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In these pages you will find updates about faculty awards and grants, working papers, graduate student work, Marsh lectures and upcoming events.
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News
Albert, Norma and Howard '77 Geller Endowed Lecture Series
This year's Geller Endowed Lecture speaker will be Lester A. Snow. He
is Director of the California Department of Water Resources, and has extensive experience as a
water agency manager at the regional, state and federal levels. Lester Snow heads a Department that protects,
conserves and manages California's water supply, including operation of the largest state-run,
multi-purpose water and power system in the United States.
Population growth and changing climate are placing increasing demands on available water supplies
in California and elsewhere. Water policies must increasingly balance myriad human demands with goals
for healthy, resilient ecosystems. This lecture will present approaches being taken by the State
of California to help ensure adequate water availability in the face of climate change, and to
address the gap between sustainable water supplies and the many conflicting uses. It will also
discuss lessons for water policy worldwide.
The lecture will take place at 4:30 pm on Thursday, November 19, 2009
in the University Center Grace Conference Room. The title of the talk will be "California Water
Supply and Ecosystems: Confronting The Challenge of Climate Change." This event is co-sponsored by the
Albert, Norma and Howard '77 Geller Research Grants and Lecture Series and The George Perkins Marsh Institute.
The lecture is open to all.
Additional events associated with Director Snow's visit to Clark University include:
- Lunch with Lester Snow, November 19th, 12:00-1:00 pm, the George Perkins Marsh Institute (open to all--lunch provided).
- There are limited afternoon slots available on November 19th for one-on-one discussions with Director Snow; please contact Robert J. Johnston for additional details and availability.
Any questions regarding this event should be directed to Robert J. Johnston.
Seminar Series 2009-10 Academic Year
The George Perkins Marsh Institute and Jeanne X. Kasperson Research Library announce the
2009-10 Academic Year Seminar Series. Seminars will present cutting-edge research on human/environment
interactions taking place at Clark University and are designed to catalyze discussions
regarding future research possibilities. Seminars are open to all in the Clark community
and will take place from 12:15 - 1:15 pm in the University Center Lurie Conference Room.
The format is a 30-45 minute presentation followed by approximately 30 minutes of questions
and discussion. Interaction with speakers is encouraged. Light refreshments will be provided.
Please feel free to bring your own brown-bag lunch if desired.
The fourth seminar of the series is as follows:
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Wednesday, December 2nd
Karen Spens, Professor of Supply Chain Management and Corporate Geography, Hanken
School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland and Visiting Scholar, Clark University
"Humanitarian Logistics: Overview and Recent Advances"
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Click here to see a listing of future seminars.
Geller Student Research Award Competition
The George Perkins Marsh Institute announces the Geller Student Research Award Competition
for 2009-2010. The awards were established by the family of Dr. Howard Geller. Howard graduated
from Clark in 1977 with a degree in Physics and in Science, Technology and Society (now
Environmental Science and Policy). Geller Student Research Awards are intended to support
student-initiated research projects that have the potential to advance both our understanding
of opportunities for greater sustainability in the human use of resources and the environment
and practical improvements that can be implemented.
Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible for awards. Subject to the quality of
applications, we anticipate making approximately six awards in amounts ranging from $1,500 to $2,500,
and several smaller grants, up to $1,250. It is the intention of the committee to award at least
one-third of regular and small awards to undergraduate projects, again subject to the number and
quality of applications received.
Applications must be submitted by students. The deadline for applications is November 9,
2009 at 4:30 pm. Click here for details on the program announcement.
Questions should be directed to Robert J. Johnston,
Director of the George Perkins Marsh Institute.
ASU and Clark University Partner to Help World Tourism Industry Improve Communities
The tourism industry is the world's largest employer, and a new collaboration between Arizona State University (ASU) and Clark University is devoted to making it more responsible to communities.
Please click here to read press release.
Marsh Welcomes New Visiting Scholars
Over the coming months, the Marsh Institute welcomes three new visiting scholars who will be in residence.
In addition, there will be a new visiting scholar to GSOM who will be collaborating closely with members of the Institute.
Justin Hollander is joining the Marsh Institute in September for a year.
He is on sabbatical from a position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and
Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. His research and teaching is in the area
of land use and urban redevelopment, with a focus on the changing physical form of neighborhoods
in depopulating North America cities. His first book, Polluted and Dangerous: America's Worst
Abandoned Properties and What Can Be Done About Them, was published earlier this year by the
University of Vermont Press. During Dr. Hollander's tenure at Marsh, he will be working on two
new books, one a primer on brownfields redevelopment and the other a monograph on the ways that
Sun Belt cities are adapting to shrinking populations. Dr. Hollander is also leading a research
project called the Open Neighborhood Project exploring the ways that technology can be used to
improve public participation in planning.
Karen Spens is a Professor of Supply Chain Management and Corporate Geography,
Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland. She will be a visiting scholar at the Graduate School
of Management at Clark, and will be working closely with our own Joe Sarkis. She is one of the
world's top experts in the rapidly expanding field of humanitarian logistics, and we hope to
involve her in numerous Marsh initiatives during her stay at Clark. On Wednesday, December 2nd
(12:15pm in the Lurie Conference Room) Professor Spens will be giving a Marsh Institute Seminar
entitled "Humanitarian Logistics: Overview and Recent Advances."
Dirk Scheer is a research associate and PhD candidate at the Institute for Social
Science of the University of Stuttgart. He is currently working with Professor Ortwin Renn on
communication of prospects and limitations related to carbon capture and storage. This work is
part of a wider project cluster entitled SimTech (see http://www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de/?lang=en).
During his stay at Marsh this fall, Mr. Sheer hopes to collaborate with researchers addressing
relationships between energy policy, risk and public communication.
Kate Lowe is a PhD candidate in City and Regional Planning at Cornell University,
and an IDCE alumna of Clark University with historical ties to Marsh. Her dissertation research
addresses regional transportation planning, specifically the role of federal, state and regional
governance in determining mass transit investment. She will be in residence at Marsh for the 2009-10
academic year, collaborating with Clark research addressing issues related to green development
in Massachusetts. We welcome her back to Clark and look forward to seeing the results of her
research here.
Please welcome these scholars to Clark and help ensure that their visits are pleasant and productive!
New Socio-Technical Transitions Initiative (STTI)
A new Socio-Technical Transitions Initiative (STTI) will be housed at the Marsh Institute.
STTI involves many collaborators from Clark University, WPI and elsewhere, and has been developed
to work closely with the new Institute for Energy Innovation and Sustainability at Clark and WPI.
To introduce the STTI, we have prepared a 10-page "prospectus"
(PDF format) which describes the initiative, its goals and its current activities. Those interested in becoming involved with the STTI, or with
questions, are encouraged to contact Dr. Johnston, Director,
Marsh Institute, Halina Brown,
Jennie Stephens, or Gordon Thompson.
Pew Report Finds New Management Plan Would Increase Economic Value of Groundfish Industry
This report chronicles the rise and fall of groundfish and describes what happened to the New England
fishing economy as a consequence. The research was sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trust, and performed by
resource economists Dr. Robert J. Johnston, Director, Marsh Institute, and Dr. Jon G. Sutinen, Professor,
University of Rhode Island Department of Environmental & Natural Resource Economics.
PDF copies of the report can be obtained from Dr. Johnston at the Marsh Institute.
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