FALL SCHEDULE 2007
The David Bradford Seminars in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy
The seminar series is co-sponsored with the Princeton Environmental Institute
Wallace Hall, Room 300
(12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m)
Lunch is provided starting at 11:45 a.m.
September 24, "Loving Science to Death? How and Why Politicians Use and Misuse Science in Policy Debates"
David Goldston
WWS Scholar in Residence - STEP Program , Princeton University
October 1, "Parasites, People, and Poverty: Infectious Diseases and Millennium Development Goals"
October 8, "Knowledge Management in International Assistance: From Policies to Local Self-reliance illustrated by Reproductive Health Programs"
Yoichi Yamagata
Japan International Cooperation Agency
October 15, "Toward Transportation Fuels with Near-zero GHG Emissions"
Robert Williams
Princeton Environmental Institute - Princeton University
October 22, "Long-term Consequesnces of Involuntary Resettlement: Are Large Dams Worth the Human Cost?"
Thayer Scudder
California institute Of Technology
Fall Break - October 27 thru November 4
November 5, "Environmental Justice: Beyond the Distributive Paradigm"
Kimberly Smith
Visiting Associate Professor of Center for African American Studies and the Princeton Environmental Institute.
November 12, "Natural Resources, Human Rights, and Governance"
Daniel Lynch
MacLean Professor,Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College and Visiting Research Scholar, STEP Program, Princeton University
November 19, "Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Reactors - In Which There Is A Nuclear Renaissance- Should We Be Worried"
John Ahearne
Director of Ethics, Sigma Xi Center
November 26, "The U.S.- Africa Materials Institute: Technological Innovation for Africa"
Wole Sobeyejo
Princeton University (Materials institute)
December 3, TBA
December 10, "Framing Science: Journalism and Science Debates"
Matthew Nisbet
American University