Critical Readings in Sustainability Science Research Seminar

Conveners: Prof. William Clark and Nancy Dickson, Science, Environment and Development Group

Sponsor:  Sustainability Science Program at Harvard's Center for International Development

Description: This new seminar introduces participants to the core questions and literature of sustainability science. “Sustainability science” is the emerging field of research focused on the challenges of sustainable development. From a core of use-inspired basic research on the interactions between social and natural systems, the field reaches out to embrace relevant scholarship both on the fundamental character of interactions among humans, their technologies, and the environment, and on the utilization of that knowledge to address urgent problems of economic development and environmental conservation. Introductory lectures on the core questions of sustainability science will be supplemented with background readings. In subsequent sessions, participants will be expected to present and critique selected literature. Intended for advanced fellows and doctoral students.

Audience: Advanced fellows and doctoral students are invited to attend this seminar.

Time and place: Unless otherwise noted, the Critical Readings in Sustainability Science Research Seminar will meet weekly on Tuesdays from 9:00 - 10:30 AM in the Perkins Room at CID, located on the fourth floor of the Rubenstein Building at the Kennedy School of Government.

 

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