University of Arizona Udall Center

📣Meet Professor Gemma Smith!!👏 In this first installment of our "Humans of Udall" program, we're introducing the Udall Center's newest faculty member. 🌍Prof. Smith holds a joint appointment as Assistant Research Professor at the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy and Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona, School of Government & Public Policy 🏛️ 🔗Check out what she's all about at the link below!⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gGy_wZKi

‼️48% of Tribal homes do 𝗻𝗼𝘁 have access to clean water, according to Heather Tanana and Amy McCoy of the Initiative on Universal Access to Clean Water for Tribal Communites‼️ The Arizona Institute for Resilience, with support from the UC, held a webinar about funding opportunities for Tribal Nations through the bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. Watch the webinar and receive valuable insight from: - UC Director Andrea Gerlak - Arizona Institute for Resilience's Dr. Karletta Chief (Diné) - University of California, Irvine School of Law's Dr. Heather Tanana (Diné) - University of Arizona, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences's Dr. Amy McCoy - Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health's Dr. Paloma Beamer - Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions Director Kathy Jacobs 🔗You can find the entire webinar on YouTube at the link below!⬇️ https://lnkd.in/g3ECQmNX

✨ Polycentric Governance ✨ Ecology of Games Framework's ✨ System-Level and Individual Drivers of Policy Learning 👉What👏Does👏This👏Mean👏? Welp, UC's Andrea Gerlak (utilizing the Delta Stewardship Council as a case study) has the answer❗ 📊In order to maintain a strong scientific foothold in future environmental & social studies we must push towards the dissemination and integration of policy information that's easily digestible and multi-disciplinary in nature🏞️ There is so much more to it and it's an incredibly interesting study that we encourage anyone and everyone to read!📖 🔗Learn so much more at the link below!⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gnpTv3f4

🌎The second annual Agrivoltaics Dinner at Biosphere 2 is a wrap!🎁 🗓️The event on Nov 8, 2024 brought together people from diverse professional backgrounds to discuss agrivoltaics!☀️🌱 🧑🔬Greg Barron-Gafford hosted the dinner in conjunction with Carrie Seay-Fleming, PhD's workshop, both of which celebrate the year's yields and the fostering of relationships across disciplines!🧑💼🧑🌾🧑🎓 🔪🍅🥕And, with the touch of guest culinary experts and food visionaries Chefs Janos Wilder and Pablo Valencia, the fruits (and vegetables) of our labor have never tasted better!🧑🍳🍲😋 🔗Read more about the event and the future of agriculture at the link below!⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eHgyRFWR

👉U of A Faculty! Having difficulty finding time for your research? Need a way to fund research that's meaningful to you❓ 🗓️ Apply by 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟯𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 for the UC's Fellowship program! 🌲🧬From environmental, bio, and social sciences to fine arts and public policy, our fellowship program can assist you in your academic journey!🎨🔬 Get in contact with like-minded researchers while you're here and enjoy a semester off to fully engage in your research!🤝 ✅This coming 2025-26 year will see partnerships with the University of Arizona BIO5 Institute, the Arizona Institute for Resilience, The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the University of Arizona Research, Innovation & Impact.🔥 🔗Learn more and apply at the link below!⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eddpN9c7

„Wasser für alle“ – Ein Gespräch mit Prof. Andrea Gerlak, Professorin an der University of Arizona und Direktorin des University of Arizona Udall Center für Studien zur öffentlichen Politik. Die Expertin für Wasserpolitik erläutert erfolgreiche Strategien im Umgang mit Wasser, insbesondere in Dürrezeiten, und betont die zentrale Rolle von Kooperation. Ein zentrales Problem sieht sie in der Wasserqualität, die durch sog. "Ewigkeits-Chemikalien" (PFAS) massiv bedroht wird – Chemikalien, die ins Wassersystem gelangen und nur schwer zu entfernen sind. Prof. Gerlak macht deutlich, dass Wasserpolitik weit mehr erfordert als technische Lösungen: Es geht um gerechte Governance. Ihr Ansatz „Wasser für alle“ betont die Notwendigkeit, nicht nur ökonomische, sondern auch soziale und kulturelle Aspekte von Wasser zu berücksichtigen, um Gerechtigkeit und Nachhaltigkeit zu fördern.  *** "Water for All" – A conversation with Prof. Andrea Gerlak, professor at the University of Arizona and director of the university's Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy. The water policy expert discussed successful strategies for managing water, particularly during droughts, and emphasized the crucial role of cooperation. She identified a key issue in water quality, which is severely threatened by PFAS chemicals—contaminants that enter water systems and are extremely difficult to remove. Prof. Gerlak underscored that water policy requires more than just technical solutions: it demands fair governance. Her approach, "Water for All," highlights the need to consider not only economic but also social and cultural aspects of water to promote justice and sustainability. 

📖✍️Dear diary: it's hot. So hot!😭 ANNE-LISE B., Phd. & postdoctoral associate at the University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, and Brian T. O'Neill, MD/PhD from the University of Washington document their own and others' experiences living through extreme heat in this new e-zine titled "Heat Diary: Visualizing the Geography of Heat"! 🧑💻📚 The FREE, 94-page PDF is filled with photos, field notes, and stories from people living in the extreme Phoenix heat. 🫠 🔗Check out the zine at the link down here!⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gcn9VzPb

💥Thank you to Dr. Maura Allaire with the ASU School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning for guest starring at the Udall Center❗ 🚰We greatly appreciate your talking with our faculty, partners, and fellows about water infrastructure needs in unincorporated communities!🏘️ We're looking forward to our future collaborations with this rising star of the water infrastructure world! Stay tuned for developments.🤝 🔗Check out Dr. Allaire's accolades at the link below!⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gdEJt9ep

📢 Please reshare! Our NIHHIS Center for Heat Resilient Communities is now accepting applications for our first cohort to receive support to develop heat resilience roadmaps. https://lnkd.in/gNUdXw3q #extremeheat #heatresilience #heatplanning

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