRI for the Intercalated BSc in Global Health, I investigated the...
read moreCare 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...
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