Moynihan Challenge Conference

Moynihan Challenge Conference:

Building Community Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change across Sites, Groups and Scales

Social scientists are paying increased attention to human adaptation to climate change, attempting to understand how, where, and when climate change adaptation is occurring (or not), and the challenges involved. We are bringing together a diverse group of scholars to discuss how different disciplines are approaching and studying climate adaptation. This workshop aims to enhance critical conversationsabout climate change adaptation across academic disciplines, thereby engaging with different perspectives that can foster integrative analyses and further collaborations. We hope to generate actionable research topics for future study and ideas about how social science research can further contribute to practitioners and policy-makers working on climate adaptation projects around the world.

Public Plenary Session | 9:30-12:00 | 204 Maxwell Hall

Presenters :

Diana Liverman, Department of Geography, University of Arizona

Debra Javeline, Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame

Ed Carr, International Development, Community, and Environment, Clark University

Done Nelson, Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia

Interdisciplinary Discussion Workshop | 12:30 - 4:30 | 220 Eggers Hall

Please RSVP by April 11 to pedavi01@syr.edu if you wish to participate in the afternoon workshop. Space is limited. Lunch will be provided. Please inform us of any dietary restrictions.

Sponsored by the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs