Ecological Economics Events Calendar
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Winter Break
Day Event
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Winter Break
Day Event
Friday, December 28, 2012
Winter Break
Day Event
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Bob Herendeen's Seminar re: Nomination as Adjunct Faculty
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Location: 311 Aiken
Description: Bob Herendeen has been nominated for adjunct faculty status in the Rubenstein School. He will be presenting a short seminar on his scholarship and his interests in becoming an adjunct faculty.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Gund Tea: Dr. William Keeton - "Towards a common vision of forestcarbon management"
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Johnson House Conference Room
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Alexander Wezel - “Agroecology: world-wide interpretations and applications in France.”
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Davis Center, Livak Ballroom (Rm 419)
Description: Speaker: Alexander Wezel, Associate Professor of Agroecology & Landscape Ecology, Head of the Department Agroecology and Environment, ISARA-Lyon, France
Free and open to the public. Refreshments available.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Burack Lecture: Dr. Pamela Matson
Time: 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Dudley H. Davis Center, Jost Foundation Room
Description: Title: 'A New Era in Global Change Science: Linking Knowledge and Action for Sustainability'
Dr. Matson's research addresses a range of environment and sustainability issues, including sustainability of agricultural systems; vulnerability of particular people and places to climate change; the consequences of tropical deforestation on atmosphere, climate and water systems; and solutions to global change in the nitrogen and carbon cycles. With multi-disciplinary teams of researchers, managers, and decision makers, she has worked to develop agricultural approaches that reduce environmental impacts while improving livelihoods and human wellbeing. Dr. Matson serves on numerous boards and committees, including the National Academy of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has produced nearly 200 publications, including "Seeds of Sustainability: Lessons from the Birthplace of the Green Revolution". Dr. Matson received her B.S. in Biology from the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire; her M.S. in Environmental Science from Indiana University; and her Ph.D. in Forest Ecology from Oregon State University.
Friday, February 1, 2013
Gund Tea: Abdon Schmitt - "The Southern Brazil Agroecology Case: From Family Farm Livelihood to the Provision of Ecosystem Services"
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Johnson House Conference Room
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
REMINDER - Abstracts for the 7th Biennial Conference of the USSEEDue on 2/15/13
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.
Location: Online
Description: Please visit the Call for Papers page to submit your presentation ideas using our online form found at www.uvm.edu/conferences/ussee/ .
Abstracts are due by February 15, 2013. For questions, please contact conference organizers at ussee13@uvm.edu
Or call UVM's Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at (802) 656-1353.
Friday, February 8, 2013
Gund Tea: Chris Koliba - "Making Environmental Governance a More Prominent Feature in Ecological Economics and Ecosystem Services: A View From the Empirical Trenches"
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Johnson House Conference Room
Friday, February 15, 2013
ABSTRACTS DUE FOR THE SEVENTH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE of the USSEE
Time: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Location: Online
Description: Please visit the Call for Papers page to submit your presentation ideas using our online form found at www.uvm.edu/conferences/ussee/ .
Abstracts are due by February 15, 2013. For questions, please contact conference organizers at ussee13@uvm.edu
Or call UVM's Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at (802) 656-1353.
Gund Tea: Peter Dodds - "Health, Happiness, and Hahaha: Twitter's many reflections of social stories."
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Johnson House Conference Room
Friday, February 22, 2013
Gund Tea: Alison Brody - "Above- and below-ground interactions from the Old World to th e New"
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Johnson House Conference Room
Monday, February 25, 2013
THE OSTROM AWARD CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Opened
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Online
Description: It is a great pleasure to let you know that finally the call for nominations for the "Elinor Ostrom Award for Collective Governance of the Commons" is open. As you may know there are three categories: young and senior scholars and practitioners, we do strongly hope to get many proposals.
The details of the application and of the award itself are in : elinorostromaward.org .
Deadline for submissions is April 8th.
Friday, March 1, 2013
Gund Tea: Donna Rizzo - Missing the Forest for the Trees: Identifying Model Structure and Scale Dependencies in Complex Systems
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Johnson House Conference Room
Description: TOPIC: Donna's research focuses on the development of new computational tools to improve the understanding of human-induced changes on natural systems and the way we make decisions about natural resources. She will focus on the field applications of three computational research areas:
1) Geostatistics
2) Heuristic optimization
3) Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs)