Trans-Atlantic Research and Development Interchange on Sustainability 2021: Sustainability and Resilience in the Face of Emergent Threats

2021 年跨大西洋可持续发展研究与开发交流：面对紧急威胁的可持续性和复原力

• 批准号: 2050546
• 负责人: Urmila Diwekar
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Vishwamitra Research Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-12-01 至 2023-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2050546&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Trans; Atlantic; Research; Development; Interchange

In the 21st Century, the dominant challenge to humanity is encapsulated in the concept of sustainability. This is at its core an effort to find ways that make it possible for civilization to prosper on Earth now and in the future. By itself, this is a formidable challenge given the 7.8 billion current human population. But this challenge must be met in the face of emergent threats such as the SARS-COV-2 pandemic, wars, climate change, and others. At the local level, these emergent global threats can manifest as major disruption events like floods, droughts, forest fires, high rates of hospitalization and death, and economic distress. Therefore, the theme for TARDIS 21 is "Sustainability and Resilience in the Face of Emergent Threats." To explore this theme and find feasible and actionable pathways to manage it, the following focus questions will be addressed at TARDIS 21: (1) What are the most critical threats facing the World in the 21st Century? (2) Which of these threats are critical challenges to achieving sustainability and promoting resilience locally as well as globally? (3) What may be the most practical and effective ways to mitigate these threats? (4) What is the most practical and useful path to resilience and sustainability in the face of these threats? The workshop will be conducted in October 2021 in Miskolc, Hungary. The composition of the body of participants will be balanced to include representation with respect to discipline (engineering, physics, chemistry, economics, policy, etc.), institutions (academic, government, private sector) and regional and national representation, and (4) minorities and women. The participants will be from both the European and American communities, with the European participants being supported on non-NSF funds. The PI will work with the Technical University of Graz, the University of Miskolc, and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science to prepare a final report resulting from the workshop. This report will be made available on public websites.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在21世纪，对人类的主要挑战被封装在可持续性的概念中。这是它的核心努力，以找到使文明现在和将来在地球上繁荣发展的方法。考虑到当前78亿人口，这本身就是一个巨大的挑战。但是，面对紧急威胁，例如SARS-COV-2大流行，战争，气候变化等，必须面对这一挑战。在地方一级，这些新兴的全球威胁可能表现为重大破坏事件，例如洪水，干旱，森林大火，住院和死亡的高率以及经济困扰。因此，TARDIS 21的主题是“面对紧急威胁的可持续性和韧性”。为了探索这个主题并找到可行且可行的途径来管理它，将在TARDIS 21：（1）21世纪世界面临的最关键威胁是什么？ （2）这些威胁中的哪一个是实现可持续性和在全球范围内促进弹性的关键挑战？ （3）减轻这些威胁的最实际和有效的方法是什么？ （4）面对这些威胁时，弹性和可持续性的最实际，最有用的途径是什么？该研讨会将于2021年10月在匈牙利的Miskolc举行。参与者身体的组成将保持平衡，以包括纪律（工程，物理，化学，经济学，政策等），机构（学术，政府，私营部门）以及地区和国家代表性的代表，以及（4）少数民族和妇女。参与者将来自欧美社区，欧洲参与者得到非NSF资金的支持。 PI将与格拉斯技术大学，Miskolc大学和奥地利联邦科学部合作，准备由研讨会产生的最终报告。该报告将在公共网站上提供。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评论标准的评估值得支持的。