COVID-19 Liaise is a collaborative research project co funded by the Newton fund, UK and the RISTEK-BRIN Indonesia. This research project has two separate projects under the umbrella term of COVID-19 Liaise. These two year research projects are focusing on pandemic preparedness and local disaster risk reduction in Padang and Bandung areas in Indonesia. COVID-19 Liaise research project is led by the Global Disaster Resilience Centre at University of Huddersfield in the UK. Each project has one partner university/ research institution from Republic of Indonesia.