The Science of Resilience in Decision-Making

Originally aired December 5, 2018

This 90-minute webinar, sponsored by ASU’s School of Sustainability in partnership with the National Council for Science and the Environment, explores resilience as a systems-level paradigm for infrastructure, the critical role of social science in planning for resilience, resilient design as a continuum rather than an endpoint, and the role of social and institutional infrastructure in disaster response and planning for climate impacts.

Speakers

Erica Goldman

Science Policy Director, National Council for Science and the Environment (Moderator)

Erica Goldman is Science Policy Director at the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE). She moderated this discussion of emerging science, research, and models for managing the impacts of climate change.

Thomas Seager

Associate Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering & the Built Environment, Arizona State University

Thomas Seager is an Associate Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering & the Built Environment at Arizona State University. His research focuses on resilience engineering, sustainability science, and the application of complex systems thinking to infrastructure challenges.

Patricia Solís, PhD

Executive Director, Knowledge Exchange for Resilience, Arizona State University

Patricia Solís is Executive Director of the Knowledge Exchange for Resilience at Arizona State University, a campus-wide effort to link community needs with research innovations. She is also Co-Founder and Director of YouthMappers, a consortium of more than 120 universities in 38 countries that creates and uses open spatial data for humanitarian and development needs.

Jennifer Tobin

Deputy Administrator, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado

Jennifer Tobin is Deputy Administrator of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, which serves as a national and international clearinghouse for information on natural hazards and disasters and their social dimensions.

Joe Manous

Director, Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Joe Manous is Director of the Institute for Water Resources at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, leading research and analysis to support water resources investment decisions and water policy development.