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Resilience Development Initiative (RDI)
- Cynthia Susilo
Cynthia Susilo, PhD, serves as an Urban Planning Advisor at UNDP since April 2023 and has held the position of Strategic Advisor at UN-Habitat since January 2020, contributing to projects such as the Integrated Public Transport System for Bandung and Urban Transformation Plans for Surabaya. Cynthia is also a Principal Researcher at the Habitus Platform Research Initiative, a Senior Research Fellow at the Resilience Development Initiative, and a Collaborator at Kampungnesia.org. Prior roles include Postdoctoral Research Fellow at KU Leuven and University Lecturer at Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta. Cynthia’s academic credentials include a PhD in Architecture and Urbanisms from KU Leuven and a Master’s degree in Human Settlements from the same institution, alongside extensive project design experience. Additionally, Cynthia is currently pursuing an extension course in Philosophy at STF Driyarkara.
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Resilience Development Initiative (RDI)
Resilience Development Initiative (RDI) is an Indonesian think tank initiative that focuses on resilience studies and sustainable development. RDI contributes to the body of knowledge on development and disaster research studies. RDI continuously produces publication on resilience studies and sustainable development. RDI researcher actively attend national and international conferences and build networks to disseminate research findings and advocate resilience awareness. To date, RDI has six research clusters, namely: REER (Renewable Energy and Emission Reduction), DCR (Disaster and Climate Resilience), WWM (Water and Waste Management), TCH (Tourism and Cultural Heritage), CSWH (Children, Social Welfare and Health), Regional and Urban Policy (RUP) and Finance and Business Management RDI holds a monthly lecture inviting external experts to give presentation on current resilience studies. RDI has experiences working in South East Asian countries and also strong collaboration with a number of countries in Latin America, Africa, Europe and Australia. RDI has hosted > 300 interns. RDI has over 100 fellows located in many countries.
