2008-2009 Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar :: Sustainability Science Program :: Center for International Development

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Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar

Convenors: William Clark and Nancy Dickson

Time and place: The Fall 2008 Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar will meet weekly on Tuesdays, 9:00-11:00 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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Fall 2008

September 9, 2008

Does Gender Influence Forest Management? Exploring Cases from East Africa and Latin America
Esther Mwangi, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and Ziff Environmental Fellow

The Impact of Air Pollution on Health in India
Rema Hanna, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow in Sustainability Science and Assistant Professor

September 16, 2008

Scaling Up Hand Washing Behavior Change in Vietnam
Toan Do, Research Fellow

Foundations for Collaborative Management in the New England Groundfish Fishery
Patricia Pinto da Silva, Research Fellow

September 23, 2008

Coping with Drought and Human Wildlife Interactions around East African Protected Areas: Lessons from the Pastoral Maasai
David Nkedianye and Dickson Kaelo, International Livestock Research Institute

September 30, 2008

Developing linkages between relevant knowledge and land use management decision making
Edmundo Barrios, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow in Sustainability Science

Scaling-up payments for watershed services: What institutions are needed?
Nigel Asquith, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow in Sustainability Science

October 7, 2008

Property Rights and Access to Water: Results from a Land Titling Program in Rural Peru
Robyn Meeks, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and Vicki Norberg-Bohm Fellow

Multiple-Use Water Access and Technology Adoption in Rural Kenya: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
Giovanna d'Adda, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science

October 13, 2008

Monday is Columbus Day Holiday, HKS is closed.

October 14, 2008

Note: Time Change
***8:30-9:30 and 10:30-11:30

Sustainable Bioenergy Production and Local Stakeholders in Sub-Saharan Africa
Elisa Portale, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science

Linking Knowledge to Action through Boundary Organizations: Characterization, Typology and Dynamics of Compensation and Rewards for Environmental Services in Asia and Africa
Delia Catacutan, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science

October 21, 2008

Redundant Information and Learning in Networks: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment
Lorenzo Casaburi, Doctoral Fellow

Allocation of incentive contracts for carbon sequestration in Malawi
Kelsey Jack, Doctoral Fellow

October 28, 2008

Soil Composition, Market Opportunities and Missing Women in India
Eliana Carranza, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science and Vicki Norberg-Bohm Fellow

Institutional Innovation for Neglected Disease R&D: What Do the Public-Private Partnerships Offer?
Suerie Moon, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science

November 4, 2008

Social Networks and the Challenge of Learning for Sustainability in Regional Planning
Adam Henry, Doctoral Fellow

Pushing Grain for Water: The Sustainability Challenges to Hani Highlanders' Agro-Ecosystem in Southwest China
Yu Wang, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science

November 11, 2008

Veteran's Day - No seminar (HKS closed)

November 18, 2008

Frontiers in Sustainable Development Seminar
(Joint event.)
Presenter: Ben Cousins, Professor and Director, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Title: 'Viability' and sustainability in Southern Africa's Land Reform: Contested Paradigms and Policies
Hosts: Pauline Peters and William Clark, Sustainability Science Program and Committee on African Studies

November 25, 2008

Innovation for Sustainable Development: Green Chemistry in China
Kira Matus, Doctoral Fellow

Global Household Dynamics and Implications for Environmental Sustainability
Jack Liu, Visiting Scholar

November 27-28, 2008

Thursday is Thanksgiving Day Holiday, HKS is closed Thursday & Friday

December 2, 2008

Community Mobilization for Urban Agriculture in the Global North and South: An analysis of the tensions between Environmental Justice, Food Security, and Urban Development
Isabelle Anguelovski, Doctoral candidate, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Environmental Policy and Planning Group, MIT

December 9, 2008

TBA - Last day of seminar (classes end)