Graduate Student & ALUMNI News

Examining Processes of Knowledge Co-production for Climate Adaptation in East Africa

CSTPR graduate student Meaghan Daly, along with Lisa Dilling (CSTPR/ENVS), Mara Goldman (Geography), and Eric Lovell (Geog), received a National Science Foundation award to study the role of indigenous climate knowledge in climate change adaptation. This research aims to understand how knowledge is produced and incorporated by actors across scales and with varying epistemologies, and to understand how power and the processes of co-production affect the salience, credibility and legitimacy of knowledge. The project will utilize a mixed-method case study design, which will incorporate multiple embedded units of analysis situated at 3 different institutional scales in Tanzania, East Africa.

Graduate Student & ALUMNI News

Center Alum Shali Mohleji Talk on How Scientists Can Engage in the Policy Process

Shali Mohleji (Ph.D., ENVS, 2011), who worked with Roger Pielke, Jr., at CSTPR and is now a senior policy fellow with the American Meteorological Society, spoke at CIRES on June 19 about some of the nuances in connecting science to society and the sensitivities at the intersection of science and policy. Shali also described different paths through which scientists can engage in the policy process and how to navigate such engagement responsibly and effectively.

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Marilyn Averill Talk

Marilyn gave a talk at the International Political Science Association World Congress in Montreal titled “Protecting Rights through Climate Litigation.”