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Professor Joanna Faure Walker and colleagues inspired pupils at New Scientist Live with talks, panels, and hands‑on disaster preparedness activities.

Young children show strong awareness of disaster preparedness, highlighting the need for early-life education on emergencies.

UCL WRC welcomes a new innovative report by Rhiannon Hawkins that provides an innovative review of current strategies to monitor mental health in the context of disasters proposing novel solutions.

UCL’s Department for Risk and Disaster Reduction (RDR) is one of only fourteen research centres and networks worldwide to be awarded ‘International Centre of Excellence’ status by the International Sc

UCL has been named the ninth best university in the 2026 QS World University Rankings, the third year in a row the university has held this position.

UCL’s EXGROM project, led by Professor Mohammad Shamsudduha, is building research‑to‑policy links in Bangladesh to tackle salinity, strengthen groundwater management and boost climate resilience.

Dr Punam Yadav was awarded £29,950 to lead an international team focused on skills development for early career researchers from the Global South through collaborative writing workshops.

RDR students are invited to apply for the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) Scholarship Programme, which supports outstanding students in emergency management and related disciplines worldwide.

The question of shared rivers is now entangled with the larger, and escalating, dispute between India and Pakistan, writes Dr Daniel Haines (UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction) in The Conversation.

Dr Eslam Elbaaly will join UCL RDR in June as Lecturer (Teaching) in Humanitarian Operations, bringing Médecins Sans Frontières field experience and expertise in public health and crisis response.

Dr Shipra Jain has been named Vice Chair of the UN WMO World Weather Research Programme, which promotes improved weather forecasting and impact research.

Christina Bennett, CEO of Start Network, will deliver the keynote address at the 15th RDR Annual Conference, titled

Dr Punam Yadav will moderate a discussion with UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, Melissa Fleming, on strengthening information integrity in the humanitarian context.

Associate Professor Dr Estella Carpi and The Bartlett's Professor Maurizio Marinelli will explore how bottom-up food markets in London can build resilience and reduce carbon emissions, supported by UCL’s Grand Challenges funding.

Professor Mark Pelling and The Bartlett's Professor Lauren Andres will lead an interdisciplinary investigation into how climate adaptation strategies affect democratic governance, supported by UCL’s Grand Challenges Climate Crisis Pump-Priming Awards 2024–2026.