Nicola Ulibarri

We’re proud to share that Associate Professor @ulibarri.bsky.social from the Dept. of Urban Planning & Public Policy is guiding policy & regulatory analysis for the @ucirvine.bsky.social Climate Collaboration’s Healthy Coasts Project, which aims to better and protect our coastline: ow.ly/v77H50YlfH6

'Tis the season of New Year's resolutions! But, if you, like me, are guessing that 2026 will be full of uncertainty and disruption I'd offer a slight twist. Think about how, in the year to come, you can invest in your coping capacity.

UCI has a new MPA focused on urban & environmental sustainability! For more: mpa.soceco.uci.edu

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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

Associate Professor Nícola Ulibarrí of the @ucirvine.bsky.social Department of Urban Planning & Public Policy has won the Academy of Management's 2025 Best Journal Article Award for research that flips conventional wisdom about conflict on its head. ow.ly/WQ9450X31J4

Labor Center Research Director University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

The @ucirvine.bsky.social Labor Center seeks a research director for impactful work on workers' rights and economic justice. Direct questions to wnicholl@uci.edu. The application review date is Sept. 22, so get on it at ...

recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09842

Urban planning & public policy Associate Professor @ulibarri.bsky.social of @ucirvine.bsky.social and Division Chief Nick Freeman of @ocfireauthority.bsky.social explain "How Social Ecology Makes Your Life Better" when it comes to battling and preventing wildfires in our latest Impact Series video.

This is exactly how I teach research design! Do you have favorite examples of qualitative analysis of quant data (beyond descriptive stats or graphs)?

Also, we can do lots of JAM: Joint Adaptation and Mitigation. Stuff that reduces both emissions and vulnerability to climate impacts.

- Air-sealing buildings (and adding intentional filtration/ventilation) reduces heat/cooling demand, hence emissions, as well as health impacts from wildfire smoke.

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I'm honored and excited to receive this year's Best Article Award from @aompnp.bsky.social! This is easily one of my favorite articles I've written, and it's awesome to see it recognized -- 13 years after I started collecting the data:)

Congrats to @ulibarri.bsky.social, winner of AOM-PNP's 2025 Best Journal Article Award for "An Analysis of Micro-Scale Conflict in Collaborative Governance" (doi.org/10.1093/jopa...) #AOM2025 #pasky

Igniting Solutions: What can OC learn from the LA Wildfires - School of Social Ecology Join the Climate Urban Sustainability Program (CUSP) team and UC Irvine experts for an insightful roundtable as we dive into lessons learned from the recent LA fires, explore Orange County’s curren...

REMINDER: Register by this Thursday for Igniting Solutions: What Can OC Learn from the LA Wildfires? The UC Irvine Climate & Urban Sustainability Program event runs from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, May 9, in SBSG 1517. Please RSVP here: campusgroups.uci.edu/SoEco/rsvp_boot?id=1939704

Through words and video, learn how UC Irvine urban planning & public policy Associate Professor Nicola Ulibarri countered the "dominant narrative" about water in California during an all-day summit presented in Sacramento by UC Berkeley's Possibility Lab. socialecology.uci.edu/news/how-dry-we-arent

This April Fools, here's my favorite @theonion.com article related to my work!

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And of course, I'm not at all discounting the critical role of the federal workers still trudging forward despite everything. It's just also key to remember we have a much bigger community aligned together.

So many fantastic ideas for ways forward, from community kitchens to electric co-ops to teaching interest based negotiation! Stay tuned for specific policy levers that can get us there!

On my way home from 2 invigorating days thinking about how to build abundance for essential policy areas for all Californians with the Abundance Policy Consortium. Grateful to see the power of community and our local and state governments -- there's still so many of us doing important work!

Motivations for collaborative governance in China: a systematic review of the literature This article highlights the role of political context in shaping motivation of actors from the public sector, the private sector, and civil society to work together collaboratively. Most studies on...

New paper led by Jie Wang: Motivations for collaborative governance in China: a systematic review of the literature. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl.

can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities

Are you a young scholar working on cities and climate change? Maybe you want to be an @ipcc.bsky.social chapter scientist for the Special Report on cities. Check it out: www.ipcc.ch/2025/01/27/c...

While I *hate* the assault on DEI hiring/research/outreach/everything, I do think it's an opportunity to think about what programs are actually helping remove the obstacles vs just painting them in glossy paint

I LOVE the obstacle course metaphor. I know so many talented minority scientists (including my husband) who were pushed out of academia because their records were a little too "weird" (not "innovative" or "boundary spanning")

If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov

And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

They need to hear from you.

Five things scientists can do to fight the rise of fascism. Access to trustworthy information is among the most important preconditions for safeguarding democracy.

The freeze of the NIH is just the latest culmination of the right's long war on science, education, and democracy.

Here are some of my ideas for what I think scientists can do about it. 🧪 conservechange.medium.com/five-things-...

Hi Bluesky 👋🏼 I'm an Urban Water Specialist @ucanr.bsky.social @ucirvine.bsky.social. My research focuses on designing and managing urban environments to create sustainable and mutually beneficial relationships between natural ecosystems and people. #WaterResources #NatureBasedSolutions #WaterJustice