The UCI Blum Center’s mission is to promote social change and inspire the next generation of leaders to action with research on poverty alleviation. By collaborating across disciplines with students, faculty and practitioners, the UCI Blum Center rigorously explores systemic, geopolitical, technological and climate forces affecting poverty. The UCI Blum Center’s innovative education programs, basic and applied research, and work in community development and policy-making engage future leaders to reduce the risks of poverty for vulnerable populations and improve humanity and its institutions. The Blum Center at University of California Irvine focuses its work around 3 key division areas: 1. Flood Hazards, 2. Human Trafficking and 3. Science & Practice of Compassion with partnerships in Environmental Peacebuilding, Technology Innovation for Humanitarian Action and policy making in Washington, D.C. The UC Blum Center is a network of interdisciplinary research initiatives across University of California’s 10 leading public university campuses working to solve the global challenge of poverty. The Blum Center was first established at UC Berkeley in 2006 as the UC Blum Center for Developing Economies. The accessibility of the UC-wide Blum Center’s public research aims to educate and engage a diverse group of tomorrow’s leaders to become conscious change agents and lead fact-based solutions to poverty alleviation. The Blum Center at UC Irvine launched their poverty alleviation research to coincide with the campus’ 50th anniversary in 2014.
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US，CA，Irvine，92697-7050
Listen to the latest episode of Orion Talks to here our own Dr. Angela Robinson speak on her work in anti trafficking research, participatory research, and the policy implications for making progress towards ending human trafficking.
New #Podcast! Here's our newest #OrionTalks episode featuring Dr. Angela Robinson, Postdoctoral Researcher at the UC Irvine, joining our Non-resident Fellow Marta Furlan, PhD of Free the Slaves. #HumanTrafficking Visit: https://lnkd.in/daCUdz7u
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The CNN Freedom Project recently spotlighted how EverFree's Freedom Lifemap endeavors to support survivors and end exploitation through technology and data. “We are so excited about what Freedom Lifemap can do if we have a Freedom Lifemap in the hands of every survivor. This data is going to help everyone understand what's most needed, what policies will make a big impact, what sort of resources are going to move the needle [and] show the world the strength and resiliency and leadership survivors have.” — EverFree CEO Dr. Kelsey Morgan About Freedom Lifemap: Founded by EverFree’s Dr. Kelsey Morgan and UCI Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation’s Dr. Angela Robinson in collaboration with a global cohort of survivors, Freedom Lifemap is a revolutionary tool that connects survivors with individualized care and equips organizations with powerful data to drive meaningful change. Click to watch: https://lnkd.in/gwdfc6DJ Interested in an exclusive demo of Freedom Lifemap? RSVP: https://lnkd.in/g_QsdauT
?? Webinar alert: Join the Blum Center and EverFree teams this Thursday, August 22nd, for an online demonstration of the Freedom Lifemap! Recently highlighted on CNN's Freedom Project, this groundbreaking data-based tool helps connect survivors of human trafficking with the individualized care they need, and helps us learn what works in the fight to stop exploitation. Register here: tinyurl.com/flmdemo . . . #technology #innovation #antitrafficking #endtrafficking #exploitation? #UCI #AllInForAll #ScienceDrivingSolutions? University of California, Irvine - School of Social Ecology of Social Ecology?
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Authority Magazine recently featured Dr. Angela Robinson of the UCI Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation! As co-creator of Freedom Lifemap, Dr. Robinson spoke with Authority Mag on how technology can make a positive social impact. "As a society, we have an imperative to reach more victims with better care. Technology can help us do that.” ?? About EverFree's Freedom Lifemap - Freedom Lifemap connects participants with a tech-based needs assessment that enables them to access vital services, prevents exploitation, and equips global efforts with data and solutions. Organizations use Freedom Lifemap to improve the efficacy and efficiency of programs. And with data from Freedom Lifemap, we unite efforts to improve care for survivors and vulnerable communities globally.
?? What contemporary conservation opportunities and challenges exist at the nexus of environmental change, migration, and conflict? "Planet on the move: Reimagining conservation at the intersection of migration, environmental change, and conflict" a new IUCN report (co-authored and co-edited by Blum Center's Dr. Matthew) offers a new framework for attending simultaneously to the some of the most complex and interconnected issues of our time. "[The authors'] aspiration is that one day, readers of this report will think of migration as a phenomenon inclusive of all life on Earth, irrespective of whether their mandate is to care for human needs or the needs of other species. The planet is a shared space, species are interdependent, as well as competitive, and recognition of this fundamental reality is critical to reimagining conservation in the context of migration, environmental change and conflict" (p. 6). ?? Discover new insights in the full report! Access it here: https://lnkd.in/gECZBpaZ #climatechange #EnPax #IUCN #conservation #migration #conflict #peacebuilding #displacement #biodiversity #humanrights #environmentallaw #UCI #UCIrvine #socialecology
?? We are excited to announce another new publication by Blum Center Director Dr. Richard Matthew! Last week, the UN Environmental Programme and the Environmental Peacebuilding Association released a new report on digital technology applications in environmental peacebuilding efforts. Dr. Matthew co-authored the chapter "Post-conflict peacebuilding and sustainable development" for the report to showcase the opportunities and risks for using tech in the post-conflict period. The chapter explores the potential that digital technology has for natural resource management and climate change adaptation efforts, particularly in ensuring “inclusion, engagement, and collaboration of conflict-affected people” (74) in those efforts. From monitoring land use and yield, formalizing land rights, and evaluating resource regulation impact to identifying and tracking local conflicts over natural resources, the case studies described in this chapter showcase a variety of technologies employed in the post-conflict context. Matthew and Martinez also include four essential priorities for optimizing the implementation of digital technology in these areas. The full report can be accessed here: https://lnkd.in/g6-khhDB
?? Big news! "Planet on the move : Reimagining conservation at the intersection of migration, environmental change, and conflict" released! Blum Center Director Dr. Richard Matthew (center), co-chaired the Task Force responsible for developing the report for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and co-authored it with an expert team. Dr. Matthew provided his extensive expertise on the nexus of environmental change, conflict, and the displacement of peoples to craft a useful framework for understanding and managing these challenges in relation to conservation, development and humanitarian goals. Interested in reading the report? You can find it here: https://lnkd.in/gECZBpaZ #climatechange #EnPax #conservation #migration #conflict #peacebuilding #displacement #biodiversity #humanrights #environmentallaw #UCI #UCIrvine #socialecology UCI School of Social Ecology #IUCN
?? Congrats to Bella, one of our Undergraduate Research Fellows, on delivering the commencement address at her upcoming graduation ceremony! Read about how she was inspired to use art and storytelling for cultural and social change in the story linked below.
Congrats to our Undergraduate Research Fellow Elizabeth Braver for presenting her year-long UROP project on Friday! She used survey data to explore the influence of personal wildfire experience as a mediating variable between knowledge of climate change and pro-environmental behavior. We are proud of her hard work and passion for this incredibly important topic. #climatechange #knowledgeactiongap #proenvironmentalbehavior #urop
??Unfortunately, the seminar scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday May 16, featuring Kelsey Morgan (The Freedom Lifemap: A new approach to supporting survivors of human trafficking) has been cancelled. Our sincerest apologies for the late notice. Should we be able to reschedule the event, we do hope you can join us then! Thank you for understanding, The Blum Center Team