Past Events

Research showcase featuring presentations from each of the winners of the 2023 Award for Excellence in Resilience Research for Global Development Challenges.

Virtual only: Development professionals share their insights and career experiences, including tackling the most challenging and important topics of the day, such as poverty, food security, and climate change adaptation.

In Person Only: Mr. Divine Ntiokam recognizes the critical importance of the youth in building a resilient, sustainable, and prosperous agricultural sector in Africa. This passion drove him to start the Global Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (GCSAYN) in May of 2014, where he now serves as its Managing Director.

In person: University of Arizona faculty and students will share recent and ongoing research on disaster recovery.

In person: With guest Dr. Gregory Collins, this session provides an introduction to research opportunities in international development with a focus on a variety of topics including: what research topics are on the rise and in demand, USAID initiatives and earmarks, and more.

In person: Join us for a special discussion about Konkouré River projects with Fassou Thea, Advisor in Charge, Sustainable and Maritime Development, Office of the Prime Minister, Republic of Guinea and Visiting Scholar at the University of Arizona.

Share your disaster-related research, projects, and experiences with others. Learn from others doing research on disasters and humanitarian assistance. Discuss ideas and opportunities for research collaboration.

We invite you to an in-person discussion with a colleague, Brad Sagara, who is the Director of Research & Learning for Resilience at the Mercy Corps. Brad is visiting Tucson for a few days, and this presents an opportunity to share ideas, experiences, and discuss areas for future partnership.

In collaboration with graduate students across the University of Arizona, AIR International Programs is promoting a networking opportunity to exchange research and project ideas among graduate students that are from and/or working on research in the Global South, especially in Africa and Latin America.

AIRES International Programs is hosting webinar on the State of the Science of Resilience Measurement in Development with a panel of three international experts in resilience who will discuss ‘state of the art’ and frontier issues related to resilience measurement in the context of international development.

The 2021 Symposium on Resilience Research for Global Development Challenges brought together more than 120 UA faculty, students, and researchers to share experiences and ideas on pressing global challenges such as climate change, COVID-19, and conflict.