There’s still time to register to attend our 5th in-person IBRN workshop ‘Strengthening Resilience to Urban Explosive Violence’ which will be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 2-3 July!
See details on our website:
blastinjurynetwork.com/5th-ibrn-works…

A quick overview of our WUN RDF project, a three-way collaboration between UoSEngineering UCT Research & Sheffield Blast

Great interview with @aoav board member Jack Denny (@JackWDenny): academic expertise informing very real life issues

Implementing the Political Declaration on explosive weapons in populated areas: why engineering-perspectives on blast effects matter

aoav.org.uk/2024/implement…

It's great when powerful, impactful work is produced by charity board members. Here's something headed by @aoav's Professor Ismene Gizelis:
Gendered patterns in explosive violence: a policy brief on understanding the impact of explosive weapons on women
aoav.org.uk/2024/gendered-…

To implement the #Declaration , we need to understand the blast effects of what we are trying to protect people from.

Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) and IBRN's Dr Jack Denny explored why engineering-perspectives matter when discussing the protection of civilians from #EWIPA .👇

aoav.org.uk/2024/implement…

This week marks 5 years since we started the IBRN 🤯😊 see this article by Research and Innovation Services, Southampton to find out more about the network’s mission, or check out our website - blastinjurynetwork.com

Excellent event & interesting discussions! Thank you United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research & Explosive Weapons Monitor for inviting me and the IBRN to participate in this important workshop concerning data collection on the effects of explosive weapons in populated areas #EWIPA

Today France & Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) held a side event on 'Mitigating IEDs effects'. Many thanks to panelists Dr Iain Overton Ismene Gizelis Dr Jack Denny Jenny Dathan for their deep data analysis (huge impact on civilians, esp. women) and subsequent recommendations to policymakers & urban planners.

The use of heavy explosive weapons in Israel and Palestine must stop
An urgent call from INEW - a network group that includes Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) Save the Children US Human Rights Watch Article36 PAX HI_Advocacy and others
aoav.org.uk/2023/the-use-o…

Today we had our first online workshop for our WUN RDF project incl partners from UoSEngineering UCT Research, The University of Sheffield, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) Cambridge University & American University of Beirut. We discussed CFD results using Viper Applied Science & plans for our upcoming experiments examining the #BeirutBlast

#NDMUN26 with colleagues UNMAS day 2 and Dr Hannah Wild is up soon our fantastic IBRN partner form the UW School of Medicine Faculty Affairs Southampton Medicine

Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) IBRN Save the Children UK ICRC and the INEW network have been busy sharing research and data on the impact of #WarinCities , at Norway MFA's Protecting Children in Armed Conflict conference in Oslo.

Really pleased to share this recently published paper on reduced-scale #blast testing in collaboration with colleagues at UCT Research & Sheffield Blast ! Thanks to UoSEngineering & UoSinternational Office for supporting this project. mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/1…

Glad to co-author this new paper on using scaling for blast in complex geometries.

We had our first online WUN meeting today! Great to see colleagues from University of Southampton UCT Research, The University of Sheffield & UTS Science, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) Cambridge University & American University of Beirut to discuss urban #blast #resilience & upcoming experimental work to explore aspects of the #BeirutBlast

This was a great day of knowledge sharing thank you Samar Al-Hajj for you help, hospitality and support with the IBRN

The @mena_pair and IBRN workshop provided multidisciplinary experts the opportunity to exchange knowledge and expertise to transfer lessons learned from the #Beirut blast to other comparable large-scale disasters #earthquake . American University of Beirut Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB @LebAmUniv Embrace

The @mena_pair and IBRN brought together local and international experts to share lessons learned from #BeirutBlast and build collaborations for healthcare system Preparedness, Responses and Resilience.American University of Beirut Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB AUB Global Health Institute DRM Lebanon Lebanese Red Cross @LebAmUniv

The last interactive activity of the day is in progress. Lots to consider and discuss—we are so pleased with how engaged everyone has been today! #2020BeirutBlast

Rounding out IBRN #Beirut workshop presentations today are Dr Yara Chamoun and Dr Myriam Zarzour of Embrace talking about the Embrace Mental Health Center experience post #2020BeirutBlast