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Media

Media/ News Items

  1. As extreme heat and wildfires hit Europe, experts look to Bangladesh for climate change advice (The Telegraph, UK, 18 July 2023) [PDF]
  2. How well can we deal with landslides? (The Daily Star, 8 June 2023) [PDF]
  3. Foreign scientists: Your code is up to California standard, but buildings are not built to code (The 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake, on 1 March 2023) [PDF]
  4. UCL partners with Met Office to advance science of weather and climate prediction
  5. IRDR Message for IDDRR2022 – Early Action, Early Warning [PDF]
  6. UCL Promotions 2021-22 (UCL)
  7. How Bangladesh beat Europe at fighting floods (The Deutsche Welle/ DW).
  8. IRDR success in UCL Awards (UCL IRDR News).
  9. Four UCL IRDR academics ranked in global top 2% of highly cited scientists in their field (UCL IRDR News).
  10. For the Rohingya, Covid is both a distraction and a threat (The Big Issue). [PDF]
  11. Lessons for climate resilience from ancient history and beyond, in latest Journal of the British Academy issue (Press release).
  12. Three UCL IRDR academics ranked in global top 2% of scientists in their field (UCL IRDR News).
  13. Why landslides in Bangladesh’s former conflict zone are becoming deadlier (The New Humanitarian). [PDF]
  14. Harmful myths about migration and health used to justify exclusion policies (UCL press release). 
  15. A seminar arranged by BIP at National Press Club, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Daily Prothom Alo), Dhaka, Bangladesh (Daily Prothom Alo – 22 June 2016).
  16. Dealing with Environmental Hazards in Border Conflict Zones: Insights from Turtuk, India (UCL IRDR News). 
  17. ICT for Mountain Development Award 2015 (ICIMOD Nepal). [PDF]
  18. Landslide Early Warning System Development in Chittagong, Bangladesh (UCL IRDR on 9 May 2016). [PDF]
  19. Bangladeshi scientists win ICT for Mountain Development Award (23 Dec 2015, en.ntvbd.com). [PDF]
  20. 2 Bangladeshis win ICT for Mountain Development Award (23 Dec 2015, prothom-alo.com).
  21. 2 Bangladesh scientists win ICT for Mountain Development Award (23 Dec 2015, unb.com.bd).
  22. 2 Bangladesh scientists win ICT for Mountain Development Award (24 Dec 2015, The Financial Express).
  23. Two Bangladesh scientists win ICT for Mountain Development Award (23 Dec 2015, The Bangladesh Today).
  24. Two BUET students get geography fellowship (07 February 2013, the Daily Star). [PDF]

Professional Blogs

  1. Are Rohingyas protected in countries that did not sign the 1951 refugee convention? (UCL IRDR).
  2. পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রামে পাহাড়ধস-ঝুঁকিতে সবচেয়ে অরক্ষিত কারা? (বিজ্ঞান ব্লগ). [PDF]
  3. Bangladesh has saved thousands of lives from a devastating cyclone – here’s how (The Conversation UK).
  4. Conflict, Disaster, and Disease: A Colossal Catastrophe Looms in the Rohingya Camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (UCL IRDR).
  5. A disaster that does not happen saves lives and money (Thomson Reuters Foundation).
  6. Resilient to Landslides: The Indigenous Tribal Communities of Bangladesh (UCL IRDR).
  7. Children’s Day at the Earthquake Shelters in Ecuador (EEFIT Blog).
  8. বাংলাদেশে পাহাড়ধস এবং আমাদের করণীয়! (Bangladesh Institute of Planners).
  9. সড়ক দুর্ঘটনা এবং পর্যাপ্ত নিরাপত্তাঃ মূল বিষয়সমূহ এবং করণীয়! (Bangladesh Institute of Planners).
  10. ঢাকার নগরায়নের ধারা এবং যথোচিত নগর পরিকল্পনার ভূমিকা (Bangladesh Institute of Planners).

Other Media Coverage

  1. UN official likens Rohingya living conditions to Nazi concentration camps (The Guardian), July 2019. [PDF]
  2. UK conference stresses responsibility to help Rohingya (Anadolu Agency), July 2019. [PDF]