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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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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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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Jenna Murray de López
Read Jenna's blog, 'birth rites anthro'.
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Recent posts
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Reflections at the start of Refugee Week: The end of Europe as a community of values – not caused by Brexit but the journey of the Aquarius?
Tanja Müller
16 June 2018
Remember 2015? Then, a perceived unprecedented number of refugees and migrants entered Europe, more than one million people according to available data, while almost 4000 drowned on their journeys. We saw long queues of people stranded at the borders of … Continue reading →
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Kim and Trump in Singapore: extraordinarily ordinary? – not quite
Dan Smith
14 June 2018
That was a surprise. The Sentosa Island summit on 12 June between President Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong-un produced an undramatic yet hopeful agreement. Quite a turn-up for the books, coming from two leaders famed for unpredictability. But components … Continue reading →
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Trump and the summits: disruptor or destructor?
Dan Smith
11 June 2018
As we wait for the summit meeting between US President Donald Trump and DPRK Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un to unfold on Sentosa Island in Singapore, everyone is in waiting mode and there are few takers for the challenge of forecasting … Continue reading →
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Memories of a journey to Senafe – in light of the recent Ethiopian peace offer to Eritrea
Tanja Müller
8 June 2018
It was May 2001. Not so long ago the fighting phase of the 1998-2000 border war between Eritrea and Ethiopia had ended, and now a UN peacekeeping mission (UNMEE) was on the ground in order to ensure the 20 kilometres … Continue reading →
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USIP Publication draws on Everyday Peace Indicators methodology
Roger Mac Ginty
6 June 2018
This March 2018 report from the United States Institute of Peace draws on the Everyday Peace Indicators methodology. Advertisements
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