Our Partners
Tackling disaster and crises from all sides. Partnerships allow us to both deepen our work in California while also expanding our reach to the global community.
Overview
Partnerships allow us to both deepen our work in California while also expanding our reach to the global community.
Core Partners
Global Disaster Preparedness Center
The American Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have established the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) as a reference center to support innovation and learning in disaster preparedness. As one of 13 reference centers in the international Red Cross Red Crescent (RCRC) network, the GDPC aims to enhance disaster management – namely preparedness – capacities of Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies through a service-oriented and demand-driven approach to building community resilience.
International Science Reserve
The International Science Reserve (ISR) is a network of open scientific communities of discovery, bringing together specialized resources from across the globe to prepare for and help mitigate complex and urgent global crises. The ISR and UC DRN are developing several partnership opportunities.
UC Natural Reserve System
The UC Natural Reserve System is a network of 41 protected natural areas located throughout the State that provide undisturbed environments for research, education and public outreach programs. It is the largest university-administered reserve system in the world encompassing more than 775,000 acres of diverse habitats from the ocean to the mountains to the inland deserts, and with access to more than a million acres of public lands. The Natural Reserve System contributes to the understanding and wise stewardship of the Earth. The seven UC NRS Reserves managed by UCSB are used by thousands of researchers, students and public visitors each year as they investigate and learn about the natural world. Reserve users come from throughout California, the U.S. and the world to study the Reserve’s diverse natural systems and native flora and fauna.
Ernst & Young
UC DRN is partnering with EY (Ernst & Young) to judge their 2023 Open Science Data Challenge for the creation of open-source solutions that could help save 800 million people from hunger. The 2023 Challenge generated more than 13,000 registrations from students and professionals who are passionate about building a more sustainable future. And UC DRN is providing the expertise to help design the 2024 Challenge.
University of Chile
UC DRN is partnering with the University of Chile through its Program for the Reduction of Risks and Disasters (CITRID) to prepare joint activities concerning seismic risk reduction and other topics of mutual interest.
IMT-Mines Ales
UC DRN is partnering with IMT Mines Ales (France) through its Disaster Management and Environmental Impact program by offering teaching inputs to its Masters degree program as well as joint work on areas of mutual interest such as cybersecurity and hospital readiness.
Cage Free Productions
Cage free productions envision a world where stories build bridges and where what they build frees us rather than confines us. Across the globe, far too many people find themselves living in physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual cages. They creatively release media to break these structures and support social justice, human rights, and sustainability. These three pillars serve as the foundation from which all our work derives.
California Council On Science & Technology
CCST is a non-partisan, nonprofit organization that exists to make California’s policies stronger with science and technology. Established via the California State Legislature in 1988 to provide objective advice from California's scientists and research institutions, we respond to the Governor, the Legislature, and other state entities who request independent assessment of public policy issues affecting the State of California relating to science and technology.
Miyamoto International
Miyamoto International is a global structural engineering and disaster-risk reduction firm providing resiliency expertise that sustains industries and safeguards communities.