{"id":3278,"date":"2020-09-18T11:16:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T15:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/fiber\/?page_id=3278"},"modified":"2026-08-14T21:30:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T01:30:42","slug":"disasters-trust-and-social-change-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/fiber\/disasters-trust-and-social-change-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Disasters, Trust, and Social Change Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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FIBER \u00b7 University of Florida<\/p>\n\n

Disasters, trust & Social Change Lab<\/h1>\n\n

An interdisciplinary lab that undertakes community-centered research with a focus on the societal inequality and injustice by which risk profiles are defined.<\/p>\n\n

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Explore our projects<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
Home<\/a>About<\/a>Team<\/a>
Projects\u25bc<\/span><\/summary>
All projects \u2192<\/a>
<\/div>Community Resilience InitiativeCredentialing & workforce \u00b7 pilot phase<\/small><\/a><\/div><\/details>
Products\u25bc<\/span><\/summary>
ArcGIS StoryMapOur research, mapped<\/small><\/a>Disasters: DeconstructedThe lab’s podcast<\/small><\/a>Disasters Through the Looking GlassInteractive game<\/small><\/a><\/div><\/details>News<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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We examine the structural, sociopolitical, and psychological barriers that create community vulnerability \u2014 and how narratives and trust<\/em> shape what gets rebuilt, for whom, and on whose terms.<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u2014 THE LAB BOOK<\/p>\n\n

How we work, written down<\/h2>\n\n

Our guide to the research practices, principles, and methodologies behind the lab’s work \u2014 the core values we hold each other to, how we run meetings and share authorship and data, how we conduct ourselves in communities during fieldwork, and the story of how DTSC started.<\/p>\n\n

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Core values<\/p>\n\n

Fieldwork protocols<\/p>\n\n

Authorship & data<\/p>\n\n

Onboarding<\/p>\n\n

How DTSC started<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Open the Lab Book<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u2014 PROJECTS<\/p>\n\n

Research with communities, not on them<\/h2>\n\n
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Project photo<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

Featured \u00b7 Credentialing & workforce<\/p>\n\n

Community Resilience Initiative<\/h3>\n\n

A disaster-resilience credentialing pathway built with communities, colleges, and organizations \u2014 piloting in Jacksonville, Gainesville, and Cedar Key. Click to open the project’s own pages.<\/p>\n\n

Open the project \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Project photo<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

Community resilience<\/p>\n\n

Cedar Key: recovery, trust, and a working waterfront<\/h3>\n\n

Long-term engagement with Cedar Key residents through repeated hurricane impacts.<\/p>\n\n

Open the project \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Project photo<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

Food systems<\/p>\n\n

Food access after disasters<\/h3>\n\n

Modeling urban food access under disruption, centering underserved households.<\/p>\n\n

Open the project \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u2014 INTERACTIVE<\/p>\n\n

Explore our research on the map<\/h2>\n\n

Our ArcGIS StoryMap traces the lab’s fieldwork across Florida’s coast \u2014 the places, the people, and the stories behind each project.<\/p>\n\n

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Open the StoryMap<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u2014 PEOPLE<\/p>\n\n

An interdisciplinary team<\/h2>\n\n
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\"Jason<\/figure>\n\n
\"Goshtasb<\/figure>\n\n
\"Christopher<\/figure>\n\n
\"Ava<\/figure>\n\n
\"Amanda<\/figure>\n\n
\"Zhane<\/figure>\n\n
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Meet the team<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u2014 NEWS<\/p>\n\n

From the lab<\/h2>\n\n
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June 2026<\/p>\n\n

Fieldwork update: summer interviews begin in Cedar Key<\/h3>\n\n

Read more \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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May 2026<\/p>\n\n

Lab members present at the Natural Hazards Workshop<\/h3>\n\n

Read more \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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April 2026<\/p>\n\n

New collaboration announced with community partners<\/h3>\n\n

Read more \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Share our commitment to disaster justice?<\/h2>\n\n

We welcome prospective students, community partners, and collaborators. Reach out \u2014 we read everything.<\/p>\n\n

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Join the lab<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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