Our latest events... 'Briefing on Sudan' with Prof Munzoul Assal (HCRI Webinar), 10th Dec 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yiRMM6Gwak Careers Talk: Michelle Farrington, Public Health Promotion & Community Engagement Lead at Oxfam, 20th November 2024...
Category: Staff blogs
Careers advice: Top tips for gaining experience while studying at HCRI
The University's Careers Service have prepared some handy tips about gaining experience and researching roles, before embarking on a career in the humanitarian or development sectors. Thank you Careers Service! Gaining Experience Humanitarianism and international...
Feeling Notes, by Dr Omer Aijazi
The article is by Dr Omer Aijazi, Lecturer in Disasters and Climate Crisis at HCRI and author of Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir. Here, he rethinks field notes as “feeling notes” and considers the possibilities that this shift in thinking might...
Introducing the Humanitarian Archive
This article was originally posted on the Rylands Blog, which features news from the John Rylands Research Institute and Library (here). It is written by Flora Chatt, an archivist working on HCRI's new Developing Humanitarian Medicine research project (here). My...
Multimedia from HCRI events – Academic Year 2023-24
Our latest events... Art in Times of Crisis, Exhibition at Universally Manchester, June 2024 On 8th / 9th June, HCRI staff and students displayed multimedia artwork at an exhibition during Universally Manchester, the university's 200 year anniversary festival - here...
Sport, mental health, and refugees
Authors: Finley Allott – MA Humanitarianism and Conflict Response student; Dr Jessica Hawkins – Senior Lecturer in Humanitarian Studies. Photo credits: Tapiwanashe James, Jessica Hawkins, En Xi Lim In January 2023, seventeen postgraduate Master’s students studying at...
Under the weather: Reimagining mobility in the climate crisis
By Dr Stephanie Sodero, Lecturer in Climate Change and Health, HCRI This article was originally published by Policy@Manchester, the university's policy engagement unit, online here Transport systems are essential to the movement of people, things, and services. When...
HCRI events in 2022/23
Our latest events... Navigating Crossroads: Advancements and Challenges in Medical Humanitarianism and Global Health, 11th September, UoM This one-day conference explored the crossroads in the fields of medical humanitarianism and global health, highlighting the...
Fifty years since the Ugandan Asian refugee crisis: looking back at British state-society humanitarian response
This blog is written by Dr Jessica Hawkins, who joined HCRI in 2014 as a Lecturer in Humanitarian...
Researching experiences of gender and sexual minorities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dr Billy Tusker Haworth Pronouns: he/him or they/themLecturer in International Disaster ManagementEquality, Diversity & Inclusion representativeHumanitarian and Conflict Response Institute,University of ManchesterEmail: billy.haworth@manchester.ac.ukWebsite:...
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