Risk, Resilience and Climate
We work at the nexus of disaster risk, climate change, and health. We work with partners to understand, reduce and prevent disaster and climate risk, including in complex environments and with displaced populations.
When capacities are overwhelmed, we provide technical support to ensure humanitarian interventions and recovery pathways are inclusive and equitable. We combine sector-specific expertise with a systems lens to strengthen human, animal and environmental health, and community resilience and well-being.
We collaborate with partners to deliver practical solutions that reduce exposure to, and the impacts of, disaster risk across the life course, from infancy to end of life, and at the intersection of gender, disability, migration and socio-economic status.
Our work
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Enhancing Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Results in Infrastructure in South Asia
We are providing technical advice and strategic support to Asian Development Bank’s South Asia Department (SARD) GESI Team to enhance the integration of gender equality and social inclusion in program design and implementation.
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#Navigating Health
A shared care approach uses the skills, knowledge and experience of a patient, carer and the health professionals who share joint decision making for an individual’s care. We talk about patient-centred care, but we do not have patient-centred systems.
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Electric Power Innovation for a Carbon-free Society (EPICS) Center
The center will develop computing, economic, engineering, and policy methods and tools to enable a 100% emissions-free power grid.
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ASEAN UK Health Security Partnership project
This 5-year programme is supporting ASEAN Member States, and Timor-Leste and their partners, to strengthen health security, build resilient health systems, and address the impacts of climate change on health across the region.
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Strengthening Capacity to Design and Implement Energy Sector Projects
Strengthening Capacity to Design and Implement Energy Sector Projects.
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Inclusive Energy Transition in South Asia and Beyond
We will plan and deliver a series of knowledge building events to encourage the use of energy solutions that are fair and include everyone.
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Small Island States: Enabling a Just Energy Transition in the Maldives
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A Just Energy Transition
We will plan and deliver project design and development, and a series of knowledge building events to promote the use of clean energy solutions that are fair and inclusive.
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Lessons learned from surveillance and contact tracing for COVID-19 in South-East Asia
Surveillance and contact tracing are critical components of countries’ and regional health security systems. This evaluation will review the performance and impact of digital technology.
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Humanitarian Disability Needs Estimation and Screening Tool
The Humanitarian Disability Needs Estimation and Screening Tool (HD-NEST) project set out to develop a tool for identifying people with disability and support needs during the critical early response phase of a sudden onset disaster.
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Preparing Actionable Data for Inclusive Shelter - PADIS Phase 2
PADIS Phase 2 will build organisational capacity on use of disability data in humanitarian shelter response in Asia. This will be via a collaborative and guided design process with country shelter cluster and organisation of persons with disabilities (OPD) representatives.
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Impact of Age-Inclusion Specialists
Humanitarian programs frequently use a blanket approach that does not respond to the differential needs of older people. The research will explore the tangible impacts of dedicated Age-Inclusive Specialists.
Our impact
Meet our Risk, Resilience and Climate experts
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Dr Melanie Bannister-Tyrrell
Principal Advisor
Research Focus: Infectious diseases; One Health; Antimicrobial Resistance -
Professor Nick Crofts
Director, Centre for Law Enforcement and Public Health
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Min-Hui Law
Technical Advisor
Research Focus: Governance; Gender Equality & Social Inclusion; Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights -
Professor Ajay Mahal
Professorial Fellow
Research Focus: Health Economics; Health Systems; Human Development & Health -
Dr Reihana Mohideen
Principal Advisor, Social Implications of Technology (Infrastructure and Resilience)
Research Focus: Community resilience; Gender inclusion; Energy transition -
Dr Alex Robinson
Disability Inclusion and Rehabilitation, Head
Research Focus: Disability; Development; Disaster risk -
Clare Strachan
Principal Advisor – Strategic Partnerships
Research Focus: Pandemic prevention, preparedness & response, & health security; Health systems, governance & financing; Communicable & non-communicable disease control -
Dr Juan-Pablo (JP) Villanueva-Cabezas
Honorary Research Fellow, Infectious Diseases
Research Focus: Pandemic Preparedness & Response; Zoonoses; One Health