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Sustainability
FLARE Network: Collaboration to Create a 
Sustainable Future for People and Forests 
The Forests and Livelihoods: Assessment, Research, and 
Engagement Network (FLARE) is an international community 
of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers committed to 
developing greater knowledge at the intersection of forests and 
livelihoods and applying it to policy and practice. Since 2023, 
the network has made its administrative home in the 
Pulte Institute. 
Daniel C. Miller, Keough School associate professor and 
Pulte Institute core affiliated faculty member, also serves as 
coordinator of FLARE. Now in its tenth year, FLARE, through its 
conferences and meetings with partner organizations, facilitates 
collaboration that drives research essential to  human flourishing 
firmly grounded within the context of sustainability. In October 
2023, members gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, for its annual 
meeting, the network’s first-ever in the Global South.
“The FLARE conference 
allowed me to showcase my 
research about the impact 
of trees in farmlands and 
forests on the well-being 
of households in Ethiopia. 
As someone relatively new 
to research, this event 
helped me discover a new 
perspective: the need 
to embrace holistic and 
naturalistic approaches that 
can rejuvenate both our 
forests and livelihoods— 
two realms that should 
complement one another.” 
Lizzie Stifel
Global Affairs, Political Science, ’24
24 | Sustainability
The Pulte Institute for Global Development
On this page: Professor Daniel C. Miller and Susan Ostermann in 
conversation with FLARE conference attendees in Nairobi, Kenya, 
October 2023. Image by Phillip Rachel Ventures Entertainment. 

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