CID Archive: Events Archive: Past Seminars

Seminar on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development

22 May 2003
"The Institutional Dimensions of Fisheries Stock Assessments"
Frank Alcock, Fellow, Research and Assessment Systems for Sustainability Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

10 June 2003
"The Thirty-Year Quest for Sustainability: A Historical Look at the 1972 Stockholm Conference and Beyond"
Henrik Selin, Wallenberg Fellow in the Environment and Sustainability
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Björn-Ola Linnér, Assistant Professor, Department of Water and Environmental Studies
Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

15 May 2003
"Perspectives on the Emergence and Settlement of Biodiversity: Reconciling Approaches in the Context of Sustainable Development"
Frederique Santerre, Research Fellow, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University

15 May 2003
"Case Studies on Harnessing Science and Technology for Sustainability"
Vanessa Timmer, Research Fellow, Initiative on Science and Technology for Sustainability and David Cash, Research Associate, Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University

1 May 2003
"Exploring Sustainability Through Vulnerability Assessment: The Case of Downscaling Climate Projections in Northern Norway"
Colin Polsky, Research Fellow, Research and Assessment Systems for Sustainability, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University

17 April 2003
"Vulnerable Witnesses: Indigenous Peoples and Understanding Environmental and Social Change in the Arctic"
Marybeth Long-Martello, Research Associate, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

3 April 2003
"Countering the 'Loading Dock' Approach to Climate Predictions: A Comparative Analysis of ENSO Forecasting Systems"
David Cash, Research Associate, Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University

20 February 2003
"Can Reactive Nitrogen Be Managed Sustainably?"
William Moomaw, Professor of International Environmental Policy
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA

11 February 2003
"A Water Resource Threshold and Its Implication for Food Security"
Alexander J.B. Zehnder, Director, Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG), Zurich, Switzerland

6 February 2003
"Science and Technology for Livable Cities: The Implications for Water and Wastewater"
Arthur Goldstein, Chairman, Ionics, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA

30 January 2003
"Local Action Moves the World"
Julian Agyeman, Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts

12 December 2002
"Facilitating Partnerships: Engaging the Private Sector, Governments, and Nongovernmental Organizations in the Dialogue to Accelerate the Use of Science and Technology for Sustainable Development"
Sir Crispin Tickell, Chairman, Board of Directors, Climate Institute
Washington, D.C., USA

5 December 2002
"Induced Technical Change for Sustainability"
Arnulf Grübler, Senior Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, Induced Technical Change for Sustainability

21 November 2002
"Role of Social Sciences in Countering Terrorism"
Lewis Branscomb, Professor Emeritus, Public Policy and Corporate Management, Harvard University

14 November 2002
"Technology Investments in Aerospace Among Asian NIEs: Sustainable Policy or Not?"
Sören Eriksson, Assistant Professor of Economic Geography, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping, Sweden

7 November 2002
"A Comparative Analysis of Research Systems in Agriculture and Climate Forecasting"
David Cash, Research Associate, Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Jonathan Borck, Ph.D. Candidate, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

31 October 2002
"After the Johannesburg Summit: The Politics of Sustainable Development"
Leslie Carothers, Vice President, Environmental Health and Safety, United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

17 October 2002
"International Environmental Policy Making in the White House: Inside Perspectives"
Ian Bowles, Senior Research Fellow, Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

11 October 2002
"Development Studies and the Sustainability Challenge: Institutional Challenges for the 21st Century"
Kurt Hoffman, Director, Shell Foundation, London, UK

3 October 2002
"Geographic Information and Sustainable Development in Africa: Opportunities for International Partnerships"
Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard University

19 September 2002
"Technology and Sustainability: Implications of the Outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development"
Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard University

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