Elevated Coastal Communities Resilience Workshop
Workshop, Murray Nelson Government Center, Key Largo, FL, USA (2026)
Workshop organizer (hybrid event), in collaboration with an interdisciplinary research team funded by Florida Sea Grant.
Talks and presentations
Preparing for Climate Migration: Insights from Emerging Receiving Cities
Conference Panel, Consortium for Scenario Planning 2026 Conference, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Salt Lake City, UT, USA (2026)
Panel with Tim Robustelli, Patrick Welch, Amy Cotter, and Peniel Ibe.
Population Mobility in the Wake of COVID-19 in the US Northeast Region: Lessons for Regional Planning
Invited Seminar, WIRED Wednesday Seminar, NSF U.S.-Canada Center on Climate-Resilient Western Interconnected Grid (WIRED Global Center), Virtual (2025)
Emerging Insights into Post-Disaster Community Relocation: From Theory to Implementation
Conference Roundtable, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA (2025)
Roundtable with Divya Chandrasekhar (moderator), Rob Olshansky, Ivis Garcia, and Santina Contreras.
Receiving Communities in the Wake of COVID-19: Lessons from the Rural Northeast Region
Conference Presentation, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA (2025)
Receiving Communities in Rural Northeast: Lessons for Climate Migration
Conference Presentation, Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Annual Congress, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey (2025)
Receiving Communities in Rural Northeast: Lessons for Climate Migration
Conference Presentation, MR2025 Mobility, Adaptation, and Wellbeing in a Changing Climate, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA (2025)
Receiving Communities in Rural Northeast: Lessons for Climate Migration
Invited Talk, CA+P 2025 Research Symposium, College of Architecture, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA (2025)
Rising Seas, Towering Challenges: A Review of the Barriers and Opportunities to Sea Level Rise Adaptation
Virtual Presentation, Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Annual Congress, Paris, France (2024)
Transformational Change through Domestic Climate Migration
Poster Presentation, Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Annual Congress, Paris, France (2024)
Poster presentation (co-author/designer).
Preparing Receiving Regions for a Just and Sustainable Climate Migration: Systems and Scenarios for New England
Virtual Presentation, National Planning Conference, Virtual (2024)
Climate Migration Workshop
Workshop, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy & University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA (2024)
Workshop organizer and panel discussant.
Talking COVID, Learning for Climate Migration
Conference Presentation, Northern New England Planning Conference, New Castle, NH, USA (2023)
Preparing Receiving Regions for a Just and Sustainable Climate Migration: Systems and Scenarios for New England
Conference Presentation, National Science Foundation Sustainable Regional Systems (SRS) Awardee Conference, Alexandria, VA, USA (2023)
Community and Government Responses to the Wicked Problem of Sea Level Rise
Invited Talk, FEMA Vanguard Executive Crisis Leadership Fellowship Program, Miami, FL, USA (2023)
Co-authored with N. E. Ganapati (presenter).
The Factors that Affect Local Governments’ Responses to Sea Level Rise: A Case Study of Monroe County, Florida
Virtual Presentation, ASPA (American Society for Public Administration) 2023 Annual Conference, Virtual (2023)
Perceptions of Local Leaders Regarding Postdisaster Relocation of Residents in the Face of Rising Seas
Virtual Panel, American Society of Adaptation Professionals (ASAP) — Climate Migration and Managed Retreat Panel, Virtual (2023)
Perceptions of Local Leaders Regarding Post-Disaster Relocation of Residents in the Face of Rising Seas
Conference Presentation, ASPA (American Society for Public Administration) 2022 Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL, USA (2022)
Relocation in the Face of Rising Seas: The Florida Keys Post-Hurricane Irma
Virtual Poster Presentation, The 46th Annual Natural Hazards Research & Applications Workshop, Virtual (2021)
A recorded talk can be found here.
Post-disaster Relocation in the Face of Rising Seas: The Florida Keys after Hurricane Irma
Invited Presentation, Senior Fellows and Friends, Virtual (2021)
An advertisement for the talk can be found here on the “Senior Fellows and Friends” website.
Post-disaster Relocation in the Face of Rising Seas: The Florida Keys after Hurricane Irma
Virtual Presentation, ASPA (American Society for Public Administration) 2021 Annual Conference Founders' Fellow Panel, Virtual (2021)
To Respond or Not to Respond? A Review of the Literature on How Public Sector Organizations Address Sea Level Rise in the United States
Virtual Presentation, ASPA (American Society for Public Administration) 2021 Annual Conference, Virtual (2021)
Conducting Systematic Literature Reviews
Webinar, Florida International University Public Policy and Administration Webinar, Virtual (2020)
Webinar organizer and presenter. Covered database search and document review based on the PRISMA method and analysis using software (e.g., Zotero, Mendeley).
Back to “the New Normal” in the Face of Rising Seas: Sea Level Rise Adaptation and Mitigation in Post-Disaster Recovery Context in the U.S.
Research Talk, IAARC Event: Let’s Talk Research, Florida International University Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustainability, Florida, USA (2020)
Back to “the New Normal” in the Face of Rising Seas: Post-Hurricane Irma Relocation and Repopulation in Monroe County
Conference Presentation, ASPA 2019 Annual Conference, Washington, DC, USA (2019)
To Respond or Not to Respond?
Conference Presentation, Sustainability and Development Conference, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (2018)
“Place-Making” as a Tool for Vital Public Spaces: A Review of Public Space with respect to “Spatial Organization” and User Participation through “Place Making” and Examination of Practices in Turkey
Conference Presentation, Pro Walk / Pro Bike / Pro Place Conference, Pittsburgh, USA (2014)
A Review of Place Making with respect to the Interaction of Design and Public Use in Case Study of Sultanahmet District, Istanbul
Workshop Presentation, COAC International Workshop Architecture, Education and Society, Barcelona, Spain (2010)
Evaluation of Sultanahmet District, Istanbul based on placemaking guidelines—sociability, uses & activities, comfort & image, and access & linkages.