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Role of universities examined in disaster-preparedness, response and recovery
Dec 6, 2019
Roughly 400 researchers and educators from more than 114 institutions across the nation recently joined together to explore how higher education can strengthen preparedness, response, and recovery in the face of growing threats posed by climate change and extreme weather. The “RISE CONFERENCE 2019…News Topics: RISE ConferenceDisasters
Why Social Science? - Because It Helps Build Resilience in the Face of Disasters
Oct 24, 2018
By Brandi Gilbert, Ph.D., Research Associate, Urban Institute & Nnenia Campbell, Ph.D., Research Associate, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado, Boulder We are dedicated to using social science to improve disaster recovery for those on the margins of society—in particular on the…
Officials raise Puerto Rico’s death toll from Hurricane Maria to nearly 3,000 people
Aug 29, 2018
By Aimee Cunningham The Puerto Rican government has officially updated its tally of lives lost to Hurricane Maria to an estimated 2,975. That number, reported August 28 in a government-commissioned study by George Washington University in Washington D.C., dwarfs the island’s previous count of 64…News Topics: Disasters
Death toll from Hurricane Maria estimated to be larger than previously thought
Aug 6, 2018
The number of people who died as a result of Hurricane Maria — which hit Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017 — may be as high as 1,139, surpassing the official death count of 64, according to researchers. The researchers used official government records to calculate the number, which took into…News Topics: Disasters
Inaccurate data analysis may affect Puerto Rico’s recovery
Apr 4, 2018
The ability to use statistics to guide decision-making may be collateral damage of Hurricane Maria's devastating blow to Puerto Rico, according to a Penn State demographer. In an article published today (April 2) in Health Affairs, Alexis Raúl Santos, the director of the graduate program in applied…News Topics: DisastersDemography
Why Puerto Rico’s death toll from Hurricane Maria is so much higher than officials thought
Jan 2, 2018
By PRI Associate Alexis Santos for The Conversation “If you don’t get away from those areas, you are going to die.” That phrase concluded Puerto Rico Secretary of Public Safety Héctor Pesquera’s press conference before Hurricane Maria. Three months after the storm, he is one of the fiercest…News Topics: DisastersDemography
Why Social Science? - Because Social Science Fosters Robust and Trustworthy Knowledge
Jan 1, 2018
By Felice J. Levine, Ph.D., Executive Director, American Educational Research Association As Chair of the COSSA Board, it is an honor to conclude the inaugural year of “Why Social Science?” with some reflections and aspirations. When COSSA launched this initiative in 2017, the aim was to invite…