Dr. Tom Perrault (Geography, Syracuse University) and Dr. Manuel Prieto (Instituto de Arquelogía y Anthropología, San Pedro de Atacama, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile) who will lead a conversation on bridging transnational scholarship and broadening conceptual tools in nature-society scholarship. … Read more
Dr. Faith Kearns (California Institute for Water Resources), who will share her work on communicating science and increasing the relational capacity of the science community, drawing on her work on water issues and environmental change.
Dr. Jason Delbourne of NC State will be coming to talk with us about his work on genetic engineering, scientific innovation and society, including his recent experience as part of a 15 person National Academy of Sciences that produced a report on … Read more
Robert Haswell was a Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Natal: Pietermaritzburg between 1974 and 1989, before entering Parliament in South Africa first as a member of the Democratic Party and then as an African National Congress Member … Read more
Dr. Daniel Exeter Using Big Data to understand the geography of health and deprivation in New Zealand Dr Daniel Exeter, School of Population Health, The University of Auckland Abstract There has been a considerable amount of research into socio-demographic patterns … Read more
Robert McDonald (TNC) Colloquium Title - Conservation for Cities Flyer download Abstract Homo sapiens are now primarily an urban species. By 2050, the world’s urban population will swell by almost 3 billion. All this growth will require new infrastructure, as will … Read more
Amber Pearson (Mich State U) Link to CV. Link to flyer TITLE Quantifying the health benefits of nature in cities ABSTRACT The last decade has seen mounting evidence to suggest that the presence of natural environments in urban neighborhoods … Read more
Heather Randell (SYSYNC) Link to CV TITLE: The impact of climate change on educational attainment: Evidence from the global tropics ABSTRACT: Investments in education serve as an important pathway out of poverty, yet reduced agricultural productivity due to droughts … Read more
Aaron Hipp (NCSU) Link to CV. Title: Spatial Energetics To address current obesity and inactivity epidemics, researchers have attempted to identify spatial factors that influence health behaviors. Technological and methodological developments have led to a revolutionary ability to examine dynamic, … Read more
Eric Delmelle (UNC-Charlotte)
Jaskiran Dhillon (The New School) Title: Reflections on Prairie Rising: Indigenous Youth, Decolonization, and the Politics of Intervention Abstract: Jaskiran Dhillon’s new book Prairie Rising: Indigenous Youth, Decolonization, and the Politics of Intervention (University of Toronto Press, 2017) offers … Read more
Ian Baird (UW-Madison) Title: The Political Ecology of Cross-Sectoral Cumulative Impacts: Modern Landscapes, Large Hydropower Dams and Industrial Tree Plantations in Laos and Cambodia Abstract: Environmental and social impact assessment is now a widely accepted tool in the Mekong Region … Read more
The Assassination of General Qasem Soleimani: Context and Implications for Iran and the United States, Q&A with Dr. Charlie Kurzman, Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies. FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005.
