University of
the Philippines
Resilience Institute

Women hold up half the sky. – Mao Zedong In her #UPRI Knowledge Sharing lecture entitled Kababaihan at Katatagan, Women and Resilience, Ma. Chriztina Madlangbayan shares the stories of some truly resilient women, human rights defenders, courageous and powerful agents of change, who are continuing victims of state oppression. #BeResilientPH

The Philippines is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate-induced hazards.

Environmental scientist Christopher Tapnio in his #UPRI Knowledge Sharing lecture “Ecosystems-based Adaptation and Resilience” enumerates the consequences of climate change, and the interventions and opportunities of Climate Risk Management and an enabling environment.

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The challenges in architecture lie in designing for the fast changing future. Architect Jose Danilo Silvestre explains how overpopulation and congestion demands that resilience should not be limited if we are to provide for the future. In his #UPRI Knowledge Sharing lecture “Resilient Architectural Designs” he assures there is always hope in designing our cities to improve the way we respond to disasters. #BeResilientPH

Environmental Planner Jan Ramel Tumbaga is the Head of the Center for Environmental Research of the Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology.

In his #UPRI Knowledge Sharing lecture entitled “Ecosystem Services and Resilience” he skillfully translates scientific concepts showing how managing one’s environment is very much like managing one’s self.

Please send body bags. This was the first message received by ham radio operator Genaro Cuaresma after the onslaught of Super Typhoon Yolanda.

This episode of the #UPRI Knowledge Sharing lecture series entitled “Communicating Disaster” from the UPRI Institution Building Office director, and professor from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics in the UP Los Banos, recounts how he and his peers responded to the early cries for help when the Yolanda tragedy struck.

An anthropologist exploring the lived experiences of marginalized communities in the Philippines, Maria Carinnes Alejandria shares in her #UPRI Knowledge Sharing lecture, Born Resilient: Locating Vulnerability and Resilience In An Urban Informal Settlement, how the enactment of exclusive policies and normalized structural violence results in the continuous perpetuation of inequality.