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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New Article by me on the state of the art of Peace and Conflict Studies. If you cannot access it then email me (roger.macginty@durham.ac.uk) for a pdf
Roger Mac Ginty
2 April 2019
New article by me: Roger Mac Ginty (2019) Complementarity and Interdisciplinarity in Peace and Conflict Studies, Journal of Global Security Studies. Link to article here Abstract This essay unpacks some of the nuances and complexities of peace and conflict studies. While it accepts that there are divisions between those who study conflict and those who […]
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Can we stop using the term ‘ontological security’. It is ridiculous.
Roger Mac Ginty
1 April 2019
Can we all stop using the term ‘ontological security’? It is a ridiculous term. The concept simply means comfort or a feeling of security. There has been great academic work done the concept and it has helped us understand security in more sociological terms. This has been a very useful service as it helps us […]
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Revisiting the ICC indictment against Al Bashir in the wake of the current protest movements in Sudan
Tanja Müller
26 March 2019
Since January 2019, Sudan has seen protests in different parts of he country that quickly moved from anger at worsening economic and social conditions to the demand of regime change and free elections. It was initially met with brute force … Continue reading →
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Bloody Sunday: Amnesty not murder charges
Roger Mac Ginty
14 March 2019
A former British soldier is to be charged with two counts of murder arising from ‘Bloody Sunday’ – a massacre by state troops of civilians who were protesting for civil rights in Northern Ireland. For the relatives of the dead (13 civilians were killed) this holds out the possibility of a justice that has been […]
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Karen Bradley and the justification of state killing
Roger Mac Ginty
7 March 2019
There was some surprise at Northern Ireland Secretary of State Karen Bradley’s comments justifying killings by the British State. The surprise is surprising. Bradley is a British unionist and is merely upholding British unionist policy that the British state is legitimate. The logic of British unionism, like all forms of nationalism, is violence. Some British […]
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