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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

An updated list is coming soon...

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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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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

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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

Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC)

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/

http://www.skollworldforum.com/forum-2009/agenda

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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".

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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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Martti Ahtisaari’s Nobel Peace Prize Lecture

Matt Mercier — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:55:47 -0600

http://rs.resalliance.org/2008/12/13/martti-ahtisaaris-nobel-peace-prize...

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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)

Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC)

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

Presents: Dr. Robert Van Buskirk
Physicist, Energy Efficiency Standards
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Community-Based Sustainable
Development in Africa: How to Practically Promote Synergies in
Climate Mitigation, Poverty Reduction,
Health Improvement and Resilience

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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".

For more information visit: http://www.rebuilding.umb.edu/rsccfd/index.html

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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.

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Resilience 2008

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

Astier Almedom gave a Keynote address

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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

View Document

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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Definition of National Resilience

Matt Mercier — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:18:39 -0500

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3557611.stm

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United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction website

Matt Mercier — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:15:07 -0500

http://www.unisdr.org/eng/hfa/hfa.htm

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Visit the Resilience Alliance Website

Matt Mercier — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:14:39 -0500

http://www.resalliance.org/576.php

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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

RESEARCH

Updates coming soon...

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People

Matt Mercier — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:47:04 -0500

Astier M. Almedom, Director

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International Resilience Forum (IRF)

Matt Mercier — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:46:41 -0500

Our updated International Resilience Forum is coming soon...

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Curriculum

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

MENTORSHIP

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Resilience

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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http://www.hapinternational.org/

Matt Mercier — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:08:32 -0500

http://www.hapinternational.org/

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International Resilience Workshop-Talloires 2007

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

Link to photo gallery

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International Resilience Workshop-Tailloires 2007 Photos

Matt Mercier — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500

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Resilience in emergency preparedness and Response

Matt Mercier — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 11:25:33 -0500

Richard Amlôt
Health Protection Agency
Centre for Emergency Preparedness

3rd July 2007

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The Dynamics of Resilience

Matt Mercier — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 11:25:33 -0500

The Dynamics of Resilience - assumptions concerning how resilience is increased drawn from studies of linked social-ecological systems

The Resilience Alliance
http://www.resalliance.org

Frances Westley

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What Roles Do Animals Play in Human Resilience?

Matt Mercier — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 11:25:33 -0500

Joann M. Lindenmayer, DVM, MPH
Associate Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Population Health
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine - Tufts University

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Identifying, promoting, building and maintaining resilience in health service provision

Matt Mercier — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 11:25:33 -0500

Sarah Cowley
King's College London

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Working with resilience in the Red Cross and Red Crescent

Matt Mercier — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Lene Christensen
IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support

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Resilience in the Support to MSF Teams

Matt Mercier — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Presentation at Talloires International Resilience Workshop
Annick Filot - MSF Belgium (OCB)
Carla Uriarte - MSF Spain (OCBA)