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UNDRR selected Professor Dilanthi’s research on women’s leadership and participation in disaster governance as the cornerstone key message for the 2026 International Women’s
On International Women’s Day, Professor Dilanthi’s message featured by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) highlights the critical role of
The Global Disaster Resilience Centre (GDRC) at the University of Huddersfield has published its Annual Report for 2023. Click here to access
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Some of the country’s leading experts in disaster research gathered at the University of Huddersfield for the 2023 UK Alliance for Disaster
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2018
- Women at Work – Dilanthi Amaratunga – September 2018
- ‘We can’t be complacent about disaster management’ – Dilanthi Amaratunga – 14th September 2018
- Association was formed to handle disaster management – September 2018
- 115,000 people evacuate in the Indian Oceanwide tsunami exercise, Relief Web – 14th September 2018
- 115,000 people evacuate in the Indian Ocean-wide tsunami exercise, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission,UNESCOOcean-wide tsunami exercise, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission,UNESCO – 14th September 2018
- His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka, Media Division, August 2018
- Lanka participates in International Tsunami Drill today – 5th September 2018
- Sri Lanka Tsunami Evacuation Drill – 5th September 2018
- Leading roles for Head of the Global Disaster Resilience Centre – June 2018
- Huddersfield takes awards at UALL national conferenceHuddersfield takes awards at UALL national conference – April 2018
- 70 scientists gather for the first CABARET capacity building workshop, in Kandy, Sri Lanka – CABARET News Letter 3 – April 2018
- Prof speaks at Rwandan symposium on victims of mass displacement – March 2018
- Breaking research boundaries to address global mass displacement – February 2018
- ASCENT, Silumina – February 2018
- Upcoming Symposia – Inclusive Prosperity and Wellbeing in the Context of Mass Displacement – February 2018
- Disaster resilience experts in Philippines for major conference – January 2018
- Uni takes lead at International Conference on Building Resilience – January 2018
- My Makati – Janaury 2018
- LOCALISING STRATEGIES FOR MAKING CITIES RESILIENT TO DISASTERS Workshop – January 2018
- Uni takes lead at the internaitonal confernece on Building Resilience – Janaury 2018
2017
- 7th ICBR – November 2017
- 7th International confernece on Building Resilience to be held in Bangkok, Thailand – November 2017
- Boxing day Tsunami disaster – November 2017
- Huddersfield experts are making sure the Boxing Day tsunami disaster never happens againdisaster never happens again – November 2017
- RICS Building Control Magazine – risk and resilience – November 2017
- Capacity gaps for MHEW identified in five national studies and one regional study – CABARET News Letter 2 – October 2018
- CABARET AND THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION OF UNISDR – September 2017
- Capacity Building in Asia for Resilience Education , UNISDR – September 2017
- IHCANTABRIA HOSTS THE SECOND STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE CABARET PROJECT – 27th to 29th September 2017
- Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Build Disaster Resilience in Coastal Communities, October 2017
- Unand menyelenggarakan Konferesi Internasional ICEE 2017 (4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EARTH SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING,Andalas University, Padang, INDONESIA) August 2017
- ASCENT project aims to reduce impact of disastersASCENT project aims to reduce impact of disasters, News article, International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, August 2017
- Localising Strategies for making cites resilient to disastersLocalising Strategies for making cites resilient to disasters, University of Cambridge press, September 2017
- Global project to empower coastal communitiesGlobal project to empower coastal communities – July 2017
- Women in Architecture Symposium comes to the North!Women in Architecture Symposium comes to the North! – June 2017.
- Huddersfield professors take centre stage at global UN conference – 17th June 2017
- Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction Highlights, May 2017
- Global Platform for DRR 2017, May 2017
- ASCENT Project Coordination Meeting and Research Colloquium, ASCENT Newsletter Issue 3, May 2017
- Advancing Skill Creation to ENhance Transformation – News Letter, May 2017
- ASCENT Project successfully concluded 6 day training program and consultative meeting held in Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka and Fisherman Bay Hotel Weligama on 4th March 2017
- CApacity Building in Asia for Resilience EducaTion – Vol 1 Issue 1 – March 2017
- From then to now; Visakhians making a name for themselves, February 2017
- ‘Risk Awareness and Future Challenges’- NBRO holds 7th Annual Symposium 2016, January 2017
- £1.1m projects to defend against natural disasters in SE Asia – 27th January 2017
- Localising strategies for making cities resilient to disasters, January 2017
2016
- How to mainstream disaster risk reduction – 16th DEcember 2016, RICS
- ASCENT Project Coordination Meeting in Manchester, ASCENT Newsletter Issue 2, October 2016
- “Advancing Skill Creation to ENhance Transformation”, ASCENT News Letter Issue1, August 2016.
- Funded Projects – ASCENTFunded Projects – ASCENT – NORTHERN PERIPHERY AND ARCTIC PROGRAMME 2014-2020, August 2016
- ASCENT (Advancing Skill Creation to Enhance Transformation)ASCENT (Advancing Skill Creation to Enhance Transformation), August 2016
- Special issue: International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, Prevention Web News, 27 July 2016
- Training for global agreements, Ceylon Today, 15 July 2016
- Training for agreements. Ceylon Today, July 2016.
- Awards – CIB World Building Congress 2016, June 2016
- Exploring resilience workshopExploring resilience workshop, National Research Network for Low Carbon Energy and Environment (NRN-LCEE), Cardiff, May 2016.
- The new EU project, called ASCENT (Advancing Skill Creation to ENhance Transformation) Aims to Reduce Impact of DisastersThe new EU project, called ASCENT (Advancing Skill Creation to ENhance Transformation) Aims to Reduce Impact of Disasters; Disaster, Conflict and Social Crisis Research Network Newsletter, March 2016
- Market Demands in the Construction Industry to Increase Societal Resilience to Disasters, QSUM Magazine, UAE.
- Fourth conference Åre Risk Event in Åre, Sweden, 14–16 June 2016, The Risk and Crisis Research Centre at Mid Sweden University, Conference theme: conference, themed ‘Resilience: Challenges and Opportunities for societal contingency and individual safety’.
- €1,000,000 multi-national project will reduce the impact of major natural disasters, Gorkana, 26th January 2016
2015
- British council conducts disaster resilience workshop, November 2015, Jakarta Post, 10th November 2015.
- Science and technology cooperation between South Asia and the EU, ADPC’s News, 21 August 2015, Bangkok, Thailand
- A disaster resilience education and research Roadmap for Europe 2030, UNISDR, Geneva, 22 May 2015
- ADPC’s training course on ecosystem resilience in Vietnam, ADPC’s News, 25 May 2015
- Volume 2, Issue 3 of the ANDROID Exchange newsletter – May 2015. This issue reports on some of our key outputs and outcomes, while also highlighting the network’s presence at a major global event that will confirm adoption of the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction.
- Volume 2, Issue 2 of the ANDROID Exchange newsletter– April 2015. This issues begins with a review of the third annual conference of the ANDROID network, which was held at MediaCity in Salford, UK.
- Vol 2 Issue 1 of ANDROID Exchange, June 2013 – This issue includes an introduction to the Open Educational Resources. This issue begins with an introduction to working group 8’s efforts to develop an open educational resopurce (OER) platform, which will host digitised materials offered freely and openly for educators, students and self-learners to use and reuse for teaching, learning and research.
- Volume 1, Issue 3 of the ANDROID Exchange Newsletter, A Roadmap for European Higher Education – An update on the ANDROID projects that will contribute to a roadmap for European disaster resilience education, March 2013.
- Volume 1, Issue 2 of the ANDROID Exchange Newsletter, International Recovery Platform A network of UN agencies, financial institutions and governments concerned with post disaster recovery and reconstruction, December 2012.
- Volume 1, Issue 1 of the ANDROID Exchange Newsletter, Launch issue of ANDROID Exchange, The newsletter of the ANDROID Disaster Resilience Network, June 2012.
- Special Themed issue of the International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment (IJDRBE) on
The “State of DRR at the Local Level” :A 2015 Report on the Patterns of Disaster Risk Reduction Actions at Local Level, UNIDR, March 2015 - Inter-disciplinary research in globlal disaster resilience, Disvocer, Spring 2015.
- CASCADE newsletter 3 – CASCADE Findings Presented in Brussels – March 2015
2014
- Yorkshire professors working to prevent tsunami tragedy,Yorkshire Post, 31 December 2014
- Profs play key role in tsunami warning and mitigation system. Grkana Group, 11th November 2014.
- CASCADE news letter 2 – CASCADE event at major international conference – November 2014
- UN HAILS GREATER MANCHESTER AS A ROLE MODEL FOR TOTAL RESILIENCE,Press release, 8 September 2014 – UNISDR 2014/20
- Urban risk and the revised HFA, UNISDR , 10th September 2014.
- Uni now home to the Huddersfield Centre for Disaster Resilience, September 2014
- CASCADE newsletter 1 – Promoting EU and South Asian bi-regional coordination of Science & Technology Cooperation – May 2014
- ANDROID Exchange Vol 2, Issue2 :Third annual conference of the ANDROID network. October 2014
- UNISDR Advocates, July 2014. UNISDR.
- EU’s Horizon 2020 launches CASCADE for South Asia. FT.LK, 31st Janaury 2014.
- “Increasing the European societies’ resilience to disasters of human and natural origin” – Newsletters, International Focus 103 – Europe: after the elections, EU education & training programmes
- “Two Salford professors appointed to prestigious positions” US News, 26 May 2014
- “EU project takes lab ideas to the marketplace“, The Sunday Times, 02 February 2014
- “Horizon 2020 teams up with EU for research excellence”, Daily FT, 25 January 2014
- “The Horizon 2020: Teaming up with EU for Research Excellence – South Asia Launch”, PRESS RELEASE: European Union, 24 January 2014
- “Salford University to launch prestigious EU funding programme in South Asia”, Research News, University of Salford, 27 January 2014
- Salford leads project to stimulate research and innovation in South Asia, Janaury 2014. Salford online.
- Centre for Disaster Resilience Reducing the threat of disasters for vulnerable communities worldwide, University of Salford, February 2014.
- “Salford University to launch prestigious EU funding programme in South Asia”, News, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, 27 January 2014
2013
- “Salford leads project to stimulate research and innovation in South Asia”, News, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, 14 November 2013
- “Evolving nature of European Union – Sri Lanka cooperation; from humanitarian and post-war assistance to higher education and Research and Innovation”, PRESS RELEASE: European Union, 6 November 2013
- “Sri Lanka hosts major international conference on building resilience to disasters”, News, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, 15 October 2013
- “University of Salford Centre for Disaster Resilience, United Kingdom”, nominee for 2013 UN Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction
- Nominee for UN Sasakawa Award. 2013.
- “CIB Encourage Journal – International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment”, CIB Encouraged Journal Management, Organisation and Economics, 07 March 2013
- “Making cities resilient: from awareness to implementation – Special journal issue for free”, News, Prevention Web, 05 March 2013
- ANDROID Disaster Resilience Network, Preventionweb, 2013.
- “Making cities resilient special edition: International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment”, Prevention Web, March 2013
- “International strategy runner up: Salford University- Salford’s International Strategy – Iraq and Sri Lanka”, The Guardian, 28 February 2013
- Salford work in Sri Lanka and Iraq prasied at Guardian Awards. July 2013. Salford online.
- “Salford quantity surveying degree in Sri Lanka to address acute skills shortage”, US Online, 21 February 2013
- “Centre for Disaster Resilience: Reducing the threat of disasters for vulnerable communities worldwide”, February 2013
- “Centre for Disaster Resilience teams up with Russian Federation partners”, US Online, 22 January 2013
2012
- Policy Briefing Forum, RMIT Press Office, 28th November 2012.
- “Inaugural ANDROID Conference”, News, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, 2012.
- “International Conference on Building Resilience”, Events, University of Salford.
- “New academic network for disaster resilience created by EU”, By Andrea Rover, University of Salford News, April 2012
- “University’s global disaster resilience network receives UN recognition”, US Online, 4 April 2012
- “New academic network for disaster resilience created by EU” By Tony Flynn, Salford Online, 3rd April 2012
- “EU creates academic network for disaster resilience” By Dizery Salim, GENEVA, 14 March 2012
- “Research and education: the Sri Lankan partnership”; “Constructing educational partnerships”, RISE Magazine. February/ March 2012, University of Salford.
- “Conflict prevention through infrastructure reconstruction”, RISE Magazine. February/ March 2012, University of Salford.
2011
- “Building bridges”, US Magazine, October 2011, University of Salford.
- “Campaign partnership continues”, RISE Magazine. November/December 2011, University of Salford.
- “Reporting the facts”, RISE Magazine. November/December 2011, University of Salford.
- “Android by name, human by nature”, RISE Magazine. November/December 2011, University of Salford.
- “Reconstruction for peace”, RISE Magazine. August/September 2011, University of Salford.
- “Research, discuss, implement… The Disaster Resilience Conference”, RISE Magazine. August/September 2011, University of Salford.
- RICS accredited BSc (HONS) Degree in Sri Lanka, CCINW news. 16th August 2011.
- RICS accredited BSc (HONS) QS Degree in Sri Lanka, The Sunday Times, 14th August 2011.
- “The written word: The Centre for Disaster Resilience at the University, continues its work, building new partnerships, researching into real world issues and embedding research to improve day to day lives in disaster areas”, RISE Magazine. August/September 2011, University of Salford.
- Better construction approaches can significantly add value, Daily News, 2nd August 2011.
- Launch of the Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready, Kandalama, Sri Lanka on 19 July 2011, In association with International Conference on Building Resilience: Interdisciplinary approaches to disaster risk reduction, and the development of sustainable communities and cities
- Local governments come together to build safer communities in Sri Lanka, commits to World Disaster Reduction campaign, 5th July 2011, UNISDR.
- Fast-track development process in Sri Lanka: Better construction approaches can significantly add value. Dailynews, 2011
- Resilience Matters: Seminar Series on Exploring Resilience,Resilience Matters: Seminar Series on Exploring Resilience, Durham University, July 2011.
- Sri Lanka post-war reconstruction can connet communities: expert, LB – Lanka Business online, 8th July 2011
- Sri Lanka hosts major international conference on building resilience to disasters, 17th July 2011. Sunday Times.
- Sri Lanka hosts major international conference on building resilience to disasters, Salford online. July 2011.
- Resilience is the key to post conflict development. Sunday Observer, 17th July 2011.
- International Conference on Building Resilience to Disasters in Sri Lanka, Mon, Jul 18, 2011. Colombo Page.
- University of Salford offers new course in Sri Lanka, Mon, 16 May 2011
- The Chamber of Construction Industries Sri Lanka (CCISL) will host an international conference on building resilience, 5th May 2011, Daily News.
- Building Back – Sri Lanka post-war reconstruction can connect communities: expert, 18 Jul, 2011 . Lanka Business Online
- International conference on building resilience: Interdisciplinary approaches to disaster risk reduction, and the development of sustainable communities and cities, UNIDRS, Geneva, Switzerland, July 2011.
- Resilience the key to post-conflict development, 17th July 2011 . Sunday Observer
- University of Salford offers new course in Sri Lanka , April 2011
- RICS accredited BSc.(HONS) QS Degree in Sri Lanka, August 2011 , Sunday Times
- “Stronger, safer, wiser – Sharing the knowledge”, RISE Magazine. May/June 2011, University of Salford.
- CCISL to host intl seminar. Daily News. 5th May 2011.
- “Reconstructing the Community – the people that matter”, RISE Magazine. May/June 2011, University of Salford.
- “International conference on building resilience” and “Joint Conferences and Seminars with RMIT, Australia””International conference on building resilience” and “Joint Conferences and Seminars with RMIT, Australia”, RISE Magazine. February/March 2011, University of Salford.
- “Cerebella: Community Engagement for risk erosion in Bangladesh to Enhance Lifelong Advantage”, RISE Magazine. February/March 2011, University of Salford.
- “Centre for Disaster Resilience”, RISE Magazine. February/March 2011, University of Salford.
2010
- International conference on building resilience, Daily News, 21st December 2010.
- Meet the editors of the International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, August 2010
- Disasters and the Built Environment: Towards a Mature Discipline. Inaugural Editorial: International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, Volume 1, Issue 1. Emerald Publishing, 2010.
- “Disaster, Women and Empowerment”, RISE Magazine. November/December 2010, University of Salford.
- “Centre for Disaster Resilience”, RISE Magazine. November/December 2010, University of Salford.
- “After the war is over”, RISE Magazine. August/September 2010, University of Salford.
- “BELLCURVE”, RISE Magazine. August/September 2010, University of Salford.
- “Knowledge strengthens the core”, RISE Magazine. August/September 2010, University of Salford.
- “Salford Leads Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment”, RISE Magazine. Feb/March 2010, University of Salford.
- Community involvement: Crisis Response Vol 6 Issue 4, Pp 46-47
- CCI and Salford University collaborate: International conference on building resilience. Tops.lk- news online. 21/12/2010
- International conference on building resilience. Daily News. 21/12/2010
2009 and before
- “University of Salford Academics Help Pave the way towards Reconstruction and Rehabilitation in Sri Lanka”, RISE Magazine. July/August 2009, University of Salford.
- Empowering people in post conflict areas is vital, [a]rchitechnocis, 19th June, 2009.
- Empowering people in post conflict areas vital. Daily news. 18/06/2009 . Daily News
- Build Back Better says visiting Disaster Resilience DUO. Sri Lanka news first, Colombo News Desk, SND, 16th June 2009.
- Build Back Better says visiting Disaster Resilience DUO, Asian Tribune, 16th June 2009.
- “Salford Research Contributing to Conflict Mitigation and Post Disaster Reconstruction in Sri Lanka”, RISE Magazine. May/June 2009, University of Salford.
- Built Environment and the role of construction in post-tsunami Sri Lanka. QSUM magazine, Dubai. UAE.
- Challenges faced by the quantity Surveying profession: Comparative analysis of the gender perspective. SLQS Qatar.
- Structured Process Improvement for Construction Enterprises. QSUM magazine, Dubai. UAE.
- Women building for 2010: Girls on top for 2012 Olympics. East London Advertiser. 24/07/2008
- Too many barriers for women to overcome. The Constructor. April 2008
- Women leaders within the construction industry. QS Week. May 2008
- Newspaper articles in English and in local languages (e.g. in Sinhalese) in newspapers on international collaborative projects which Salford leads: “EURASIA – EURopean and ASIan Infrastructure Advantage”. “ISLAND – Inspiring Sri-Lankan reNewal and Development” 2005 -2006.
- EURASIA and Tsunami Relief Efforts in Sri Lanka,The Leader, Newsletter of the School of Construction and Property Management, April 2006
- European and Asian Infrastructure Advantage (EURASIA), January 2006.
- FM Research Conference, The Leader, Newsletter of the School of Construction and Property Management, 21 February 2000
- Postgraduate success,The Leader, Newsletter of the School of Construction and Property Management, 9 November 1999
- Bizarre Fruit 2000, The Leader, Newsletter of the School of Construction and Property Management, 20 March 2000
- International Research Week 2004 & EUA Doctoral Programme Project Innovative Practice for Doctoral Programmes,The Leader, Newsletter of the School of Construction and Property Management, March 2004
- International Research Week 2004 & EUA Doctoral Programme Project Innovative Practice for Doctoral ProgrammesInternational Research Week 2004 & EUA Doctoral Programme Project Innovative Practice for Doctoral Programmes, The Leader, Newsletter of the School of Construction and Property Management, July 2004
- Research Bids Success, The Leader, Newsletter of the School of Construction and Property Management, July 2005
