Postgraduate modules

Module Tutor: Dr Dan Haines and Dr Sarah Dryhurst
Module code: IRDR0002, 15 credits
Department: RDR
Keywords: Emergency, Crisis, Disaster, Emergency plan, Business continuity planning, Response, Recovery

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Module Tutor: Dr Bayes Ahmed
Module code: IRDR0004, 15 credits
Department: RDR

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Module Tutor: Dr Yasmine Sabri and Dr Lisa Danquah
Module code: IRDR0005, 15 credits
Department: RDR

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Module tutor: Professor Ilan Kelman
Module code: IRDR0006, 15 credits
Department: RDR

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Module Tutor: Dr Saman Ghaffarian
Module code: IRDR0010, 15 credits
Department: RDR
Keywords: Risk, earthquake, seismology, statistical modelling, numerical modelling, earthquake science, seismic risk assessment

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Module Tutor: Dr Yasmine Sabri
Module code: IRDR0012, 60 credits
Department: RDR

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Module Tutor: Dr Sarah Dryhurst
Module code: IRDR0014, 105 credits
Department: RDR

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Module Tutor: Dr Punam Yadav 
Module code: IRDR0016, 15 credits
Department: RDR
Key words: Structural vulnerabilities in disaster and conflict, sexual minorities, disaster, conflict and gender as a continuum, gender theory, intersectionality, climate change, internal displacement and migration, gender responsiveness policies and practices

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This module has been receiving excellent  feedback from students every year.

The module is incredibly versatile, as it combines diverse perspectives on conflict and disaster from experienced academics and practitioners within the field. I have found the weekly guest lectures interactive and engaging, bringing key insights about the real-world challenges of developing meaningful gendered research and policy. I have particularly appreciated hearing first-hand about academics’ experiences of conducting gendered research in different cultural contexts, ranging from Brazil to Nepal to Lebanon. Engaging with critical, intersectional and decolonial discourses has also encouraged me to expand my understanding of gender and power from the personal to the institutional level. This module has changed the ways in which I will think about inclusive peacebuilding, development, and disaster risk reduction going forward, and I would highly recommend it to students will all levels of gender knowledge (student’s feedback from 2022-2023 cohort).

This module offered so much more than I was expecting, and I am sad to leave it behind. The seminars never failed to disappoint; always highly informative and challenging and I enjoyed the class discussions. The involvement of guest lecturers brought diversity to the syllabus. Punam is very good in encouraging discussion and comment around difficult topics, and she is skilful in managing positive group participation. I find this unique amongst the modules I have taken over the course of my Masters, and would encourage anyone to take this thought-provoking module (student’s feedback from 2020-2021 cohort).

This was module was my favourite module of my Masters course. The well-structured material, coupled with the seminar interactive sessions made this module a great learning experience. The small class size made contributing to discussions easy and the group breakout discussions worked really well. I also thought the critical reading and blog assessments were really interesting (Student’s feedback from 2020-2021 cohort).

The module has completely changed how I now view and analyse disasters. I started the Gender, Disaster and Conflict module, with little understanding of gender studies. However, not only have I gained knowledge in gender theory, and its applications within the disaster and conflict context, but I have also had the opportunity to participate in discussions with leading academics and practitioners, that have undertaken incredibly meaningful research. Without doubt I will take this new perspective forward with me in my future work and career. (Student’s feedback from 2019-2020 cohort). 

Recommended reading

• Judith Butler (2006). Gender Trouble: feminism and the subervision of identity. Routledge.    
• RW Connell and Rebecca Pearse (2015). Gender: In world perspective. Polity Press
• R W Connell (2020): Masculinities, University of California Press 
• Patricia Hill Collins and Sirma Bilge (2016). Intersectionality. Polity press  Punam Yadav (2020). Can women benefit from war? Women’s agency in conflict and post-conflict contexts. Journal of Peace Research, vol 58 (3): 449-461 https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343320905619 
• Gaillard, J.C., Gorman-Murray, A. and Fordham, M. (2017) Sexual and gender minorities in disaster, Gender, Place and Culture, Gender, Place and Culture 24 (1), pp. 18-26. Carol Cohn (2013) (ed.). Gender and Wars. Polity press
• Punam Yadav and Denise Horn (2021). “Continuum of violence: feminist peace research and gender-based violence”, in Tarja Väyrynen, Swati Parashar, Élise Féron, and Catia Cecilia Confortini (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Feminist Peace Research. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/continuums-violence-punam-yadav-d...
• Yadav, P., Saville, N., Arjyal, A., Baral, S., Kostkova, P. and Fordham, M. (2021). A feminist vision for transformative change to disaster risk reduction policies and practices, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Vol 54, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.102026 

Module Tutor: Dr Gianluca Pescaroli
Module code: IRDR0017, 15 credits
Department: RDR

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Module Tutor: Prof Fatemeh Jalayer
Module code: IRDR0026
Department: RDR

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Module Tutor: Prof Mark Pelling
Module code: IRDR0046
Department: RDR

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Module Tutor: Dr Saman Ghaffarian
Module code: IRDR0047, 15 credits
Department: RDR

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