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Where next for adaptation to climate change?

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Biography: Lars Otto Naess is a Research Fellow with the Resource Politics cluster at the Institute for Development Studies, Brighton, UK. He is a social scientist with over 20 years’ experience on climate change, development and agriculture. His current research interests centre on social, political and institutional dimensions of adaptation to climate change, policy processes...

Culture and climate change

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Join the Priestley International Centre for Climate and the Priestley Society for a special Christmas seminar with the Cultural Institute exploring the intersection of culture and climate change research and to discuss the potential for interdisciplinary projects. The seminar will be followed by a festive buffet and mulled wine in the School foyer. Presenters Kat Austen, international artist and new...

Conservation agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Christian Thierfelder is a Senior Cropping Systems Agronomist specializing in Conservation Agriculture (CA) systems research with CIMMYT. CIMMYT and Christian have established a large network of on-farm and on-station trials for CA across Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. This seminar presents a great opportunity to interact with a representative of a major CGIAR affiliated institute with extensive experience of research and...

Food, climate change and rationing

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Sadler Seminar Series 2017-18 – What to eat? Values and food choice Daily food choice is shaped by numerous values. This interdisciplinary seminar series seeks to encourage conversations and collaboration between philosophy, psychology and related disciplines. Seminar 3: Food, Climate Change, Rationing Wändi Bruine de Bruin and Astrid Kause (Centre for Decision Research, LUBS): How consumers...

How to think like a 21st century economist

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*THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED BUT YOU CAN JOIN REMOTELY – SEE UPDATE BELOW * ‘The citizens of 2050 are being taught an economic mindset that is rooted in the textbooks of 1950, which in turn are based on the theories of 1850.’ Economics – literally ‘the art of household management’ – could not be...