EVENTS

Workshop: "Measuring Resilience and Adaptive Capacity for Local Populations After Armed Conflict or Natural Disasters"

 

January 16/17, 2009

220 Eggers Hall, Maxwell School of Syracuse University

 

On January 16-17, 2009, INSCT hosted an interdisciplinary workshop gathering scholars and practitioners in the fields of international development, emergency management, and defense with interest in the topic of resilience in conflict and disaster settings.  The workshop is a vital first step in a larger effort to understand the underlying causal factors that impact society’s ability to recover from a major conflict or disaster.  The inherent complexity of these societal problems spans across many traditional disciplines, demonstrating a need for an interdisciplinary approach to the advancement of knowledge on this pressing topic.

 

Workshop Report

Workshop Description

Workshop Agenda

Small Group Exercise Scenario

 

Workshop Audio:

Session 1: "Interdisciplinary Perspectives of Resilience"  (.mp3)

Session 2: "Resilience Small Group Exercise Back-briefs" (.mp3)

Session 3: "Resilience Indicator Identification & Interdisciplinary Challenges" (.mp3)

Session 4: "Building a Future Agenda" (.mp3)

 

Moderator:

Patricia Longstaff (Moderator)

Participants:

Astier Almedom (Tufts University)

Nick Armstrong (Syracuse University)

Arjen Boin (Louisiana State University)

Lance Gunderson (Emory University)

Joaquin Herranz (University of Washington)

Cynthia Irmer (U.S. Dept. of State, Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization)

Mark Lichtenstein (Syracuse Center of Excellence)

John McPeak (Syracuse University)

Ines Mergel (Syracuse University)

Susan Merrill (U.S. Army War College, Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute)

Rebecca Patterson (U.S. Military Academy at West Point)

Laura Steinberg (Syracuse University; Dean, L.C. Smith College of Engineering)

Tjip Walker (U.S. Agency for International Development, Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation)

 

Background Papers & Presentations:    

Regulating/Managing Unpredictable Systems for Resilience  (.pdf/.ppt)

Resilience Theory and Ecological Resilience (.doc/.ppt)

Resilience to Disasters (African Health Sciences, Vol 8, Special Issue, Dec 2008) (.pdf1/.pdf2) Engineering Societal Resilience: A Crisis Management Perspective (.doc)

Resiliency and Multisectoral Networks (.ppt)

Resilience of Communities - Sustainability, Environment and Energy (.pdf)

A Brief Note on Resilience and Engineering (.doc/.ppt)

Development Economics and Resilience (.doc)

Host Nation Military Resilience and Stability Operations Planning (.doc/.ppt)

Resilience: The Role of Good Governance (.ppt)

U.S. State Department - Interagency Conflict Assessment Framework (ICAF) (.doc/.ppt)

Searching for Resilience: A Conceptual Journey through Conflict Analysis (.ppt)