CONVERGE Extreme Events Research Check Sheets

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Date: June 15, 2021
Time: 10 to 10:30 am MT

    Description

    Are you new to social science hazards and disaster research? Do you mentor students or other early-career extreme events researchers? Are you looking for resources to help kickstart a disaster research project? If you answered yes to any of these questions, we hope you will watch this brief 30-minute recorded webinar that describes and showcases the CONVERGE Extreme Events Research Check Sheets.

    These short check sheets offer best practice guidance for extreme events research and are meant to be used as researchers design their studies, prepare to enter the field, conduct field research, and exit the field. Presenters provided an overview of currently available check sheets and described how to access them. You can hear from some of the check sheet authors during the webinar and learn how you can contribute to the series.

    The CONVERGE Extreme Events Research Check Sheets—developed with support from the National Science Foundation and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction—are available via the CONVERGE website. The CONVERGE team regularly adds new check sheets to the series, and we encourage you to access the check sheets in advance of the webinar.

    The webinar is recorded and posted on the CONVERGE webinar series page. Please also sign-up for future events and free resources at the CONVERGE website.

    Introduction & Overview

    Lori Peek, Principal Investigator, CONVERGE, SSEER, and ISEEER
    Director, Natural Hazards Center and Professor, Department of Sociology
    University of Colorado Boulder

    Paul Kovacs, Executive Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
    Adjunct Research Professor, Economics, Western University

    Presenters

    Rachel Adams, Research Associate and Lead Training Module Developer
    Natural Hazards Center and CONVERGE
    University of Colorado Boulder

    Melissa Villarreal, Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology
    Graduate Research Assistant, Natural Hazards Center and CONVERGE
    University of Colorado Boulder

    Jessica Austin, Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology
    Graduate Research Assistant, Natural Hazards Center and CONVERGE
    University of Colorado Boulder

    Jeff Birchall, Assistant Professor, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
    Director, Climate Adaptation and Resilience Lab
    University of Alberta

    Closing Comments & Invitation to Contribute:

    Jennifer Tobin, Deputy Administrator, Natural Hazards Center
    University of Colorado Boulder

    If you have questions about this webinar series or about CONVERGE, please contact us at converge@colorado.edu.

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