by Maureen Purcell | Dec 23, 2024 | Flood, Media, Press Coverage, Research
In a response to increased and more hazardous flood events in recent years, Dr. Brett Sanders, Blum Center flood risk researcher, and several co-authors published a commentary article in the journal Earth’s Future, a publication of the American Geophysical...
by Maureen Purcell | Nov 27, 2024 | HT, Media, Press Coverage
Dr. Kelsey Morgan, anti-trafficking researcher at the Blum Center and CEO of EverFree, spoke to local news outlets in advance of the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix. Large events such as these are, unfortunately, spaces where vulnerable folks in the community can become...
by Maureen Purcell | Nov 27, 2024 | HT, Media, Press Coverage, Research
Dr. Angela Robinson offered insight into the economic drivers of human trafficking in a recent article published by Dr. Kelsey Morgan (UCI | EverFree) for Fast Company , noting that human trafficking is a big business – the second largest and fastest growing...
by Maureen Purcell | Nov 22, 2024 | Blog, Environmental Peacebuilding, Planetary Health, Research
By Stephanie Martinez, UCI Blum Center PhD student Last month, I had the exciting opportunity to represent the Blum Center at the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP16). While COPs such as this are at the center of my studies, I’d never had the...
by Maureen Purcell | Nov 3, 2024 | HT, Media, Press Coverage
Dr. Morgan was spotlighted by the LA Times as a 2024 Orange County Visionary in the non-profit sector for her leadership and research on anti-human trafficking and survivor support through her non-profit EverFree and partnership with the UCI Blum Center. Read the LA...