Policy Engagement
COP25: Climate-Resilient Urban Infrastructure – Who Pays? C2IFI, a joint effort of the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House and Institute for Urban Research, launched internationally at COP25 in Madrid, Spain, through a UNFCCC Nairobi Work Programme (NWP) dialogue, in collaboration with Penn’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability) and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy. Madrid, Spain. December 10, 2019.
Managing Transboundary Considerations Equitably. UN Framework Convention on Climate Change COP25, Resilience Frontiers Lab. A forward-looking panel of proactive, and some radical, proposals with the University of Pennsylvania’s William Burke-White and the International Organisation for Migration’s Dina Ionesco, and moderated by Conservation International’s Shyla Raghav. Madrid, Spain. December 9, 2019.
Conference Presentations
Community Engagement and Municipal Governance in U.S. Climate
Adaptation Planning. Climate Change and Migration. 2023 International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention. Montréal, Québec, Canada. March 17, 2023.
Hot Summer in the City and How We Deal with It. ISA’s Jargon Jumble – The Up Goer Five Challenge (Or, Can You Explain Your Research Using Only Common Words?). 2023 International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention. Montréal, Québec, Canada. March 17, 2023.
Perceptions, Participation, and Power: Community Decision-Making in Climate Adaptation. Migration and Climate Change. 2022 International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention. Nashville, TN, USA. April 1, 2022.
Community Engagement and Participatory Decision-Making in Local Climate Adaptation. Diverse Knowledges and Stakeholder Partnerships for Collaborative Environmental Stewardship. 2022 ISA Annual Convention. Nashville, TN, USA. March 31, 2022.
The Illusion of Inclusion? Participatory Decision-Making in Climate Adaptation. Local Politics, Global Problems. 2021 ISA Annual Convention. Las Vegas, NV, USA (Virtual). April 7, 2021.
The Politics of Refugee Integration in Malawi. The Effect of Domestic Politics on International Relations. 2020 ISA Annual Convention. 2020 ISA Annual Convention. Honolulu, HI, USA (cancelled due to COVID-19). March 28, 2020.
Combating Disenfranchisement among Displaced Communities in Malawi. Empowering Whom? Evaluating What? Accountability in Global Settings. 2019 ISA Annual Convention. Toronto, Canada. March 28, 2019.
Global Responses to Migration and Refugees: Blurred Boundaries, Forced Dichotomies, and False Specificities. Roundtable. 2019 ISA Annual Convention. Toronto, Canada. March 27, 2019.
Opportunities for Participatory Decision-Making among Displaced Populations: The Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework in Malawi. 2018 Academic Council on the United Nations System Annual Meeting. LUISS University. Rome, Italy. July 12-14, 2018.
The Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework: An Opportunity to Improve Malawi’s Refugee Status Determination Process. 2018 Refugee Law Initiative Annual Conference. School of Advanced Study, University of London. London, United Kingdom. July 18-19, 2018.
Consolidating Power Through Prose: The Appropriation and Contestation of Peacebuilding Discourses in Burundi. Interventions and Peacebuilding in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2018 ISA Annual Convention. San Francisco, CA, USA. April 7, 2018.
Africa and the Global Refugee Crisis: Traversing the Terrain Between Global Power and a Continent’s Capacity to Respond. Roundtable. 2018 ISA Annual Convention. San Francisco, CA, USA. April 6, 2018.
Invited Presentations
Climate Change and Global Migration. Magdalen College School Politics Society. Oxford, United Kingdom. March 9, 2022.
Community Engagement in Municipal Climate Adaptation. Oxford Sustainable Finance Student Society. With Nagadarsan Suresh. Merton College, University of Oxford. February 21, 2022.
COVID Impacts and Great Powers Cooperation: Thinking Geopolitics of Cities. Cities and Great Powers: Perspectives from Latin America. Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI) with the Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and the Diplomatic Courier. March 16, 2021.
Protesting for Democracy, Locally and Globally. With Sarah Bush and Jacques deLisle. The World Today, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. September 17, 2019.
Human Rights and the ‘Migrant Caravan’. With Fernando Chang-Muy and Stephanie Schwartz. The World Today, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. November 27, 2018.
‘Natural’ Disasters: The Inequality of Climate Change and Displacement. With Ariadna Reyes-Sanchez and Syra Ortiz-Blanes. The World Today, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. October 2, 2018.
Conferences Organized
Climate Change and Geopolitics Workshop. With Scott Moore. Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. June 24, 2021.
COVID-Induced Crises and Refugee Women’s Livelihoods: Promoting Access to Income, Housing, and Healthcare in Global South Cities. With Shae Frydenlund. Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. April 15-16, 2021.
2021 Global Shifts Colloquium: Locked Down: Global Mobility and COVID-19. Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. March 23-24 and 26, 2021.
2020 Global Shifts Colloquium: Seeking Refuge in the Climate Emergency. Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. September 14-16 and 23, 2020.
Cities, Geopolitics and the International Legal Order, Great Powers and Urbanization Project. With William Burke-White and the Great Powers and Urbanization Project. Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. September 6, 2019.
Vicious Cycles: Toward a Research Agenda on Return and Repeat Displacement. With Stephanie Schwartz. Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. June 11, 2019.
2019 Global Shifts Colloquium: A Changing Climate, A Changing World: Policy Challenges and Opportunities in Migration & Urbanization. Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. April 15-16, 2019.
Model International Mobility Declaration Workshop. With Michael Doyle. Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. February 22, 2019.
Navigating Sanctuary: City Responses to Shifting Immigration Policies Workshop. With Miriam Enríquez and Sozi Tulante. Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. November 14, 2018.
National Institute on Reporting on Race, Gun Violence, and Policing. Public Narrative / Community Media Workshop. Chicago, IL. Spring 2015.
Inclusion of Functional and Access Needs in Disaster Response. American Red Cross of Greater Chicago. Spring 2014.
Podcasts
Orderly Migration in a Disorderly World with Ambassador William Swing. The Global Cable, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. February 22, 2019.
The Scope and Scale of the Refugee Crisis in Venezuela. The Global Cable, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. March 1, 2019.
A Tale of Three Cities featuring Ian Klaus, Penny Abeywardena, Henri-Paul Normandin, and Mayor Mauricio Rodas. The Global Cable, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. September 20, 2019.