harnessing the capacity of researchers from across Durham
University to make a difference to how we live with
emerging hazards and risks. IHRR is a nerve centre for
innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to hazard and risk
research in the UK and throughout the world. We are
championing key research programmes in hazards,
vulnerability and resilience. The Institute operates through
a growing array of research projects and externally-funded
fellowships. It is involved in policy engagement in risk and
Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience Durham University, Mountjoy Centre,
hazard debates across much of the globe, strategy
South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK www.durham.ac.uk/ihrr
development with industry and wider stakeholders and also
research consultancy. Our research aims to improve human
responses to both age-old hazards such as volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides and floods as well as the new and
The Institute of Hazard, Risk risks Resilience change, surveillance, terror,aims to improveemerging technologies. It also focuses
uncertain and of climate consultancy. Our research banking and
human resilience to geohazards such as
(IHRR) supports the capacity of researchers of hazard, risk and vulnerability in the developing world. The Institute aims to develop
particularly on the nature
volcanoes, and risk. By adopting an approach which directly engages policymakers,
from across Durham Universityinsight with regard to hazard earthquakes, landslides and
radical new to make a
local communities and
floods as well as those associated with
difference to how we live with emerging other appropriate stakeholders in the co-production of knowledge, the Institute aims to
to increase social capacity financial crises
hazards and risks. develop innovative policy and climate change, terrorism,for reducing vulnerability and harm.
IHRR is a nerve centre
and use of modern technologies. It focuses
for innovative, interdisciplinary approaches
particularly on the nature of hazard, risk and
to hazard and risk Focus in the UK and
research
The Institute is developing three areas of in the developing interdisciplinary research, allowing problems to be
vulnerability activity through world as well
throughout the world. We are championing
framed in hazards,
as theoretical approaches Institute aims to
key research programmes in different ways and new developed regions. Theand understandings to be developed in relation to existing
problems.
develop radical new insight with regard to
vulnerability and resilience. The Institute
operates through aHazards: howof research produced,and risk. By environmental hazards and notably landslides, floods, droughts,
growing array hazards are hazard particularly adopting an approach
volcanoes, sea level
which directly engages policymakers, local
projects and fellowships with significant rise and earthquakes; but also hazards that emerge in surprising ways, such as
socio-technological and financial hazards. and other stakeholders in the
communities
external funding from UK Research Councils
Institute of Hazard,
Risk and Resilience
Institute of H
Science Site,
www.dur.ac.uk
Vulnerabilities and Resilience: the vulnerabilities and resilience of communities that have to live with
co-production of knowledge, the Institute
and other major grant awards and donations.
hazards, notably those
aims to develop innovative policy from
It is involved in policy engagement in risk communities whose vulnerabilities arise and poverty, changes in life course and social
isolation, and where these in isolation and combination reduce resilience.
to increase social capacity for reducing
and hazard debates across much of the
Frontier with industry
vulnerability and ways
globe, strategy development Knowledge: innovative and creative harm.of learning to live with the pervasive nature of hazard and
risk, and also research
and wider stakeholders through new ways of risk learning, new forms of risk sharing and new ways of risk forecasting.
Examples of Current Research Activities
Landslides: Exploring both the spatial and temporal distribution of
responses to both
landslides, and the impacts that they cause (Figure 1).
age-old hazards such as volc
Focus
Examples ofuncertain risks
Secondary Hazards: Examining the controls oncurrentearthquake of climate change, surveillan
secondary
phenomena, particularly landslides and river basin changes, in space and
particularly on the
research to explore ways these hazards nature of hazard, risk and v
activities
The Institute is developing three areas
time, while collaborating with social scientists
of activity through affect communities in developing countries in orderradical new insight with regard to hazard and r
interdisciplinary
to build resilience.
Landslides: exploring both the spatial and
research, allowing Climate to be framed Understanding the diverse array of influences
pro