Ongoing Projects old

	The Rohingya Exodus: Issues and Implications for Stability, Security and Peace in South Asia Given the recent Rohingya exodus to Bangladesh, this research aims to study the overall implications of this exodus for regional stability, security and peace. In so doing, this research also intends to understand causes and drivers of identity-based politics associated to Rohingya population in Myanmar. This study also wants to understand complex issues of management of large exodus of refugees in Bangladesh and how best to address them in the longer-term. View the Project
	Arctic Adaptation for Climate Change: Sea Ice Dynamics and the Role of Broken Ice in Multi-scale Deformation As the Arctic warms, the extent of the Arctic Ocean sea ice cover is diminishing but also the proportion of thinner seasonal first-year sea ice is increasing. The impact of the former will mean increased activity in the Arctic Ocean, particularly resource extraction and shipping, while posing challenges to indigenous people and to wildlife. The impact of the latter will mean greater deformation of the sea ice cover, which will influence the sea ice dynamics. Understanding the evolving sea ice thickness distribution and sea ice dynamics with on-going climate change is therefore crucial if the impacts of climate change are to be understood. View the Project
	Increasing Resilience to Environmental Hazards in Border Conflict Zones (Ladakh, India) This is a foundation research proposal that focuses on building resilience to multiple environmental hazards through understanding the hazards drivers and the preparedness of culturally diverse resident and migrant communities with heightened vulnerabilities in frontier zones. The research focuses on Ladakh, northern India. View the Project
	MANTRA: Increasing maternal and child health resilience before, during and after disasters using mobile technology in Nepal Perinatal women and their newborns are amongst the most vulnerable in disasters when access to healthcare advice and services may be reduced or non-existent. This project investigates building women's resilience by improving access to information and communications before, during and after environmental disasters. View the Project
	Indonesia School Program to Improve Resilience (INSPIRE) The Newton fund, Institutional Links provides grants and collaboration partnership with higher education institutions in the UK and partner countries. The £735 million fund is managed by the UK's Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and aims to facilitate various research to tackle development challenges globally until 2021. View the Project
	ZIKA: A gamified m-training app for health professionals on protocols and participatory surveillance associated with Zika virus Dengue epidemics have been considered major public health concerns since the middle of the last century. Due to climate change and increased air travel, two new arboviruses became endemic in the Americas: Chikungunya and the recent deadly outbreak of Zika. View the project

Earthquake Hazard in the Apennines, Italy.

Newly appointed IRDR Lecturer Joanna Faure Walker joined a major NERC multi-partner international project, led by IRDR Executive member Professor Gerald Roberts. She has already secured additional funding and is supervising two research students. David Alexander, IRDR Professor, joined the EEFIT Field Mission to evaluate recovery following the L'Aquila earthquake of 2009.

Arctic Risks

This programme aims to develop our understanding of sea ice mechanics and engineering problems in the context of environmental and societal risks in the Arctic. Ben Lishman was appointed IRDR Research Fellow. We signed a collaboration agreement with the NTNU, Norway, to support an IRDR Impact PhD Studentship and another with Total (France) for an Impact Studentship to work on arctic navigation. In April 2013 we hosted an international cross-disciplinary IRDR Arctic Risk Forum, addressing Arctic engineering risks and their implications, engaging with academics, engineers and professionals from the City. In May 2013 we hosted an International Rubble Ice Workshop for SAMCoT (see below).

International partnerships.

We also have international research partnerships with Russian, Bolivian, Japanese, Greek, Norwegian, and Indian partners. Find out more