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Their collaborative research explores how we can make Himalayan road networks safer and more resilient in landscapes shaped by steep terrain, landslides, and climate-related hazards.
A brilliant example of international teamwork driving real impact.
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🌍 New video: Building Safer Himalayan Roads 🏔️
Thrilled to share a fantastic film by Dr Ellen Robson (former IHRR PDRA) and Dr Ashutosh Kumar (IHRR Visiting Fellow)!
Proud to celebrate research that centres Indigenous perspectives and reimagines how we understand disasters.
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👏 Congrats to Marcus & the whole team!
✨ “Reimagining Disaster Preparedness in Indigenous Nepal”
with co-authors Tek Bahadur Dong, Mukta S. Tamang, Amy Leigh Johnson, Dipak Basnet, Nyima Dorjee Bhotia, Anuradha Puri, Sara Shneiderman, Jonathan Rigg, Jeevan Baniya & Katie Oven.
🌍 New research from the IHRR community!
IHRR Fellow Dr Marcus Power has co‑authored a chapter in Reimagining Disaster: Voices in the Pluriverse (Gaillard & Chmutina, 2026).
❄️ Exciting news from IHRR!
Co‑Director Dr Caroline Clason will be taking part in UNESCO’s World Day for Glaciers events next week, sharing work from the new IACS Working Group on Cryosphere Stewardship.
The events free to join and a great chance to dive into global glacier and climate discussions.
From Arctic warming to Europe’s extreme winter patterns.
He’ll explore what shifting Atlantic phases could mean for the next decade and why internal climate dynamics matter for near‑term predictions.
📅 Don’t miss this insightful session.
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🌊 IHRR Seminar Alert
Join us for a talk with Professor Noel Keenlyside on how Atlantic multi‑decadal variability is shaping climate trends
📅 Deadline: Mon 2 March, 12:00
DU staff + students are also welcome to join the IHRR community as Fellows/Associate Fellows to access events, networks + collaboration opportunities.
Let’s grow impactful research together 🌱
🌟 Now Open: IHRR Seedcorn Funds 2025/26 🌟
Small awards (up to £2,000) now available to support early‑stage research + outreach across Durham University.
Open to projects in hazard, risk & resilience—perfect for testing ideas, building collaborations and kick‑starting future funding.
Caroline will explore glacier change in regions like the Andes & Himalayas, and what communities can do to adapt to a rapidly warming world.
📅 Mon 26 Jan 2026
🕑 2–3pm
📍 TLC106 or Teams
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A must‑attend for anyone interested in climate resilience and Earth’s disappearing ice.
🌍 IHRR Seminar
Join us for Dr Caroline Clason’s talk on the risks of glacier decline and what shrinking “mountain water towers” mean for global water, energy, and food security.
💧 “Thousands have lived without love, but not one without water.”
🎉 Congrats to Dr Ashutosh Kumar, IHRR Visiting Fellow, on receiving the IACMAG Excellent Paper Award! His work with Dr Arash Azizi and Prof David Toll advances understanding of how weather affects compacted soils in railway embankments.
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His work continues to shape thinking across disciplines and has real-world relevance in an increasingly uncertain world.Congratulations, Kostas & your Co authors, on this fantastic achievement — and thank you for the leadership, insight and inspiration you bring to IHRR and the wider community.
The event marked not only the publication of an important new book, but also a chance to recognise Kostas’s long-standing contribution to research at the intersection of risk, forecasting, decision-making and resilience.
🎉 Congratulations to Professor Kostas Nikolopoulos, Co-Director of IHRR, on the launch of his latest book.
We were delighted to celebrate the recent book launch by Professor Kostas Nikolopoulos, Co-Director of the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR).
#GrantSuccess #DisasterResilience #InfrastructureResilience #IHRR #DurhamUniversity #GlobalCollaboration
Dr Ellen Robson is leading a new international project awarded US$100k by CDRI (IRAX). With Prof Bruce D Malamud and Dr Ashutosh Kumar (IIT Mandi), the team will develop PoDRI—a free, open-access online course on disaster-resilient infrastructure, with partners in the UK, India & New Zealand. 👏
Our December IHRR Newsletter is out!
Full of fresh updates, timely insights, and important dates for your calendar.
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These appointments reinforce IHRR’s mission to understand hazards, reduce risk and build resilience through world-leading interdisciplinary research.
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🔹 Professor Kostas Nikolopoulos (Business School) – Leader in forecasting, analytics and foresight, bringing major international experience to strengthen IHRR’s global partnerships and impact.
🔹 Dr Greg Lusk (Philosophy) – Environmental philosopher of science studying how climate knowledge is produced and used in society, helping connect scientific evidence with public and policy needs.
🔹 Dr Hailiang Du (Mathematical Sciences) – Specialist in machine learning, uncertainty quantification and predictive modelling for weather, climate and energy systems, advancing IHRR’s data-driven approaches.
🔹 Dr Caroline Clason (Geography) – Expert in glacier and ice-sheet hydrology, water security and glacier-related hazards, with a strong focus on justice, vulnerability and adaptation in high-mountain regions.
📣 IHRR welcomes four new Co-Directors!
We’re excited to announce the appointment of four new Co-Directors to the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR), strengthening our leadership in interdisciplinary risk and resilience research.
A global authority with 150+ publications and major international awards, he’ll lead a five-year programme on hazard modelling, AI, uncertainty, ethics, and practical training.
Welcome to Durham, Professor Guzzetti. 🌍