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Geoscience in Context
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Geoscience in Context is a seminar series and discussion group in the Department of Earth Sciences that intends to broaden departmental understanding of geoscience’s place in society, the history of the subject, its modern practice and its role in shaping the future. The series aims to provide human context for the scientific research of the department, and to provide a safe, open and supportive forum for discussion of these topics. For more details, and the code of conduct please see: https://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/about-us/geosciences-in-context Talks will be via zoom, with the talk part live streamed to facebook (via the Geoscience in Context group). A recording of the talks (though not the discussion will be available after the event). If you have a question about this list, please contact: Camilla Penney; Oliver Shorttle; Liz Hide; arrl3; ; Laura Wainman; Sam Wimpenny; Mr Auriol Rae; ; . If you have a question about a specific talk, click on that talk to find its organiser. 0 upcoming talks and 11 talks in the archive. Department of Earth Sciences Seminars (downtown) Title to be confirmedJacqueline Houghton, University of Leeds. Department of Earth Sciences, Tilley Lecture Theatre. Thursday 03 March 2022, 15:00-16:00 Department of Earth Sciences Seminars (downtown) Geoscience in Context: Tackling the diversity crisis in Geography, Earth and Environmental SciencesThis is a hybrid event. The talk will be given via Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/99984123581), and screened live in the Tilley Lecture Theatre. Natasha Dowey, Sheffield Hallam University. Department of Earth Sciences, Tilley Lecture Theatre. Thursday 11 November 2021, 15:00-16:00 Bullard Laboratories Wednesday Seminars Geoscience in Context: A clean energy future isn't set in stoneThomas Franssen and Mandy de Wilde . ONLINE - Details to be sent by email. Wednesday 06 October 2021, 16:00-17:00 The Green Transition in Natural ResourcesPanel discussion: Pippa Howard (Flora and Fuana International) and Andy Whitmore (London Mining Network). Zoom. Monday 17 May 2021, 15:00-16:00 The Future Green Economy: Panel DiscussionProf. Gargi Bhattacharya (Professor of Sociology at the University of East London), Kate Metcalf (Co-director of the Women’s Environment Network) and Dr. Natalie Jones (Research Associate at the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk). Zoom. Friday 12 March 2021, 13:00-14:00 Science and Justice in the AnthropoceneProfessor Jill Schneiderman (Vassar College). Zoom. Thursday 03 December 2020, 15:00-16:00 Unique Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources of American Indians and Alaska Natives in the U.S.Karletta Chief (University of Arizona). Zoom. Thursday 05 November 2020, 16:00-17:00 Decolonising the curriculum: lessons from sociologyAli Meghji, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge. Zoom. Thursday 24 September 2020, 15:00-16:00 Fieldwork in context: challenges and opportunitiesSam Giles, University of Birmingham. Zoom. Tuesday 25 August 2020, 12:00-13:00 The keys to the past: a mixed-methods approach to reconstructing the 1812 eruption of La Soufrière St. VincentJazmin Scarlett. Zoom. Tuesday 11 August 2020, 12:00-13:00 Uncomfortable Histories: working to decolonise the Sedgwick MuseumLiz Hide, Sedgwick Museum. Zoom. Tuesday 28 July 2020, 12:00-13:00 Please see above for contact details for this list. |
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