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- UK-Med, a disaster response charity based at HCRI,\u00a0verified by the World Health Organization<\/a> as part of their emergency medical team initiative.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Meet the UK’s new Emergency Medical Team: NHS medics, Fire Officers & aid workers who are ready to save lives when disasters strike #UKaid<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/q9pqXGi28f<\/a><\/p>\n
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- We signed a MoU with Project Trust<\/a>, an educational charity, to provide educational opportunities for Project Trust returned volunteers and HCRI students.<\/li>\n
- Launched the Manchester Migration Lab<\/a>\u00a0a joint initiative between The University of Manchester\u2019s HCRI and the Global Development Institute.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
February<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Professor Roger Mac Ginty (HCRI Acting Director) and his dog Paddy featured in ‘Arts Research<\/a>‘ (Page 4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a>Paddy the dog<\/p><\/div>\n
Peter Gatrell (Professor of History at Manchester University) talked about European migration, immigration & repatriation on Global Mobility Project podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
March<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Dr Allard Duursma (HCRI Research Associate) was awarded the Political Studies Association\u2019s Lord Bryce Dissertation Prize for International Relations and Comparative Studies for his PhD thesis on International Relations<\/li>\n
- Dr Eleanor Davey,\u00a0HCRI lecturer,\u00a0was awarded the International Studies Association’s Ethics Section Book Award for 2017\u00a0for her book Idealism beyond Borders: The French Revolutionary Left and the Rise of Humanitarianism, 1954\u20131988<\/a> (Cambridge University Press, 2015),<\/li>\n
- Our MA Students and those involved in the Young People in Humanitarianism Conference\u00a0<\/a>received\u00a0a commendation from the Manchester Making a Difference Awards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a>Student organising committee<\/p><\/div>\n
Professor Tony Redmond OBE and colleagues from HCRI and UK-Med wrote an article\u00a0<\/a>discussing the recruitment, training, deployment, and post-deployment of volunteers during the Ebola\u00a0epidemic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
April<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- We supported a University campaign which explains how donations to research at the University of Manchester<\/a> can have a life-changing impact.<\/li>\n
- We hosted our\u00a0end-of-year closing event ‘Histories of Humanitarian Action’. We were joined by\u00a0Martin Barber (<\/strong>a former UN Official), Eleanor Davey<\/strong> (HCRI lecturer) and\u00a0Jean-Herve Bradol<\/strong> (MSF-Crash,\u00a0Medical doctor) to reflect on historical moments in the humanitarian field and promote discussion on the lessons that can be learned for current and future humanitarian practice.<\/li>\n
- Dr Cathy Wilcock, (Migration Lab co-ordinator) was invited to lead a half-day workshop session at an artist\u2019s residency around the theme of \u2018migration and safe space\u2019. This was intended to inform creative practitioners about migration and shape their approach to working with vulnerable groups or with sensitive material about migration issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
May<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- We\u00a0signed a global partnership<\/a> with\u00a0Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and international medical charity M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) to deliver an educational programme designed to enhance the skills and knowledge of MSF\u2019s personnel for stronger operations and leadership in the field.<\/li>\n
- We welcomed a delegation of visitors<\/a> from China and Hong Kong as part of an exchange tour on global emergency medical team development, in partnership with Hong Kong Academy of Medicine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a>Chinese delegation visiting HCRI<\/p><\/div>\n
Hosted a student-led symposium, ‘Aid, Conflict and Peace: Collaborative Research Symposium<\/a>‘\u00a0which presented innovative research from multiple perspectives, and provided a constructive and respectful environment for emerging and established academics to showcase their ideas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a>Aid, Conflict and Peace: Collaborative Research Symposium<\/p><\/div>\n
Professor Tony Redmond OBE (HCRI Deputy Director) becomes President of WADEM at Congress 2017<\/a><\/li>\n
- The University of Manchester led on new standard for disaster volunteers<\/a>. The standard, developed by an international team led by Duncan Shaw (HCRI Director of Research) provides guidelines on how groups can make best use of the enthusiastic volunteers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
June<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- We supported the Manchester Migration Lab’s ‘Not The Fake News: real stories of asylum and refuge<\/a>‘ campaign<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a>\u2018Not The Fake News\u2019 with other newspapers<\/p><\/div>\n
Our MA students hosted the 2nd annual Young People in Humanitarianism Day (YPiH). On the day a total of 15 secondary schools from around Greater Manchester with over 150 students and staff taking part. This demonstrates a good engagement level between the University and local community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
July<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Hosted a stall at the Manchester Bluedot Festival,\u00a0Jodrell Bank Observatory with lots of fun and educational games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a>HCRI stand at Bluedot Festival<\/p><\/div>\n
Our PhD student Jennifer Chapman was invited to present at the 3rd\u00a0Global Humanitarianism Research Academy<\/a> (GHRA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
August<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- We supported the University to celebrate World Humanitarian Day (WHD), to honour humanitarian workers who risk or have lost their lives supporting people affected by crises across the world. For WHD, Dr Allard Duursma wrote a blog post about research which attempts to explain violence against aid worker and peacekeepers in the field<\/a> and Aisling O\u2019Rourke also wrote a post for the Manchester Giving Blog<\/a> about the importance of HCRI\u2019s work and the fantastic work of UK-Med in its fight against the Ebola outbreak<\/li>\n
- Professor Tony Redmond OBE (HCRI Deputy Director) wrote a blog for The Conversation<\/a> saying ‘The Sierra Leone mudslide disaster isn\u2019t over yet \u2013 here\u2019s what the world must do’<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
September<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Dr Gemma Sou (HCRI Lecturer) was interviewed on BBC Breakfast<\/a> (2h12 mins), BBC Radio Manchester<\/a> (2h26 mins) and BBC Radio Scotland<\/a> (1h36min) in September to talk disaster relief and rebuilding processes in the wake of the destruction caused by Hurricane Irma.\u00a0Gemma also Chaired a post-show discussion on home, displacement and identity among refugees after a performance of #JeSuis at HomeMCR<\/a>. The discussion centred around \u2018Not the Fake News: Activism and The Art of Displacement’.<\/li>\n
- Hosted the Annual Peacebuilding Conference: \u2018Peacebuilding During an Age of Crisis\u2019<\/a>. This two day event included a number of panels related to the theme of \u2018peacebuilding during an age of crisis\u2019 and keynote speech from Professor Christine Bell<\/a><\/li>\n
- Launched the first of the much anticipated 2017\/18 HCRI speaker series \u2018Bringing participatory development into conflict analysis \u2013 experience from Rakhine state, Myanmar\u2019 presented by Anthony Ware (Deakin University – Hallsworth visiting scholar).<\/li>\n
- Dr Jenna Murray de L\u00f3pez (HCRI Lecturer) was featured as New Generation Thinker in the SALC Research Issue<\/a> and interviewed on Mater Observator<\/a> organisation website about research in reproductive anthropology<\/li>\n
- Dr Rubina Jasani (HCRI Lecturer) Invited to be on the Board of Trustees on two Women\u2019s organisations in Manchester in 2017; Sisters for Safety and Women Asylum Seekers Together (WAST). While the former supports women from ethnic minority background in Manchester fleeing domestic violence, the latter is an activist Feminist organisation working with failed women asylum seekers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
October<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- We welcomed a new addition to the HCRI Family – Dr Allard Duursma became a father.<\/li>\n
- Our PhD student Louise Tomkow wrote a blog for the Huffington Post \u2018Don\u2019t Blame the Immigrants: We Want to See Patients Not Passports<\/a>\u2019 about the controversial new passport checks coming into effect at NHS hospitals this month.<\/li>\n
- Dr Cathy Wilcock (Migration Lab co-ordinator) was interview by on Impolitikal about \u2018tackling inequality with Manchester Migration Lab\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n
- Prof Tony Redmond OBE (HCRI Deputy Director) conferred as President of Manchester Medical Society in October 2017.<\/li>\n
- Manchester Migration Lab hosted \u2018World on the Move: Migration, Societies and Change<\/a>\u2019 and put together the Be\/Longing theatre play at Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester Migration Lab<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a>The idea for Be\/Longing was developed at a workshop bringing together TakeBackTheatre and The University of Manchester\u2019s HCRI and GLobal Development Institute<\/p><\/div>\n
Dr Erla Thrandardottir (HCRI Lecturer)\u00a0wrote a post for the HCRI blog, \u2018Bridging the legitimacy gap \u2013 why INGOs should have clarity in their legal status as international actors\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n
- Dr Allard Duursma (HCRI Research Associate)\u00a0wrote an article for the International Peacekeeping Journal, assessing the Joint Mission Analysis Centre’s (JMAC) Field Information and Analysis Capacity in Darfur<\/a><\/li>\n
- Our BSc Student on the Professional Experience Project visited Mines Advisory Group (MAG) head office, to learn about the amazing work it does and speak to some of the people working there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a>HCRI undergraduate listening to Andrew Taylor Policy and Advocacy Coordinator at MAG (Mines Advisory Group)<\/p><\/div>\n
November<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Hosted our first partnership event with Project Trust \u2018What Inspires Humanitarian Action?’. The event gave students from the University and local school and colleges the opportunity to network and facilitate debate with keynote speech from Jane Cocking (Chief Executive of Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and Honorary Lecturer at HCRI)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a>Event programme and Project Trust<\/p><\/div>\n
Hosted our 7th<\/sup> Annual Landmark Lecture with Pierre Carli, a leading expert in disaster medicine who is currently the chairman of the emergency medical service (SAMU) in Paris. His lecture, entitled \u2018The 2015 Paris Terrorist Attacks: Medical Management and Lessons Learned<\/a>\u2019, provided an insight into the medical response to the Bataclan Terror Attacks.<\/li>\n
- Our Postgraduate and intercalated BSc students engaged with Women Asylum Seekers Together (WAST) in the classroom to highlight long-term health issues, legal frameworks for accessing health and dealing with destitution in forced migration.<\/li>\n
- Our Postgraduate students went on a tour at the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) Headquarters and received talks from representatives of Police, Fire, Ambulance services, and local Council. In emergency management.<\/li>\n
- Professor Duncan Shaw and Dr Gemma Sou were awarded a grant from Alliance Manchester Business School to continue their research in Puerto Rico. They will use this to fund to conduct interviews with households , NGO and government officials.<\/li>\n
- Dr Eleanor Davey (HCRI Lecturer) became a member of the British Academy\u2019s International Engagement Committee (IEC). The IEC takes a strategic overview of the Academy’s international engagement, relations, programmes and activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
December<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- We supported our good friends at Save the Children for their annual Christmas Jumper Day to raise funds and help protect children from easily preventable yet still deadly diseases like malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a>Merry Christmas from the HCRI PSS Team<\/p><\/div>\n
Gemma Sou and Dr F\u00e9lix Aponte-Gonz\u00e1lez have published a policy brief for their research in Puerto Rico \u2018Making efforts count after Irma and Maria: household relief and recovery in Puerto Rico\u2019<\/a>. The impacts of Hurricane Irma and Maria have caused over 58 official casualties (in addition to 422 estimated deaths) and had estimated economic losses up to 73% of the country\u2019s GDP for hurricane Maria alone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
And finally these honorary appointments we made in 2017:<\/p>\n
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- Tony Barnet, Professorial Research Fellow at Department of Global Health & Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine – Honorary Professor<\/li>\n
- Gareth Owen, Humanitarian Director at Save the Children \u2013 Honorary Research Fellow<\/li>\n
- John Simpson, Medical Director at UK-MED \u2013 Honorary Professor<\/li>\n
- Nancy Claxton, Senior Officer, Health Promotion at International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) \u2013 Honorary Teaching Associate<\/li>\n
- David Dodman, Director of the Human Settlements Group at International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) \u2013 Honorary Research Fellow<\/li>\n
- Hassaan Afzal, Academic Clinical Fellowship in Emergency Medicine at Pennine Acute Trust \u2013 Honorary Research Fellow<\/li>\n
- Marie-Luce Desgrandcham, Teaching Assistant in the Department of General History at the University of Geneva – Visiting Academic<\/li>\n
- Larissa Fast, Senior Research Fellow at Humanitarian Policy Group \u2013 Visiting Academic<\/li>\n
- Antoine Burgard –\u00a0Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Dr Allard Duursma (HCRI Research Associate)\u00a0wrote an article for the International Peacekeeping Journal, assessing the Joint Mission Analysis Centre’s (JMAC) Field Information and Analysis Capacity in Darfur<\/a><\/li>\n
- Dr Cathy Wilcock (Migration Lab co-ordinator) was interview by on Impolitikal about \u2018tackling inequality with Manchester Migration Lab\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n
- Hosted the Annual Peacebuilding Conference: \u2018Peacebuilding During an Age of Crisis\u2019<\/a>. This two day event included a number of panels related to the theme of \u2018peacebuilding during an age of crisis\u2019 and keynote speech from Professor Christine Bell<\/a><\/li>\n
- Professor Tony Redmond OBE (HCRI Deputy Director) wrote a blog for The Conversation<\/a> saying ‘The Sierra Leone mudslide disaster isn\u2019t over yet \u2013 here\u2019s what the world must do’<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- We supported the University to celebrate World Humanitarian Day (WHD), to honour humanitarian workers who risk or have lost their lives supporting people affected by crises across the world. For WHD, Dr Allard Duursma wrote a blog post about research which attempts to explain violence against aid worker and peacekeepers in the field<\/a> and Aisling O\u2019Rourke also wrote a post for the Manchester Giving Blog<\/a> about the importance of HCRI\u2019s work and the fantastic work of UK-Med in its fight against the Ebola outbreak<\/li>\n
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- Hosted a stall at the Manchester Bluedot Festival,\u00a0Jodrell Bank Observatory with lots of fun and educational games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- The University of Manchester led on new standard for disaster volunteers<\/a>. The standard, developed by an international team led by Duncan Shaw (HCRI Director of Research) provides guidelines on how groups can make best use of the enthusiastic volunteers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- We welcomed a delegation of visitors<\/a> from China and Hong Kong as part of an exchange tour on global emergency medical team development, in partnership with Hong Kong Academy of Medicine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- We hosted our\u00a0end-of-year closing event ‘Histories of Humanitarian Action’. We were joined by\u00a0Martin Barber (<\/strong>a former UN Official), Eleanor Davey<\/strong> (HCRI lecturer) and\u00a0Jean-Herve Bradol<\/strong> (MSF-Crash,\u00a0Medical doctor) to reflect on historical moments in the humanitarian field and promote discussion on the lessons that can be learned for current and future humanitarian practice.<\/li>\n
- We supported a University campaign which explains how donations to research at the University of Manchester<\/a> can have a life-changing impact.<\/li>\n
- Our MA Students and those involved in the Young People in Humanitarianism Conference\u00a0<\/a>received\u00a0a commendation from the Manchester Making a Difference Awards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Launched the Manchester Migration Lab<\/a>\u00a0a joint initiative between The University of Manchester\u2019s HCRI and the Global Development Institute.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- We signed a MoU with Project Trust<\/a>, an educational charity, to provide educational opportunities for Project Trust returned volunteers and HCRI students.<\/li>\n
- UK-Med, a disaster response charity based at HCRI,\u00a0verified by the World Health Organization<\/a> as part of their emergency medical team initiative.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n