THINKlab Special Issue: ‘Sustainability of Post-Disaster Recovery’
THINKlab asked to guest edit a special issue of international Sustainability journal, 'Sustainability of Post-Disaster Recovery'.
Disaster risk reduction
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.
Dr Kaushal Keraminiyage attends the ‘Sixth Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk Reduction’
THINKlab Associate, Dr. Keraminiyage, invited to the ‘Sixth Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk Reduction’ in Kyoto, Japan.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
THINKlab secures new Disaster Management Project.
The University of Salford THINKlab has been awarded almost £1 million from the UK Research and Innovation Collective Fund to develop an advanced digital platform.
THINKlab handover the MOBILISE digital platform to Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Centre and National Building Research Organisation.
The MOBILISE team visited Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC) and National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) to ensure the smooth handover of the new MOBILISE digital platform for strengthening their disaster risk reduction activities.