Rebuilding the Rubble – Paradise Lost

Rebuilding the Rubble – Paradise Lost

by Alice Hutchins. In the aftermath of California’s recent wildfires, no one really knows whether it is possible to re-build what was lost, or whether it is better to start again from scratch, to try and create new lives in the face of so much loss. With the numbers...
Rethinking Child Trafficking in Nepal

Rethinking Child Trafficking in Nepal

By Shovita Adhikari. Shovita holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Essex. Her doctorate research aimed at exploring the responses to child trafficking in South Asia particularly in Nepal. She currently teaches  a criminology module at the University of Essex...

Recently Published Research on Resilience

The concept of resilience: a bibliometric analysis of the emergency and disaster management literature by  Fatih Demoroz and Thomas W Haase Latest News The Next Phase LIDAR The Inner-Detective Manizales, Colombia The New Ecology of Tornado Warning Information: A...
Grenfell Tower and ‘Stay Put’

Grenfell Tower and ‘Stay Put’

by John Preston There has been much debate in the media and elsewhere as to whether ‘stay put’ was an appropriate strategy in the Grenfell Tower fire which killed 72 people in London in June 2017. In my new book I look at why ‘stay put’ was in place at Grenfell and...