Researchers from CSSHC contribute to field-research and capacity building activities in Indonesia and Vietnam

Researchers from the Centre for Social and Humanitarian Crises participated to field visits and capacity building events in Indonesia and Vietnam (August 2022) as part of the ENHANCE project, emphasising on community based, interdisciplinary responses to humanitarian challenges. 

While in Indonesia, researchers visited the active volcano of Mount Bromo and worked with residents in the nearby Pronojiwo Village, where more than 50 people lost their lives almost a year ago.  

The village’s community centre hosts tens of university students who use their skills and knowledge to contribute to the rebuilding of the community.

In Vietnam, researchers participating to ENHANCE helped facilitate a two-day capacity building seminar on innovative pedagogical approaches to humanitarian practice in disaster contexts.

The ENHANCE project is funded by the EU and aims at nurturing humanitarian attributes through engineering education for serving unsupported communities effectively and responsibly, in identifying problems and defining sustainable solutions. The project is co-ordinated by the Univeristy of Warwick, under the academic supervision of Professor Georgia Kremmyda

The main objectives of the project are :

 Disaster risk reduction;

 Safer engineering;

 Resilience of critical infrastructure;

 The need to involve local communities and ensure interdisciplinary and inter-professional co-operation when designing and applying engineering solutions to address humanitarian challenges.