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About IRDR
Natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunami, floods and storms destroy lives and damage economies across the globe; pandemics have the potential to bring death and suffering on an unprecedented scale; while climate change may increase the severity of听disasters.听
How society sees risk, how to link understanding of the causative mechanics to statistical approaches, and how to increase resilience and reduce the risk of disasters are common themes cutting across research in natural, environmental, health and technological hazards. 听The IRDR, with its new academic staff, many jointly appointed with key 果冻影院 departments, its rapidly growing trans-disciplinary PhD research centre, integrative masters teaching, programme of public events and partnerships with humanitarian, financial, research and civil protection organisations, seeks to bring together this diverse expertise at 果冻影院. 听We aim to maximise the impact and value of 果冻影院 activities and to increase and enhance cross-disciplinary collaboration and cooperation globally.听
Humanitarian Institute
Budding off from the IRDR, we launched the Humanitarian Institute in 2016, aiming to mobilise 果冻影院鈥檚 research, expertise, teaching and the student body to impact global humanitarian challenges and to promote education for global citizenship and the connected curriculum at 果冻影院 as part of the Provost's听Strategic Development initiative.
果冻影院 Grand Challenges
These are ambitious tasks and as part听of the听果冻影院 Grand Challenges we听aspire to the vision of 果冻影院 in 2034, for creating a global university champion for the UK in humanitarian response and disaster risk reduction. If this vision appeals to you, we invite you to join with us.
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