Global Columbia Collaboratory FALL 2024:
Rising from the Rubble: Post-Disaster Recovery and Resilience
Taking part in the Global Columbia Collaboratory provides currently enrolled undergraduate students with a forum for learning about global issues from international experts and peers around the world.
You will deepen your knowledge of world-wide challenges, sharpen your cross-cultural and collaborative skills, and expand your global network.
During the Fall 2024 Global Columbia Collaboratory, you will learn from academics from diverse fields of study and local NGO activist-practitioners through three Global Seminars, small group meetings, and a collaborative project as a deliverable.
Students will reflect, ideate, and collaborate to learn, discuss, and raise awareness about the recovery and resilience work being done in the earthquake hit regions in Türkiye. The Global Collaboratory will provide a unique opportunity for students to engage with the Columbia Global Center Türkiye, Columbia faculty and NGO professionals in Türkiye who have been actively involved in recovery and resilience work, empowered and facilitated by Columbia Global Resilience Fund.
If you have any questions, write to globalcollab@columbia.edu
About
The Fall 2024 Global Columbia Collaboratory Rising from the Rubble: Post-Disaster Recovery and Resilience is a free, not-for-credit, virtual global program exploring post-disaster crisis response and resilience work for communities at risk. The program is designed to engage students with recovery and resilience efforts and seeks to provide a nuanced understanding of the root causes of crises in disaster hit regions across the world. The program focuses on long-term recovery work after the catastrophic earthquakes in Türkiye which affected 11 provinces with a population of around 14 million (16.4% of the total population of the country), including 2 million Syrian refugees.
This years’ Collaboratory is a unique opportunity for students to engage with the Columbia Global Resilience Fund, an initial investment of $1 million, to support recovery work in Türkiye with the development of novel, feasible, and scalable solutions by Columbia faculty. During the semester students will learn from Columbia’s first-hand expertise in recovery and resilience efforts by three innovative projects implemented in collaboration with local NGOs in Türkiye. Students will explore a multi-faceted approach to resilience by focusing on environmental sustainability, education and capacity building, health, economic development, social justice and human rights, preservation of monuments and cultural artifacts, architectural and engineering research, policy and regulations.
The Collaboratory is grateful to be partnering with The Columbia Global Center Türkiye and various Türkiye-based NGOs.
Timeline & Time Commitment
Application due: Friday, September 6, 2024
Programming for the Collaboratory will take place over 10 weeks. Students should expect to spend 3 - 4 hours a week engaged with Collaboratory content, seminars and activities. Students must participate in all events as part of joining the Fall 2024 Collaboratory.
Week 1: September 16 (end of Change of Program period is September 13)
Toolbox Session (Mondays 9AM - 10AM EST)
UNESCO Story Circles in Pods
Week 2: September 23 - 27
Global Seminar #1: Building Back Better: Multi-stakeholder, Multi-Risk Informed Urban Development Approach (Sept 24) 9:00 a.m. [EDT]
Toolbox Session (Mondays 9AM - 10AM EST)
Small group meetings during the week
Week 3: September 30 - October 4
Toolbox Session (Mondays 9AM - 10AM EST)
Small group meetings during the week - Meeting with NGO partner in Pods
Week 4: October 7 - 11
Global Seminar #2: Assessing & Addressing the Health Needs of Vulnerable Communities Post-Disaster (Oct 10) 9:00 a.m. [EDT]
Toolbox Session (Mondays 9AM - 10AM EST)
Small group meetings during the week
Week 5: October 14 - 18 [Midterms at Columbia University]
Toolbox Session (Mondays 9AM - 10AM EST)
Small group meetings during the week
Week 6: October 21 - 25
Global Seminar #3: Risk Mitigation and Long-term Recovery: Fostering Coordination Across Sectors (Oct 22) 9:00 a.m. [EDT]
Toolbox Session (Mondays 9AM - 10AM EST)
Small group meetings during the week - Second meeting with NGO partner in Pods
Week 7: October 28 - November 1
Toolbox Session (Mondays 9AM - 10AM EST)
Small group meetings during the week
Daylight savings (Nov 3)
Week 8: November 4 - 8 [Columbia Academic Holiday November 4 & 5]
Toolbox Session (Mondays 9AM - 10AM EST)
Small group meetings during the week
Week 9: November 11 - 15
Globalize your resume Toolbox Session (Monday 9AM - 10AM EST)
Practice run of Showcase presentations
Week 10: November 18 - 22
Student Project Showcase (Monday 9AM - 10:30 AM EST)
Small group meetings to debrief and collect deliverables for NGOs
Program Benefits
The Global Columbia Collaboratory will provide you with opportunities to:
Develop a worldwide network of thinkers eager to understand and engage with complex global challenges related to recovery and resilience in the face of disaster;
Learn from experts in their fields about how they are addressing global challenges arising from the earthquake disaster in Türkiye;
Collaborate with your global peers and NGOs to create project on the NGO’s behalf;
Strengthen global learning competencies: listening for understanding, perspective taking, critical reflection, personal and social responsibility;
Receive a Global Columbia Collaboratory Certificate of Completion at the successful completion of the program.
Continue and enhance Collab relationships through a LinkedIn Collaboratory group.
Eligibility
At the point of application and throughout the Global Columbia Collaboratory experience, you must be currently enrolled as an undergraduate student in good disciplinary standing.
If selected to join the Fall 2024 Global Columbia Collaboratory: Rising from the Rubble: Post-Disaster Recovery and Resilience students must agree to fully participate in all offerings and collaborate with their peers on the NGO project.
The Collaboratory is conducted in English and is not-for-credit. It is free to participants.
Applications are open until Friday, September 6, 2024 and reviewed on a rolling basis until the program is full.
FAQ
Who: Undergraduate students from Columbia University, partner institutions, and various colleges and universities in the world; international sustainability experts; and local NGO practitioners addressing the challenges and opportunities in this field.
Where: This is a virtual program with synchronous and asynchronous seminars and meetings, conducted in English.
When: Weekly from September 16 through November 22, 2024
Time Commitment: Students should expect to spend 3 - 4 hours a week engaging with Collaboratory content, seminars and activities.
Application: Applications are open until Friday, September 6, 2024 and reviewed on a rolling basis until the program is full. Click the “Start Your Application” button on our website: https://global.undergrad.columbia.edu/program/global-columbia-collaborat...
Cost: This non-credit program is free for undergraduate students selected to participate.
Deliverable: Students will collaborate in small groups to create projects designed to the specifications of their partner NGOs, which they will publicly present at the Collab Student Showcase. Student projects will also be featured in the Collab Gallery.
Certificate: Students will receive a Global Columbia Collaboratory Certificate of Completion to add to their LinkedIn profiles and/or online portfolios.
Networking: Join the Collaboratory LinkedIn Group to expand your global network, access opportunities (jobs, internships, etc.), events and interesting articles in addition to posts from your Collab peers.
Student Project Gallery
The Global Columbia Collaboratory gallery of student projects can be viewed here.
Previous Collaboratory Global Seminars
Flourishing African Cities in collaboration with Columbia Global Centers Nairobi and the Citizen Diplomacy Lab (part of Columbia Global Centers Paris)
Global Seminar #1: Rethinking Food Systems in Africa - Production, Processing, Distribution, and Consumption
Global Seminar #2: Reimagining African Cities: Design, Participation and Diplomacy
Global Seminar #3: Clean, Safe, & Affordable Cooking Energy for African Households
Plastics: Retelling the Story of Waste in collaboration with Columbia Global Centers Mumbai, SDGs Today, and Columbia University’s Center for Sustainable Development. Spring 2023.
Global Seminar #1: Tracing the Impact of Plastic Pollution (Passcode: +TE16Qdr)
Global Seminar #2: Tackling Plastic Pollution (Passcode: U*T*0yA6)
Pathways to Decarbonization in collaboration with Columbia Global Centers Rio de Janeiro and Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Fall 2022.
Global Seminar #2: Energy Jobs and Ensuring a Just Transition
Global Seminar #3: Energy Transition Showcase: Costa Rica, Brazil, and United States
The Amazon We Want in collaboration with Columbia Global Centers Rio de Janeiro and Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Summer 2022.
