Expert Conversations for Urban Solutions
Explore the Fact Sheets
Expert Conversations for Urban Solutions
Explore the Fact Sheets
Cities around the world are confronting intensifying climate risks—from failing infrastructure and water stress to extreme heat and unequal access to green space. Cities in Action is a four-part expert conversation series bringing together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from India and the United States to examine how cities can respond to these challenges through integrated and equitable approaches.
About the Series
Why this series?
As climate risks intensify, cities are confronting interconnected challenges across infrastructure, water systems, heat stress, and urban ecosystems.
Responding effectively requires:
- Comparative learning across geographies
- Interdisciplinary approaches to urban systems
- Collaboration between research, policy, and practice
Cities in Action brought together experts from India and the United States to examine how cities can respond to climate risks in ways that are systemic, equitable, and grounded in practice.
Fact Sheets
Urban Infrastructure Resilience
Designing and governing infrastructure systems that can withstand climate shocks while supporting equitable and resilient urban growth.
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Urban Hydrology
Understanding water flows in rapidly urbanising landscapes and advancing integrated approaches to manage urban water systems.
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Urban Heat
Examining the drivers of rising urban temperatures and identifying strategies to reduce heat risks for vulnerable communities.
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Urban Forestry
Exploring how urban trees and green infrastructure improve environmental quality and strengthen climate resilience in cities.
Coming Soon
Urban Infrastructure Resilience
Designing and governing infrastructure systems that can withstand climate shocks while supporting equitable and resilient urban growth.
Urban Hydrology
Understanding water flows in rapidly urbanising landscapes and advancing integrated approaches to manage urban water systems.
Urban Heat
Examining the drivers of rising urban temperatures and identifying strategies to reduce heat risks for vulnerable communities.
Urban Forestry
Exploring how urban trees and green infrastructure improve environmental quality and strengthen climate resilience in cities.
Urban Infrastructure Resilience
Designing and governing infrastructure systems that can withstand climate shocks while supporting equitable and resilient urban growth.
Urban Hydrology
Understanding water flows in rapidly urbanising landscapes and advancing integrated approaches to manage urban water systems.
Urban Heat
Examining the drivers of rising urban temperatures and identifying strategies to reduce heat risks for vulnerable communities.
Urban Forestry
Exploring how urban trees and green infrastructure improve environmental quality and strengthen climate resilience in cities.
Knowledge Partner
Institutional Support
The Postdoctoral Programme aims to create a new cohort of faculty, researchers and applied researchers who will work on interdisciplinary questions across all IIHS Schools. It will offer focused training and mentoring for postdoctoral Fellows to develop capacities across the Research and Practice/ Applied Research Programmes at IIHS, developed in conjunction with the five interdisciplinary IIHS Schools, Centres, and Labs. They will also receive institutional support across a range of functions within IIHS as well as access to mentoring from the wider IIHS network. Specific forms of support are listed below:
- Internal research funding support
- Fieldwork/ equipment/ other research support
- Conference funding support (for one international conference annually)
- Focused capacity development that focuses on both pedagogy and research development by enrolling in ongoing IIHS courses or working together with their supervisors
- Assigned mentors within IIHS: In addition to being affiliated to a particular supervisor and School, Postdocs will be assigned a mentor with whom they will work closely. While the supervisor would be from within the team/ School in which they are located, the mentor could come from any other team, School, Programme, Lab, Centre, or Function at IIHS
- Access to the different IIHS Labs such as the Geospatial Lab, Media Lab, Urban Informatics Lab, Word Lab, and the Long Term Urban Ecological Observatory
- Access to the IIHS Library
- Access to infrastructure, recreation, and sports facilities on our Campus
Have questions? Write to us at postdoc.recruitment@iihs.co.in