Social Sciences

Clara Wilch is an interdisciplinary environmental studies scholar who researches performance-based negotiations of climate change with an interest in infrastructural and affective forms of climate mitigation and adaptation Speaker: Clara Wilch, 2023-24...

Join us on Thursday March 28 to hear from Jasmine Graham, Executive Director of Mid-Hudson Energy Transition, Crystal Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Environmental Justice, MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, and Oleander Stone...

"Climate Change, National Security, and International Cooperation" with Swathi Veeravalli, director of climate change and adaptation, National Security Council. Climate change poses unprecedented threats to global security. What natural resources are most...

"Project of Hope: Indigenous Land Recovery & Ecological Restoration" with Leyla Uysal, Harvard GSD. "Project of Hope: Indigenous Land Recovery & Ecological Restoration" with Leyla Uysal, Harvard GSD. Open to Harvard students, postdocs, and researchers...

"Apocalyptic Grief: Reckoning with Loss, Wrestling with Hope" with Matthew Ichihashi Potts, Professor of Christian Morals and Minister in the Memorial Church. "Apocalyptic Grief: Reckoning with Loss, Wrestling with Hope" with Matthew Ichihashi Potts...

"Animal Stories, in Crisis" with Teren Sevea, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies. "Animal Stories, in Crisis" with Teren Sevea, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies. Across the Indian Ocean world, communities have shared stories while encountering...

"Ancestors and Climate in Our Boston Backyard" with Dan McKanan, Senior Lecturer in Divinity. "Ancestors and Climate in Our Boston Backyard" with Dan McKanan, Senior Lecturer in Divinity. This is the second event is a six-part series that will take place...

"A Procession of Catastrophes" with Maya Rivera, Professor of Religion and Latinx Studies. "A Procession of Catastrophes" with Maya Rivera, Professor of Religion and Latinx Studies. This is the first event is a six-part series that will take place live on...

"What Returns, What Remains: A Story about Hawaiian Landscape and Dis/Possession" with Hi'ilei Hobart. "What Returns, What Remains: A Story about Hawaiian Landscape and Dis/Possession" with Hi'ilei Hobart. In February 2020, a group of Kanaka ‘Ōiwi...

Join the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability for a gathering of graduate students from across campus engaged in research on climate change issues. Join the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability for a gathering of graduate students...