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Lena Dominelli: ‘Social work can mobilise community action on climate’
February 27, 2013 in Climate Change, Hazards and Risks | Tags: climate adaptation, climate change, lena dominelli, resilience, social work | by brettcherry | Leave a comment
A video from Climate Change TV featuring IHRR Co-Director Prof Lena Dominelli on how social work can help communities make the transitions to renewable sources of energy to mitigate carbon emissions and adapt to climate change.
Read moreProf Lena Dominelli on social work and disaster intervention
November 19, 2012 in Developing World, Hazards and Risks, Podcast | Tags: durham university, hazard, project sri lanka, resilience, risk, social work | by IHRR | 2 comments

In this IHRR podcast, Prof Lena Dominelli introduces the role of social work in disaster intervention using the example of recovery efforts during the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami in Sri Lanka. Prof Dominelli is a lead researcher on Project Sri Lanka at Durham University and an Associate Director of IHRR. As both a sociologist and social worker, her research has been published widely. Her latest book, Green Social Work, looks at environmental issues from a social work perspective.
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