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On Leadership: Famine in Somalia

astier almedom — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:07:32 -0500

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Open Lecture on "Psychosocial Transformation: Modeling Community Health Systems' Resilience to Disasters"

astier almedom — Sat, 28 May 2011 09:43:05 -0500

Professor Astier Almedom will give an open lecture on Psychosocial Transformation: Modeling Community Health Systems' Resilience to Disasters at the University of Copenhagen, School of Global Health.

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Salus 2011

astier almedom — Sat, 28 May 2011 09:33:27 -0500

Astier Almedom will be speaking at the 4th International Research Seminar on Salutogenesis, forum for Best Practice organized by the Salutogenic Society, hosted by University West in Trollhättan, Sweden.

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Congratulations to Jacqueline Kingfield, recipient of a Boren Fellowship

astier almedom — Mon, 16 May 2011 11:28:57 -0500

Jacqueline Kingfield has won a Boren Fellowship for a year in India where she will be studying Urdu as part of completing her MALD degree at the Fletcher School.

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Congratulations to Tiffany Castillo

astier almedom — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:50:30 -0500

Graduating senior Tiffany Castillo has won the Thomas F. Black Jr Memorial Scholarship of the Rhode Island Bar Foundation. Tiffany will be attending Boston College Law School in the Fall.

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Congratulations to Chloé Rousseau

astier almedom — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:47:56 -0500

Graduating senior Chloé Rousseau was awarded the Donald A. Cowdery Memorial Scholarship on April 15th. Chloé will be pursuing her master's in public health studies at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the Fall.

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Resilience program featured in Fletcher YouTube Chanel

astier almedom — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:20:31 -0500

Professor Almedom and her colleagues/students at the Fltecher School answer informal questions on the study of resilience and the details of publishing in the Resilience journal.

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Tufts Now: Professor Almedom reflects on the Referendum of South Sudan.

astier almedom — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:07:04 -0500

Eritrea and South Sudan have totally different histories of emergence as "Newest nation in Africa", first Eritrea, and now South Sudan. Yet, there are important lessons to be learned.

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Resilience journal (Volume 2) published this week

astier almedom — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:25:14 -0600

http://fletcher.tufts.edu/resilience/current-issue.shtml Responses to the content are welcome as we prepare to re-launch the International Resilience Forum (IRF) where discussion will be facilitated. Contact: <john.parker@tufts.edu>

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Dr Almedom contributes to the Fletcher Forum of World Affairs - Winter 2011

astier almedom — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:39:53 -0600

Astier Almedom offers a "Perspectives" article reflecting on the meanings of resilience with a focus on national security.

The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs is a highly respected international journal run by accomplished students of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

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Congratulations to Ayron M. Strauch

astier almedom — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:40:28 -0500

Ayron Strauch (G10) successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on September 7th. Astier Almedom, Ayron's advisor, and Alana Kapust, DVM, Ayron's wife were pictured at the celebratory reception held in Barnum Hall.

Photo credit: Cary Strauch, Ayron's mother.

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EPIIC Colloquium Resilience Panel

astier almedom — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:18:23 -0500

Dr Almedom will moderate a panel discussion on:

"Resilience science, policy, and practice in nuclear test-ban, energy and diplomatic negotiations"

with panelists Dr. Ola Dahlman, former Chairman of the international working group on verification, preparatory Commission for the nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), and adviser to the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Professor William Moomaw, The Fletcher School, and Ambassador/Dean Stephen Bosworth, The Fletcher School.

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Public PhD thesis defense: Ayron M. Strauch, BA, MSc, WSSS Certificate

astier almedom — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:05:51 -0500

The public defense of Ayron Mychal Strauch's doctoral thesis will be held on Tuesday September 7th at 12 noon - 1 pm in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room.

The title of Ayron's dissertation is "Drivers of Water Quality and Their

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Africa 2060: Health and Development

astier almedom — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:45:49 -0500

Professor Almedom and recent Boston University PhD's Dr. Alfredo Burlando and Dr. Melissa Graboyes will be presenting their perspectives on health and development in Africa in a panel discussion chaired by Professor Adil Najam, Director of the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-range Future, Boston University.

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African Languages in the Disciplines (ALD) Consortium - Inaugural Conference

astier almedom — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:40:06 -0500

Professor Almedom is a panelist on "Language and Society" moderated by Dr. Mark Auslander (Brandeis University) at the inaugural conference of the African Languages in the Disciplines (ALD) organized by Harvard University's African Language Program.

The title of Dr. Almedom's talk is "Let us listen to one another in Tigrinya: The underpinning of agreements."

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New in-house journal launched on 17 March 2010

astier almedom — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:57:14 -0500

Resilience: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Science and Humanitarianism

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Shishire — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:40:22 -0500

Astier M. Almedom, Director

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Engineers Without Borders - Tufts University Student Chapter - Symposium

astier almedom — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:38:24 -0500

Dr. Almedom is an invited speaker on "Resilience thinking: what? Why? How?" in the context of "Community Health in the Developing World: Approaching the Community.ase.tufts.edu/ewb/index.html

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Water: Systems, Science and Society - Workshop on Integrated Water Resource Management

astier almedom — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:17:54 -0600

Water: Systems, Science and Society - Workshop on Integrated Water Resource Management

Astier Almedom and Ayron Strauch made presentations to the Chinese delegation and participated on the first day of this Workshop. John Parker also attended.

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Publications

astier almedom — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:07:23 -0600

Almedom, A.M.

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Tufts Journal interview with Astier Almedom, by Taylor McNeil

astier almedom — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:25:01 -0600

Astier Almedom's thoughts on resilience in Haiti in the aftermath of the most devastating earthquake of 12 January 2010.

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Pardee Center "Issues in Brief" No. 10

astier almedom — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:05:19 -0600

"A Call for a Resilience Index for Health and Social Systems in Africa"

Boston University, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, ISSUES IN BRIEF No. 10

By Astier M. Almedom

This paper is part of the Africa 2060 Project, a Pardee Center program of research, publications and symposia exploring African futures in various aspects related to development on continental and regional scales.

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15th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management

Austin.Siadak — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:51:41 -0600

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Alpbach Seminar

Matt Mercier — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:13:55 -0500

Astier Almedom is invited to co-chair a seminar on "Building Trust: Development Cooperation" at the European Forum, Alpbach Conference, Austria.

http://www.alpbach.org/index.php?id=872

The seminar was followed by a Resilience Retreat organized and hosted by Ambassador Irene Freudenschuss-Reichl.

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15th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management

Matt Mercier — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:09:42 -0500

Astier Almedom is invited to give one of three keynotes with Alessandro Gretter and Ian Soane at the 15th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management in Viennna, Austria.

http://www.issrm09.info/ http://www.issrm09.info/popup_session.php?SessionID=141

Dr. Almedom is also speaking at the follow-up workshop to be held in Trento, Italy on July 10 under the auspices of the Fondazione Edmund Mach.

http://www.openloc.eu/page/?/workshops/id/5

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HOW TO MAKE DEVELOPMENT AID IN AFRICA WORK: WORKING FROM THE BOTTOM UP

Matt Mercier — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:07:58 -0500

Wadham College, Oxford, The Warden's Occasional seminar series on Sustainable Development.

Title: HOW TO MAKE DEVELOPMENT AID IN AFRICA WORK: WORKING FROM THE BOTTOM UP Principal speaker: Mr. Kenneth Woods Discussants: Professor Ngaire Woods, Oxford University, Dept. of Politics and International Relations and Dr. Astier Almedom, Tufts University.

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NEXUS | The IGL Newsletter | Spring 2009

Matt Mercier — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:22:15 -0500

EPIIC (Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship)

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Program Update: International (interdisciplinary) Resilience (research and policy/practice) Program (IRP)

Matt Mercier — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:28:16 -0500

NEXUS | The IGL Newsletter | Spring 2009

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Congratulations to Jocelyn for a successful defense of her PhD thesis on March 11th.

Matt Mercier — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:12:40 -0500

Jocelyn Grupp Mueller, G09, successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation in biology on March 11. Her advisor is Astier Almedom. She also presented a paper at the Society for Applied Anthropology annual meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in mid-March. Her presentation was titled, “Including Local Voices in Global Discourse: Case Studies from Boumba, Niger.”

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Astier Almedom is speaking at the Skoll World Forum 2009

Matt Mercier — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:11:58 -0500

Astier Almedom is speaking at the Skoll World Forum 2009 in the thematic session "Speaking innovation to power: the uses and abuses of power in social innovation" moderated by Professor Frances Westley.

http://www.skollworldforum.com/

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Resilience in Ecosystems and Institutions: Guest Lecture by Dr. Lance Gunderson

Matt Mercier — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:19:25 -0600

IGL's International Resilience Program presents

"Resilience in Ecosystems and Institutions"

Guest lecture by
Dr. Lance Gunderson
Department of Environmental Studies
Emory University

This event is co-sponsored by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI-US) and Tufts University's interdisciplinary graduate Program, Water: Systems, Science and Society (WSSS), the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy (CIERP), The Fletcher School, The Environmental Studies Program, The Biology Department (School of Arts & Sciences).

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Public Lecture/Seminar "Resilience: A basis for sustainability of health and social systems"

Matt Mercier — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:10:05 -0600

The lecture/seminar was organized and hosted by the national youth organization of the People's Front on Democracy and Justice and was open to the public.

Photographer: Efrem Habtetsion

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Workshop

Matt Mercier — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:40:03 -0600

Professor Almedom is invited to speak at the Institute for National Security and Counter Terrorism, Syracuse University, Workshop on "Measuring Resilience and Adaptive Capacity for Local Populations".

Workshop Report

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Public Lecture/Seminar "Resilience: A basis for sustainability of health and social systems"

Matt Mercier — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:37:15 -0600

The lecture/seminar was organized and hosted by the national youth organization of the People's Front on Democracy and Justice and was open to the public.

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Building Resilience in Cities: Case studies from New York, London, and New Orleans

Matt Mercier — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:23:53 -0500

Panel Discussion hosted by the International Resilience Program "Building Resilience in Cities: Case studies from New York, London, and New Orleans"

Panelists:

-Dr. Mindy Fullilove (Columbia University and Root Shock Institute, NYC)

-Mr. Wade Rathke (ACORN, International)

-Professor Richard Williams (University of Glamorgan)

Moderator:

-Dr. Astier M. Almedom (International Resilience Program)

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Dr. Robert Van Buskirk: Community-Based Sustainable Development in Africa

Matt Mercier — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:02:46 -0500

TUFTS ENERGY AND CLIMATE FORUM International Resilience Program (IRP), Institute for Global Leadership Center for International Environment and Resource Policy (CIERP) Tufts Institute of the Environment (TIE) and the Tufts Economics Department Present: Dr.

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Alpbach Seminar

Matt Mercier — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:06:17 -0500

Alpbach Seminar: "Preventing Conflict, Creating Resilient Societies" Professor Almedom introduced the concept of resilience in the context of peace building and led the discussions with over 20 African Ambassadors to the United Nations among other participants of the European Forum.

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International Conference on Rebuilding Sustainable Communities for Children and their Families after Disasters

Matt Mercier — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:04:58 -0500

Inaugural event of the Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters Professor Almedom will be moderating a panel on "Rebuiling Community Resilience".

http://www.rebuilding.umb.edu/RSCCFD.php

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Stockholm Environment Institute - US Center | Brown bag seminar with Astier Almedom.

Matt Mercier — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:28:03 -0500

"Towards a 'Resilience Index' for Global Public Health and Stability/Security"

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Resilience Seminar, Warwick University Institute of Health

Matt Mercier — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:26:34 -0500

Resilience Seminar, Warwick University Institute of Health

Professor Gillian Hundt chaired and moderated a seminar co-led by Astier Almedom and Gordon Adam (Managing Director of Media Support

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Web Workshop: "Resilience or transformation in upland cultural landscapes"

Matt Mercier — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:23:27 -0500

Web Workshop: "Resilience or transformation in upland cultural landscapes" hosted by the University of Cumbria International Centre for the Uplands. Astier Almedom participated online.

View site here

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Resilience 2008

Matt Mercier — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:00:10 -0500

Astier Almedom was one of the Key Speakers.

More information.

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Professor Frances Westley's Tufts visit

Matt Mercier — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:58:39 -0500

Professor Frances Westley's meeting with Astier Almedom and Professor Bill Moomaw (Fletcher School)

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African Health Sciences

Matt Mercier — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:02:13 -0500

Special Issue on "Resilience" guest-edited by Astier M. Almedom

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Journal of Biosocial Science, July 2004

Matt Mercier — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:58:31 -0500

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Special Issue on "Mental Well-being in Settings of 'Complex Emergency'" guest-edited by Astier M. Almedom

Copies of all articles in this Volume are available free of charge via Tufts University's Tisch Library for Tufts students and faculty. Other interested readers may contact Astier Almedom to request a copy of a specific article.

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Rick Berry extended biography (pdf)

Matt Mercier — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:45:50 -0500

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Research

Matt Mercier — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:47:31 -0500

This page is under construction.

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Matt Mercier — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:21:49 -0500

MENTORSHIP

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Matt Mercier — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:17:18 -0500

International Resilience Workshop (Talloires 2007) Participants' photograph by Gabriella Goldstein

Astier Almedom, Professor of Practice in Humanitarian Policy and Global Public Health at The Fletcher School and Inaugural IGL Fellow. Astier is the recipient of the 2008 Graduate Student Council Award for "Outstanding Faculty Contribution to Graduate Studies".

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Matt Mercier — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:51:51 -0500

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