CENTER Events

Center cosponsors Conference on Communication and Environment,
Max Boykoff is program co-chair

CSTPR was a cosponsor of the Conference on Communication and Environment (COCE) held in Boulder June 11-14, which attracted over 350 participants. COCE was intended to “discuss, explore and bridge the many divides, challenges and opportunities facing environmental communication and practice”. Several CSTPR members participated in COCE. Max Boykoff was a program co-chair. Deserai Crow and her students submitted a paper titled “Risk, Failure, and Hazard Narratives in Local Media Coverage of Natural Disasters: Can We Learn from our Mistakes?” Visiting Fellow Gesa Luedecke’s presentation is described above. She also presented a poster, “What’s Your Motivation? Individual Drivers for Sustainable Behavior.”

Jack Stilgoe talk: Geoengineering as a Collective Experiment

Dr. Jack Stilgoe, a Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies at University College London, visited CSTPR in April and gave a talk on “Geoengineering as a Collective Experiment”. He expands upon his views in the Exchange article (see p. 1). View webcast.

Roger Pielke, Jr. talk: On Witch Burning and Other Incendiary Topics

Roger Pielke, Jr. spoke to the CU chapter of the Forum on Science, Ethics and Policy about the reaction to his peer-reviewed research from the White House science advisor as well as a social and mainstream media campaign to have him fired from his job, which formed the basis for a member of Congress to open an investigation of him.

Roger Pielke, Jr. talk and webcast: Technology Assessment as Political Myth?

Roger Pielke’s March 2015 talk at the PACITA 2nd European TA Conference: The Next Horizon of Technology Assessment - “Technology Assessment as Political Myth?” - is available via webcast.

Spring 2015 noontime seminar webcasts

All of the following CSTPR spring 2015 noontime seminars are now available via webcast.

Sugar, Spice And Everything Nice: Science and Policy of “Sex Testing” in Sport

Roger Pielke, Jr., Center for Science and Technology Policy Research and Environmental Studies, CU Boulder

Webcast

When Basic or Applied is not enough: Utilizing a Typology of Research Activities and Attributes to Inform Usable Science

Elizabeth McNie, Western Water Assessment, CU Boulder

Webcast

Mystery of the Sea: A Study of Why the U.S. Has Yet to Construct an Offshore Wind Farm

Marisa McNatt, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research and Environmental Studies, CU Boulder

Webcast

Ignorance Isn’t Bliss: Why Historical Emitters Owe Compensation for Climate Change

Paul Bowman, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research and Environmental Studies, CU Boulder

Webcast

Fracking In Denton, Texas: Who Benefits and Why Was it Banned?

Jordan Kincaid, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research and Environmental Studies, CU Boulder

Webcast

Mobilizing Individual Responsibility Through Personal Carbon Budgeting

Steven Vanderheiden, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, Political Science, and Environmental Studies, CU Boulder

Webcast