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Former hecler recognized for research contributions

4/1/2025

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Former HECLab member, Dr. Cydney Seigerman was recognized for their research contributions with the the S. Jack Hu Family Excellence in Social and Behavioral Sciences Doctoral Research Award. This award highlights the quality and significance of graduate-student scholarship. With this award Cydney wrapped up a sweep in the Doctoral Research Awards - last year they took home the Engaged Scholarship Award. Congratulations, Cydney!
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Society for applied anthropology

3/28/2025

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​HECLab had a strong turnout at this year's SfAAs in Portland. Monika, Raul, Alejandro, Hannah, and Katie all presented their work. Congratulations! You can see more photos here. ​

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co-designed impact based forecasts

1/31/2025

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Dr. Nelson is part of a multi-institution research grant from NSF that is working to improve compound flood modeling and impact based forecasts. The 5-year project, "Towards a Water Equity Framework for Mitigating Multi-Flood Hazards Events in Puerto Rico: A Case Study for the San Juan Bay Estuary" integrates various sciences and local knowledge to improve numerical modeling of compound floods and develop impact-based forecasts derived from local understandings of past flood events and how they effect daily lives. We will be looking to hire a PhD student for Fall 2026. Keep looking at this space!
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new grant for sustainable agroforestry

1/1/2025

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With partners from the Universidade Federal do Pará - INEAF e Oxford Univerisity, and residents of Salvaterra, Brazil,  HECLab was awarded a grant from the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. The project "Climate-Resilient Agroforestry in Quilombola Communities of the Brazilian Amazon" will examine the climate challenges for agroforestry homegardens in Brazil’s Amazonian quilombola communities and identify agroecological and socio-political innovations that can effectively address those challenges. The project is a transdisciplinary undertaking in partnership with Vila União/Campina Center for Quilombola Action and Resistance (NARQ) and the Vila União/Campina quilombola community and it emerged following the team's participation in the IAI Tropical Forests in the Americas: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Changing Environments during summer 2024.
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Monika is a Thriving Earth Exchange Community Science fellow!

10/11/2024

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Monika has been selected as a Community Science Fellow with the Thriving Earth Exchange, an initiative of the American Geophysical Union that connects fellows and scientists with communities across the United States, Mexico, and South America to co-develop projects tailored to local priorities. Over the next 12-18 months, Monika will lead and facilitate a collaborative science project with the community of Portland, PA. As a community fellow, she will work to foster engagement between community leads and scientists, supporting collaboration and overseeing the project’s development to ensure it remains aligned with the community’s needs. She will also play an active role in sharing the team's work and its impact with a broader audience, emphasizing both the results of the project and the collaborative process that brought it to life. 

In Portland, the primary focus of the project is the development of a comprehensive emergency management plan. The community faces recurring threats from frequent flooding and power outages, severely disrupting daily life and critical services. Portland’s residents want to develop a strategy that addresses these challenges, particularly by ensuring clear procedures are in place to respond to power outages during floods and other emergencies. Monika will work closely with the community to develop an emergency plan that provides a detailed blueprint for local businesses and prospective residents to handle such events effectively. The objective is to foster greater preparedness in Portland and help the communities navigate increasing future crises.  

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New pubication in environmental research letters

10/4/2024

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Don Nelson has a new publication out with lead author Sechindra Vallury and Nathan Cook. "Social inequalities shape climate change adaptation among Indian farmers" looks at adoption of groundwater irrigation technologies using a longitudinal survey to explore uptake and continued use of technologies. The findings, which show that marginalized populations are less likely to take up irrigation technologies or sustain their use contributed to the research that will be carried out in their recently awarded HEGS grant. (see post from 7/18/24). You can read the article here. 
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Journal of American Water Resources Association Lanfear Award

10/1/2024

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The article “Operationalizing equity for integrated water resources management,” was selected to receive the Lanfear Award from the Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA). The manuscript was led by HECLab member (now alum) Cydney Seigerman. Co-authors include fellow HECLers Raul Basilio, Shelly Biesel (now alum), Bruno Ubiali, Jon Hallemeier (now alum) and Don Nelson. They were joined by USACE colleagues. The award recognizes the best technical paper published in JAWRA during the previous year. Congratulations team! You can read the publication here.  

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Societal and Economic Research Advisory Working Group

9/12/2024

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Don met with his fellow SERA colleagues in Munich this week for our biannual working group meeting. Good food, good conversations, and a great work plan - including starting to think about the 3rd Weather and Society Conference that will be held in 2026. If you haven't participated in the past - keep a look out for our hold the date announcement. You can see past meetings (2022 and 2024) and an article that resulted from the 2022 meeting. SERA is a working group that supports the World Weather Research Programme of the World Meteorological Organization. You can read more about SERA here. 
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Alejandro is going SWIMMing

9/4/2024

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HECLab student Alejandro Najera, has been selected to participate in the 8th Student Workshop on International Coastal and Marine Management in the Gulf of Mexico (“SWIMM 2024/25”).

This workshop focuses on assisting in the development of a Socio-Ecosystem Report Card for Coastal Tabasco, Mexico. The event will be held in a mixed virtual and in-person format during Summer/Fall 2024 and January 2025. Participants will engage in three-day formal workshops about the report card development process, led by the Laboratorio Nacional de Resiliencia Costera (LANRESC), in August and November 2024. This experience will culminate in a 10-day, in-person field trip in mid- to late-January 2025, featuring a broader field experience in Tabasco and Quintana Roo, Mexico, as well as a public presentation of the report card to stakeholders. The workshop is sponsored by the Harte Research Institute (HRI – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi), and aims to foster the development of Mexico, United States, and Cuba relationships and strengthen research in the Gulf of Mexico.

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new nsf project starting in 2024

7/18/2024

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Sechindra Vallury (PI), Don Nelson (co-PI), and Nathan Cook (co-PI) were awarded funding from the Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS) for their project titled "Equitable Pathways to Climate-Smart Agriculture: Rethinking Adaptation as a Continuum". The research investigates the challenges faced by farmers in adapting to global climate change, focusing on differences among various types of farmers and over time.  The project asks three related questions: who can adapt their farming practices to climate change, how does this ability vary among different farmers, especially those belonging to historically disadvantaged groups, and what are the long-term impacts of these differences on the sustainability of agriculture? The work will take place in the Indian states of ​Maharashtra and Bihar.
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