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Humanitarian Frontiers Lab

Locality: Darlington

Phone: +61 2 8627 9049

Address: The University of Sydney 2006 Darlington, NSW, Australia

Website: https://humanitarianfrontierslab.org

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21.01.2022 Our new open access journal article, authored by See Lay Shien, Luke Calo, Ben Bannon, and Aaron Opdyke, shares lessons from our action research in collaboration with the MDRRMO Carigara using OpenStreetMap to assess urban drainage infrastructure for flood risk reduction in the #Philippines

19.01.2022 Check out our new #OpenAccess article in Disaster Prevention and Management from Eefje Hendriks and Aaron Opdyke which looks at the communication of hazard-resistant construction techniques in housing after disaster! The research draws on surveys and interviews with households in #Busuanga in the #Philippines to show the important role local governments and vocational schools have in supporting safer housing recovery. Follow the link below to download! https://www.emerald.com//10.1108/DPM-01-2020-0025/full/html

12.01.2022 We're excited to be welcoming Arvin Hadlos to our lab next year as a PhD student! His research will focus on strategies to support housing self-recovery after disasters. He joins us from the University of the Philippines where he is completing his masters degree. Check out this awesome summary of his master's research which looked at the impact of participation on household satisfaction in post-disaster resettlement efforts!

11.01.2022 Check our new open access article published in the International Journal for Disaster Risk Reduction! We gathered humanitarian shelter and settlements practitioners to ask them where research was needed. In collaboration with colleagues at the Global Projects and Organizations research group at the University of Colorado Boulder, we identified and ranked 96 areas where better evidence is needed to support sheltering and housing after disaster and conflict.

08.01.2022 Dr Aaron Opdyke joins an episode of the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre Stories podcast to talk about disasters in the Philippines. Listen in to hear about some of our current research on housing, disaster risk reduction, and why disasters are not natural. You can also follow and listen to the the SSEAC Stories podcast on iTunes or Spotify.