Elizabeth Losos

Elizabeth Losos serves as an executive in residence at the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability and adjunct professor at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment. Her work focuses on promoting sustainable and resilient infrastructure through policy research on infrastructure standards, environmental and social impacts, and enabling conditions.

Education:

• Ph.D. from Princeton University (1993)

Her research spans sustainable infrastructure development, climate resilience planning, and global infrastructure standards. She leads the ISLE Initiative (Infrastructure Sustainability Learning and Exchange), a global network building capacity through case-based peer learning, and co-convenes the Resilience Roadmap Project supporting equitable climate resilience for US federal agencies. Her work with Infrastructure for Good analyzes international infrastructure ecosystems through Economist Impact and Deloitte partnerships.

Recent publications demonstrate her focus on operationalizing climate resilience through key performance indicators and establishing global infrastructure standards frameworks, reflecting practical applications for policy implementation and cross-border collaboration.

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Dr. Losos has secured significant research funding:

• How to Prioritize Disaster Resilient Infrastructure Investment? (Bentley Systems, Incorporated)
• The Climate Resilience Roadmap 2025 (David & Lucile Packard Foundation)
• IUCRC Planning Grant for CIRCAD (National Science Foundation)
• Infrastructure Sustainability Learning Network (Schmidt Initiative for Long Covid, LLC)
• Resilience Roadmap Project (Windward Fund)

She directs the ISLE Initiative's global learning hubs and leads Duke's involvement in Infrastructure for Good, while co-convening the Resilience Roadmap Project to advance equitable climate adaptation strategies through federal agency partnerships.