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Professor David Toll presents International Society Technical Talk on Tropical Residual Soils

[02/25] Former IHRR Co-Director, Professor David Toll presented an Interactive Technical Talk on Tropical Residual Soils to the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
IITT Screenshot DT Feb25

New publication in Landslides

[02/25] Our colleagues at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi, and Dr Ellen Robson (IHRR PDRA) have published a new article in Landslides on ‘Investigation of landslides triggered by unprecedented rainfall events during 2023 monsoon in Himachal Pradesh, India’.
Ellen Landslide publication

IHRR Event: Active Listening and Co-Creating Knowledge in Hazards, Risk and Resilience

[01/25] IHRR Director Bruce D Malamud spoke at our Active Listening and Co-Creating Knowledge in Hazards, Risk and Resilience Symposium
BDM GIF 24.1.25

Gender and Resilience in the City is a Top Trending book for 2024

[01/25] Dr Ruszczyk’s Gender and Resilience in the City book is one of Practical Action Publishing’s top 5 trending books for 2024
Gender and Resilience in the City is a Top Trending book for 2024

Piotr Osinski awarded doctorate at Warsaw University of Life Sciences

[12/24] Piotr Osinski has been awarded a PhD degree from the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. Piotr’s external PhD supervisor was Professor David Toll, Co-Director of the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR)
Piotr Osinski awarded doctorate at Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Dr Robson co-organised a workshop to explore the climate resilience of Fiji's road network

[12/24] Dr Ellen Robson, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) co-organised a workshop on 'Enhancing the Climate Resilience of Fiji's Road Network' at Fiji National University.
Workshop participants at Fiji National University.

Dr Ruszczyk co-led the opening session of the Asia Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week in Bangkok

[12/24] Dr Ruszczyk (Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience) and Professor Michael Barnett (George Washington University, USA) co-led the first session of the Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week in Bangkok
Several presenters sitting down

Dr Robson awarded the Springer Young Researcher Award

[11/24] Dr Ellen Robson (Postdoctoral Research Associate at the IHRR) was awarded the Springer Young Researcher Award at the 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics in Sydney.
Dr Ellen Robson receiving the Springer Young Researcher Award

Dr Harries at the Cascading Hydrogeomorphic Hazards workshop 2024

[11/24] Dr Harries was invited to speak about hotspot analysis at a workshop on cascading hazard research and related risk management
Debris flow and avalanche mitigation in the Swiss Alps

Bodies as Urban Infrastructure Book Chapter by Dr Ruszczyk published

[11/24] Conceptualising bodies as urban infrastructure in Asia book chapter published
Bodies as Urban Infrastructure Book Chapter by Dr Ruszczyk published

Ritwika Basu completes PhD in Human Geography

[11/24] A message from Ritwika Basu, Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) student, who recently completed her PhD
A picture of a river in Gujarat (left) and Ritwika Basu (right)

Dr Ruszczyk spoke at the University of Vienna on 29 October 2024

Dr Ruszczyk was invited to reflect on what it means to be a city
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