Research Newsletter – June 7, 2024
Happy end of Spring Quarter CBE! We are pleased to bring you the last official research newsletter of the 2023-2024 academic year. We will share updates as needed throughout the summer, but please look out for the next official newsletter in September. Enjoy a warm and restful summer!
News
Assistant Professor Amos Darko wins 2023 Sustainability Young Investigator Award
Dr. Amos Darko, assistant professor in the department of Construction Management has won the competitive international sustainability award, the 2023 Sustainability Young Investigator Award! The award is in recognition of excellence in the field of sustainability and sustainable development. Click the link to learn more about the award.
Johnston-Hastings Endowment 2024-2025 Awardees Selected
The 2024-2025 Awardees for the Johnston-Hastings Endowment Publication and Travel awards have been selected. Publications endowment support is for work that has been accepted for publication rather than the writing thereof. Such support is needed for publication; especially where a University Press is involved. Click the link to learn more about the awardees.
Events
Artist Opening Sat, June 8th 12 – 8 pm (Artist talk at 5 pm)
This exhibition focuses on the Tohoku coastline of Japan that was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and combines a close photographic study of existing sociological, geological, and constructed conditions with a series of parafictional architectural proposals that reconsider the role of coastal infrastructure through the transformation of existing tsunami walls to public space.
Founded in 1987, the People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) is one of the nation’s first HIV/AIDS organizations centering communities of color. Today, almost 40 years later, POCAAN has grown to house 13 programs addressing how substance misuse, incarceration, homelessness, sexually transmitted diseases, racism, sexism, transphobia, and homophobia contribute to community marginalization and health disparities. Join the POCAAN team to learn about POCAAN’s past, present, and future. Please register in advance.
View more events on the CBE Events Calendar.
Recent Publications
- “The impact of penalties, incentives, and monitoring costs on the stakeholders’ decision-making behaviors in non-compliance drone operations” co-authored by Amos Darko
- “Driving factors for the adoption of green finance in green building for sustainable development in developing countries: The case of Ghana” co-authored by Amos Darko
- “Key performance indicators for hospital planning and construction: a systematic review and meta-analysis” co-authored by Amos Darko
- “Awareness, adoption readiness and challenges of railway 4.0 technologies in a developing economy” co-authored by Amos Darko
Find all publications on the Research Portal
Resources
Research MeetingsDiversity, Equity, and InclusionOther Resources
None coming up! Happy summer!
Place-Based Justice Network Summer – The Place-Based Justice Network Summer Institute will be held at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA on Monday, July 22nd (beginning at 11:30 am PST) to Wednesday, July 24th (4:00 pm PST). The institute welcomes colleagues from campuses and communities across the network to learn together, share knowledge, hold space, discuss our unique and shared challenges, and strategize how to move the work of anti-oppressive, place-based engagement forward. Click here to learn more/register.
Fall 2024 Institute on Teaching Social Action, September 7-8, 2024 – This two-day, in-person institute is offered at the University of Washington as a pre-conference to the National Sustainability Society’s 2024 National Conference, and it is open to both faculty attending, and not attending, the Conference. This Institute will introduce faculty and staff to an experiential learning approach for incorporating social action campaigns into either a semester-long course or co-curricular workshop series. Click the link to learn more. Applications due by August 24, 2024.
Navigating the complexities of decolonizing knowledge production – Integration and Implementation Insights blog
Practicing responsible research within an Indigenous paradigm – Integration and Implementation Insights blog
Rewriting Partnerships: Community Perspectives on Community-Based Learning – Rachael Shah book, “Community members are rarely tapped for their insights on engaged teaching and research, but without these perspectives, it is difficult to create ethical and effective practices. Rewriting Partnerships calls for a radical reorientation to the knowledges of community partners”
Anti-Racist Community Engagement Principles and Practices – centers anti-racist community-engaged traditions that BIPOC academics and community members have created through more than a century of collaboration across university and community. It demonstrates both the progress and the work that still needs to be done.
Check out the ITHS calendar for REDCap training opportunities.
- Add your active research projects to the Research Portal – Please enter your project information here!
- Schedule office hours to meet with Carrie Sturts Dossick, Associate Dean for Research. Please email be-research@uw.edu or use this link to schedule an appointment.
Research Opportunities
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See the Research Funding Opportunities webpage for all upcoming opportunities.
Reminder: When you receive a Notice of Award email, forward it to be-grants@uw.edu!
Nothing coming up this month!
Apply Today! Women in Clean Energy, Education, and Empowerment (C3E) Initiative Fellow
Applications for the U.S. Department of Energy’s C3E Initiative Fellowship are open now. Click the link to learn more about this opportunity.
None this week! If you have something we should feature, send it to be-research@uw.edu!
We strive to curate opportunities that are relevant across the CBE research community. Please email your resources to be-research@uw.edu and we’ll add them to the list!
The Office of Research works to connect, coordinate, elevate, and accelerate research throughout the College of Built Environments. Learn more about CBE’s research on the Research Portal and on the Research Intranet Pages.