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George Perkins Marsh Institute

 
Each year, the Marsh Institute sponsors formal lectures and seminars that expose faculty and students to contemporary research on human-environment interactions, foster rich discussions, and catalyze future research.

Spring 2025 Seminar Series

January 30, 2025

Gustavo Oliveira

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University

Spaces of Contestation over Water Resources in an Irrigation Frontier in Brazil

February 20, 2025

Jenny Goldstein

Assistant Professor Department of Global Development, Cornell University

Starting with Solutions: A Global Political Ecology of Algae Innovation

Note: Co-sponsored with the Graduate School of Geography Colloquium – 12-1:00 pm

February 27, 2025

Darla Munroe

Director of Research Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA

What is Land Policy?

Note: Co-sponsored with the Graduate School of Geography Colloquium – 12-1:00 pm

 

Seminars are co-sponsored by the George Perkins Marsh Institute/Jeanne X. Kasperson Library Seminar Series and the Debra I. and Jeffrey A. Geller Endowed Lecture Series. All seminars are open to the public and will take place 12:15-1:15 p.m. in the Lurie Conference Room, University Center. The format is a 45-minute presentation followed by 15 minutes of questions and discussion. Interaction with speakers is encouraged. Light refreshments will be provided. Details of these seminars and other events related to the mission of the institute can be found on the Calendar of Events.

Previous Seminar Series

  • 9/19/2024 – Paul Mathisen, Associate Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering & Director of Sustainability, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Considerations on Reducing Climate Change Impacts in Urban Environments: A Case Study on Water Infrastructure in Worcester
  • 10/10/24 – Solange Bandiaky-Badji, President and Coordinator, Rights and Resources Initiative Co-sponsored by the Debra I. and Jeffrey A. Geller Endowed Lecture Series and Extractives@Clark, Putting People at the Center of Nature: The Role of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Protecting Earth’s Ecosystems
  • 11/14/24 – Eman Lasheen, Assistant Professor, Sustainability and Social Justice, Clark University, Albert, Norma and Howard ’77 Geller Lecture Series, Climate Narratives of Hope: Coral Refuge in the Red Sea
  • 1/30/25 – Gustavo Oliveira, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Spaces of Contestation over Water Resources in an Irrigation Frontier in Brazil
  • 2/20/25 – Jenny Goldstein, Assistant Professor, Department of Global Development, Cornell University, Co-sponsored with the Graduate School of Geography Colloquium, Starting with Solutions: A Global Political Ecology of Algae Innovation
  • 2/27/25 – Darla Munroe, Director of Research Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA, Co-sponsored with the Graduate School of Geography Colloquium, What is Land Policy?
  • 3/13/25 – Adam Romero, Associate Professor School of Interdiscilinary Arts & Sciences, University of Washington, Cartels, Quality, and the Problem of Too Much Food in Post-WWII California 
  • 4/3/25 – Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, Distinguished Professor, Department of Geography and Geosciences, University of Vermont, Co-sponsored with the Graduate School of Geography Colloquium, Title TBA
  • 9/21/2023 – Jeffrey Cardille, Associate Professor, McGill University, Sipping from the Data Firehose: Insights from Bayesian Inference, Power Computing, and Generalization
  • 9/28/2023 – J. Timmons Roberts, Ittleson Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology, Brown University, From Denial to Delay: Obstruction of Action on Climate Change
  • 10/26/2023 – Gilbert Metcalf, John DiBiaggio Professor of Citizenship and Public Service and Professor of Economics, Tufts University, The Climate Crisis: How Did We Get Here and What Can We Do?
  • 11/9/2023 – Benjamin Sovacool, Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment, Boston University, Decarbonisation and its Discontents: A Critical Justice Perspective on Four Low-Carbon Transitions
  • 2/22/24 – Serita Frey, Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Co-sponsored with the Biology Department, Forest Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change
  • 3/28/24 – Mimi Sheller, Dean of The Global School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Co-sponsored with the Graduate School of Geography, Climate Change and Mobility Justice
  • 10/20/2022 – Stefanie Covino, Blackstone Watershed Collaborative, Creating Practitioners for the Blackstone Watershed: Bridging Academia to Community Partnerships for Climate Resilience
  • 11/3/2022 – Rebecca Dickson, TerraCarbon LLC, From Research to Practice: The Need for Science Driven REDD Policy
  • 11/17/2022 – Max Ritts, Clark University, Environmental Conservation in an age of Data Sovereignty: Reflections from the North Coast
  • 1/26/2023 – Jon Denton Schneider, Clark University, Deworming as HIV Prevention for Young Women: Evidence from Zimbabwe
  • 2/23/2023 – Gustavo Oliveira, Clark University, Sustainable and Transparent Soy Supply Chains? A Political Ecology Critique of Neo-Malthusianism and Eco-Modernization Theory
  • 3/23/2023 – Robert J. Johnston, Clark University, and Linda Cote, Clark University, Understanding Requirements for IRB Approval and Exemption Under the Revised Common Rule: How to (Without Frustration) Compose a Successful Protocol for Human Subjects Research
  • 3/30/2023 – Lisa Schipper, University of Bonn, Acting on Climate Change Adaptation – When Science, Policy, and Practice Don’t Align
  • 9/30/2021 – Stefanie Covino, Blackstone Watershed Collaborative, The Future of the Blackstone Watershed
  • 10/28/2021 – Bonnie Ram, Center for Research in Wind Energy, Hurry Up but Wait: Gigawatt-Scale Deployments of Offshore Wind Power and Cross-Cultural Stakeholder Engagements
  • 11/18/2021 – Abby Frazier, Clark University, Climate Variability and Drought in Pacific Islands
  • 2/3/2022 – Asha Best, Clark University, Towards a Critical Geospatial Analysis of Police Violence
  • 3/3/2022 – Florencia Sangermano, Clark University, Connecting Massachusetts’ Landscapes to Soundscapes
  • 4/7/2022 – Theo Eisenman, UMass Amherst, Challenges and Opportunities in Urban Greening Theory and Practice
  • 4/14/2022 – Morgan Grove, USDA Forest Service, Regenerative Urban Ecology: A Next Phase for Science and Society
  • 9/12/2019 – Youjin Chung, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Conservation, Agro-Industrialization, and Land-Water Enclosures in Coastal Tanzania
  • 10/3/2019 – Michael Mann, Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography, George Washington University, Predicting High-Magnitude, Low-Frequency Crop Losses Using Machine Learning: An Application to Cereal Crops in Ethiopia
  • 11/14/2019 – Adrian Treves, Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Scientific Integrity and Just Preservation
  • 11/21/2019 – Jenn Baka, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Penn State, Cracking Appalachia: A Political-Industrial Ecology Perspective
  • 1/30/2020 – Chi Ho Sham, Eastern Research Group, Inc., Protection of Drinking Water Supply Sources:
    Challenges, Successes, and Lessons Learned
  • 3/12/2020 – Robert Johnston, Director, George Perkins Marsh Institute and Professor of Economics, Clark University, Secrets of Research Proposal Success: What Top Grant-Writers Know
  • 3/26/2020 –Theo Eisenman, UMass Amherst , Architecture and Regional Planning — Challenges and Opportunities in Urban Greening Theory and Practice
  • 4/2/2020 – Martín Abregú, Ford Foundation, Natural Resource Extraction as a Problem of Social Justice: What Role for Civil Society?
  • 9/20/2018 – Jim Wescoat, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Geographies of Rurban Drinking Water Planning in Pune District, Maharashtra
  • 10/18/2018 – David Newburn, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, Water Quality Trading in the Presence of Existing Cost Share Programs: Implications for Water Quality Management in the Chesapeake Bay
  • 10/24/2018 – Wil Burns, School of International Service, American University, Into the Great Wide Open: The Promise, and Potential Perils, of Climate Geoengineering
  • 11/15/2018 – Lisa Wainger, University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science Practical, Application of Economics in Evaluating the Benefits of Restoring the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem
  • 1/24/2019 – Robert Johnston, Director, George Perkins Marsh Institute, Clark University, How to Develop Successful Collaborative Grant Projects and Proposals
Contact Information

George Perkins Marsh Institute

Office Location

  • Mailing Address:
    950 Main Street
    Worcester, MA 01610-1477

  • Visiting address:
    New location –
    Sackler Sciences Center
    Rooms 342 – 350

  • 1-508-751-4622
  • 1-508-751-4600 FAX
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