Communities
Promoting Collective Wellbeing Across Cultures
Solutions only work if they work for the people who use them. We put community engagement at the center of our science, ensuring that our research questions address the issues and concerns most important to affected communities, that our data are usable and relevant for diverse partners, and that community members are empowered to understand and apply the solutions we co-create with them.
Centers & Programs
Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice
The Haury Program was established in 2014, and seeks to honor the life and work of Mrs. Agnese Nelms Haury. Mrs. Haury believed in social justice, and sought to solve "wicked" societal and environmental problems facing our region and our world. The Haury Program is funded by a bequest from Mrs. Haury's trust, and is overseen by a Donor Advised Fund Board.
AIR Education Initiatives
AIR Education Initiatives provide hands-on experience, professional development, and skill-building for the next generation of leaders in resilience. Programs in environmental resilience, communication, and leadership are available for undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Arizona.
Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill
The Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill is an 860-acre ecological preserve in the heart of Tucson. The Laboratory was founded in 1903 by the Carnegie Institution to answer the fundamental question: how does life cope with aridity? In the twenty-first century, increasing drought and heat in many parts of the globe. have transformed this basic scientific question into an urgent challenge facing humanity.
Indigenous Resilience Center
The Indigenous Resilience Center (IRes) is supported by the Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice. IRes is part of the Arizona Institute for Resilience and aims to position the University of Arizona as a world leader in Indigenous resilience research, education, and outreach.
International Resilience Lab
The International Resilience Lab collaboratively leads and facilitates socially engaged research and collaboration between the University of Arizona and local and global partners.
Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
The SW CASC was established in 2011 to provide objective scientific information, tools, and techniques that land, water, wildlife, and cultural resource managers and other interested parties can apply to anticipate, monitor, and adapt to climate change impacts in the southwestern United States.
