Colloquia – Center for Environmental Politics

The Duck Family Colloquium Series is managed by graduate students. For 2023-2024, Kayla Morton (Political Science Ph.D. student) will serve as the Richard B. Wesley Fellow in Environmental Politics and Governance and the chair of the Duck Family Colloquium series. The Center will host the following seminars, as described below.

The Center for Environmental Politics organizes a monthly colloquium series on environmental politics, policy, and governance. This series is made possible by the generous support of Gary and Susan Duck, UW alumni and long-standing benefactors of the department. Susan passed away in December 2015 after a prolonged illness. We miss her a lot.

2023-2024 Colloquia

October2023

“How Climate Change Will Reshape Politics”Helen Milner
Professor, Politics and International Affairs
Princeton University

Noon – 1:30pm PTThe Olson Room (Gowen Hall 1A), UW

November2023

“The Extent and Impact of Water Injustice in the United States”Tom Mueller
Assistant Professor, Population Health
University of Kansas Medical Center

Noon – 1:30pm PTThe Olson Room (Gowen Hall 1A), UW

January2024

“The Consequences of Environmental Protest in Global Perspective”Evan Schofer, Ann Hironaka
Professors, Department of Sociology
University of California, Irvine

Noon – 1:30pm PTThe Olson Room (Gowen Hall 1A), UW

February2024

“How Good Norms Do Harm: Insights from the Justice Gap in Global Forest Governance”Kim Marion Suiseey
Associate Professor; Environmental Policy and Culture Program
Northwestern University

Noon – 1:30pm PTThe Olson Room (Gowen Hall 1A), UW

March2024

“The Cultural Production of Compliance: Country Responses to Disaster Risk Reduction Monitoring”Patricia Bromley
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University

Noon – 1:30 PTThe Olson Room (Gowen Hall 1A), UW

April2024

“The Imperative Challenges of Sustainability for the Forgotten”Gary Machlis
Professor, Environmental Sustainability
Clemson University

Noon – 1:30 PTThe Olson Room (Gowen Hall 1A), UW

May2024

“Economic and Environmental Impacts of Mining in Ecuador”Mahelet Fikru
Associate Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Noon – 1:30 PTThe Olson Room (Gowen Hall 1A), UW