(3 March 2020) RISE PhD researcher Robyn Mansfield believes children should be part of the urban planning process. She is finding ways to make them heard.
Two of RISE's International Scientific Advisory Panel share their reflections of their recent trip to Suva, and the proud, tight-knit communities who live there.
Researchers and policymakers from more than 35 countries converged at Stanford University for the 2019 Planetary Health Annual Meeting. RISE's Ruzka Taruc and Dr Amelia Turagabeci were among them.
With the finishing touches being put on the green infrastructure at RISE's demonstration site, Batua, four residents stepped forward to share their ideas for how the roads could be designed in a way that represents their identity and their community.
Science Days are bringing researchers and residents together in Makassar to make direct links between science and everyday life in informal settlements.
The health and wellbeing survey is the biggest and broadest survey RISE is conducting across Makassar and Suva. Find out from PostDoctoral Researcher Dr Fiona Barker about how it all came together.
Dr Audrie Lin joins RISE from the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Public Health. She focuses on assessing adult and child health through survey and biological specimen collection.
A crucial hypothesis of RISE is that upgrading the physical environment of informal settlements can lead to better human health. One of the key aims of the environmental assessment is to quantify mosquitoes to see if they increase, stay the same, or decrease due to the intervention.
A newly released special issue of Global Challenges advances thinking about how to operationalise interdisciplinary research, shares lessons learned, and contributes new theoretical and empirical knowledge.
In April 2019, RISE’s International Scientific Advisory Panel made a trip to Makassar to visit the program’s settlements, meet the in-country team and hold their second meeting. ISAP Chair Ted Bianco shares his reflections of the trip – and some unexpected fun along the way.
Water is an important component in human life and the earth's environment. The availability and access of clean water for all living things on earth is the focus of sustainable development 2030.
Today we celebrate 25 years of action for biodiversity, marking the anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Biodiversity is essential to the existence of present and future generations.
More than 40% of the world’s population lacks access to a safe and reliable water source, according to the United Nations Development Program, and that figure is projected to rise over coming decades.
RISE is supporting the implementation of the New Urban Agenda by pioneering a healthier and more environmentally-friendly water sensitive cities approach to urban water management.
