Category: Staff blogs

This piece, by HCRI's Dr Nimesh Dhungana (Lecturer in Disasters and Global Health), was originally published in The Conversation.   An earthquake that struck south-east Asia in late March is thought to have killed more than 3,000 people in Myanmar, a country ruled by...

Our latest events...   Northern Heart, Global Reach: Greater Manchester's Humanitarian Impact, 3rd July 2025, University of Manchester HCRI co-hosted a networking reception for humanitarian and human rights organisations headquartered in Greater Manchester. We are a...

The University's Careers Service have prepared some handy tips about gaining experience and researching roles, before embarking on a career in the humanitarian or development sectors. Thank you Careers Service!   Gaining Experience Humanitarianism and international...

The article is by Dr Omer Aijazi, Lecturer in Disasters and Climate Crisis at HCRI and author of Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir. Here, he rethinks field notes as “feeling notes” and considers the possibilities that this shift in thinking might...

This article was originally posted on the Rylands Blog, which features news from the John Rylands Research Institute and Library (here). It is written by Flora Chatt, an archivist working on HCRI's new Developing Humanitarian Medicine research project (here).   My...

This blog is written by Dr Jessica Hawkins, who joined HCRI in 2014 as a Lecturer in Humanitarian...