Richard Haigh
Professor Richard Haigh joined the University of Huddersfield in 2014 as Co-Director of the Global Centre for Disaster Resilience at the School of Art, Design and Architecture. This multi-disciplinary Centre is committed to excellence in research and collaboration to improve the resilience of nations and communities to disasters.
Richard was previously a Professor at the University of Salford, where he studied and worked for 20 years. He undertook a degree in Construction Management before commencing his doctoral studies in 1998, which focused on the development of a process capacity maturity model for the construction industry. Richard worked as a research assistant and fellow in several major EPSRC and NHS funded projects prior to joining the University as a lecturer in 2003. Richard went on to contribute to a wide range of teaching and research activities at Salford’s School of the Built Environment, while also serving in several School management roles, including as Director of Research Training and Co-Director of Postgraduate Research for the School’s 200+ PhD students. Richard became a Professor in 2012 and prior to joining Huddersfield in 2014, was Acting Associate Head of Research & Innovation at Salford’s School of the Built Environment, No.1 in Research Power at the last RAE for Architecture and the Built Environment.
Richard is a Founding Editor of the International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, published by Emerald and indexed in Scopus. It is the only journal to promote research and scholarly activity that examines the role of building and construction to anticipate and respond to unexpected events that damage or destroy the built environment. Richard is also a Founder and Co-Chair of the International Conferences on Building Resilience, a series of multi-disciplinary, international gatherings for academics, practitioners and policy that are focused on tackling disaster risk and the development of disaster resilient communities. The fifth event in the series will take place in Newcastle, Australia in 2015, while previous events have been held in Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom.
Richard has a world-wide network of partners from policy, government, industry and academia who support his work. He contributes to the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) Making Cities Resilient: 'My City is getting ready!' campaign, launched in May 2010, which addresses issues of local governance and urban risk. Richard co-hosted the campaign Steering Committee alongside the 2014 International Conference on Building Resilience.
Richard has obtained thirteen research grants since 2005 in the areas of disaster resilience, construction management and education, covering issues such climate change adaptation, social impact of post-conflict reconstruction, gender, curricular development, knowledge management, capacity building for resilience, and education in the built environment.
Richard is Principal Investigator of the €800,000, EU funded ANDROID Network (Academic Network for Disaster Resilience to Optimise Educational Development), a consortium of 67 institutions across 31 countries committed to promote co-operation and innovation to increase society’s resilience to disasters of human and natural origin. Richard was also Principal Investigator of Conflict Prevention through Infrastructure Reconstruction, a 12-month intervention to enhance the capacity of local stakeholders to deliver conflict sensitive infrastructure reconstruction programmes within the North and East of Sri Lanka, and thereby to help prevent future conflict in the region. The project was funded by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office through the British High Commission in Colombo.
Richard has published 28 peer refereed journal articles, over 150 peer refereed conference articles, 1 edited book, 7 book chapters, and 13 reports for a variety of stakeholders. Richard has also delivered over 40 invited speeches and keynote presentations for audiences in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Canada, Estonia, Lithuania, and South Africa.
Full details of Richard’s publications, projects, and national and international activities can also be found at www.richardhaigh.info.
Phone: +44 (0)1484 471387
Address: Global Disaster Resilience Centre
School of Art, Design and Architecture
University of Huddersfield
Queensgate, Huddersfield
HD1 3DH
United Kingdom
Richard was previously a Professor at the University of Salford, where he studied and worked for 20 years. He undertook a degree in Construction Management before commencing his doctoral studies in 1998, which focused on the development of a process capacity maturity model for the construction industry. Richard worked as a research assistant and fellow in several major EPSRC and NHS funded projects prior to joining the University as a lecturer in 2003. Richard went on to contribute to a wide range of teaching and research activities at Salford’s School of the Built Environment, while also serving in several School management roles, including as Director of Research Training and Co-Director of Postgraduate Research for the School’s 200+ PhD students. Richard became a Professor in 2012 and prior to joining Huddersfield in 2014, was Acting Associate Head of Research & Innovation at Salford’s School of the Built Environment, No.1 in Research Power at the last RAE for Architecture and the Built Environment.
Richard is a Founding Editor of the International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, published by Emerald and indexed in Scopus. It is the only journal to promote research and scholarly activity that examines the role of building and construction to anticipate and respond to unexpected events that damage or destroy the built environment. Richard is also a Founder and Co-Chair of the International Conferences on Building Resilience, a series of multi-disciplinary, international gatherings for academics, practitioners and policy that are focused on tackling disaster risk and the development of disaster resilient communities. The fifth event in the series will take place in Newcastle, Australia in 2015, while previous events have been held in Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom.
Richard has a world-wide network of partners from policy, government, industry and academia who support his work. He contributes to the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) Making Cities Resilient: 'My City is getting ready!' campaign, launched in May 2010, which addresses issues of local governance and urban risk. Richard co-hosted the campaign Steering Committee alongside the 2014 International Conference on Building Resilience.
Richard has obtained thirteen research grants since 2005 in the areas of disaster resilience, construction management and education, covering issues such climate change adaptation, social impact of post-conflict reconstruction, gender, curricular development, knowledge management, capacity building for resilience, and education in the built environment.
Richard is Principal Investigator of the €800,000, EU funded ANDROID Network (Academic Network for Disaster Resilience to Optimise Educational Development), a consortium of 67 institutions across 31 countries committed to promote co-operation and innovation to increase society’s resilience to disasters of human and natural origin. Richard was also Principal Investigator of Conflict Prevention through Infrastructure Reconstruction, a 12-month intervention to enhance the capacity of local stakeholders to deliver conflict sensitive infrastructure reconstruction programmes within the North and East of Sri Lanka, and thereby to help prevent future conflict in the region. The project was funded by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office through the British High Commission in Colombo.
Richard has published 28 peer refereed journal articles, over 150 peer refereed conference articles, 1 edited book, 7 book chapters, and 13 reports for a variety of stakeholders. Richard has also delivered over 40 invited speeches and keynote presentations for audiences in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Canada, Estonia, Lithuania, and South Africa.
Full details of Richard’s publications, projects, and national and international activities can also be found at www.richardhaigh.info.
Phone: +44 (0)1484 471387
Address: Global Disaster Resilience Centre
School of Art, Design and Architecture
University of Huddersfield
Queensgate, Huddersfield
HD1 3DH
United Kingdom
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The journal seeks to: develop the skills and knowledge of the built environment researchers and professions working in disaster prone areas, so that they may strengthen their capacity in strategic and practical aspects of disaster prevention, mitigation, response and reconstruction; provide a unique forum for novel enquiries into the development and application of new and emerging practices as a source of innovation to challenge current practices; promote the exchange of ideas between researchers, educators, practitioners and policy makers; and, influence disaster prevention, mitigation, response and reconstruction policies and practices.
Papers by Richard Haigh
Design/methodology/approach – Using four housing reconstruction projects in Batticaloa, Kilinochchi and Jaffna Districts, Sri Lanka, as case studies, and a novel methodological framework, the study explores the causal relations among the independent variables associated with housing reconstruction and dependent variables related to conflict prevention. The data, gathered from interviews and project reports, were analysed using propositions from a literature review, adopting a thematic analytical approach.
Findings – This study finds that reconstruction has created new forms of conflicts and tensions for the people who came to live in the newly constructed houses. The hostile relations that existed among different ethnic groups during the conflict were continued, and to some extent, exacerbated by the
reconstruction undertaken after the war.
Practical implications – The study identifies causal relations among the independent variables associated with housing reconstruction and dependent variables related to conflict prevention, which can be used to inform physical reconstruction programmes after conflict.
Originality/value – The research presents a novel methodological framework. The results reveal concerns in housing and infrastructure development that have implications for future research and practice in post conflict environments.
mediated by a whole range of circumstances such as the intensity of the disaster, type and nature of the
community affected and the nature of loss and displacement. The purpose of this paper is to
demonstrate the need to adopt a holistic or integrated approach to assessment of the process of disaster
recovery, and to develop a multidimensional assessment framework.
Design/methodology/approach – The study is designed as a novel qualitative assessment of the
recovery process using qualitative data collection techniques from a sample of communities affected
by the Indian Ocean tsunami in Eastern and Southern Sri Lanka.
Findings – The outcomes of the interventions have varied widely depending on such factors as the
nature of the community, the nature of the intervention and the mode of delivery for donor support.
The surveyed communities are ranked in terms of the nature and extent of recovery.
Practical implications – The indices of recovery developed constitute a convenient tool of
measurement of effectiveness and limitations of external interventions. The assessment used is
multidimensional and socially inclusive.
Originality/value – The approach adopted is new to post-disaster recovery assessments and is
useful for monitoring and evaluation of recovery processes. It also fits into the social accountability
model as the assessment is based on community experience with the recovery process.
The journal seeks to: develop the skills and knowledge of the built environment researchers and professions working in disaster prone areas, so that they may strengthen their capacity in strategic and practical aspects of disaster prevention, mitigation, response and reconstruction; provide a unique forum for novel enquiries into the development and application of new and emerging practices as a source of innovation to challenge current practices; promote the exchange of ideas between researchers, educators, practitioners and policy makers; and, influence disaster prevention, mitigation, response and reconstruction policies and practices.
Design/methodology/approach – Using four housing reconstruction projects in Batticaloa, Kilinochchi and Jaffna Districts, Sri Lanka, as case studies, and a novel methodological framework, the study explores the causal relations among the independent variables associated with housing reconstruction and dependent variables related to conflict prevention. The data, gathered from interviews and project reports, were analysed using propositions from a literature review, adopting a thematic analytical approach.
Findings – This study finds that reconstruction has created new forms of conflicts and tensions for the people who came to live in the newly constructed houses. The hostile relations that existed among different ethnic groups during the conflict were continued, and to some extent, exacerbated by the
reconstruction undertaken after the war.
Practical implications – The study identifies causal relations among the independent variables associated with housing reconstruction and dependent variables related to conflict prevention, which can be used to inform physical reconstruction programmes after conflict.
Originality/value – The research presents a novel methodological framework. The results reveal concerns in housing and infrastructure development that have implications for future research and practice in post conflict environments.
mediated by a whole range of circumstances such as the intensity of the disaster, type and nature of the
community affected and the nature of loss and displacement. The purpose of this paper is to
demonstrate the need to adopt a holistic or integrated approach to assessment of the process of disaster
recovery, and to develop a multidimensional assessment framework.
Design/methodology/approach – The study is designed as a novel qualitative assessment of the
recovery process using qualitative data collection techniques from a sample of communities affected
by the Indian Ocean tsunami in Eastern and Southern Sri Lanka.
Findings – The outcomes of the interventions have varied widely depending on such factors as the
nature of the community, the nature of the intervention and the mode of delivery for donor support.
The surveyed communities are ranked in terms of the nature and extent of recovery.
Practical implications – The indices of recovery developed constitute a convenient tool of
measurement of effectiveness and limitations of external interventions. The assessment used is
multidimensional and socially inclusive.
Originality/value – The approach adopted is new to post-disaster recovery assessments and is
useful for monitoring and evaluation of recovery processes. It also fits into the social accountability
model as the assessment is based on community experience with the recovery process.