Jerome Silla is a Research Associate for the Innovation and Education (IVE) Programme at UNU-IAS. He specialises in the fields of ICT integration for cultural heritage safeguarding and preservation, international development engineering, and water resources and coastal disaster management.
Mr Silla is currently involved in a research project that aims to enhance the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) safeguarding in Luang Prabang, Lao People’s Democratic Republic. His works include ICH database training and development, community-driven ICH inventorying, and teacher training for ICH integration in formal and informal education. He also takes part in climate change education activities and capacity-building programmes under ProSPER.Net and K-Eco Global Net-Zero Partnership.