Natural-hazard related disasters continue to have a heavy toll globally, with marginalised groups, like people with ...

Today is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has recently published the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2025, ...

Role of women in citizens came together and voted out Yahya Jammeh in Gambia and women played an important role ...

has emerged around their relative efficacy. Some commentators see diversity as a continued source of strength, positioning foundations to address the complexity, contingency and negotiated nature of ...

Priorities for providing affordable housing and obstacles to addressing gaps in the housing market are examined in this K4DD ...

In this blog post, Maria reflects on the questions she asked when she first arrived: How can I make the most of this ...

In every crisis – natural or man-made, short or protracted, ordinary people and their local structures help one other and organise support through networks that start at home and often stretch around ...

In the absence of adequate formal assistance, many communities rely on informal solidarity mechanisms for support in meeting daily needs, building resilience, and responding to multiple shocks and ...

The recent announcement of a £11.5 million investment by UKRI into an AI evidence synthesis project makes it sound like we ...

Land is central to contemporary debates about politics as anyone in Zimbabwe knows well. Land sustains the livelihoods of millions through farming, livestock keeping, hunting and collecting. Such ...

This paper reports on research undertaken on local social solidarity and mutual assistance mechanisms in the Republic of Niger, investigating the different forms these take and their contributions to ...

With climate impacts intensifying in protracted crises, urgent action is needed to broaden engagement beyond short-term shocks.