Research Projects: Humanitarian Response

Gentilly Project

When a mega-disaster exceeds government planning or resources, the solution is to turn to local citizens and distant "unmet friends" to mobilize the resources, manpower, and materials to rebuild neighborhoods more quickly. Center senior research fellow Quintus Jett is leading a project that offers an organizational framework to facilitate more "open" participation in disaster recovery, combining organizational science, geography, and digital technologies. More ›