Get to know N-EWN
A community of researchers, practitioners, and educators working together to advance the practice of natural infrastructure.
We work across four main branches
In order to help facilitate the widespread adoption of natural infrastructure practices across the United States, we’ve identified four main areas that need additional work:
Developing methods and standards
New tools, techniques and guidance are needed to effectively plan, design, construct and operate natural infrastructure at different scales
Assessing benefits and costs
Natural infrastructure provides communities with a broad array of economic, environmental and social benefits. Improved approaches are needed to evaluate, quantify and forecast these benefits to support planning and decision making
Monitoring performance and outcomes
Technically sound, efficient and applicable methods are needed to track natural infrastructure performance over time, develop the evidence base for future designs, ensure compliance with policy and inform project operations and adaptive management
Integrating people and policy
Providing infrastructure that supports human wellbeing and equitably meets the needs of diverse communities requires integration of human values, attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and policies with modern communication and collaboration practices
Combining a diversity of on-the-ground experience with interdisciplinary teams.
The N-EWN community is made up of over 30 partners from industry, academia and the non-profit sector.
What N-EWN’s been up to:
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Three new post-doc positions!
Interested in joining the N-EWN team? Check out these positions! Postdoctoral Research Associate AD: Biodiversity within Nature-Based Solutions Status: PostedPosting Number: G/R10504P Posting Quick Link: http://www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/175566Search Committee: Seth Winger (Chair), Brian Bledsoe, and Virginia Talati (Pending HR Approval) Postdoctoral Research Associate AD: Economic Aspects of Nature-Based Solutions Status: PostedPosting Number: G/R10506P Posting Quick Link: http://www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/175612Search Committee: Susan Ferreira (Chair), Craig Landry,…
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We’re hiring!
We’re seeking a postdoctoral researcher to join the N-EWN team, as part of the College of Engineering at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. The candidate will work on a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-funded project: the Engineering With Nature Initiative. Candidates should have a doctoral degree from an accredited institution in civil or environmental…
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Network for Engineering With Nature (N-EWN) Collaboration
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and University of Georgia (UGA) recently announced a partnership that connects the interdisciplinary expertise of UGA’s Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS), with the vast on-the-ground experience of USACE’s Engineering With Nature® (EWN®) Initiative to form the Network for Engineering With Nature (N-EWN).
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