Colloquia

The Duck Family Colloquium Series is managed by graduate students. For 2022-2023, Meagan Carmack (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.

2022-2023 Colloquia

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May2023

“Environmental Justice and Climate Justice: The Role of Social Movements in Policy Creation”Gerald Torres
Professor of Environmental Justice, Yale School of the Environment & Professor, Yale Law School

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

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April2023

“A Tale of Two Urgent Food System Challenges: Comparing media framing and stakeholder approaches to reducing food waste and shifting away from high-meat diets”Jillian Fry
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Towson University

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

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February2023

“Rethinking Energy Poverty and Best Practices for the Governance of Distributed Renewable Energy Access”Benjamin K. Sovacool
Professor of Earth and Environment, Boston University

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

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February2023

“Climate Engineering: A proposal for immediate governance”Sikina Jinnah
Associate Professor, Environmental Studies at University of California, Santa Cruz

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

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January2023

“Service, Strategy, and Sustainability in the Climate Movement”Dana R. Fisher
Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland

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

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November2022

“The Contentious Question of Urban Water Conservation in Southern California”Stephanie Pincetl
Professor, UCLA Institute of the Environment

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

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October2022

“Psychological Barriers to Addressing Climate Change and COVD—And How to Overcome Them”Leaf Van Boven
Professor & Chair of the Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder

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

Past Colloquia Events

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