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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 7h

New #article from Professor Kim Johnston Jenny Zhengye Hou and greg hearn: Trusted Intermediaries: Fostering Multicultural Community Leadership in Disaster Communication TL;DR: Community leaders mobilise information, social capital and practical support www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 7h

New #article from Tooba Ahmed: Street Crime Prevention Education and Peace Resilience: A Community-Based Approach to Building Safer and More Sustainable Societies TL;DR: encourage collective responsibility reviewcps.com/index.php/rc...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 10h

New #article from Dagnew et al: Poly-crisis and interreligious tension management: the role of Shimglina in Southern Wollo, Ethiopia TL;DR: generates both bonding capital within communities and bridging capital across religious divides link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 12h

Quid pro quo? road budgets had been drastically cut for two municipalities whose mayors supported his rival in the February general election. japantoday.com/category/pol...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

However bad left-wing censoriousness is or was, the Republican response in Texas has been to ensure that what is taught in the state’s universities is itself propaganda and indoctrination. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

New #article from Francis Dalisay et al: Associations between hurricane stressors, social capital, and climate anxiety among individuals who experienced hurricanes TL;DR: Bonding social capital had a direct negative association with climate anxiety journals.plos.org/mentalhealth...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Episode Description What if the key to building stronger, safer, and more resilient communities isn’t another seawall, a bigger emergency operations center, or more concrete, but the relationships we build in everyday places? emnetwork.substack.com/p/how-everyd...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

New #article from Osei et al: Waste as Shield: Informal Settlement Practices of Turning Waste into Climate Adaptation in Kumasi, Ghana TL;DR: Waste-based strategies redistribute flood risk between households and carry secondary health hazards www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Excited to be speaking at SUNY New Paltz today

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Please join us for a discussion about my new book Beyond Common Ground at @Northeastern University this Thursday at 3:00 pm in 310 Renaissance Park

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

New #article from Acanga Alfred: Navigating coastal futures: Harnessing GIS and multi-criteria decision analysis for sustainable resilience in Kerala TL;DR: need for evidence-based methods that include local ecological knowledge and involve communities www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

New #article from Akihiro Suzuki et al: Supporting and Constraining Processes of Risk Recognition and Preparedness in Disaster Education TL;DR: Disaster education needs links to support systems beyond individual preparedness. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Later this month, I go to the Harvard University Program on US-Japan Relations to discuss my new book Beyond Common Ground: How Everyday Places Solve Big Social Challenges in the Bowie Vernon Room at 12pm. Please join us for the conversation! loom.ly/FLW7HJg

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

What does a PhD pay? Data reveal huge gaps across Europe www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

New #article Sarper Yilmaz et al: A Two-Year Recovery Report From the Emergency Medicine Association of Türkiye Perspective TL;DR: recommends structural safety, supply chains, psychosocial support, durable housing, academic workforce recovery, coordination www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

New #article from Keren Weinberg et al: Conditional belonging under institutional ambiguity: narratives of Sudanese asylum seekers in Eilat, Israel TL;DR: Contact with host society was largely instrumental, whereas co-ethnic networks provided support www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Looking forward to speaking at the 21st Annual Institute for Disaster Mental Health Conference tomorrow www.newpaltz.edu/idmh/annual-...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

New #article from Rahman et al: Socio-ecohydrology, Land Use Changes, and Community Responses on Hatiya in the Delta, Bangladesh TL;DR: significant socio-economic vulnerabilities, with 76% of households reporting no savings and 61% having outstanding debt www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

New #article from Mercy Chelangat et al: Coping Strategies of East African Undocumented Immigrants and Human Rights Protection in Kenya TL;DR: coping mechanisms serve more as survival strategies than for rights protection. journals.editononline.com/index.php/jl...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Forget seawalls and prisons—the most powerful tool to fight climate change and crime might be your local park, cafe or library. In Beyond Common Ground, I show how social infrastructure builds true resilience. loom.ly/I5F8Omw

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Breaking: A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shakes Panama www.kcci.com/article/pana...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

New #article from Sharma et al: Psychosocial impact of natural disasters in a rural Himalayan community: A qualitative study TL;DR: strong community relationships offered crucial emotional and material support www.ovid.com/jnls/inpj/fu...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New #study finds that #socialinfrastructure — places that connect us, from parks to libraries — fosters a range of types of social connection: from being familiar with others, to building relationships, to creating community. medium.com/reimagining-...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New #article from Artes et al: The Effects of Political Misalignment With the Government on Individual Well-Being and Mental Health TL;DR: greater ideological distance negatively impacts life satisfaction and mental health onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New #article from Hussein et al: Exploring the role of community participation in promoting sustainable development in Mogadishu, Somalia TL;DR: consultation produces stronger perceived benefits when community input affects decisions link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New #article from Natalia Putina: Societal Cohesion as a Foundation of Societal Resilience: Evidence from the Republic of Moldova TL;DR: low levels of institutional trust, polarization, and social fragmentation undermine societal cohesion and resilience analerise.igri.ro/article.php?...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Last day of the Reimagining the Civic Commons event in Detroit

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

New #article from Putina: Societal Cohesion as a Foundation of Societal Resilience: Evidence from the Republic of Moldova TL;DR: low levels of trust, identity-based polarization, and social fragmentation undermine societal cohesion and resilience analerise.igri.ro/article.php?...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

New #article from Geoffrey Friesen: From Impact to Regeneration: Healing the Separation in Financial Thought TL;DR: paper illustrates both the promise and limits of regenerative finance link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Learning about the Ella Fitzgerald park: this is free to you, but it isn't free to do

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Excited to kick off the Reimagining the Civil Commons event in Detroit with a discussion of my book Beyond Common Ground

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New #article from Dewi et al: Building Public Trust Through Culturally Sensitive CSR Communication TL;DR: integration of a gender perspective in climate change disaster mitigation creates a more sustainable social impact journal.student.uny.ac.id/index.php/il...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Please join us Thursday October 15th at 3:00 at @Northeastern University's Renaissance Park 310 to talk about my new book Beyond Common Ground RSVP: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New #article from Tomoe Katoh: Hybrid Governance for Arctic Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction: Reinterpreting Japan’s Disaster Pre-Recovery and Reconstruction Approach TL;DR: flexible hybrid governance framework requiring context-sensitive adaptation www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New #article from Matthewman et al: Playing amongst the ruins: creative play/cemaking in recovery cities of the 21st century TL;DR: role for play in disaster recovery since it provides a non-threatening way for communities to reengage, reconnect +reimagine www.emerald.com/dpm/article-...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New #article from Sornsenee et al: From Campus to Crisis Shelter: A Case Analysis of Shelter-Based Healthcare and Disaster Preparedness during the 2025 Flood TL;DR: social cohesion + adaptive governance enabled resources and personnel to be mobilized www.jhsmr.org/index.php/jh...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New #article from Alcantara et al: Rethinking Crisis Readiness Through Network Governance for Extreme Weather Events TL;DR: crisis readiness cannot be understood solely as an organisational attribute but is enacted through networks of collaborating actors www.mdpi.com/2673-4060/7/...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Not now pneumonic plague released by a Russian biological weapons lab apnews.com/article/russ...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Natural hazards, massive wave + lightning strike edition

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

New #article from David MacPhee et al: Becoming resilient: Community-driven change and the Civic Capacity Index TL;DR: Few communities are “maintaining” much less “thriving,” based on a widely used measure of well‐being pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42584239/

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

New #article from Xu et al: Social mobilization as adaptive infrastructure: how governance activates community co-production for urban flood resilience TL;DR: social mobilization emerged as a key condition for activating community co-production www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

New #article from Savannah Moore: “Welcome to the Club”: Unpacking Administrative Burdens in Conservation Incentive Programs Supporting Natural Flood Resilience TL;DR: landowners demonstrated conservation values + a desire to manage their land accordingly onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Not now mysterious lethal plague from Siberia www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/e...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

New #article from Marine Elbakidze et al: Greening in turbulent times: insights into civic ecology practices across Ukraine TL;DR: leadership, volunteer engagement, and organisational competencies interact with shared meanings of care link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

New #article from Lopa et al: A Scoping Review of NGO–Donor Partnerships and Adaptation Challenges in Bangladesh Flood Governance TL;DR: challenges: donors dominance, financial constraints, misaligned priorities, weak community orgs, and participation gaps www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/14...

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