The IRAX Vision Document outlines the Infrastructure Resilience Academic Exchange (IRAX) initiative by CDRI. IRAX aims to integrate disaster resilient infrastructure into global academic systems to prepare professionals for climate and disaster challenges. It envisions a University Consortium (IRAX-UC) to foster collaboration, curriculum development, and research.
Key initiatives include faculty training, a model DRI curriculum, fellowships, resilience centres, and partnerships between industry and academia. IRAX promotes interdisciplinary learning, capacity building, and innovation in infrastructure resilience.
Governed by a Steering Committee and supported by the CDRI Secretariat, IRAX seeks to position academia as a global stakeholder in DRI, ensuring future infrastructure is robust, inclusive, and adaptive to climate risks.
Key points
- IRAX promotes global academic collaboration for resilient infrastructure development.
- Universities will share resources, research, and curriculum on DRI topics.
- Faculty and professionals receive training to teach resilience principles effectively.
- A model curriculum integrates infrastructure resilience across academic disciplines worldwide.
- Fellowships and research centres advance innovative disaster resilience infrastructure solutions.
- Industry partnerships ensure academic programs meet real-world infrastructure resilience needs.