IRES seminar series will this year focus on what it means to conduct research in support of decision making, as we aim to do according to our mission statement with a particular emphasis on methodological challenges. The seminars will run on Thursdays from 1-2pm in AERL 120. Every second will be student led and every second will be faculty led and will involve internal and external guests.
The timetable is currently being finalized for the next academic session.
Rebecca Martone – March 8th, 2012
will be speaking about coupled social-ecological systems research for ecosystem-based management in coastal marine ecosystems
Part of the IRES Seminar Series.
September 15 – Mary O’Connor
will be starting our seminar series this year talking about Understanding Marine Climate Change Impacts And how we can use theory to strengthen climate change ecology.
1 – 2pm, AERL room 120.
September 29 – David Poole
talking about Computational Models of Complex Decisions.
Part of the IRES Seminar Series.
October 13 – X. Tony Bi
Regional biomass utilization for greenhouse gas reduction and local air quality improvement
27 October – Leila Harris
Tracing Environmental Citizenship and Politics at the Edges of Europe: Green lay narratives and possibilities in contemporary Turkey
November 10 – Natasha Affolder
will be speaking about Bargaining for Biodiversity: The Challenge of Multi-Level Lawmaking.
Part of the IRES Seminar Series.
November 24th, Dr. Timo P. Karjalainen
will be speaking about Being deliberative and analytic in environmental appraisals.
Part of the IRES Seminar Series.
December 1st – Jinhua Zhao
China Hype and China Bashing: Contextualize Transportation Research in Fast Urbanizing China. AERL 120, 1 – 2pm.
January 12 – Hisham Zerriffi
will be speaking about Water and Energy Poverty in Comparative Perspective.
Part of the IRES Seminar Series.
Peter Dauvergne – January 26th, 2012
will be speaking about Big Brand Governance: Turning Sustainability into Global Power and Business Value
Part of the IRES Seminar Series.
Matthew Evenden – February 9th, 2012
will be speaking about The Roots of Canada’s Big Dam Era: Mobilizing Rivers in the Second World War.
Part of the IRES Seminar Series.
