Our blogs
HCRI's staff and students publish news and opinion pieces via a number of blogs.
Staff blogs
Our academic staff also publish content related to their research interests on their personal blogs.
Please note, the views and opinions expressed in these blogs are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute or The University of Manchester.
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Bertrand Taithe
Read Bertrand’s blog on humanitarian history.
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Billy Haworth
Visit Billy's website.
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Mukesh Kapila
Visit Mukesh's website.
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Roger Mac Ginty
Read Roger's blog on peace, conflict and international relations.
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Tanja Müller
Read Tanja's blog, 'aspiration and revolution'.
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Recent posts
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Environment of Peace – an environment for progress
Dan Smith
26 June 2020
“I hope you are well.” A phrase that routinely starts each email now has special meaning. And not only in terms of physiological health but also psychological well being. And it’s not just the Covid-19 pandemic. Once you start thinking … Continue reading →
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Britain’s coming culture war
Roger Mac Ginty
15 June 2020
We can see the contours of the remainder of this Tory government and the run-in to the next general election (scheduled for May 2024). The Johnson administration will continue to govern with incompetence, but its large parliamentary majority of 80 seats means that it will be insulated from external criticism. Those with the stature to […]
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The borders that bind and divide: what future for hybrid identities in the times of Corona?
Tanja Müller
26 May 2020
At a time when borders seem a key salient feature of our time, but perhaps that is what they have always been, two timely special issues came out recently in the exciting open access online borderlands journal, based on a … Continue reading →
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Queering maternal health (and why it’s a good thing)
DrJMLopez
21 May 2020
I have long had a personal quandary with the usefulness of naming targeted services by gender. I spent 10 years writing about the faults in development and global health language relating to the feminization of poverty in Latin America. I have hopped from one metaphorical foot to the other on why we need to recognise … Continue reading Queering maternal health (and why it’s a good thing)
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Travelling in the times of Corona: a personal story
Tanja Müller
21 May 2020
I do not recall exactly when it first dawned on me that Corona was more than a beer that I usually do not drink. It must have been sometime during February, as then I was in the UK, the country … Continue reading →
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