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Director & Research Fellow at System Dynamics Society Conference
Director James Orbinski and Planetary Health Research Fellow Byomkesh Talukder attended the 37th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, July 21-25, 2019. The conference theme was “Resilience and Sustain…
Dahdaleh Institute Attending Planetary Health Annual Meeting
Leading researchers and policymakers in planetary health, including Director James Orbinski and Research Fellow Byomkesh Talukder, will convene in September at Stanford University. This is the only conference where the Planetary Health Alliance network…
Natural Language Processing Project Takes Shape
Over the course of the 2018-2019 academic year, a new project took shape at the Dahdaleh Institute. Led by PhD. Candidate Tino Kreutzer, Improving Humanitarian Needs Assessments Through Natural Language Processing brings Artificial Intelligen…
Carol Devine Bolsters Motion on Humanitarian Climate Emergency
Community Scholar Carol Devine helped present a successful motion on climate change and humanitarianism at this year’s Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Annual General Assembly. The motion was titled A Matter of Urgency: MSF Role, Responsibility and Capaci…
Mark Terry Co-Founds ASLE Youth & Environmental Studies Group
While presenting at this year’s Association of the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) Conference, Postdoc Mark Terry participated in the inaugural planning meeting for an interest group dedicated to environmental study related to youth. The gro…
SciDev Article Features James Orbinksi & Carol Devine
The work and words of Director James Orbinski and Community Scholar Carol Devine are featured in Humanitarians turn sights on climate risk. Published by SciDev.Net, the article explores the growing momentum to factor climate change into humanitarian wo…
Dahdaleh Researchers in China, Ireland, Bangladesh and USA
Dahdaleh Institute researchers have been all over the world this week. Community Scholar Carol Devine is at the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) International General Assembly in Ireland, where she co-presents MSF’s Environmental Impact Toolkit with Dr Ma…
Youth Climate Report Announces 2019 Themes
The Youth Climate Report (YCR) has issued a press release announcing the theme of this year’s competition, inviting youth worldwide to create three-minute films on: Nature-based solutions for food and human health Balancing use of land for peopl…
Dahdaleh Institute Celebrates Convocation
Nine Dahdaleh Institute members are celebrating convocation this week, including Post-Doc Mark Terry, and eight student interns who completed their undergraduate degree. Congratulations Ameen, Bryan, Dolev, Eileen, Fatima, Mikaela, Sayo, Tanya and…
Community Scholars Advocate at Refugee Health Conference
Two Dahdaleh Institute Community Scholars, Linn Biorklund Belliveau and Carol Devine, presented at the 2019 North American Refugee Health Conference on June 14. Speaking on a panel about Advocacy, they shared their insights from a research trip to Mexi…