Dr. Bukvic’s research is focused on coastal resilience, vulnerability, security, population displacement, and mobility. She is further interested in whether relocation can serve as a viable adaptation strategy to sea level rise in coastal communities and what opportunities could emerge from this process. She uses mixed-methods to study complex emerging issues in coastal urban and rural settings related to flooding, such as geospatial analysis, surveys, and interviews.
Michelle Covi is an assistant professor of practice in the Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department at Old Dominion University and is one of the Virginia Sea Grant extension staff, helping to connect expertise in our universities to address climate change and sea level rise adaptation issues. She has a PhD in Coastal Resources Management from East Carolina University and focuses her research on climate change and sea level rise risk perception, communication and public participation in regional decision-making.
“I have already followed up with some of the connections I made at the roundtables event, and I look forward to future collaborations related to the impacts of sea level rise on private landowners and on marshes and the wildlife that inhabit them” -Ashley Dayer, Assistant Professor, College of Natural Resources and Environment at Virginia Tech.
Acknowledgement: We thank Dr. Rhiannon Bezore (ODU) for assisting with the Rotating Resilience Roundtables website