Introduction
The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) is
Institute of Hazard,
Institute
harnessing the capacity of researchers from across Durham of H
Risk and Resilience and Resilience
University to make a difference to how we live withSite,
Institute of Hazard, Risk
Science
Durham University
emerging hazards and risks. IHRR is a nerve centre for
Science Site, South Road,
www.dur.ac.u
innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to hazard and risk
Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
research in the UK and throughout the world. We are
www.durham.ac.uk/ihrr
championing key research programmes in hazards,
vulnerability and resilience. The Institute operates through
Introduction
a growing array of research projects and externally-funded
The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience
Our research aims to improve human responsesinvolved in policy engagement in risk and
fellowships. It is
(IHRR) is harnessing the capacity of researchers
to both age-old hazards such as volcanoes,
hazard as well as
the globe, strategy
from across Durham University to make a
earthquakes, landslides and floods debates across much of
development with
difference to how we live with emerging hazards
the new and uncertain risks of climate change, industry and wider stakeholders and also
and risks. IHRR is a nerve centre for innovative,
surveillance, terror, banking and emerging
research consultancy. Our research aims to improve human
interdisciplinary approaches to hazard and risk
technologies. It also focuses particularly on the
responses in theboth age-old hazards such nature of hazard, risk and vulnerability in the
to UK and throughout the world.
as volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides and floods as well as the new and
research
uncertain risks of climate change, surveillance, terror, banking and emerging technologies. It also focuses
We are championing key research programmes in
developing world. The Institute aims to develop
hazards, vulnerability nature of hazard,
radical vulnerability in hazard and risk.
particularly on theand resilience. The Institute risk andnew insight with regard tothe developing world. The Institute aims to develop
operates through a growing array of research
By adopting an
radical new insight with fellowships.to is
regard It hazard and risk. approach which directly approach which directly engages policymakers,
By adopting an engages
projects and externally-funded
policymakers, local communities and other
local communities and otherand hazard
involved in policy engagement in risk appropriate stakeholders in the co-production of
appropriate stakeholders in the co-production of knowledge, the Institute aims to
debates across much of the globe, strategy
knowledge, capacity for reducing vulnerability and harm.
develop innovative policy and to increase social the Institute aims to develop innovative
development with industry and wider stakeholders
and also research consultancy.
Focus
policy and to increase social capacity for reducing
vulnerability and harm.
The Institute is developing three areas of activity through interdisciplinary research, allowing problems to be
responses to both in relation to existing
framed in different ways and new theoretical approaches and understandings to be developed age-old hazar