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.

Spring 2026

Jan
 23rd
12 PM

Chronic Disease in a Changing Climate:
Advancing Climate-Responsive Cancer
Care and Prevention

Kilan Bishop, 
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, & Earth Science

Location: UNGAR 230-E (MAIN CAMPUS)

Feb
 6th
12 PM

Human Use of Ocean Space:
Data-Driven Evidence for Marine Policy

Juan Carlos Villaseñor-Derbez, 
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, & Earth Science

Location: UNGAR 230-E (MAIN CAMPUS)

Feb
 13th
1 PM

Deterring Industrial Fishing Vessels
from African Inshore Exclusion Zones

Gabriel Englander, 
The World Bank, Development Research Group

Location: SLAB 103 (RSMAES)

APR
 24th
12 PM

How Legal Criteria for Determining
Spain's Coastal Public Domain Have
Evolved and Their Implications for
Adapting to Climate Change

Ferran Pons Cànovas, 
School of Law, AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA-UAB.

Location: SLAB 103 (RSMAES)

Fall 2025

Nov
 7th
2 PM

An AI-assisted model for detecting
and tracking wind energy opposition

Travis Coan, 
University of Exeter, Centre for Climate Communication & Data Science (C3DS)

Location: UNGAR 230-E (Main Campus)

Spring 2025

Mar
 20th
11 AM

Selling the Offshore:
Insurance Expertise and
Climate Change in Bermuda

Sarah E. Vaughn, 
UC Berkeley

Location: UNGAR 230-E (Main Campus)

Mar
 7th
10:30 AM

Nature's non-material benefits,
relational thinking, and
decision-making

Rachelle Gould, 
University of Vermont

Location: Ungar 230-E (Main Campus)

Jan
 31st
10:30 AM

Incentive Compatatibility for Inclusive
Conservation: impact evaluation
lessons, including for debt relief

Alexander Pfaff, 
Duke University

Location: Ungar 230-E (Main Campus)

Fall 2024

Nov
 15th
10:30 AM

Rethinking Climate Policies:
The New Green Deal Policy Paradigm

Noel Healy, 
Salem State University

Location: UNGAR 230-E / Main Campus

Oct
 25th
1:00 PM

State of the Science of Marine
Protected Areas: Designing and
Evaluating of a Growing Global
Network of MPAs

Daniel Ovando, 
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission

Location: SLAB 103 / RSMAES

Oct
 4th
10:30 AM

Relocation of the Gardí Sugdup
Community in Guna-Yala, Panama

Daniel Suman, 
University of Miami

Location: Ungar 230-E / Main Campus

Sept
 19th
10:00 AM

Interdisciplinary Research Approaches
to Inform the Conservation and
Management of Sharks and Rays

Catherine Macdonald, 
University of Miami

Location: Room 107 Schwartz Nursing / Main Campus

Sept
 12th
10:00 AM

Infrastructure, Forecasts and Crime.
Three Economics Studies
on Coastal Resilience

Renato Molina, 
University of Miami

Location: Room 120 Cox Annex / Main Campus

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