This piece, by HCRI's Dr Nimesh Dhungana (Lecturer in Disasters and Global Health), was originally published in The Conversation. An earthquake that struck south-east Asia in late March is thought to have killed more than 3,000 people in Myanmar, a country ruled by...
Category: Staff blogs
Multimedia from our events programme
Our latest events... Disease X: Moving from Global Failure to Global Readiness, 13th May 2026 On 13th May, HCRI hosted Kate Kelland to discuss the themes of her book - Disease X: The 100 Days Mission to End Pandemics. Kate is Chief Scientific Writer of the Coalition...
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...
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