Reflections 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...
HCRI 10 Year Anniversary and PhD Symposium
This blog was written by Megan Turner, HCRI Communications and Administrative Assistant.May 2018 was a special month for HCRI, most notably for the launch of our 10 Year Anniversary. To celebrate a decade of HCRI, this year will see a large programme of events that...
New economic geographies and old conflict dynamics: trade in the border region of India, Pakistan and China
This blog was written by Dr Birte Vogel, Director of Teaching and Learning at HCRI.@birtevogel_How do economic interactions impact on peace or conflict and vice versa? This is the central question of a new project I am working on with partners from O.P. Global...
A call to action in research, practice and everyday life: Reflections on the 1st World Congress on Migration Ethnicity Race and Health.
This blog was written by Louise Tomkow, a second year student on HCRI's PhD programme. Following a week (or two) of the dreaded writer’s block, I made my way up to Edinburgh to attend the 1st World Congress on Migration Ethnicity Race and Health. I was one of over...
International EMT Training Programme: West China Hospital of Sichuan University
This blog was written by Dr Andrea Bartolucci, Research Associate at HCRI. Andrea is working on the HCRI EMT program within the WHO Global EMT Initiative. His research aims to support the development of a training curriculum for EMT with reference to WHO Global EMT...
NEEDS 2018: Northern European Emergency and Disasters Studies Conference
This blog was written by Bart Veneman, a student on our MSc International Disaster Management Programme. NEEDS 2018: Northern European Emergency and Disasters Studies Conference21-23 March 2018 - AmsterdamBetween the 21st to 23rd of March 2018, the upper floor of the...
Urban slums, land-rights and disasters
This blog was written by Daniel Richards, a student on the BSc International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response Programme. Are you legally allowed to live where you do? What would you do if you returned home to find your house damaged beyond repair,...
When the lights go out after disasters: the disproportionate burden on women
Written by Dr Gemma Sou, Lecturer in International Disaster Management.@gemmasouAfter Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on September 20th 2017, the media kicked into frenzy mode and recounted the devastation brought by the grade 5 Hurricane. This was...
Broken Bodies: the paradox of improving maternal health in low-middle income countries
Written by Jenna Murray de López, Programme Director of HCRI's MA in Humanitarianism and Conflict Response. jenna.murray@manchester.ac.uk Measuring the quality of maternal health outcomes is not isolated to the moment of birth. As Dr. Princess Nothemba Simelela (WHO...
How engendering development can reduce disaster risks for women
Written by Heidi Parkes-Smith, a student on the BSc International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response Programme. Gender and disastersWhilst being female in a disaster setting does not in itself increase your vulnerability, gendered power relations can...
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