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UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction has released its 2026 annual report, showcasing a year of research impact, global partnerships and student achievement across disaster, climate and urban resilience.

UCL’s Centre for Digital Public Health in Emergencies has been designated a WHO Collaborating Centre — the first focused on pandemics, strengthening digital tools and regional preparedness.

Professor Joanna Faure Walker and Professor David Alexander joined a panel at the Embassy of Japan, exploring innovation, resilience, and recovery 15 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Staff and students across the MAPS Faculty gathered to celebrate the extraordinary achievements and contributions made by all the winners of the many prizes, competitions, and awards.

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 Risk & Disaster Reduction welcomed Year 12 students to a 'Global Humanitarian Studies Snapshot' as part of the Sutton Trust Summer School, offering an immersive introduction to university life.

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.

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.

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.

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.