A conference and online community to explore science, technology and the future of ideas and foster collaborations across our network on high-impact, multidisciplinary social innovation projects that use new tools and embody new approaches to significant global challenges.
This paper examines the role of social capital in the post earthquake rehabilitation and reconstruction programs in two cases: Kobe, Japan and Gujarat, India.
Through a framework of regional research centers, research nodes, science committees and secretariats, START conducts research on regional aspects of global change; provides fellowship and education opportunities; shares knowledge; bridges between science and society to support decision making; and mobilizes financial, institutional and human resources.
