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Dr. Sanders on Why Flood Modeling Should Avoid “Bathtub” Models

Dr. Sanders on Why Flood Modeling Should Avoid “Bathtub” Models

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...
Dr. Robinson on the Big Business of Human Trafficking

Dr. Robinson on the Big Business of Human Trafficking

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...
Reflections on the 16th UN Biodiversity Conference

Reflections on the 16th UN Biodiversity Conference

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...
Dr. Kelsey Morgan Honored at Lauds & Laurels

Dr. Kelsey Morgan Honored at Lauds & Laurels

by Maureen Purcell | Oct 15, 2024 | HT, Media, Press Coverage, Research

Dr. Kelsey Morgan, UCI Blum Center’s anti-human trafficking and survivor support expert (and CEO of EverFree), was honored last week as a Distinguished Alumni from the School of Social Ecology! The award recognizes Dr. Morgan’s longstanding and passionate...
Dr. Robinson on the Big Business of Human Trafficking

In the News: Dr. Robinson Speaks of Human Trafficking Research on Podcast

by Maureen Purcell | Aug 20, 2024 | HT, Media, Press Coverage, Research

Dr. Angela Robinson was recently a guest on an episode of Orion Talks, a podcast hosted by the Orion Policy Institute, to share her research on human trafficking. Dr. Robinson spoke about the participatory research methods used in the Blum Center anti trafficking work...
In the News: CNN Highlights Freedom Lifemap

In the News: CNN Highlights Freedom Lifemap

by Maureen Purcell | Aug 20, 2024 | HT, Media, Press Coverage, Research

The Freedom Lifemap, co-created by Dr. Kelsey Morgan (Everfree; Blum Center) and Dr. Angela Robinson (Blum Center), was featured as a segment on CNN’s Freedom Project. In the video, Dr. Morgan talks about the need that the Freedom Lifemap fills for survivors of...
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