WUN Research Development Fund Awards

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been an active member of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) since 2015. The WUN is a global higher education and research network of 23 universities engaged in over 100 active research initiatives, and involving more than 2,300 researchers and students on a diverse range of collaborative projects which address some of the world’s most urgent challenges. WUN supports collaborative research that is innovative and makes a difference, provides opportunities for established and emerging talent, attracts resources to sustain its world-class teams, and creates access and advantage for its members. Eight UMass Amherst faculty have received WUN awards and eleven have been collaborators on other WUN projects.

Research Development Fund Awards

2019

UMass Amherst-Led Proposals

Establishing the Low Carbon Energy Transition in a Changing Climate Network
UMass Amherst Team: PI, Rob DeConto (Geosciences, School of Earth & Sustainability); Co-PI, Matthew Lackner (Mechanical and Industrial Engineering); Co-PI, Elisabeth Hamin Infield (Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning); Collaborators: Sanjay Arwade, (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Ray Bradley (Geosciences)
WUN Partner Universities: University of Bergen, University of Bristol, The University of Sydney, Zhejiang University
Non-WUN Partner Universities: University of the Virgin Islands, Imperial College, University of Edinburgh

Legal Cultures and New Regional Policies towards Forced Migrants
UMass Amherst Team: PI, David Mednicoff (Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, Public Policy); Co-PI, Rebecca Hamlin (Legal Studies, Political Science)
WUN Partner Universities: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Leeds, The University of Western Australia
Non-WUN Partner Universities: University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Hamad Bin Khalifa University,

UMass Amherst Collaboration Proposals

Addressing the impact of heatwaves and drought on food security
UMass Amherst Collaborator: Om Pakash Dhankher (Stockbridge School of Agriculture)
WUN Lead University: University of Leeds

Climate-Induced Migration: Global Scope, Regional Impacts and National Policy Frameworks
UMass Amherst Collaborator: Elizabeth Brabec (Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning)
WUN Lead University: The University of Auckland

!Gâ re – Rangatiranga – Dadirri : Decolonizing the 'capture of knowledge'
UMass Amherst Collaborator: Sonya Atalay (Anthropology)
WUN Lead University: University of Cape Town

Gendering Migration: Women and Girls Experiences of Gender-based discrimination, abuse and violence across migratory stages
UMass Amherst Collaborator: Elizabeth Brabec (Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning)
WUN Lead University: Maastricht University

Mental Health Impact and Access to Health and Social Care Services for Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
UMass Amherst Collaborator: Lisa Fontes (University Without Walls)
WUN Lead University: The University of Sheffield

2018

UMass Amherst-Led Proposals

Researching diversity, inclusion and student success: Towards a global campus climate framewor
UMass Amherst Team: PI, Chrystal George Mwangi (Educational Policy, Research & Admin); Co-PI, Sangeeta Kamat (Educational Policy, Research & Admin); Co-PI, Anna Branch (Sociology); and Co-PI, Jonique Childs (Student Development).
WUN Partner Universities: University of Bristol, University of Ghana, University of Cape Town, and University College Dublin

Sustainability and electricity access in developing countries
UMass Amherst Team: PI, Erin Baker (Mechanical & Industrial Engineering) and Co-PI, Leonce Ndikumana (Economics)
WUN Partner Universities: University of Ghana, University of Nairobi and University of Cape Town

UMass Amherst Collaboration Proposals

A global platform to harmonize and share accelerometry data: Towards the next generation of sedentary behaviour, physical activity, and sleep guidelines
UMass Amherst Co-PI: John Staudenmayer (Mathematics & Statistics)
Lead WUN University: Maastricht University

African child and youth wellbeing in the context of migration and displacement
UMass Amherst Co-PI: Lindiwe Sibeko (Nutrition)
Lead WUN University: University of Alberta

Memorials to people who have died and to those missing during migration: A global project
UMass Amherst Co-PI: Elizabeth Brabec (Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning)
Lead WUN University: University of Bristol

Women’s mobility: Negotiating work & family spheres in Asia
UMass Amherst Co-PI: Miliann Kang (Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies)
Lead WUN University: The Chinese University of Hong Kong

2017

UMass Amherst Collaboration Proposals

The trans-nationalism of indigenous movements: The role of digital technologies
UMass Amherst Co-PIs: Amber Young and Rudolf Bedeley (Operations and Information Management
Lead WUN University: University of Aukland

2016

UMass Amherst-Led Proposals

In-herit: The role of heritage in ontological security during migration and displacement
UMass Amherst Lead: PI, Elizabeth Brabec (Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
WUN Partner Universities: University of Aukland, Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Leeds, University of Cape Town, University of Western Australia, University of York, Zhejiang University
Mpower: Empowering mothers for health
UMass Amherst Lead: PI, Elena Carbone
WUN Partner Universities: University of Ghana, University of Sheffield, University of Sydney

UMass Amherst Collaboration Proposals

 Impacts of grain legume research and development in developing countries
UMass Amherst Co-PIs: Om Parkash (Stockbridge School of Agriculture); Dong Wang, (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
WUN Lead University: Chinese University of Hong Kong

2015

UMass Amherst-Led Proposals

Responding to climate change
UMass Amherst Team: PI, Om Parkash (Stockbridge School of Agriculture); Co-PI, Baoshan Xing (Stockbridge School of Agriculture); Co-PI, Klaus Nusslein (Microbiology), Co-PI, Laurel Smith-Doerr (Sociology)
WUN Partner Universities: University of Leeds, University of Southampton, University of York, Zhejiang University

Air sensors everywhere
UMass Amherst Team: PI, Richard Peltier (Environmental Health Sciences)
WUN Partner Universities: University of Ghana, University of York

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