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Upcoming Talks

Featured Talk

Roger Pielke, Jr. will give a talk titled "Have we Underestimated the Carbon Dioxide Challenge?" at the next Boulder Cafe Scientifique on Tuesday, May 13th at Redfish, 2027 13th Street. Come at 5:30 for refreshments before the talk. More Info.

More Upcoming Talks
Roger Pielke, Jr., Have we Underestimated the Carbon Dioxide Challenge? May 13, 2008.
Lisa Dilling, The Usefulness of Carbon Science for Decision-Making, U. of Southern California, May 21-22, 2008.
Marilyn Averill, Managing Climate Uncertainties, CDMC-DMUU Student Workshop, Carnegie Mellon University, May 2008.
Benjamin Hale, Workshop: Philosophy of Technology, Environment & Society, U. of Twente (Nederlands), May 21-24 2008
Benjamin Hale, ISEE/IAEP fifth annual joint conference, May 27-30, 2008.
Benjamin Hale, The Cumbers of Ontology, Thinking through Nature, University of Oregon, June 19-22, 2008.
Benjamin Hale, Co-Coordinator for the Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, CU Boulder, August 8-10, 2008.
Benjamin Hale, Restoration and Remediation as Redress to Wrongdoing, Celmson University, September 5-7, 2008.

Past Talks

David Cherney, GYE Conservation Organizations: Organizational Ecology, May 8-9, 2008.
Benjamin Hale, Tongue Tied: How Non-human Animals Lose their Voice in Habermas’s Discourse Ethics, May 2-4, 2008.
Andrea Ray, Lessons learned from the 2000s Western drought: Evolving linkages between..., April 28, 2008.
Elizabeth McNie, Exploring the Agora: Co-producing useful Climate Science for Policy, April 25, 2008.
Roger Pielke, Jr., Economics and Politics of Direct Air Capture of CO2 from the Atmosphere, April 25, 2008.
Reiner Grundmann, Path dependency in the cases of ozone layer protection and climate change, April 23, 2008.
Paul Komor, New energy education programs at CU: What does it mean to teach 'energy'?, April 14, 2008.
Hale & Dilling, Carbon Sequestration, Ocean Fertilization, & the Problem of Permissible Pollution, April 11, 2008.
Eva Lövbrand, The Democracy Paradox in Studies of Science and Society, April 9, 2008.
Rebecca Morss, Interactions among Flood Predictions, Decisions, & Outcomes, April 7, 2008.
Kevin Vranes, What's Wrong with Earthquake Mitigation in the United States?, April 7, 2008.
Joe Ryan, Abandoned Mine Cleanups, the Clean Water Act, and Environmental Good Samaritans, March 31, 2008.
Kathleen Tierney, The Good the Bad and the Ugly: Post-Katrina Trends in Hazards Policy and Research, March 17, 2008
David Cherney, Reforming Conservation: Moving beyond persistent policy conflict in greater Yellowstone-Mar. 3, 2008
Lisa Dilling, Department of Geography – Colloquia, CU-Boulder, February 29, 2008.
Jana Milford, Clean Air Rules: Challenges in Air Pollution Control Strategy Design, February 18, 2008.
Balaji Rajagopalan, The Once and Future Pulse of Indian Monsoonal Climate, February 18, 2008.
Benjamin Hale, Research on Prisoners and other Vulnerable Populations Symposium, February 14-15, 2008.
Elizabeth McNie, Linking Knowledge with Action, February 11, 2008.
Lisa Dilling, Creating a climate for Change: Rethinking communication and climate change, February 8, 2008.
Karen Fisher-Vanden, Technology, Development and the Environment, February 7, 2008.
Thomas Chase, To What Degree are Climate Models Useful in Guiding Policy Decisions?, February 4, 2008.
Lisa Dilling, Focus the Nation: Campus Teach-in on Global Warming, CU-Boulder, January 31, 2008.
Paul Komor, Focus the Nation Panel Discussion: Colorado’s Energy Future:Are we on the right path?, January 31, 2008
Genevieve Maricle, Shaping Science: Turning Science Studies into Science Action, RESCHEDULED: Dec. 13, 2007
René von Schomberg, EU Science and Technology Policy: Addressing Societal and Ethical Aspects, December 12, 2007.
Joseph Ryan, Analytical & Env Chemistry Division and Atmospheric Chemistry Program Seminar, Dec. 3, 2007
Lisa Dilling, “Usable” carbon science: Supporting carbon governance and decision making across scales, Dec. 3, 2007
David Cherney, American West’s Longest Large Mammal Migration: Clarifying and Securing the Common Interest, Nov. 15
Sarah Krakoff, Parenting the Planet: Environmental Ethics in Face of Potential Tragedy, CU-Boulder, Nov. 14 2007.
Ted Nordhaus & Michael Shellenberger, Break Through Lecture, CU-Boulder, Nov. 12, 2007.
Gerald North, Climate Change over the Last Thousand Years and the Next Hundred, CIRES, November 2, 2007.
Paul Ohm, The Internet Privacy Debate: The Problem with Balancing Security and Privacy, November 1, 2007.
Benjamin Hale, Can We Remediate Wrongs?, October 25, 2007.
David Cherney, Improving Knowledge-based Policy in Yellowstone and Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve,” Oct. 25, 2007.
Marilyn Averill, The Ethics of Uncertainty in Climate Change, 4S conference, Montreal, October 11-13, 2007.
Rad Byerly, "Health Care" as a Science Policy Issue, October 4, 2007.
Susan K. Avery, Civil Applications of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, October 1-3, 2007.
Marilyn Averill, Beyond Federal Agency Litigation, Climate Change Law conference, Denver, Sept. 24-25, 2007.
Lisa Dilling, EcoArts Panel at Norlin Library, Climate Change: Is It Debatable?, September 25, 2007
Benjamin Hale, What's Fair, What's Right? Respecting Autonomy in Population Policy, Sept. 18-20, 2007, Ghent Univ.,
Lisa Dilling, EVENT CANCELLED: EcoArts Panel at Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Earth Wisdom, September 20, 2007
Paul Komor, Renewable Energy Discussion Panel, Alternative Energy Expo, Tucson, September 14-15, 2007.
William Lewis, Klamath Redux, September 13, 2007.
Lisa Dilling, Creating a Climate for Change, Boulder Valley Rotary, September 11, 2007.
The Global Energy Crisis Symposium: Climate Change, Mitigation, and Adaptation, August 30, CU-Boulder.
Climate Change Workshop Detecting the Atmospheric Response to the Changing Face of the Earth, August 27-29, 2007.
David Cherney, Improving Knowledge-based Policy in Greater Yellowstone, August 21, 2007, Jackson, WY.
Tom Yulsman, Telling Inconvenient Truths: Science and journalism in the global warming debate, August 14, 2007.
"Broader Impacts" of Science and Technology Workshop, Golden, Colorado, August 5-7, 2007
Weather and Society * Integrated Studies (WAS-IS) Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, July 12-20, 2007.
Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, July 8-11, 2007.
Roger Pielke, Jr., "Bridges" lecture: Scientists in politicized debates, Embassy of Austria in DC, June 27, 2007.
Roger Pielke, Jr., Politicization of expert advice, BMBF conference, Munich, Germany, June 25, 2007.
Rad Byerly, Science for Policy? A Search in Progress, June 15, 2007 at 3:30 pm.
Steve Nerem, Satellite Measurements of Sea Level Change: What do they tell us?, June 1 2007, TIME CHANGE-Now at 1pm
Ricardo Rozzi, Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve: Biocultural Conservation & Sustainable Development, May 31, 2007.
Genevieve Maricle, Knowledge transfer from academia, WSWC/CDWR Workshop, Irvine, CA, May 17, 2007.
Genevieve Maricle, Shaping Climate Science: the Role for Human Dimensions, May 10, 2007.
ENVS May Recognition Ceremony, Muenzinger Auditorium E050 CU-Boulder, May 10, 2007.
Edward Dunlea, Recent Advances in Ambient Aerosol Research, May 3, 2007.
Krister Andersson, Decentralization, Local Institutions, and Environmental Change, April 30, 2007.
Genevieve Maricle, Shaping Climate Science: The Role for Human Dimensions Research, April 20, 2007.
Wayne Ambler, How Should We Introduce Engineering Undergraduates to STS and Policy Issues?, April 18, 2007.
Roger Pielke, Jr., Center for Research on Judgment and Policy Workshop, April 16, 2007.
Eva Lövbrand, The politics of expertise in the Kyoto negotiations on land use change and forestry, April 13, 2007.
Roger Pielke, Jr., The Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics, April 13, 2007.
Marilyn Averill, U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Massachusetts vs. EPA, April 10, 2007
Nat Logar, Models for societal benefit from federally-funded mission institutions, April 3, 2007.
Book release of Moser/Dilling, Creating a Climate for Change, March 30, 2007.
The Web and the West: Comparing Two Frontiers, March 21, 2007.
Shali Mohleji, The Challenges Facing Homeland Security S&T, March 20, 2007.
Doug Kenney and Chris Goemans, Managing Residential Water Demand: Lessons from Aurora, March 13, 2007.
Ice Fest, Celebrating the Launch of International Polar Year, Mar 8-11, 2007.
Jennifer Kuzma, Emerging Technologies & the Environment: Case Studies for Science & Technology Policy, Mar 9, 2007
Jennifer Kuzma, Oversight for Nanotechnology: No Small Matter, March 8, 2007.
Mark Squillace, The Future of Federal Wetlands Regulation, March 6, 2007.
Lisa Dilling, Communicating about climate change, February 28, 2007.
Lisa Dilling, "Usable” carbon science: Creating new science policies to support decision making, February 27, 2007.
Kevin Vranes, What does "success" mean for earthquake mitigation policy?, February 22, 2007.
Juan Lucena, What the field of engineering studies has to contribute to CSTPR, February 21, 2007.
David Cherney, Understanding Science Policy in Natural Resource Conflicts, February 21, 2007, New Haven, CT.
Juan Lucena, Engaging engineers in policymaking: From problem solvers to problem definers, February 20, 2007.
Genevieve Maricle, Shaping Science: How to Craft Research Agendas to Meet Society's Needs, AAAS Meeting, Feb. 15-19
David Cherney, Using the Policy Sciences in Natural Resource Policy, February 19, 2007, New Haven, CT.
Lisa Dilling, The Challenge of Communicating About Climate Change To Support Societal Action, AAAS Meeting, Feb. 16
Carl Mitcham, Policy, Ethics & the Future of Human Intelligence, Washington, DC, Feb. 16, 2007.
Climate Change Activities at CU, Climate Change Network Brown Bag Lunch Feb. 13.
Björn-Ola Linnér, Who gets what, how and when: Hist. Responsibility & Emissions Trade in Climate Policy, Feb. 6.
Lisa Dilling, Carbon Management and Human Dimensions in the NACP, Jan. 25, 2007.
Katinka Waelbers, Philosophy of Science, Technology & Society: Master program at the Univ of Twente, Jan. 25, 2007.
Paul Komor, Meeting Colorado's Future Electricity Needs: One Question, Many Answers, January 23, 2007.
Marilyn Averill, Climate Ethics, ENVS Seminar, January 19, 2007.
Lisa Dilling, Defining Usable Science, AMS Meeting, Jan. 16, 2007.
Genevieve Maricle, Shifting Research Priorities: Human Dimensions of Global Change Res., AMS Meeting, January 16.
American Geophysical Union Fall 2006 Meeting, December 12-13, 2006, San Francisco, CA.
Lisa Keränen, Public and Technical Argument in Science-Based Controversies, December 4.
Juan Bautista Bengoetxea, Science and Technology Studies in Spain, SCHEDULE CHANGE: November 27, 2006.
Genevieve Maricle, An Overview of the Policy Spectrum, Colorado School of Mines Workshop, November 17, 2006.
Michael Zimmerman, Outline of an Integral Ecology, November 13, 2006.
Nat Logar, Relevant knowledge and user collaboration in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Nov. 11, Beijing, China
Lisa Dilling, Terrestrial Carbon Sink Thresholds, Ecothresholds Project meeting, Nov. 9 2006.
Society for the Social Studies of Science (4s) Conference, November 3, 2006, Vancouver, BC.
Carl Koval, CU’s New Energy Initiative, October 30, 2006.
David Cherney, Developing Capacity in Early Career Policy Scientists, October 26, 2006, Yale University, CT.
Kevin Vranes, Colorado Academy talk on Global Warming/Climate Change and Energy Use, October 24, 2006.
Sarah Krakoff, Climate Change, Morality and Law, October 18, 2006.
Roger, Pielke Jr., Science and Scientists in Politicized Debates, October 17, 2006, Wynkoop Brewery-Denver.
Genevieve Maricle, Shaping Science: The Role of Science Studies in Policy, October 9, 2006.
Panel Discussion on An Inconvenient Truth: Assessing the Science and Policy Implications, September 28.
Jana Milford, Dealing with Uncertainty in Regulatory Applications of Air Quality Models, September 25, 2006.
Lisa Dilling, Enhancing Reliability and Usability of Science Information, GSA specialty Meeting, Sept. 18-20.
Frank Laird, Fighting Evolution, Controlling Education: Controversy over Intelligent Design, Sept. 18.
Center Graduate Students, Summer projects, internships, travel, etc., September 11, 2006.
Lisa Dilling, Cross-scale carbon governance challenges in the U.S., Carbon Mgmt at urban/regional lvls., Sept 4-8.
Erik Fisher, Socratic Engagement of Nanotechnology: A Case Study in Ethics Policy, September 7, 2006.
Lisa Dilling, Implications of mismatched supply and demand for climate science, GRC Conference, Aug. 13-18, 2006.
Roger Pielke, Jr., Decision making in a world of uncertainty, GRC Conference, August 17.
Rad Byerly, What are the issues involved with science for policy vs policy for science?, GRC Conference, Aug. 13.
Roger Pielke, Jr., Climate Change: Understanding the Degree of the Problem, July 20, 2006.
Erik Fisher, Midstream Modulation: US Federal Nanotechnology Policy Implementation, July 14, 2006.
Erik Fisher, Midstream Modulation: Implementing Legislation on Societal Considerations and Nanotechnology, July 5.
Kiki Jenkins, Werewolves & Silver Bullets: Lessons on the use of Marine Conservation Technology, June 30, 2006.
Roger Pielke, Jr., Institutions and Knowledge Provision: Reconciling Supply of and Demand for Science, June 29.
Lisa Dilling, Communicating about climate change, NOAA Research Outreach Workshop, June 13, 2006.
Roger Pielke, Jr., “Doing Something” About Climate Change, CC and the Future of American West Conference, June 9.
Genevieve Maricle, Shaping Science: How to Turn Science Studies into Science Action, Policy Sciences Workshop, June
Roger Pielke, Jr., Finding Solutions Session, Climate Change and the Future of American West Conference, June 8.
Roger Pielke, Jr., Making Sense of Science (and Scientists) in Policy and Politics, June 6.
Lisa Dilling, Communication about global warming, Global Warming Forum, University of Denver, 31 May
Climate Change and Disaster Losses Workshop, Hohenkammer Germany, May 25-26, 2006.
Lisa Dilling, Science Policy Research and Assessment on Climate: An overview and current progress, May 12.
Adam Briggle, Evaluation of President's Council on Bioethics, Midwest Political Science Association Conf., April 22
Nat Logar, Missed opportunities, mischaracterization, useable science: ARS Global Change Nat'l Program, April 22.
Martijntje Smits, Taming Monsters. The cultural domestication of new technology, April 20.
Erik Fisher, Integrating Societal Concerns into R&D: The Midstream Modulation of Nanotechnology, April 19.
Jerry Peterson, A nuclear option for a hydrogen economy, April 17.
Securing the Future: The Changing Global Environment, Marilyn Averill, April 13.
CIRES Members' Council Symposium, Poster Sessions, Elizabeth McNie, Genevieve Maricle, Erik Fisher, April 12.
Dr. Frank Press, science advisor to President Jimmy Carter, April 11.
Coping with Climate Change, Symposium Highlighting CU activities to help decisionmakers prepare for future, April 4
Marilyn Averill, Climate in the Courtroom, CIRES Climate Symposium, April 4, 2006.
Genevieve Maricle, SPARC talk at Coping with Climate Change Symposium, April 4, 2006.
Lisa Dilling, The State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR), Climate Change Symposium, April 4.
Lisa Dilling, Creating a Climate for Change: What Have We Learned About Communicating About Climate Change and its
Krister Andersson, Municipal Politics and Forest Governance: Comparative Analysis in Bolivia & Guatemala, April 3.
Roger Pielke, Jr., Climate Change and Coastal Development: US-UK Dialogue on Research Developments, April 3.
Roger Pielke, Jr., Role of societal & climate factors in historical and projected tropical cyclone damage, March 28
Sustainable and Renewable Energy Initiative, Town Hall Meeting, 3:30-5:30pm, March 21.
Erik Fisher, Integrating societal concerns into nanotechnology research, March 20.
Marilyn Averill, Climate Litigation: Democratic Participation, and Civic Education, WPSA Annual Meeting, March 19.
Roger Pielke Jr., Disasters, Death and Destruction: Accounting for Recent Calamities, March 15.
Diane McKnight, Climate change, acid mine drainage, mountain sports in Colo Rocky Mtns, March 13, 2006.
Steve Quane, Peak Oil and the Struggle for Sustainable Energy: A Congressional Staffer's Perspective, Feb. 23.
Adam Briggle, President's Council on Bioethics, February 20.
Dr. George Keyworth, science advisor to President Ronald Reagan, Jan. 31, 2006.
Rudy Juliano, UNC's Dept. of Pharmacology, Roundtable Discussion: building a science policy program, Jan. 26, 2006.
Marilyn Averill, My experiences at the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention, Jan. 23, 2006.
Carl Mitcham, What are the Connections between Science Policy and Ethics?, Nov 28., 2005.
Hans von Storch, Research collaborations related to climate modeling (for policy) & extreme events, Nov. 18, 2005.
Lisa Dilling, CIRES Visiting Fellows Poster Session, Nov. 17.
Juan Lucena, Changing policies for the promotion of science and engineering education at NSF, Nov. 14, 2005.
Lisa Dilling, Tools for the New Frontier: Practical Steps to Creating Usable Science, Oct. 28, 2005.
Dr. Donald Hornig, science advisor to President Lyndon Johnson, Oct. 24, 2005.
Joel Gratz, Climate Change, Demographics, and Hurricanes, Oct. 21, 2005.
Peggy Lamm, Why in the world would any sane person run for public office, Oct. 17, 2005.
Dr. Neal Lane, Science Advisor to President Bill Clinton, Oct. 5, 2005.
Carol Byerly, Finding the Flu: Explaining the Silence Regarding Influenza Epidemic of 1918, Sept. 26, 2005.
Marilyn Averill, EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, Sept. 22, 2005.
Diana Josephson, Becoming proactive through strategic planning, Sept. 15, 2005.
Dr. Edward David, science advisor to President Richard M. Nixon, Sept. 12, 2005.
Elizabeth McNie, Climate change, experiential education, and teenagers, Sept. 7, 2005.
Hans von Storch, Hockey Sticks, the tragedy of the commons and sustainability of climate science, July 8, 2005.
Dr. John Gibbons, science advisor to President Bill Clinton, April 28, 2005.
Lisa Keranen, Constructing Character in Research Misconduct Controversies, April 22, 2005.
Bob Palmer, Science, Policy and Politics: A View from the Hill, April 18, 2005.
Frank Laird, Learning Complex Lessons: Participation and Electric Utility Regulation, April 4, 2005.
Sarah Michaels, Taking steps towards multidimensional view of science-policy interface, Mar 28, 2005.
Peter Weiss, "Borders in Cyberspace," March 11.
Susan Avery, Scientists Pushing Back, March 7, 2005.
Anne Ruggles, Wolf Management in Colorado, Feb. 28, 2005.
Science, Technology, and Decision Making Symposium, Feb. 25, 2005.
John Marburger, science advisor to Pres. George W. Bush, Feb. 14, 2005.
Joel Gratz, Commercializing Research: My Summer Experience at the CU Technology Transfer Office, Feb. 7, 2005.
Martin Parry, co-chair of IPCC Working Group II, Dec. 7, 2004.
Tom Yulsman, Journalism Values vs. Science Values: an uneasy match, Dec. 6, 2004.
Bob Frodeman, Humanities Policy: What it is, and why it's needed, Nov. 1, 2004.
Shep Ryen, Fate of the Hubble Space Telescope, Oct. 11, 2004.
Mark Leek, Security studies, nonproliferation graduate program, Sept. 23, 2004.
Craig Roseberry, Army Space Policy: History, Organization, and Future, Sept. 22, 2004.
Carbon Cycle Science Workshop, September 16-17, 2004.
New Directions St Petersburg workshop, June 19-23, 2004.
Environmental Philosophy Conference, June 1-4, 2004.
Wolfgang Krohn, Technology, Knowledge and Organization of Waste Management, May 28, 2004.
Phil Weiser, Standard Setting and the Digital Television Saga, May 24, 2004.
Jessica Lang, Western Water Assessment poster presentation, May 12-14, 2004.
Dr. Betsy Weatherhead, Detecting Trends in Environmental Data, May 10, 2004.
Jerry Peterson, Attribution Doctrines and Policies Following WMD Attacks, April 19, 2004.
Kevin Vranes, Roundtable Discussion, April 12, 2004.
Genevieve Maricle, A Science and Technology Policy for the Atmospheric Sciences, April 8, 2004.
Andrew Revkin, Media's role in covering science, policy, and politics, April 6, 2004.
Dr. Robert Wilby, Application of statistical downscaling in England, April 5, 2004.
Anne Ruggles, How Science is Used and Misused in the Klamath Basin, March 29, 2004
Manuel Lujan, The role of science in decision making, March 16, 2004.
Joel Gratz, Striking Back! Protecting Spectators from Lightning in Large Stadiums, March 1, 2004.
Tom Chase, Downscaling climate model information to guide mitigation strategies, Feb. 16, 2004.
James Watt, The role of science in decision making, Feb. 10, 2004.
Michael Rodemeyer, Lessons From the Biotech Wars: Is Nanotechnology Next?, Feb. 2, 2004.
Susi Moser, Improving climate change communication and facilitating social change, Jan. 26, 2004.
Genevieve Maricle, Climate Services Clearinghouse, Dec. 15, 2003.
Cybersecurity: Industry and Government Perspectives on a Growing National Concern, Nov. 21, 2003.
Debate on Preemption as U.S. Foreign Policy, Nov. 6, 2003.
Jessica Lang, Assessments and the connections between science and decision-making, Oct. 27, 2003.
New Directions in Interdisciplinary Research: A Conference in Real World Experiments, Oct 9-11, 2003.
Paul Komor, The life and death of the congressional Office of Technology Assessment, Sept. 29, 2003.
Vicki Arroyo, Environmental impacts of climate change, economics, policy, July 28, 2003.
Bruce Foltz, Philosophical and theological dimensions of global climate change, July 21, 2003.
John Robinson, Relation of climate science and sustainability, July 14, 2003.
Martyn Clark, A Partnership with the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center, May 19, 2003.
Randy Udall, A Change of Climate, April 29, 2003.
Daniel Sarewitz, Science Values and Climate Change, April 18, 2003.
Congressman Mark Udall, Science policy in Congress, April 28, 2003.
Joe Ryan, Abandoned mines and acid mine drainage, March 31, 2003.
Al Teich, Science policy at the AAAS, Feb. 17, 2003.
Patrick Mahaffy, Thalidomide: scientific, social, political, and legal issues, Nov. 1, 2002.
Andy Revkin, The Daily Planet: Why the Media Stumble Over the Environment, Oct. 17, 2002.
Doug Walker, CommunityViz, Sept. 20, 2002.
Dr. Christopher Green, Stabilizing atmospheric carbon dioxide, July 10, 2002.
Dr. William Lewis, Endangered fishes of the Klamath River Basin, April 26, 2002.
Doug Kenney, Water resources decision-making in Colorado, March 8, 2002.
Hunter Lovins, Natural capitalism, Jan. 25, 2002.
Rad Byerly, The federal budget process, Dec. 14, 2001.
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