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and Arup-supported global programme to accelerate critical infrastructure resilience, "The Resilience Shift", which stimulates improved resilience and whole-system thinking through thought leadership, grant making, and convening.
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International Development group, a non-profit subsidiary of Arup Group which works with organisations that look to improve the coordination of infrastructure development in the developing world. She is a member of
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s 35 Women Under 35. She has investigated the relationship between populations and the built environment, in particular the role of infrastructure in reducing vulnerability.
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In 2021, Da Silva was named a Dame for her work within disaster relief and sustainability in locations such as Haiti and Sri Lanka.
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da Silva, Jo; Kernaghan, Sam; Luque, Andrés (2012). "A systems approach to meeting the challenges of urban climate change".
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Brunel International Lecture, discussing the role of engineers in responding to disaster. She was awarded an Honorary
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Da Silva is a specialist in disaster reduction and has worked with various humanitarian groups. She worked with the
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Gryc, Hayley; da Silva, Jo (2013). "Global engineers thinking locally: creating kindergartens for Africa".
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Jo da Silva - Built environment brokering the relationship between people and planet
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on Ideas Stores, a way to bring IT facilities to communities in East London.
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for services to engineering and international, sustainable development.
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as a graduate engineer in 1989. She was part of the development of the
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Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering
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preventing homes being destroyed when floods or disasters return.
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In November 2021 Da Silva was the guest on the long running
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on a Global Program for Safer Schools. Da Silva worked with
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For the South African actress and television presenter, see
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and Jennifer Jane da Silva. She studied engineering at the
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in 2018, talking about Design, Disaster and Development.
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International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development
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She delivered the 2018 Judith Neilson Lecture at the
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Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers
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Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers
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Jo da Silva (actress)
Dame
DBE
FREng
FICE
RDI
University of Cambridge
Arup Group
Doctor of Technology
Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers
DBE
FREng
FICE
RDI
Arup Group
Washington, D.C.
CMG
University of Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
emergency management
Arup Group
Hong Kong International Airport
National Portrait Gallery, London
Management Today
Arup
RedR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Sri Lanka
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Ghana

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