MOBILISE

MOBILISE Digital Solutions Featured in the Climate Resilient Infrastructure Report Launched at COP29

We are thrilled to see our MOBILISE digital solutions featured in The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Report: A Focus on Technology – International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure, launched at COP29 by the International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI). This report showcases platforms, tools, and emerging digital technologies that enhance decision-making for climate resilience and adaptation. The […]

Building resilience to respond to extreme weather events

We are delighted that our MOBILSIE project and stakeholder collaboration has featured in a recent Ordnance Survey article which discusses building resilience to respond to extreme weather events.

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Novel Digital Toolset for Supporting Community engagement to strengthen disaster resilience in Salford

The University of Salford's THINKlab is delighted to be working with the Greater Manchester Resilience Forum (GMRF) to explore new ways of using technology to engage practitioners and the public in understanding climate-induced disaster risks in Greater Manchester.

MOBILISE: Modelling the impact of flooding

THINKlab to pilot advanced digital solutions as part of Program for Asia Resilience to Climate Change

The University of Salford's THINKlab is working in the Kalutara District, Sri Lanka to pilot the MOBILISE digital platform and help to build climate resilience and community-based early warnings systems.

How THINKlab aligns with Cop 26: Day 9, Adaptation, Loss and Damage.

As part of the COP26 programme of events, the Director of THINKlab, Professor Terrence Fernando, talks about some of the current projects which support Monday 8 November and the theme: Adaptation, Loss and Damage.

THINKlab takes part in the UKRI Launch Event for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26)

The THINKlab is delighted to have been asked to take part in the UK Research and Investment (UKRI) Adaptation and Resilience Series Launch Event which will take place on 3rd June 2021. The Director of the THINKlab, Professor Terrence Fernando, will deliver a short presentation on the MOBILISE and TRANSCEND projects which focus on climate adaptation […]

MOBILISE web-based collaborative environment

Smart city technology for disaster resilience

Professor Terrence Fernando, Director, and Dulcidio Coelho, Technical Director, THINKlab, University of Salford, talk to Abigail Tomkins at the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES) NATURAL disasters are occurring more frequently in South Asia. Floods, earthquakes, landslides and droughts can wipe out many years of development progress in a single catastrophic event. Alongside response […]

New digital platform helps THINKlab’s partners integrate more effectively

The University of Salford’s THINKlab has developed a digital platform which allows a range of heterogenous sensor networks to be integrated so project partners can effectively monitor rising rivers and rainfall which can lead to floods and landslides. The digital platform will be used in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Pakistan, three low-middle income countries whose […]

Q&A with THINKlab drone visualisation developers

The THINKlab has developed a new digital drone visualisation platform which has the potential for changing the way users can respond to disasters more effectively and for supporting post disaster reconstruction efforts. The digital drone visualisation platform will mean that stakeholders are able to interpret data more quickly which will strengthen their decision-making and increase […]

UKRI announces international development research programme awards

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced 141 new international development research projects that is aimed at tackling global challenges such as environmental disasters, education for children living through conflict and malnutrition. These awards aim to bring together a wide range of researchers and experts from across the UK and developing countries to generate innovative […]

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