Proud to share that @leverhulme.ac.uk & @wellcometrust.bsky.social are combining support for our new 12-month Humanitarian Archive Emergency programme. 📚 Aimed at protecting and rescuing endangered archives and datasets 🤝 Establishing ethical triage frameworks & international collaborations

📢New ESRC project HCRI's Dr Antoine Burgard will lead “Who is a child? Determining age in British & French border policing, 1918–present” (2025–28). The project explores how age shapes migration laws, policies & experiences.

How can disaster governance be made more democratic? What role do disaster memories play in making future disaster response more just and accountable? HCRI's @nimeshdhungana.bsky.social and Accountability Lab reflect on key lessons learned from the 2015 Nepal earthquakes🇳🇵💡 tinyurl.com/3myk7a99

🚨 New from RIAH! Two brand-new Conflict & Health publications are here 📄✨ 📰 Explore the latest insights in global health & humanitarian research: 🔗 riah.manchester.ac.uk/articles/rep...

Now in its sixth year, #SouthAsianHeritageMonth returns with the theme ‘Roots to Routes’, exploring the journeys and identities of people with South Asian roots. Dr Omer Aijazi from @hcrinstitute.bsky.social explores this year's theme👉 sites.manchester.ac.uk/humanities-b... @manchester.ac.uk

🇳🇵 Now also available in Nepali: documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx...

🌍 Two new edited volumes featuring HCRI's Prof. Bertrand Taithe are set to be published with @manchesterup.bsky.social! 🧵 Humanitarian Handicraft: History, Materiality and Trade. 💉 Medical Care and Intimacy in the Long Second World War, 1931–1953. 🔗 www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...

🇪🇸 Now also available in Spanish: documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx...

🎓 Celebrating Outstanding Student Citizenship at HCRI! This grad season, we’re honouring 3 amazing students who’ve gone above & beyond in making a difference 💫 👏 Maisy Wood 👏 Selim Iyidirli 👏 Bradley Williams Read their stories + staff tributes 👉 tinyurl.com/39k8z7xp

New study shows nearly half of hospital patients in Malawi and Tanzania have multiple health conditions, highlighting a major under-recognised health burden. @hcrinstitute.bsky.social Prof Paul Dark is contributing to this vital research as part of the Multilink consortium. 🔗 tinyurl.com/m7p2rnat

Northern Heart, Global Reach “Families are torn apart; lives and livelihoods are lost.” — Nika Kokareva, MAG Ukraine At Global Manchester, powerful stories from Ukraine to Gaza revealed the human cost of war — and the urgent need for humanitarian support. www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...

Bittersweet farewell to my job at @hcrinstitute.bsky.social this month, especially after seeing some of my students graduate today! A sincere thanks to great colleagues, and to Manchester, where I did my PhD and where I got my first lecturer role. Exciting new things coming in October! 👀

🎓 Happy Graduation Day to all the incredible HCRI students! 🌍✨ Today, we celebrate your achievements and the amazing impact you'll continue to make in the world. Congratulations, graduates! 🎉 #HCRIGraduates #ClassOf2025

📣 New policy brief: The Ethics of Research Collaborations in Conflict and Disaster Settings ❓Researchers in Nepal, Colombia & the Balkans reveal gaps between formal ethics & lived realities in the field, shaped by colonial legacies & unequal power. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2xhbd5pw

@minesadvisorygroup.bsky.social @hopeforjustice.bsky.social @hcrinstitute.bsky.social

Many donors are increasingly including restrictions on aid financing. In this report, Kristina Tschunkert from @hcrinstitute.bsky.social explores how aid conditionality is evolving. Download here: k4d.ids.ac.uk/resource/shi...

📢 UoM experts are cited in the latest @houseofcommons.parliament.uk IDC report on humanitarian access & international law. Featuring academics from @milcmanchester.bsky.social & ‪@hcrinstitute.bsky.social‬. 🔗 tinyurl.com/46mf4shk #HumanitarianLaw #UoMResearch #IDCReport

Starting off the second day with Roundtable 4: (How) Can humanitarians disrupt NCD drug and diagnostics markets? Drugs, Medical Marketplaces, and Patient Groups, chaired by Dr Janelle Winters and Dr Chimwemwe Phiri.

Kicking off Roundtable 2: The Pragmatics of Chronicity: Practitioners’ Perspectives on the Challenges of Managing NCDs in Displacement Contexts (chaired by Dr. Peter Gutwa). Key questions: How do NCDs manifest uniquely in displacement settings? How do interrupted systems affect chronic care?

Dr. Pesh Muwanguzi ( @hcrinstitute.bsky.social ) : mental health and NCD care suffered because units and 'star' healthcare staff were redeployed for Covid treatment in Uganda. In the future, Pesh called for NCDs to be integrated into emergency preparedness within its own planning pillar.

Roundtable 1: What Future for ‘Chronic’ Emergencies? Challenges and Possibilities of NCD Management in Humanitarian Contexts is chaired by Jemaiyo Chabeda (Medical anthropology Analyst, MSF Eastern Africa) and Bertrand Taithe.

Professor Darren Walter: The LEAP summer school in Kisii University started from the aspiration to combat the Euro-centric nature of the LEAP MSc programme on humanitarian practice. Kisii was selected as the host for many reasons, not least that Kisii is the lead county for health in Western Kenya.

Bertrand Taithe has recognised that this conference is the product of a long partnership between Kisii University and The University of Manchester, along with Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Opening remarks from Kisii University: this conference brings together delegates from four continents in the hope that our discussions can have an impact on the value accorded to NCD prevention in Kisii and further afield.

🏥 Non-Communicable Diseases & Humanitarian Medicine 🌍 A 2-day online conference (25–26 June) 🎓 Hosted by Kisii University, in collaboration with @msf.ca, the LEAP programme & HCRI’s @dhm-manchester.bsky.social project team. 👥 Request Zoom links: tinyurl.com/ynfek3jh #HumanitarianHealth #NCDs

We’re on the ground in 🇰🇪 Kisii for the 2025 Medical Summer School with Kisii University, @msf.ca‬ & @lstmnews.bsky.social 🌍 15 countries 🤝 Global collaboration 🩺 Real-world training in humanitarian & emergency health Proud to be part of this important work. #HCRI#GlobalHealth#MedicalEducation

Kristina Tschunkert from @HCRInstitute.bsky.social highlights the complex interplay of economic, political, and international aid factors that shape host states’ decisions on refugees’ socioeconomic integration. Read here 🔗 k4d.ids.ac.uk/resource/the...

📘 Professor Bertrand Taithe and Dr Róisín Read (@hcrinstitute.bsky.social) have co-authored a major article in a Special Issue exploring healthcare, coercion, and gender during Nepal’s revolutionary conflict. ⤵️ www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/h...

This month's summary was written by Luke Kelly from @hcrinstitute.bsky.social, with top picks chosen by @alastairager.bsky.social from @qmuniversity.bsky.social Read the full summary here 🔗 k4d.ids.ac.uk/resource/k4d...

👏 Huge congratulations to HCRI's Dr Omer Aijazi! His monograph Atmospheric Violence—exploring the aftermath of disaster & conflict in #Kashmir—has won three major literary awards, marking a major contribution to anthropology, disaster studies & South Asian studies. 🔗 tinyurl.com/555b2uh8

HCRI (@hcrinstitute.bsky.social) Anthropologist awarded multiple prestigious book prizes. Dr Omer Aijazi (@uomsalc.bsky.social) has been awarded for his groundbreaking monograph on the aftermath of disaster and conflict in Kashmir. ⤵️ www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/h... @manchester.ac.uk

How has humanitarian research changed in the past decade? Luke Kelly from @HCRInstitute.bsky.social explores in this Rapid Evidence Review. Click here to read the full report 👇 k4d.ids.ac.uk/resource/key... #humanitarian #research #InternationalDevelopment

📢 Join the launch of the 2024 Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition report, Epidemic of Violence 🗓️ 16 June | 3PM London | 💻 Online 🔗 Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi... #HealthInConflict #SHCC2024 #HumanitarianProtection

Register to follow our conversation on the rule of law, justice, and accountability in #Tigray, organised by the American Bar Association(‪@americanbar.org‬) on Tuesday next week. @manchester.ac.uk @globaldevinst.bsky.social @gdi-students-4-pal.bsky.social @hcrinstitute.bsky.social

🚨 Don’t miss your chance to apply! The HCRI Volunteer Bursary deadline is now Friday, 6 June 2025 🌍 Open to @manchester.ac.uk undergrads & Project Trust returnees with a passion for global impact. 🔗 www.hcri.manchester.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

The new SHCC report demonstrates 'new levels of horror' in 2024, with #attacks on #healthcare exceeding 3,600 incidents, up 62% from 2022. 📰 Guardian reporting: lnkd.in/e3uYncVh 📊 Full data: lnkd.in/eKZbYW3V* *HCRI's RIAH project funds the data collection via partners at Insecurity Insight

📸 Highlights from our Young People in Humanitarianism Conference! Students from 6 local #schools joined us @HCRInstitute for a disaster response simulation, exploring media, aid, and stakeholder roles in a mock #earthquake. Explore our schools outreach 👉 www.hcri.manchester.ac.uk/connect/scho...

So looking forward to this!! @dacretu.bsky.social will be giving a paper to the Humanitarian History Seminar at @hcrinstitute.bsky.social on her new book, Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania: In Quest of an Ideal (Stanford University Press, 2024). www.sup.org/books/histor...

🎓 Deadline Extended! One More Month to Apply! 🌍 HCRI’s Volunteer Bursary is still open for applications—now extended until Friday 6 June 2025!

🌍 From MSF engineer to founder of a planetary health company, Mark P. Anderson (MSc Humanitarian Practice '19–22) is driving innovative solutions at the intersection of global health and the environment. Discover his journey: tinyurl.com/yc89fuy2 #HCRIAlumni #GlobalHealth #PlanetaryHealth

📢 New Report: "Normative States" by the RIAH team explores how states can reinforce humanitarian norms to protect healthcare in conflict zones. It analyses five initiatives, highlighting lessons in diplomacy, engagement, framing, & accountability. 📄 Read more: riah.manchester.ac.uk/articles/rep...

TODAY!!!

📍 Tewkesbury, 2007 — One of the UK’s worst floods 💧 Undergrad Anna Smyth explores its lessons on disaster response + resilience in a top-mark blog for @hcrinstitute.bsky.social, praised by Dr Pedro Silva Rocha Lima 👏 🔗 tinyurl.com/s5fj6e4u #DisasterManagement #Tewkesbury2007#FloodResilience

❗Final day to apply❗

We're doing a webinar / discussion on Friday... See you there? Info & Register at: lnkd.in/eX5Q6vjB

🎓 Final week to apply! HCRI's Volunteer Bursary is open for @uniofmanchester.bsky.social undergrads & Project Trust returnees 🌍 ✅ Volunteer experience ✅ Planning to study MA/MSc in humanitarian response 📅 Deadline: 1 May, 11:59 PM BST 🔗 www.hcri.manchester.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

📰 New on the University of Manchester Humanities Blog: Dr Luis Martinez discusses gestational diabetes, maternal health & the global fight for health equity. 🌍 A powerful reminder of why inclusive, accessible care matters. 💡 Read more 👉 tinyurl.com/vxx58km5

❗Deadline is TODAY — don’t miss it!

How effective are interventions by the African Union to prevent conflict? Here, Kristina Tschunkert reviews the evidence, finding that most interventions have some success in de-escalation. Read the full report here 👇 k4d.ids.ac.uk/resource/eff... @hcrinstitute.bsky.social #AfricanUnion #IR

The latest #Humanitarian Evidence and Discourse Summary is now live📢 Topics include: impacts of #AidCuts, destruction of civilian infrastructure, and the health impacts of heavy bombing Read the full summary by Luke Kelly from @hcrinstitute.bsky.social here👇 k4d.ids.ac.uk/resource/k4d...