IRES: International Research Experiences for Students in Infrastructure Remediation in Informal Settlements in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

IRES：多米尼加共和国圣多明各非正式住区基础设施修复学生的国际研究经验

• 批准号: 1358127
• 负责人: Bjorn Sletto
• 金额: $ 24.99万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-01-15 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1358127&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; International; Research; Experiences; Students

This International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) will provide mentored research opportunities for U.S. graduate students to investigate community-based infrastructure remediation strategies in marginalized communities of large developing cities. The project focuses on the lack of sustainable solid waste and storm management in slum settlements of the Dominican Republic and includes collaborations between the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Santo Domingo in Dominican Republic. Several Dominican organizations, including NGOs, government officials, slum residents, and academics will also take part in this collaboration. The IRES program will involve four U.S. graduate students per year in trans-disciplinary mentored research projects. Mentored projects include independent research in infrastructure remediation related to local adaptive practices, strategies, and community based governance. The program will develop students' ability to work effectively with international research partners representing academia, professional organizations, and community groups. The program will also develop best practices for ethical and empirically rigorous service learning applicable to multiple STEM disciplines in marginalized areas of large developing cities. Community-based knowledge documented and disseminated through the IRES program will have disciplinary impacts in infrastructure remediation, community-based solid waste and storm water management, and participatory planning.

这个国际学生研究经验（IRES）将为美国研究生提供指导研究机会，以调查大型发展中城市边缘化社区的社区基础设施补救策略。 该项目的重点是多米尼加共和国贫民窟住区缺乏可持续的固体废物和风暴管理，并包括德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校和多米尼加共和国圣多明各大学之间的合作。 多米尼加的一些组织，包括非政府组织、政府官员、贫民窟居民和学术界也将参加这一合作。 IRES计划每年将有四名美国研究生参与跨学科的指导研究项目。 指导项目包括与当地适应性实践、战略和社区治理相关的基础设施修复方面的独立研究。 该计划将培养学生与代表学术界，专业组织和社区团体的国际研究合作伙伴有效合作的能力。 该计划还将开发适用于大型发展中城市边缘化地区多个STEM学科的道德和经验严格的服务学习的最佳实践。 通过IRES计划记录和传播的基于社区的知识将对基础设施修复、基于社区的固体废物和雨水管理以及参与性规划产生学科影响。