Wednesday, July 12, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. MDT
Location: Interlocken A

The recently formed Coastal Hazards, Equity, Economic Prosperity, and Resilience— or CHEER—Hub explores the tensions and tradeoffs between community goals for managing coastal hazard risk and achieving equity and economic prosperity. Launched in 2022 with funding from the National Science Foundation, CHEER Hub involves researchers from 11 universities and many disciplines. This innovative initiative relies on meaningful academic engagement with grassroots community organizations, emergency management practitioners, and other national research centers. It also enriches disaster education in the natural, engineering, and social sciences by bringing diversity, equity, and engagement to the forefront. This session will highlight how the CHEER Hub team is working across disciplinary and organizational boundaries to achieve research goals and broader societal impacts.