COVID-19 and Food Security Working Group
This Working Group was established to align measures across COVID-19 studies, partner on analyses, and disseminate recommendations for food environment assessment post-disruption. Check out the Research Agenda Setting Paper and Instrument Repository from the working group.
Funder: National Science Foundation-funded Social Science Extreme Events Research (SSEER) network and the CONVERGE facility at the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder (NSF Award #1841338)
Team: PI: Clay; Co-PI: Colon-Ramos, Hossan, Josephson, Marks, Belarmino, Neff, Niles, Slotter
Funder: National Science Foundation-funded Social Science Extreme Events Research (SSEER) network and the CONVERGE facility at the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder (NSF Award #1841338)
Team: PI: Clay; Co-PI: Colon-Ramos, Hossan, Josephson, Marks, Belarmino, Neff, Niles, Slotter
Early Career Research Fellowship: The Post-Disaster Food Environment
This study explored the impact of Hurricane Florence (2018) on the local food environment in Eastern North Carolina, from farmers growing food, to families putting food on the table. This is the first study to describe what the emergency food assistance landscape looks like for families coping with disasters and the challenges they face. Through interviews with individuals affected by the storm, emergency food response workers, grocery store workers, and farmers, this study describes the impacts and challenges faced across the system. Data analysis is ongoing, but we've learned a lot already.
To learn about the research results so far, check out this field report, news article on the study, news article on food insecurity after Florence, and this article about food availability after the storm.
Funder: National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Gulf Research Program
PI: Lauren Clay, UMBC; Rachel Slotter, Doctoral Candidate, University of Delaware (completing her dissertation on this project currently)
To learn about the research results so far, check out this field report, news article on the study, news article on food insecurity after Florence, and this article about food availability after the storm.
Funder: National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Gulf Research Program
PI: Lauren Clay, UMBC; Rachel Slotter, Doctoral Candidate, University of Delaware (completing her dissertation on this project currently)
SCALE-UP East Boston: Developing a practical model for a climate-resilient community in East Boston to enhance residents’ preparedness
Funder: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Resilience Grant
Research Team: Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) (Lead); David Abramson (NYU PI), NYU; Alexis Merdjanoff, NYU; Lauren Clay (consultant), UMBC
Project Description: In order to understand whether improved social cohesion can make vulnerable communities more resilient to climate risk, SCALE-UP East Boston has designed four activities that will assess, analyze, and cultivate leadership and organizational resilience. The four elements include: (1) a residential survey; (2) an organizational network mapping initiative; (3) a planning assembly; and (4) leadership development.
Research Team: Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) (Lead); David Abramson (NYU PI), NYU; Alexis Merdjanoff, NYU; Lauren Clay (consultant), UMBC
Project Description: In order to understand whether improved social cohesion can make vulnerable communities more resilient to climate risk, SCALE-UP East Boston has designed four activities that will assess, analyze, and cultivate leadership and organizational resilience. The four elements include: (1) a residential survey; (2) an organizational network mapping initiative; (3) a planning assembly; and (4) leadership development.
