Antoine Burgard is a visiting postdoctoral fellow at HCRI. He has recently been appointed to the role of Lecturer in Contemporary History of Humanitarianism and Disasters, which will begin in January 2020.Before completing a PhD in History from Université Lumière...
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Academic Spotlight: Dr Rubina Jasani
Dr Rubina Jasani is a Programme Director for the Intercalated BSc in Global Health and Lecturer in Humanitarianism and Conflict Response at HCRI. Rubina convenes Anthropology of Violence and Reconstruction and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian...
Academic Spotlight: Dr Nat O’Grady
Dr Nat O’Grady is Postgraduate Research Director and Lecturer in Human Geography and Disaster at HCRI. Nat is a geographer with an interest in how technological innovations influence the geo-politics of security and governance.“For me security is a way to understand...
Academic Spotlight: Dr Billy Haworth
Dr Billy Haworth is a lecturer and a Director in Postgraduate Teaching at HCRI. Billy teaches on the modules including ‘Disaster Management – Theory and Application’ and ‘A Critical Introduction GIS and Disasters’.Before joining HCRI in September 2017, Billy...
Thinking of doing an MSc in Global Health? Here’s what I’d like you to know…
This blog was written by Jennifer Ruthe, a MSc Global Heath student.I always wanted a masters, but it wasn’t until I hit my thirties that I found an area I wanted to study. I’d been fundraising for five years by that time, mostly in health and international...
Bringing mental health into the humanitarian classroom
This blog has been written by Dr Jessica Hawkins and Dr Rubina Jasani relating to the postgraduate module, 'Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Crises' available on the MA Humanitarianism and Conflict Response and MSc International Disaster...
Seeing theory in practice: HCRI students participate in SIMEX, the UK’s largest annual international disaster response exercise
Blog edited by: Dr Billy Tusker Haworth and Dr Stephanie Rinaldi.Contributors: Rachel Cass (RC), Anna Fraine (AF), Hanqi Liao (HL), Morgan Payne (MP), and Eliza Van Overschelde (EVO).Every year organisers from several UK agencies conduct the SIMEX Series disaster...
Mapping together for improved healthcare delivery: the HCRI humanitarian mapathon, 2019
This blog has been written by Dr Billy Haworth, Lecturer in International Disaster Management. The blog discusses the Humanitarian Mapathon which took place in March and contributed to creating the first ever detailed map of Uganda to help deliver healthcare and...
Bodies and Affects as Security Devices in and amongst Complex Emergencies
This blog has been published by Nat O'Grady, Lecturer in Disaster Management. The blog coincides with his recent publication, 'Designing affect into security: shared situational awareness protocols and the habit of emergency response'.In the strategies and rationales...
iBSc Campaign Video Success
This blog has been written by Jenna Murray de Lopez on the Intercalating BSc in Global Health and the videos have been produced by students as part of their course assessment.Each year at HCRI we welcome 3rd and 4th year medical students from across the UK (and...
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