Pacific RISA Network Analysis Survey
Why: In recent years, multiple agencies across the Pacific have identified a pressing need to actively engage professional decision-makers and active community members in all sectors to create comprehensive climate change research and policies. Additionally, there is a need to increase meaningful collaborations across Hawaiʻi and the U.S. affiliated Pacific Islands, and the larger Pacific Islands region.
What: The Pacific RISA (www.PacificRISA.org) is responding to these needs with this network analysis survey. This survey will map communications among scientists, policy-makers, educators, outreach specialists, private sector stakeholders, community and environmental groups, and others who are invested in and affected by climate variability and change impacts on natural and built environments.
Benefits: The resulting network map will show communication strengths across sectors and regions that can be leveraged for future activities in the Pacific, as well as areas for growth. The network map will be publicly available and can be used by all interested agencies across the Pacific to facilitate planning, identify partners, and justify funding requests for future collaborative activities.
How to Participate: Please visit http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1105979/Pacific-RISA-Network-Analysis to complete the survey. All members of your agency/team are invited and encouraged to complete the survey. You are invited and encouraged to list additional stakeholders to increase visibility and comprehensiveness of your agency’s relevant communications in this network.
You are invited and encouraged to forward this invitation to others. Our network is vast across sectors and regions. The more people who participate in this survey, the better we can represent our dynamic and expansive community.
Questions? If you would like more information about this network analysis, please contact Dr. Kati Corlew at 
(808) 944-7477 or corlewk@eastwestcenter.org, or Dr. Victoria Keener at (808) 944-7220 or keenerv@eastwestcenter.org.
Laura Kati Corlew, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments