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SPIA Responds: Turkey/Syria Earthquake and Disaster Relief

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Date & Time Feb 23 2023 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Location Robertson Hall
Arthur Lewis Auditorium
Department Princeton School of Public and International Affairs Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies
Speaker(s)
Miguel Centeno
Dr. Burcu Balcik
Doug Mercado, MPA '07
Shelly Culbertson, MPA '04
Alkın Kaz ’23
Audience Open to the Public
Link Zoom Registration

The panel will address short-term needs and challenges, including:

  • What are the needs of survivors and their communities?
  • What challenges do you foresee in the immediate and medium term?
  • What can the international community do to help?
  • What can the SPIA/Princeton community do?

This is a hybrid event, register for Zoom here.

Opening Remarks

Miguel Centeno

Miguel Centeno
Executive Vice Dean; Musgrave Professor of Sociology; Professor of Sociology and International Affairs

Panelists

Dr. Burcu Balcik

Dr. Burcu Balcik
Professor of Industrial Engineering, Özyeğin University, Istanbul

Doug Mercado

Doug Mercado, MPA '07
International Humanitarian Affairs Expert

Shelly Culbertson, MPA '04

Shelly Culbertson, MPA '04
Associate Director, Disaster Management & Resilience Program, RAND Homeland Security Research Division

Alkin Kaz ’23

Alkin Kaz ’23
President, Turkish Student Association