Synthetic Biology and Sustainable Futures: Research Opportunities for Socio-Environmental Synthesis

3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. ET
Fred Gould
Jenna Gallegos
Jennifer Kuzma
et al.

Register to attend the panel discussion and following reception, here.

SESYNC seminars are open to all interested attendees. Join us in Annapolis!

The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, funded through an award to the University of Maryland from the National Science Foundation, is a

Heirs' Property Ownership and the Efficiency Question

11:00 a.m. ET
Cassandra Johnson Gaither

A tenancy in common or “heirs’ property” describes inherited, real property, passed to subsequent generations via state laws of intestate succession (Mitchell, 2001).  Property is typically classed as heirs’ property because someone dies without a will or other legal document formally conveying

Boundary Spanning Symposium

01:00pm - 09:00pm

 

Boundary Spanning Symposium

This is a closed conference for a funded group of scholars.

The symposium will explore ​the current state of socio-environmental systems research, recent advances in the field, and the unique challenges and opportunities engendered by the questions and approaches of socio

The Political Ecology of Segregation

3:00 p.m. ET

Racial segregation is well understood as an entrenched feature of cities with wide-ranging social impacts, including economic inequality. Yet the environmental consequences of historical segregation for cities and their communities remains an open area for inquiry and action. While environmental

Local to Global Consequences of Environmental Shocks

11:00 a.m. ET

Resilience describes a system’s ability to respond and adapt in the face of potential disruptions. Within the context of food systems, resilience of food supplies and access to those supplies is key to ensuring food security. Studying the response of food systems to sudden environmental disturbance

Risk and Social Vulnerability to Floods

11:00 a.m. ET
Eric Tate

Flood disasters are the most costly of natural hazards. Designing and implementing sustainable solutions is somewhat of a wicked problem, due to the dynamic and spatially varying connections among physical, social, and built environment systems that produce adverse impacts. Major focus areas in