This post was written by Dr Jessica Hawkins (HCRI) and Dr Helen Underhill (GDI) about a recent session as part of the HCRI module 'Conceptualising the Camp', which explores the historical sociology of refugee camps. Camps have been described as “exceptional spaces…...
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Assessing risk and perception at Sicilian volcanoes (MSc field trip)
This post was written by Dr Martin Parham (Lecturer in Disaster Management) about a recent student field trip to Sicily, for the module 'Understanding Environmental Hazards' on HCRI's MSc in International Disaster Management (module list). When considering your...
The Humanitarian Archive Emergency
This piece by Dr Philip Proudfoot (Institute of Development Studies), Helene Juillard (Key Aid Consulting), and Prof Bertrand Taithe (HCRI), for the Humanitarian Archive Emergency project. The humanitarian sector is losing its memory. Funding cuts, closures, and the...
What Are You Plotting? A Coup. A Riot. The Carceral Life of Vulnerability
This piece by Dr Omer Aijazi, Lecturer in Disasters and Climate Change at HCRI, was originally published in the series Making Vulnerability Work with PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review. Vulnerability is not a description; it is a decision. In...
Why preserve humanitarian archives?
This article by Flora Chatt was originally posted on the website of HCRI's Developing Humanitarian Medicine project. The theme of this year’s World Digital Preservation Day is Why Preserve? For the archives of humanitarianism (where I work, as the...
Beyond the Ethics Board: Strengthening continued ethical practice in qualitative research
The Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) is hosting training workshops with the aim of enhancing responsible research practice, by promoting consistent, ethically sound practice across social science and humanities disciplines as part of University's...
Why Humanitarian Evidence Summaries are Essential in Turbulent Times
This piece by Dr Luke Kelly, Lecturer in Humanitarian Studies at HCRI, was originally published in K4DD. Humanitarianism is a broad field that has developed considerably since the 1990s. Accompanying this growth has been a proliferation of researchers seeking to...
Kill Your Ancestors, Choose New Elders
This piece by Dr Omer Aijazi, Lecturer in Disasters and Climate Change at HCRI, was originally published in Wicked Stars: A Zin to Trouble Disaster Studies. Fields of study are sites of inheritance. We draw upon our ancestors and elders to tell our stories. We build...
Employability resources for students
HCRI Office has put together a collection of careers-related resources, for students looking to build or enhance their employability in the humanitarian sector. To follow up on anything, please contact hcri@manchester.ac.uk or HCRI's Employability Lead Dr Patrick...
Reflecting on key lessons learned from the 2015 Nepal earthquakes
How can disaster governance be made more democratic? What role do disaster memories play in making future disaster response more just and accountable? In April 2025, to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2015 Nepal earthquakes, which claimed over 9000 lives and caused...
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