Our work on worker exploitation continues. Early results suggest strategies to disrupt exploitation benefit from education, cooperation, and trust!

Some of our work!

Across our state we have the opportunity to expand both the service footprint and the portfolio of services offered within that footprint.

More work is needed to address sexual misconduct in the workplace. This research provides insights about the academic and mental health impacts of sexual harassment endured by medical students.

The GOP calls for ‘unity’ are just a continuation of the cynical strategy to say anything that justifies the desired end. We will not heal until we hold politicians accountable for the process and not just the outcomes. 2 Guys on Your Head podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kut…

This is the month when we focus on increasing awareness of human trafficking, and part of the message is that forms of human trafficking and exploitation are quite varied and nuanced. See more at ic2.utexas.edu/news/bbr-and-i…

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“By integrating more diverse scientific disciplines, and their respective scientists with indigenous people and local community insight and risk assessment data, we can help promote a more sustainable and equitable wildlife trade.”

Future themes in this series include community resilience, entrepreneurship, a community asset gap analysis, and an assessment by communities of their priorities among various economic development and quality of life projects. Stay tuned!

We look at resilience, quality of life, and economic development among rural Texas communities in the latest installment of our Regional Economic Recovery survey findings. ic2.utexas.edu/resilience-rec… #ecdev IC² Institute

Nice article in the Austin Business Journal about the Boerne-Kendall County region of Texas that also highlights some of the work that Steven Pedigo and IC² Institute are doing in that area to help them think about economic development. bizjournals.com/austin/news/20…

In colonias in South Texas, learning from home is extremely difficult for students who don't have reliable internet. bit.ly/3dTuMHY

We are conducting research on the needs of sexual assault survivors. Please share widely. sites.utexas.edu/idvsa/survivor…

Enjoyed presenting our work on #HumanTrafficking to @TheCACHouston with Matt Kammer-Kerwick and Noel BuschArmendariz. The fight against trafficking is a collaborative effort, and Harris County is leading the way.

BBR continues to do important work on addressing human trafficking. Our 2019 report highlighted how kids get trapped in cycles of exploitation, and how they can get out of "the life."

So honored to have @uchicago’s John List John A. List as a keynote at our Leeds School of Business conference!

Fascinating findings around mobility preferences, entrepreneurial intention, and economic development preferences among residents of rural and small cities in Texas.

So glad to be co-hosting a wonderful (and public) presentation by Uvalde muralist Abel Ortiz, about community healing, art, and restorative justice. IDVSA IC² Institute

It is hard to add a quote when I'm already quoted, but I feel the need to add that I am also thankful to work with a great team and visionary leaders! Bruce Kellison S. Craig Watkins Art Markman and others who are apparently not on this platform!! 😃