
Rajib Shaw
Rajib Shaw is a Professor at Keio University in Japan, specializing in disaster risk management, climate adaptation, and urban resilience. He co-founded the Resilience Innovation Knowledge Academy (RIKA) and holds academic positions at IIT Guwahati and Sichuan University. Previously, he served as Executive Director of Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) and chaired the UN Global Science Technology Advisory Group. Prof. Shaw has authored 65 books and over 450 papers and received prestigious awards, including the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award and the UN Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction.
The Salata Institute
The Salata Institute supports interdisciplinary research that leads to real-world action, including high-risk/high-reward projects by researchers already working in the climate area and new endeavors that make it easier for Harvard scholars, who have not worked on climate problems, to do so. Faculty interested in the Climate Research Clusters program should note an upcoming deadline for concepts on April 1, 2024.