Hadlos and Besarra Win Humanitarian Pitch

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Arvin Hadlos and Isaac Besarra have been awarded 1st and 3rd place, respectively, in the 2023 Humanitarian Pitch organised by the Warren Centre. Arvin's winning pitch delved into his research focusing on multi-hazard housing reconstruction in Batanes, Philippines, offering insights crucial for disaster-resilient communities. Meanwhile, Isaac's pitch centred on assessing flood risk for residential buildings in Leyte, Philippines, providing valuable perspectives for mitigating the impacts of climate change. Both received $1,000 cash prizes and Arvin was supported to attend the annual Pacific Telecommunication Council's Conference in Hawaii in January 2024. Check out their winning submissions below. Congrats to both! https://youtu.be/jL6sF7FU40k…

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New Colombo Plan Grant to Support Undergraduate Disaster Research in the Philippines

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Dr Aaron Opdyke has been awarded a New Colombo Plan Mobility Grant (AUD 33,000) from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The grant will support the placement of six undergraduate students over the next two years in the Philippines for six weeks as part of their final year honours research projects.

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SEI Grant to Examine Climate Buffer Infrastructures

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Dr Aaron Opdyke is part of a team awarded a Sydney Environment Institute Collaborative Grant (AUD 20,305) which will compare grey and green infrastructure approaches to coastal adaptation in the Philippines. The team consistents of Dr Justin See (Sydney Environment Institute), Dr Sophie Webber (School of Geosciences), Dr Sandra Seno Alday (Sydney Business School), and Ginbert Permejo Cuaton (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), and Pearly Joy Peja (Eastern Visayas State University). The project titled, “Promises and Perils of Climate Buffer Infrastructures as Adaptation: Case Studies from the Philippines" will study two coastal projects in Tacloban in 2024.

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Reza Recognised with JW Roderick Prize for Best Thesis in Civil Engineering

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Honours student Nanako Reza from our lab was awarded the 2023 JW Roderick Prize for Best Thesis in Civil Engineering from the School of Civil Engineering. Nanako's honours research looked at infrastructure reconstruction and sense of place after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Congrats!

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NHRA Funding to Support Community Risk Assessment for NSW SES

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Dr Aaron Opdyke is part of a team awarded funding (AUD 120,000) from Natural Hazards Research Australia to suppor the development of new community risk assessment processes (Project T3-A3) for the NSW State Emergency Services (SES). The team is led by Nader Naderpajouh, and includes Mary Crock, Amanda Howard, David Shlosberg, Floris Van Ogtrop, Jodie Bailie, Petr Matous, Hao Zhang, Willem Vervoort, and Ali Hadigheh.

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Nabong Interning at Asian Development Bank

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is committed to ensuring that 75% of its operations support climate action by 2030. As part of this goal, their teams are looking for ways to efficiently integrate climate adaptation into their projects. Emily Nabong - a PhD student with our lab - is currently interning with the with ADB's Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department to assist in this process. Her internship project is focused on developing a tool to identify and categorize projects by various climate risk and adaptation needs.

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New SEI Grant to Study Climate Change Displacement

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Dr Aaron Opdyke and Dr Susan Banki were awarded funding from the Sydney Environment Institute through its Collaborative Grants to study how climate change impacts the design of settlements and institutions coping with displacement. Project Summary The speed and intensity of climate change is poised to reshape the landscape of displacement contexts in the Global South. As governments and organisations develop places of refuge, climate change is placing new pressures on both temporary and permanent settlements as well as disrupting conventions of whether proximity to home environments matter. This project will explore how the complicating factor of climate change influences the…

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