New GSDRC report from Emilie Combaz – Political economy of Libya after the Qadhafi regime
Dr Emilie Combaz has completed a recent GSDRC helpdesk report, examining the political economy of Libya after the fall of the Qadhafi regime in 2011. These reports are free to read and we encourage people to circulate them widely. Dr Sandra Pogodda, HCRI Lecturer in...
Symposium: Missions and development, Lyon, 4 April 2014
Executive Director Professor Bertrand Taithe will be delivering a paper at the Missions and development symposiumm, that examines the role and the incentives for missionaries to take part in development policies. The symposium will take place in Lyon on 4 April 2014....
International Conference on Urban Health 2014 Day 3
Of refugees and post-earthquake responsesThe third part of the series Ambivalence in the city at the HCRI/GURC sub-conferences for the 11th International Conference on Urban Health continued with the session Urban humanitarianism III: Refugees, inequalities and...
International Conference on Urban Health 2014 Day 2
Asking the right questions: What kind of research will actively serve to improve urban health? This mornings opening plenary featured keynotes by Dr David Satterwaite (International Institute for the Environment and Development) and Professor Ana Diez Roux (Drexel...
International Conference on Urban Health 2014 – Day 1
Between 5 - 7 March, two integrated conferences are running that have been part organised by HCRI as part of the 11th International Conference on Urban Health - Global Health: 2015 and Beyond (organised by HCRI and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre) and Urban...
Birte Vogel interviewed on BBC Radio Scotland
Yesterday, HCRI PhD candidate Birte Vogel gave an interview to BBC Radio Scotland on conflict resolution, the role of compromise and why many peace processes fail over this issue. The debate included former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Hain and peace...
Call for Papers – Same Space, Different Disciplines: Articulating Interdisciplinarity in Development, Conflict and Humanitarian Research
Same Space, Different Disciplines: Articulating Interdisciplinarity in Development, Conflict and Humanitarian ResearchUniversity of Manchester, 29th April 2014The Humanitarianism and Development Research Group is organising a workshop at the University of Manchester,...
HCRI Job Opportunity – Lectureship in the History of Humanitarianism and/or Humanitarian Aid
Ref: HUM-04060 THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES SCHOOL OF ARTS, LANGUAGES AND CULTURES HUMANITARIAN AND CONFLICT RESPONSE INSTITUTE (HCRI) LECTURESHIP IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITARIANISM AND/OR HUMANITARIAN AID Applications are invited for a...
Three GSDRC Helpdesk Reports from Dr. Emilie Combaz
Dr. Emilie Combaz has produced three new helpdesk reports for GSDRC (Governance and Social Development Resource Centre), which are available to read and download online.Emilie's first report examines social inclusion in productive safety net programmes (PSNPs) in the...
Call for Papers: Peacebuilding Conference 2014
Call for papers for our Third Annual Conference of the International Association for Peace and Conflict Studies and the ECPR Standing Group on Critical Peace and Conflict Studies (11-12 September 2014) at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI),...
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