For the sake of understanding how diverse resilience scholarship is, we offer the following examples of specific resilience-based problems, and for each, IU-Bloomington initiatives engaged on the subject.
Related Initiatives
Resilience of cities to warming, increased precipitation, and natural disaster disturbances
A focus of the Environmental Resilience Institute (ERI), which draws on nearly every discipline within the College of Arts and Sciences and beyondResilience of food systems to market and environmental disturbances
A focus of the Food Institute, an Emerging Areas of Research initiative involving multiple College faculty, and a focus in Geography, and in academic programs affiliated with the Integrated Program in the Environment (IPE)Resilience of local ecological systems
A focus of research and teaching in ERI, Biology, Geography, IPE, and at the IU Research and Teaching PreserveResilience of Southern Indiana communities to social, economic, and ecological shifts
A focus of the Center for Rural Engagement and Sustaining Hoosier Communities, which has engaged dozens of College of Arts and Sciences faculty and their coursesResilience of governance and related institutions to address environmental, social and economic changes
A focus of research and teaching in Political Science, Ostrom Workshop, Political and Civic Engagement programResilience of communities to increasing environmental health challenges including disease vectors, water and air pollution
A focus of ERI, and research and teaching in Biology, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS), Human Biology and GeographyResilience of cultures to disturbances associated with globalization
A focus of research and teaching in History, Political Science, Languages, Anthropology, and Hamilton-Lugar School of Global and International Affairs (HLS)Resilience to stressors from consumer culture and overconsumption
A focus of research and teaching in Apparel Merchandising, Interior Design, and Fibers in the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design; Anthropology, Economics, and GeographyResilience of international relationships to stress from shifts in economic, strategic, and environmental challenges
A focus of research and teaching in HLS, Political Science, and IU Diplomacy LabResilience of individuals in the face of stress from both internal and societal stressors
A focus of research and teaching in Psychological and Brain Sciences, Sociology, Anthropology, and Gender StudiesThis is a non-exhaustive list. If your relevant IU-Bloomington teaching and/or research challenge is not listed, contact themes@indiana.edu.
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