CCASS organizes and hosts a regular series of talks on social science methods and tools relevant to climate change adaptation. The events feature short talks by four or five presenters that provide an overview of the particular approaches and methods they use in their work or findings of interest. The presentations are followed by lively Q&A and discussion sessions with the audience encouraged to participate.
Aims are to: 1) facilitate interdisciplinary research involving physical, natural, and social scientists that is supportive and respectful across disciplines, leading to successful and practical adaptation solutions; and 2) more meaningfully bring social science into adaptation work, as well as promote better integration/communication among UA social scientists.
Past sessions have featured the following UA presenters:
Jan. 20, 2015
- Laura Bakkensen — resource economics (pdf of presentation)
- Julie Brugger — natural resources and stakeholder engagement (pdf of presentation)
- Sabrina Helm — consumer sciences/human climate adaptation (pdf of presentation)
- Susi Moser — science-policy interaction, climate communication (pdf of presentation)
Oct. 26, 2015
- Anne Bowen – psychology (pdf of presentation)
- Derek Lemoine – economic theory, environmental policy, and energy systems (pdf of presentation)
- Melanie Lenart – translating environmental science (pdf of presentation)
- Mitch McClaran – range management (pdf of presentation)
- Edella Schlager – environmental policy and public policy (pdf of presentation)
April 27, 2016 (video of this event is available here)
- George Frisvold – economics of climate, water, and energy (pdf of presentation)
- Laura Lopez-Hoffman – adaptive management (pdf of presentation)
- Brian Mayer – social networks and resilience (pdf of presentation)
- Alison Meadow – engagement tools and research approaches (pdf of presentation)
- Tracey Osborne – political ecology (pdf of presentation)
November 7, 2016
- Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta – environmental research translation (pdf of presentation)
- Kacey Ernst – epidemiology and biostatistics
- Don Falk – resilience ecology (pdf of presentation)
- Chris Knudson – Caribbean development
- Tauhidur Rahman – agricultural and resource economics (pdf of presentation)