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...
Unbroken Silences – Musings of a Novice Field Researcher
Reflective blog by Sarah Lagot (MA Humanitarianism and Conflict Response student), on her experience as a novice researcher in post-conflict Northern Uganda.People have critical junctures that shape their lives (Teruya & Hser 2010; Capoccia & Kelemen 2007)....
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...
Developing Development: A More Secure Land Tenure for the Philippines
This blog has been written by Rachel Sinclair, a second year undergraduate student participating in the Disasters and Development unit module, in the BSc International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response programme. The blog discusses land tenure in the...
How development shaped the shrinking of Aral Sea
This blog has been written by Zumrad Mirzalieva, a second year undergraduate student participating in the Disasters and Development unit module, in the BSc International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response programme. The blog discusses how development...
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...
MV Solomon Trader Oil Spill: A Crude Attempt at Disaster Recovery
This blog has been written by Christina Wilson on the MV Solomon Trader Oil Spill. It was judged to be one of two blogs which were amongst the highest calibre for the whole cohort in the Culture and Disasters Module (MSc International and Disaster Management...
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