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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Dan Smith
Read Dan’s analysis and commentary on world issues.
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Eleanor Davey
Read Eleanor’s blog on humanitarian history.
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Jenna Murray de López
Read Jenna's blog, 'birth rites anthro'.
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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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In spite of everything: Congratulations to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the Nobel Committee
Tanja Müller
14 October 2019
On the morning when it was announced that Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed would receive the Nobel Prize for Peace, I sat in a Café in Manchester’s Northern Quarter with Hannah. Hannah (not her real name) is an Eritrean … Continue reading →
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Black Lives in the White City: Expat Eritreans in Tel Aviv
Tanja Müller
26 September 2019
One of the main problem of our time is migration, we are being told. The Brexit vote to leave the EU seems to have been strongly related to migration fears. When people speak about migration, they usually do not think … Continue reading →
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Climate change, human rights and security
Dan Smith
24 September 2019
The UN’s Climate Action Summit is an effort to raise the global level of ambition to address the deepening climate crisis by encouraging governments to go further in reducing carbon emissions and in providing finance to meet the challenges. It … Continue reading →
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‘OUR FUTURE IN YOUR HANDS’ – of climate protest and peace
Tanja Müller
17 September 2019
For a year from now, Austrian parliamentarians when they make their way to the chamber will have to pass a photograph that should make each of them choke – even though the chances that it will are probably slim. Each … Continue reading →
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Realism means cooperation
Dan Smith
14 September 2019
Consider some problems: climate change, the challenges of new technologies, the crisis in nuclear arms control, inequalities, freedom of navigation in the Gulf, increasing hunger and food insecurity, demographic pressures, the greater number of armed conflicts in this decade than … Continue reading →
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