WU250362S
OSRS OUTGOING SUBAWARDS TEAM SCOPE OF WORK GUIDE ELEMENTS OF THE SCOPE OF WORK AIMS OF PROJECT: PROFESSOR MICHAEL FRACHETTI, DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY, WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS, HAS RECEIVED A RESEARCH GRANT MODELLING SCALES OF SOCIETAL RESILIENCE TO CONCURRENT SHOCKS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION, THROUGH THE US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MINERVA INITIATIVE. THE MAIN GOAL OF THIS THREE-YEAR PROJECT IS TO CONDUCT FOCUSED RESEARCH ON THE UNDERLYING FACTORS THAT DETERMINE SOCIETAL RESILIENCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES SUCH AS NATURAL DISASTERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE ACROSS ASIA. THIS WILL BE DONE THROUGH A COMBINATION OF (1) DEVELOPING NOVEL THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS FOR CONCEPTUALIZING SOCIETAL RESILIENCE; (2) DEVELOPING SPATIAL STATISTICAL MODELS FOR QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOCIETAL RESILIENCE; AND (3) DETAILED ANALYSIS OF A LARGE CORPUS OF DATA ABOUT SOCIETAL IMPACT AND RECOVERY FROM MAJOR HISTORICAL AND RECENT ENVIRONMENTAL SHOCKS ACROSS THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. AS CO-PI AND SUB-AWARD RECIPIENT, PROFESSOR ZUBROW WILL PLAY AN INSTRUMENTAL ROLE IN ALL ADDRESSING ALL THREE OF THESE INITIATIVES, AS DETAILED BELOW. RESEARCH OBLIGATIONS OF CO-PI PROFESSOR EZRA ZUBROW, SUNY BUFFALO: PROFESSOR ZUBROW HAS FOUR DECADES OF EXPERIENCE CONDUCTING SPATIAL AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH ON HUMAN Â ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS, INCORPORATING BOTH ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND CONTEMPORARY DATASETS. HE IS ONE OF THE PIONEERS IN THE USE OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS WITHIN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES. HIS EXPERTISE, EXPERIENCE, AND FAMILIARITY WITH MATHEMATICAL AND GEOSPATIAL MODELLING ARE ESSENTIAL TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. PROFESSOR ZUBROW WILL BE FUNDED BY A SUB-AWARD TO SUNY BUFFALO FOR THE FOLLOWING TASKS: 1. ZUBROW WILL LEAD RESEARCH OBJECTIVE 1, WHICH FOCUSES ON BUILDING CONCEPTUAL AND QUANTITATIVE MODELS FOR SOCIETAL RESILIENCE [PROJECT YEAR 1]. 2. ZUBROW WILL COLLABORATE WITH THE OTHER PROJECT PIS, PROJECT CONSULTANT BRASSARD, AND ASSIST PI FRACHETTI PLANNING AND RUNNING THE PROJECT-FUNDED SCALES OF SOCIETAL RESILIENCE WORKSHOP, HOSTED AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS [PROJECT YEAR 1]. 3. ZUBROW WILL WORK WITH CO-PI DALY TO DEVELOP DETAILED CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF AND TRAJECTORIES OF RECOVERY FROM A LARGE SELECTION OF HISTORICAL DISASTER CASE STUDIES, TO BE IDENTIFIED IN THE COURSE OF THE RESEARCH [PROJECT YEAR 1]. 4. ZUBROW WILL PARTICIPATE IN AT LEAST 1 INTERNATIONAL FIELD EXCURSION WITH PIS FRACHETTI AND DALY IN PROJECT YEARS 1, 2, AND 3. 5. ZUBROW WILL SUPERVISE A GRADUATE STUDENT ASSISTANT AT SUNY BUFFALO, FUNDED BY THE PROJECT, TO USE THE CRITERIA DEVELOPED TO ANALYZE SOCIETAL RESEARCH TO GRADE THE HISTORICAL CASE STUDIES [PROJECT YEARS 1 AND 2]. 6. ZUBROW WILL COLLABORATE WITH FRACHETTI AND DALY TO PRODUCE THE CORE ACADEMIC DELIVERABLES, I.E., CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND JOURNAL ARTICLES [PROJECT YEARS 1, 2, AND 3]. 7. ZUBROW WILL PARTICIPATE IN REGULAR PROJECT MEETINGS AND PLANNING SESSIONS. 8. ZUBROW WILL PROVIDE STRATEGIC PLANNING SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT TO PI FRACHETTI [PROJECT YEARS 1, 2, AND 3]. OPERATIONAL PLAN: IN SPECIFIC TERMS, THE WORK UNDER THE SUBAWARD WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY PROFESSOR ZUBROW AS FOLLOWS: 1. MEETINGS & WORKSHOPS: ZUBROW WILL ATTEND REGULAR WEEKLY PROJECT BRIEFING SESSIONS WITH CO-PI AND PI. ZUBROW WILL ATTEND AT LEAST 1 IN-PERSON INTERNAL PROJECT WORK-SHOP AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS PER PROJECT YEAR. ZUBROW WILL ATTEND THE PROJECT RESILIENCE WORKSHOP IN PROJECT YEAR 1 AT WASHU. ZUBROW WILL ATTEND THE PROJECT DELIVERABLES WORKSHOP AT WASHU IN PROJECT YEAR 3. 2. FIELD VISITS: ZUBROW WILL ACCOMPANY PI FRACHETTI ON AT LEAST ONE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP/FIELD VISIT DURING EACH PROJECT YEAR TO CASE-STUDY AREAS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION (CASE-STUDY AREAS MAY INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, SINGAPORE, INDONESIA, PHILIPPINES, NEPAL, OR OTHERS AS DETERMINED BY THE RESEARCH). THESE VISITS WILL ENTAIL WORKSHOP EVENTS IN HOST COUNTRIES WHICH WILL INCLUDE INTERACTION WITH COLLEAGUES AND
The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York
Project Grant FA95502510047
$54.5k 1/13/25