2024 EERI Annual Meeting (2024AM)

Multidisciplinary

The Collective Impact (CI) model develops a network of community members, organizations, and institutions through the development of a common agenda, centralized support, continuous communication, mutually reinforcing activities, and shared measurement. In this special session, we will hear from a panel of interdisciplinary researchers about their experiences in conducting earthquake science and engineering research relevant to developing and understanding the implications of a Collective Impact framework. The panel will discuss opportunities and challenges for Collective Impact's role in uniting earthquake science and engineering for more resilient futures. The panel brings perspectives and experiences from seismology, civil engineering, anthropology, and geography to the framework of Collective Impact. The discussion will feature work informed by interdisciplinary earthquake science and engineering projects, including designing human-centered earthquake information products, crowd-sourcing approaches to improving building inventory, and establishing a Collective Impact focused earthquake center. We will also hear about the role of equity, diversity, inclusion, and justice in conducting Collective Impact research that can increase future resilience to earthquakes and associated hazards.