SESYNC has launched a new open-access collection of sustainability-related resources available to the public. Ranging from videos, to articles, to lesson plans, to audio interviews, the resources aim to engage more people from all backgrounds in the conversation about sustainability and to consider the environmental impact of humans’ beliefs, interactions, and behaviors.
Lauren Yeager is an ecologist whose primary research interests lie in understanding how humans are impacting coastal and marine ecosystems, and subsequently how changes in these systems may affect the ecosystem services they provide.
Krissy Hopkins is an urban hydrologist broadly interested in coupled human–natural systems, particularly as they relate to water management in cities. Her SESYNC project focuses on characterizing how stormwater management strategies change over time and what socio-political factors facilitate
The sociology workshop brought together five scholars to discuss theories and methods used in sociology to study socio-environmental questions and systems. Over the course of the first two days, each scholar presented two lectures on their area of expertise, and participants were given time to
At SESYNC, Jampel conducts research on the institutional drivers and governance conditions of virtual freshwater appropriation associated with global land grabbing and water grabbing. Prior to joining SESYNC, Jampel was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at The Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in
Michael Finewood is a human geographer and political ecologist with research and teaching interests in environmental governance, water, climate change, and urban sustainability, with explicit attention to critical geographies and justice. He earned a PhD in Human Geography from the University of
Wendy Wolford is the Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor of Development Sociology at Cornell University. She is also the Faculty Director of Economic Development Programs in Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future and she co-leads a three-year project on Contested Global Landscapes at
The economics workshop brought together three scholars to discuss theories and methods used in economics to study socio-environmental questions and systems. Over the course of the first two days, each scholar presented two lectures on their area of expertise, and participants were given time to
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Despite massive investments in food aid, agricultural extension, and seed/fertilizer subsidies, nearly 1 billion people in the developing world are food insecure and vulnerable to climate variability. Sub-Saharan Africa is most
Beverley Wemple is an associate professor of Geography and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. Her work examines the influence of extreme weather events and human land use practices on hydrologic and geomorphic processes in steep mountain catchments. Her work has included field and
Ever since he became embroiled at the age of 17 in a controversial proposal regarding the environmental and economic future of a coastal California watershed, David Hart has been searching for ways to increase the value of science in societal decision making. Along the way, he has conducted
Shripad Tuljapurkar is Professor of Biology and the Dean & Virginia Morrison Professor of Population Studies at Stanford University. He has done population research for many decades from multiple perspectives: demographic, biodemographic, ecological, and evolutionary. Research areas include
Daniel G. Brown (PhD in Geography, 1992, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is Professor in the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan. His work, published in over 150 refereed articles, chapters, and proceedings papers, has aimed at understanding human
Slava Lyubchich obtained a PhD degree in Economics and Statistics from the Orenburg State University, Russia in 2011. In the same year he received a Government of Canada postdoctoral fellowship to continue his research at the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science of the University of
The ecology workshop brought together four scholars to discuss theories and methods used in ecology to study socio-environmental questions and systems. Over the course of the first two days, each scholar presented several lectures on their area of expertise, and participants were given time to
In this first of two lectures on ecosystem ecology, Dr. Whendee Silver presents an overview of the focus and some key currencies in the field. She defines ecosystem ecology as the study of both the organisms and the abiotic environment, and interactions between them, in an area defined by the