Symposium on Resilience Research for Global Development Challenges
September 30, 2021 | 9am-5pm
October 1, 2021 | 9am-12pm
ENR2, University of Arizona
OVERVIEW
On Sept 30-Oct 1, the 2021 Symposium on Resilience Research for Global Development Challenges brought together more than 120 UA faculty, students, and researchers to share experiences and ideas on pressing global challenges such as climate change, COVID-19, and conflict. “Resilience” is an integrating and complex term that is conceptualized, researched, and measured differently by different disciplines. At its core, resilience is about individuals, communities, and societies being able to maintain, and even transform, in the face of strain. Building resilience is also elusive, and a diversity of ideas is needed to address the critical human environmental problems of the day.
In keeping with AIR’s tradition of a focus on solutions, partnerships, and transdisciplinarity, the symposium had two goals. First, it provided a forum to showcase UA research in order to be a stepping stone for new collaborations and learning around resilience. To this end, the forum hosted 40 presentations on diverse topics such as agroforestry; water, energy, and food security; psychosocial resilience; and remote sensing technologies for monitoring crises, as well as a workshop to discuss topics in more depth. Second, the symposium presented a view that external opportunities are in bloom, and that the University of Arizona is well positioned to be the go-to thought leader for research on resilience and development.
The symposium was convened by AIR International Programs, with support from AIR International Programs' affiliates: Office of Global Projects, Tango International, RII, and the Department of Anthropology.
PROGRAM
The first day of the symposium featured a keynote plenary, a panel on a global resilience research initiative at the University of Arizona, and flash talk presentations from participants. Portions of the recorded Thursday events are available within the schedule tabs below.
The second day included smaller workshops and only took place in person. Facilitators in collaboration with symposium attendees used the time to discuss key themes and potential avenues of collaboration and influence that could be pursued beyond the symposium.
PRESENTATIONS
We have posted all available videos and slides according to the permissions of the presenters.
| Introduction to the Symposium on Resilience Research for Global Development Challenges |
Dr. Zack Guido |
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| Welcoming Remarks | Dr. Betsy Cantwell Senior Vice President for Research, Innovation & Impact |
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| The Rise of Resilience in International Development | Dr. Greg Collins Associate Vice President, Resilience & International Development |
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| Resilience Research in Practice | Tim Frankenberger President, TANGO International |
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Dr. Karletta Chief |
Indigenous Food, Energy and Water Security and Sovereignty during COVID-19 |
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Ann Furbush |
Family ties: Understanding household labor allocation for mitigating impacts of disasters, conflict, and COVID-19 |
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Nupur Joshi |
COVID-19 lockdowns: Linkages between lockdown- induced employment disruptions, water access and hygiene practices in informal settlements of Nairobi |
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Kate Chambers |
Assessing the barriers to and reasons for intention to vaccinate against COVID-19 among United States adults: A scoping review |
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Saha Apurba |
Resilient NdFeB magnet recycling under the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic: Stochastic programming and Benders decomposition |
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Dr. Javier Osorio |
Political and criminal violence in Latin America |
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Dr. Susan Brewer-Osorio |
The Collective Reincorporation of Ex-Combatants and Post-Conflict Stability |
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Dr. Jeannine Relly |
Surviving Mexico: Resistance and Resilience among Journalists in the 21st Century |
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Dr. Maria Porter |
Picture-Based Crop Monitoring and Social Comparison Improves Perceptions of Fairness and Raises Demand for Insurance: A Field Experiment in Ethiopia |
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Dr. William Simmons |
Measuring Individual-Level Resilience and Post- Traumatic Growth in International Development: The Case of an Arts-Based Intervention among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh |
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Dr. Yevheniia Varyvoda |
Considering Ecosystem Services in Food Systems Resilience |
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Dr. Elisa Marchi |
Building a New Framework to Address Ecological Crises: The Relationship Between Biocultural Diversity Discourse and Indigenous Collective Rights |
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Marie-Blanche Roudaut |
A biocultural lens to understand how agroforestry can contribute to climate resilience and sustainable rural livelihood |
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Dr. Greg Barron-Gafford |
Harvesting the sun twice: Co-using land for sustainable food and electricity production in East Africa |
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Dr. Kevin Fitzsimmons |
Seven Years of Sustainable Aquaculture Development in Myanmar |
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Dr. Joey Blankinship |
Mitigating Dust Pollution for Climate-Resilient Development in Arid Regions |
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Dr. Flurin Babst |
The role of arid ecosystems in climate change mitigation depends on a carbon-energy trade-off |
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Dr. Yang Song |
The feedback of Arizona Grassland to Longer Seasonal Droughts and its Implication for Dryland Carbon Cycling: Insights from Model-Experiment Integration |
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Dr. Jason Field |
Resilience in action: Guiding management responses to ecological transitions from disturbance and tree mortality |
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Dr. Diana Liverman |
Safe and just targets for people and the planet |
Global Resilience Research at the University of Arizona: Building an Initiative
| Introductory Remarks |
Dr. Greg Collins |
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| Humanitarian Assistance Technical Support - HATS |
Dr. Tim Finan |
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| Perspectives from the Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance, USAID |
Laura Meissner Rhonda Stewart Dr. Ayse Sezin Tokar |
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| Arizona Initiative for Resilience and International Development |
Eric Bergthold Dr. Zack Guido Dr. Mark Langworthy |
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Dr. Kacey Ernst |
Health in the face of global change- building community resilience |
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Dr. Charles Gerba |
Water Quality and Health in a Changing World |
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Hannah Friedrich |
Satellite image analysis for anticipatory research and planning at flood-prone informal settlements |
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Dr. Rohit Mukherjee |
High-resolution satellite imagery to train and validate deep learning models for mapping urban inundation extent |
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Dr. Christopher Castro |
High-resolution forecasting of extreme events in semi-arid to arid environments out to the sub- seasonal timescale |
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Dr. Jonathan Sullivan |
Satellite imaging reveals increased proportion of population exposed to floods |
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Dr. Abu Kibria |
The influence of development on the adaptation response to climate change in small coastal cities |
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Dr. Sabrina Helm |
Consumer Adaptation and Resilience in the Context of Climate Change |
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Dr. Benjamin Lawrence |
What About Widows? Violence, Refuge, and Resilience in Sub-Saharan African Widow Asylum Claims |
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Dr. Brian Mayer |
Community Resilience: Integrating Culture, Networks, and Governance for Disaster Risk Reduction |
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Dr. Adam Henry |
Policy Networks and Learning for Sustainable Development |
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Dr. Sharon Megdal |
Water resilience challenges for groundwater- dependent communities along the United States- Mexico Borders |
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Dr. Aletheia Ida & Susannah Dickinson |
Climate Change and Design for Resiliency and Adaptation in the Built Environment |
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Dr. Mette Brogden |
Orange economy as an approach to resilience and addressing climate change in the South |
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Dr. Jennifer Post |
Sonic Practices and Resilience: Cultural Forms and Ecological Knowledge in Mongolia |
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Amelia Natoli |
Using the Tarjimly interpretation app to enhance refugee integration and communication at Iskashitaa Refugee Network and worldwide |
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Dr. Lysette Davi |
Do students need to be resilient in the classroom? Leveraging Cultural Humility in Online Learning |
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Dr. Adriana Zuniga-Teran |
Developing an outreach model for green infrastructure to address flooding and sewage spills in Ambos Nogales |
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Dr. Winslow Burleson |
Justice Equity Diversity Inclusion (JEDI) Inventioneering: Socio-Technical Convergence Catalysts Empowering Humanitarian Engineering |
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Dr. Joaquin Ruiz |
The University of Arizona-Arava-JNF Institute |