AMRDI provides original research into climate change vulnerability and rural community development, and partners with communities in order to innovate pathways to long-term health, well-being and prosperity in Arctic and global Mountain regions. We use cutting edge social science methodologies, and partner with local populations themselves, to maximize human prosperity, well-being and human-environmental sustainability in these critical regions. Areas of special focus therefore consist of a range of topics, including:
- Public health disparities (with a special focus on the social determinants of communicable disease and hunger
- Poverty reduction, and overcoming impediments to poverty reduction
- Affordable housing and access to essential services
- Building resilient rural economies; and assisting in the transition form resource-dependency to less shock-prone economies
- Enhancing political representation and voice -- in each national, regional and international fora
- Incorporating traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) into public policy and long-term decision-making
- The implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in remote mountain regions, globally
- Public policy for sustainability in the Western US States
- Building climate change adaptation and resilience
