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Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar

Convenors: William Clark and Nancy Dickson

Time and place: Starting September 12 and unless otherwise noted, the Fall 2007 Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar will meet weekly on Wednesdays, 9:00-10:30 am, in the Perkins Room (R-415), 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, Kennedy School of Government (Map)

Description: The weekly Sustainability Science Seminar serves as a forum for fellows in the Sustainability Science Program to present research plans and work in progress, providing opportunities for shaping proposals, critiquing ongoing research, and giving and receiving constructive peer review. The seminar, as the Program itself, considers work that explores basic understanding of the dynamics of human-environment systems; facilitates the design, implementation, and evaluation of practical interventions that promote sustainability in particular places and contexts; and improves linkages between relevant research and innovation communities on the one hand, and relevant policy and management communities on the other.

Audience: Graduate students, fellows, research staff, and faculty are invited to attend the seminar.

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

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Event archive: 2006-2007 series, 2005-2006 series, 2004-2005 series, 2003-2004 series

Spring 2008

February 5, 2008

Overview of Spring Plans for the Sustainability Science Program and Discussion of Critical Readings in Sustainability Science Seminar
William Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development, Co-director, Sustainability Science Program
Nancy Dickson, Senior Researcher and Co-director, Sustainability Science Program

February 12, 2008

Adaptive Management of Human-Environment Systems
Jan Sendzimir, Research Fellow, Sustainability Science in the Sustainability Science Program

February 19, 2008

Assessing the Resilience of River Basin Management Regimes: Non-Linear Change on the Road to Sustainability
Jan Sendzimir, Research Fellow, Sustainability Science in the Sustainability Science Program

February 26, 2008

No Seminar

March 4, 2008

Legitimizing and Strengthening Deliberation to Address Environmental Conflicts: The Case of Community Protests at the Tintaya Copper Mine in Peru
Isabelle Anguelovski, doctoral candidate, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

March 11, 2008

Who Purchases Flood Insurance?
Carolyn Kousky, doctoral fellow, Sustainability Science Program and doctoral candidate, Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

March 18, 2008

Motivation to Engage in Social Learning about Sustainability
Krister Andersson, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow in Sustainability Science and assistant professor in environmental policy, University of Colorado at Boulder

Green Chemistry - An International Perspective
Kira Matus, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

March 25, 2008

No seminar - Harvard Spring Break

April 1, 2008

Do Protected Areas Encourage Forest Fragmentation?
Kate Emans Sims, doctoral fellow, Sustainability Science Program and Environmental Economics Program and doctoral candidate, Program in Political Economy and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Economics Department, and Government Department, Harvard University

The Social Dimensions of Productivity in Teams: Evidence from Kenya's Commercial Agriculture Sector
Jessica Leino, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Economics Department, University of California at Berkeley.

April 8, 2008

Biofuel Production, Community Development and Private Sector Engagement: What could other Countries Learn from Brazil?
Daniele Cesano, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow in Sustainability, Founder, CO2nnect, and capacity building coordinator, SouthSouthNorth

Institutional Innovations in Global Health
Nicole Szlezák, doctoral fellow, Sustainability Science Program and doctoral candidate, Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

April 15, 2008

Impact of the Petroleum Sector on the Resilience of the Niger Delta Social-Ecological System
Michael Burns, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow and project manager, Sustainability Science Programme, South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Social Networks and the Challenge of Learning for Sustainability
Adam Henry, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California at Davis.

April 22, 2008

Learning in Networks and Technology Diffusion: Preliminary Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
Lorenzo Casaburi, Giorgio Ruffolo Pre-doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Economics Department, Harvard University

Allocation of Incentives for the Private Provision of Public Goods: Woodlot Promotion in Malawi
Kelsey Jack, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

April 29, 2008

Why? Because... Reflections on Causality in Development Programs
Fred Carden, Research Fellow, Sustainability Science Program and Director, Evaluation Unit, International Development Research Centre

What is the Worth of Mangroves in the Niger Delta?
Godstime James, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program, University of Missouri at Kansas City

May 6, 2008

Evolving Norms on R&D for New Medicines: Evidence and Hypotheses: A Research Design
Suerie Moon, pre-doctoral fellow, Sustainability Science Program and doctoral candidate, Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

The Natural Face of Conflict: Resources and the Politics of Identity in Africa's New Wars
Ann Laudati, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science in the Sustainability Science Program

May 13, 2008

Think Locally, Act Globally: New Challenges to Environmental Governance
Marcel Bursztyn, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow in Sustainability Science, Fulbright Visiting Senior Scholar, and Director, Center for Sustainable Development, University of Brasilia

What Next after Privatization of Maasai Group Ranches? Early Results of Focus Group Discussions
Esther Mwangi, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and Ziff Environmental Fellow, Harvard University Center for the Environment

May 20, 2008

No seminar

May 27, 2008

Year in Review
William Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development, Co-director, Sustainability Science Program
Nancy Dickson, Senior Researcher and Co-director, Sustainability Science Program

Fall 2007

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Decentralization and Deforestation in Latin America
Krister Andersson, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow in Sustainability Science and assistant professor in environmental policy, University of Colorado at Boulder

Policy-Oriented Learning, Social Networks and Sustainability: The Case of Regional Planning
Adam Henry, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California at Davis.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Resilience Theory: Sustainability Analysis of the Petroleum Energy Economy
Michael Burns, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow and project manager, Sustainability Science Programme, South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Changing Risk Perceptions: St. Louis County, Missouri and the 1993 Flood
Carolyn Kousky, doctoral fellow, Sustainability Science Program and doctoral candidate, Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Measurement and Sustainability: The Challenge of Evaluating in a Complex World
Fred Carden, Research Fellow, Sustainability Science Program and Director, Evaluation Unit, International Development Research Centre

Forging Strategies for Adaptation to Climate Change and Poverty Reduction: The Role of Water Efficient Technologies and Decentralized Biofuel Production in Semi-Arid Regions
Daniele Cesano, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow in Sustainability, Founder, CO2nnect, and capacity building coordinator, SouthSouthNorth

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Human-Environment Interaction in the Mangrove Ecosystem of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
Godstime James, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program, University of Missouri at Kansas City

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

No seminar

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

No seminar

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Gender and Community Management of Water Infrastructure: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya
Jessica Leino, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Economics Department, University of California at Berkeley.

Global Health in the Making: Science, Politics in the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Nicole Szlezák, doctoral fellow, Sustainability Science Program and doctoral candidate, Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Green Chemistry: Barriers, Actions and Policy Frameworks
Kira Matus, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Boundary work and negotiation support to link knowledge with action in Indonesian agroforestry
Elizabeth McNie, doctoral fellow, Sustainability Science Program and doctoral candidate, Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado at Boulder

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Allocation Mechanisms for Conservation Contracts in Developing Countries
Kelsey Jack, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and doctoral candidate, Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

The Commons in Transition: Looking Back, Thinking Ahead for Livelihoods and Environmental Sustainability
Esther Mwangi, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and Ziff Environmental Fellow, Harvard University Center for the Environment

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

No seminar

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

No seminar

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

No seminar

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Conscripting Nature: The Political Ecology of Violent Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Southern Sudan, and Northern Ugand
Ann Laudati, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science in the Sustainability Science Program

Environmental Governance and Traditional Politics at the Local Level
Marcel Bursztyn, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow in Sustainability Science, Fulbright Visiting Senior Scholar, and Director, Center for Sustainable Development, University of Brasilia

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

The Origins and Dissemination of Technologies for the Diagnosis, Treatment and Control of Malaria: What Role for Institutions?
Suerie Moon, pre-doctoral fellow, Sustainability Science Program and doctoral candidate, Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Protected Forest Areas, Land Use, and Local Development in Northern Thailand
Kate Emans Sims, doctoral fellow, Sustainability Science Program and Environmental Economics Program and doctoral candidate, Program in Political Economy and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Economics Department, and Government Department, Harvard University