Doctoral Students are Investigating Sustainable Cities Topics

Applications had to demonstrate how the students would work together on a Grand Challenges topic, in any of a wide range of activities, from research workshops and symposia, through to films and publications, and public engagement in all its forms.

Two awards were made to students covering Grand Challenge of Sustainable Cities topics:

• Earthquake Preparedness First Aid Kit:
  A Video Series
  Chen Huang (Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering) and Omar Velazquez (Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction)

• In Otto Koeniger's footsteps:
  Workshops to encourage engagement between HEIs and cities for Government of India's Smart Cities Mission Initiative
  Debananda Misra (Department of Education, Practice and Society, Institute of Education) and Rodrigo Caimanque Leverone (Development Planning Unit)

Work will begin in August 2017, and should be complete by 31 July 2018.