We are an international team led by seven university professors moved by the same desire to enhance social cohesion within neighbourhoods of our respective cities. We wish to place citizens at the heart of urban transformation and decision-making processes.
Senior Researcher - Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC) Director - Int. Master City Resilience Design and ManagementChair - Urban Resilience Research Network (UR-Net)
Udayangani Kulatunga is a Professor in Building Economics, attached to the Department of Building Economics, University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka. She is also the Director of the Centre for Disaster Risk Reduction at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Thomas Marambanyika is an Associate Professor in Geography and Environmental Sustainability, in the Department of Geography, Environmental Sustainability and Resilience Building at Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. He is also the Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Midlands State University.
Prof. Terrence Fernando is the director of THINKLab, an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Salford. He spearheads collaborative efforts to tackle complex issues like disaster management and urban simulation, leveraging integrated information analysis systems, advanced visualisation, interaction tools, and computer simulations.
Professor at École nationale d'administration publique. Director of the Cité-ID Living Lab on urban governance.
Professor at the School of Public Health at the University of Montreal. Director of the SphereLab.
She is a researcher at the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (IRSS/CNRST) in Ouagadougou. She is also an associate researcher with the Renard Team at the University of Montreal. She holds a PhD in Applied Human Sciences from the University of Montreal.
Senior Researcher - Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), Director - Int. Master City Resilience Design and Management, Chair -
Urban Resilience Research Network (UR-Net)
PhD Fellow - Universitat Internacional
de Catalunya (UIC)
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Udayangani Kulatunga is a Professor in Building Economics, attached to the Department of Building Economics, University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka. She is also the Director of the Centre for Disaster Risk Reduction at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Dr. Chathura Kovida De Silva is a Senior Lecturer attached to the Department of Town and Country Planning, University of MoratuwaDescription
Research assistant at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Research assistant at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Research assistant at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Assistant de recherche à l'Université de Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
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Thomas Marambanyika is an Associate Professor in Geography and Environmental Sustainability, in the Department of Geography, Environmental Sustainability and Resilience Building at Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. He is also the Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Midlands State University. Thomas has a BA Honours degree in Geography (University of Zimbabwe), MA in Environmental Policy and Planning (University of Zimbabwe) and PhD in Geography (University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa).
Research Assistant at the Midlands State University, Zimbabwe.
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Prof. Terrence Fernando is the director of THINKLab, an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Salford. He spearheads collaborative efforts to tackle complex issues like disaster management and urban simulation, leveraging integrated information analysis systems, advanced visualisation, interaction tools, and computer simulations.
Dr Devindi Geekiyanage, a Lecturer in Quantity Surveying at the University of Salford, also works with ThinkLab as a social science researcher. With a PhD in Disaster Management, she focuses on fostering community engagement for risk-sensitive urban development. Her research interests include sustainable and risk-sensitive urban development, civic engagement 3.0, inclusive cities, equitable resilience, and anticipatory actions.
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Professor at École nationale d'administration publique. Director of the Cité-ID Living Lab on urban governance
Professor at the School of Public Health at the University of Montreal. Director of the SphereLab
Research and planning officer at École nationale d’administration publique
Research and planning officer at École nationale d’administration publique
Research assistant at École nationale d’administration publique
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She is a researcher at the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (IRSS/CNRST) in Ouagadougou. She is also an associate researcher with the Renard Team at the University of Montreal. She holds a PhD in Applied Human Sciences from the University of Montreal.
Thomas Druetz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine at the School of Public Health of the University of Montreal. He is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Tropical Medicine at Tulane University. With a background in social sciences, public health, and epidemiology, he is particularly interested in evaluating health program interventions under routine implementation conditions
Fadima is a social sciences researcher with over 10 years of experience in health research. She is a research leader at the Institute of Health Sciences Research (IRSS) in Burkina Faso. Her scientific activities mainly focus on the sociocultural and economic determinants of health. Throughout her research career, she has participated in several multi-country studies as principal investigator and co-investigator, and has collaborated with various researchers in Africa and beyond.
Paul-André Some (Master’s in Sociology and M.Sc in Public Health) is a researcher within the Working Group on Health and Development Research Group (NGO-AGIR). He has over 15 years of professional experience in NGOs, focusing on community health and social protection, and has held high-level positions of responsibility. In the past five years, he has participated as an independent researcher in intervention research and action research programs, and knowledge transfer projects on the theme of "Health and Equity." He is the author and co-author of about ten scientific article
Solange DABIRE holds a Master’s degree in Sociology and a Master's in Population and Health. Solange is a research assistant within the Working Group on Health and Development Research Group (NGO-AGIR). For over 10 years, she has coordinated, implemented, and monitored health promotion projects and programs, social protection for women, and support for vulnerable individuals. She has also participated as a research assistant in several studies in various fields. Additionally, she has extensive experience in knowledge transfer (writing policy briefs, conducting deliberative workshops, and training organizations on knowledge transfer).
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