Resilience Research

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Resiliency Research

 

In Spring 2019, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation (OVPRI) launched the Resilience Initiative to encourage faculty research across disciplines related to the environment and sustainability. This OVPRI-sponsored seed funding program supported a creative approach to transdisciplinary collaboration grounded in principles of ethical leadership and social and environmental justice.

Below is a list of UO investments in environmental research made possible by the OVPRI’s program:
 

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Grid Enhancing Resilient Housing

Principal Investigator: Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg (Architecture)

 Despite significant public interest and investment, housing demand vastly outstrips supply. Our transdisciplinary team is pursuing three primary avenues of addressing aspects of this problem. 

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Stories of Resiliency

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Oregon’s Water Future
 
We are in the midst of unprecedented and transformative environmental change that demands action. We face these challenges by forging problem-solving pathways, amplifying unheard voices, collaborating with a broad range of disciplines, and exerting the full measure of our creative energy to shape a more just and livable future.
 
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Fire recovery
Co-producing restorative fire
To make the leap from idea to impact, we need innovators and entrepreneurs. These visionary changemakers are the catalysts that propel ideas out of labs and into the world, synthesizing the community’s knowledge and needs into novel solutions that improve lives through better design, scientific discovery and economic resilience.
 
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Building Resilient Communities for Vulnerable Unhoused Populations
Diversity is the key to maximizing our human potential. Every perspective, experience, and way of being adds to the richness of our collective understanding—which, in turn, makes our communities stronger, more resilient, and better-equipped to face the inequities in our society and reframe what inclusion truly means.
 
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The human dimension of environmental change in Southeast Asia
Rapid change demands rapid response, and data science is revolutionizing our ability to make earlier, faster, and better decisions. Research driven by sophisticated data analysis is the methodology of the future, and our undergraduate program trains tomorrow’s data scientists for a next-generation career.
 
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Interdisciplinary Science for Environmental and Social Security
Few events generate as much excitement as athletic competition. We’re working to harness that energy to improve the human condition. The synergy between sport and wellness fuels innovations that can help us all live longer, healthier lives. Our leadership in athletics draws on a strong foundation of research and a reputation for success.
 
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Smoke, Sediment, and Science Communication
Few events generate as much excitement as athletic competition. We’re working to harness that energy to improve the human condition. The synergy between sport and wellness fuels innovations that can help us all live longer, healthier lives. Our leadership in athletics draws on a strong foundation of research and a reputation for success.
 
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Resilience, ice, and society
Few events generate as much excitement as athletic competition. We’re working to harness that energy to improve the human condition. The synergy between sport and wellness fuels innovations that can help us all live longer, healthier lives. Our leadership in athletics draws on a strong foundation of research and a reputation for success.
 
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Moving Eugene More Sustainably
Few events generate as much excitement as athletic competition. We’re working to harness that energy to improve the human condition. The synergy between sport and wellness fuels innovations that can help us all live longer, healthier lives. Our leadership in athletics draws on a strong foundation of research and a reputation for success.
 
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