The RELIEF Centre and Catalytic Action invite you to a workshop presentation of some of the key findings from their Global Challenges Research Fund project to Assess Vulnerabilities in Post-Blast Beirut.

This event will showcase the data from a survey of over 400 households in the neighbourhood of Mar Mikhael. This survey comes as a medium-term assessment, six months after the blast, to shed some light on the changing landscape of local vulnerabilities following immediate efforts mobilised on the ground. By comparing the findings with data collected in Mar Mikhael in 2018, the research addresses the following key questions: How have local vulnerabilities changed from pre-crisis to post-explosion? What has the impact been on employment and housing? How have people dealt with losses, and how has this affected their mental health and wellbeing?

The wider scope of the project is in collaboration with the AUB- Beirut Urban Lab.

Speakers:

Dr Elisabetta Pietrostefani, RELIEF Centre (University College London)

Sara Maassarani, CatalyticAction

RELIEF Centre Citizen Scientists Ghina Kanawati and Ali Omar Ali

Nadine Bekdache, Public Works Studio

Sandra Frem, Beirut Shifting Grounds

Rana Samara Jubayli, Nusaned

Moderator
Dr Serge Yazigi.

This workshop hopes to bring together researchers from diverse backgrounds, NGOs, data scientists, and community activists to discuss different assessments of vulnerabilities in the area. Although this session will be focused on Mar Mikhael, we hope actors working on diverse areas affected by the blast will also join to bring insights from different neighbourhoods. We hope to continue the conversation in future sessions considering the wider urban recovery effort.