Prof. Yamuna Kaluarachchi is a Professor and the Architecture Research Hub (Interim) and PGR Lead at the Manchester School of Architecture, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She completed a BSc in Built Environment (First Class Honours) and an MSc in Architecture at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, an MSc in Building Design for Developing Countries at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, and a PhD in Architecture at the University of Cambridge. Before joining MMU, she was an Associate Professor at LSBU, a Reader at Kingston University, a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Greenwich, and was awarded the University of Greenwich Early Career Research Excellence Award. Prof. Kaluarachchi’s research expertise includes Smart and Green Cities, Resilience of Urban Cities and Communities, Biomimicry and Nature Based Solutions for Architecture and User Behaviour and Engagement in Sustainability. She has won EPSRC and GCRF research grants as Principal Investigator and worked as Co-Investigator in several UK, EU, and international projects. Her recent project ‘Gender and disability inclusion in Build Back Better Programmes’ was chosen as the LSBU, UKRI impact study.
Prof. Bingunath Ingirige has a Chair in Urban Resilience and Adaptation at the Centre for Disaster Resilience (CDR), School of Science Engineering and Environment (SSEE), University of Salford. He is also a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). He obtained his BSc (Hons) from the University of Moratuwa in 1995, his MBA in Management of Technology from the Asian Institute of Technology in 1999, and his Ph.D. in Knowledge Management in Strategic Alliances in Construction from the University of Salford in 2004. Prof. Ingirige’s main research interest lies in studies leading to adaptations to climate variability. He looks into how future projections of climate change impact economic sectors and the livelihoods of people. He was a co-investigator of UKRI/GCRF-funded TRANSCEND (ES/T003219/1), where he led the climate change work package. He has extensive experience in investigating resilience measures within a variety
of community settings encompassing several stakeholders such as small businesses, the private sector, the public sector and NGOs. He has also studied collaborative engagement processes among agencies, as well as public and private sectors, both in the UK and internationally.
