Environmental Science and Policy Seminar Series

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The EVR seminar series is an effort to spark discussion and exchanges in a multidisciplinary setting. Speakers include scholars and practitioners from both the University of Miami and other institutions. Visitors are available for meetings with both students and faculty members.

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Spring 2024

Apr
 12th
10:30 AM

Theory-based Interventions
Using Emerging Technologies for
Promoting Pro-Environmental Habits

Ching-Hua Chuan, 
University of Miami

Location: Ungar 230-E (Main Campus)

Apr
 11th
10:30 AM

Nature-Based Carbon Removals
and Carbon Markets: Challenges
and Benefits of Nature-Based Solutions

Valerie Robertson,
Senior Associate Director of Economics, Jacobs

Emily Sanders,
Sustainability and ESG Consultant, Jacobs

Location: ZOOM

Mar
 8th
10:30 AM

The Politics, Policy, and
Science of Ocean Governance 

Steve Roady, 
Duke University

Location: Ungar 230-E (Main Campus)

Feb
 23rd
10:30 AM

Sea-Level Rise, Drinking Water Quality
and the Economic Value of
Coastal Tourism in North Carolina

John Whitehead, 
Appalachian State University

Location: UNGAR 230-E (Main Campus)

Feb
 2nd
10:30 AM

Science Without Evidence:
Maximum Sustainable Yield
and the Failures of Marine Fisheries

Aaron Van Neste, 
Harvard University

Location: SLAB 103 (RSMAES)

Jan
 19th
10:30 AM

Climate-Compatible Food
Systems Across Land and Water 

Matthew Hayek, 
New York University

Location: SLAB 103 (RSMAES)

Fall 2023

Nov
 10th
10:30 AM

Micro and Macro impacts of climate 
change on Pacific Island communities 

Steven Mana'oakamai Johnson, 
Cornell University

Location: UNGAR 230-E

OCT
 27th
9AM

Information Pollution

Amy Westervelt
Drilled Media

Location: UNGAR 230-E

SEP
 22nd
10:30 AM

Spring 2023

APR
  28th
10:30 AM

Practitioner Perspective on Accommodation and Retreat in
Response to climate change in the Netherlands

Carolien Krann, 
University of Miami, EVR Graduate student

Trans-sector livelihood resilience in an urban small-scale
fishing community

Eddie Wintergalen, 
University of Miami, EVR Graduate student

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APR
  27th
3:00 PM

Discretion versus control in multiple-species fisheries 

Quinn Weninger, 
Iowa State University

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APR
  25th
4:00 PM

Panel Discussion: Oceans and Society, An Introduction
to Marine Studies

Daniel Suman, 
University of Miami

Ana Spalding, 
Oregon State University

John Stieglitz, 
University of Miami

Caroline LaPorte, 
University of Miami Law School

Manoj Shivlani, 
University of Miami

MAR
  31st
10:30 AM

MAR
  3rd
10:30 AM

Choosing Futures - Climate Adaptation Justice & Transformation 

A.R. Siders, 
University of Delaware

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FEB
  10 th
10:30 AM

Agricultural Productivity and Deforestation 

Teevrat Garg, 
University of California, San Diego

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