2026 Conference: Resillience

Pictured, left to right: Syeda Rumana Mehdi, Erin Gable, Kalasiddhi Thapa, and Kabir Hasan Khan, photographed after the conference. Kleio left early, but is pictured below.

On Friday, April 24th, 2026, the Atlas hosted its third annual research conference, titled “Resillience: Overcoming Global Challenges of the Past, Present, and Future.” It was hosted jointly by Editor-in-Chief Jack Whitten and Conference Co-Chair Tatiana Azouri, with the venue and refreshments generously provided by the Pardee School at Boston University. We had five wonderful presentations on various topics.

Kleio Argyropoulou – 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩

Kabir Hasan Khan – 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴?

Erin Gable – 𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯: 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵-𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘢

Kalasiddhi Thapa – 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘣𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘩𝘪.

Syeda Rumana Mehdi – 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧, 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦: 𝘗𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘪 𝘚𝘩𝘪’𝘪 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯’𝘴 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦-𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘗𝘪𝘭𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢, 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘲

Presenters together with the Atlas team (and Erin’s dog!). Left to right, Syeda Mehdi, Kalasiddhi Thapa, Sapana Joshi, Ellie Stout, Kabir Hasan Khan, Shea (the dog!), Victoria Landa, Jack Whitten, Erin Gable, Tatiana Azouri. Not pictured: Kleio Argyropoulou.