Author: CECE
Book: Development in Africa’s Informal Settlements: Below the Proletariat
Dr. Angela Pashaya, professor at American University’s School of International Service, launched her new book on February 1st. With over 60% of Africans living in slums, her new book Development in Africa’s Informal Settlements: Below the Proletariat includes ethnography, quantitative and quantitative research centered on the effectiveness of international development programs in African informal settlements […]
Climate & Sustainability, Environmental Equity, Conflict, & Justice, Food, Agriculture, & Natural ResourcesCOP28 DC Climate Hub
On Thursday, December 7th, CECE, The School of International Service, and We Don’t Have Time cohosted the COP28 DC Climate Hub. Policymakers, climate activists, journalists, and academic experts came together to discuss what is needed to ensure a just and equitable climate transition. This multi-panel event included: Ambassadors Up-Close: COP28 Reflections, The Power of Storytelling, […]
Carbon Removal Justice Fellows Program
This past July, eleven fellows in the Carbon Removal Justice Fellows Program convened for two weeks of intensive discussions, launching a year of continued engagement on the equity and justice dimensions of carbon removal policy. Their aim? To challenge this emerging industry to break away from the patterns of environmental injustice that have characterized emissions-generating […]
Kogod Sustainability Speaker Series
The most recent discussion in the Gamechangers in Sustainability speaker series took place last spring, on Earth Day. The Kogod School of Business concluded the Spring 2023 lineup with a panel of innovative women, to discuss how they have worked to create a more sustainable world. The discussion was moderated by AU’s very own Danielle […]
ESS’s 2024 Annual Meeting on the Social Side of the Climate Crisis
Join CECE and the Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) on Thursday, February 29th for the ESS’s 2024 Annual Meeting on the Social Side of the Climate Crisis: Opening Presidential Plenary. The Presidential Plenary will take place from 4pm-6pm with a reception to follow in the SIS Abramson Family Founders Room. Register today!
Article: Assessing learning outcomes of a role-playing simulation in international environmental [...]
American University School of International Service Professor Dr. Ken Conca and colleagues Dr. Abby Ostovar and Ratia Tekenet have taken role-playing simulations beyond fun and games (sorry, Dungeons and Dragons fans) and right into the classroom. Their new paper, “Assessing the Learning Outcomes of a Role-Playing Simulation in International Environmental Politics” discusses the shifts in […]
Article: Accounting for Non-Economic Loss: Climate Displacement and the Meaningful Omission of the [...]
Dr. Robert Albro, Research Associate Professor in the American University Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, recently published a new article in the International Journal of Cultural Policy on the necessity of incorporating into loss-and-damage policy the intangible, non-economic loss of cultural heritage incurred as a result of climate displacement. Titled “Accounting for non-economic […]
Article: Towards Abolitionist Agrarian Geographies of Kentucky
In her new paper “Towards Abolitionist Agrarian Geographies of Kentucky,” American University School of International Service Provost Associate Professor Dr. Garrett Graddy-Lovelace invites readers on a journey through space and time in a state with echoes of an oppressive, racially stratified agricultural past and a present of both agrarian exploitation and resistance. “This state names […]
Book: Landscapes of Care, Immigration and Health in Rural America
Landscapes of Care Immigration and Health in Rural America is a new book by American University Department of Anthropology Professor Dr. Thurka Sangaramoorthy, which was recently awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2023 Society for the Anthropology of North America Book Prize. Her work explores the ways in which immigrants in rural America navigate the […]
Article: Pathways for diversifying and enhancing science advocacy
Dr. Dana Fisher is the director of the Center for Environment, Community, and Equity at AU and a professor in the School of International Service. Her research focuses on democracy, activism, and climate politics, recently centering on climate protests and the Civilian Climate Corps. Dr. Fisher has authored over 75 research papers and has written […]
Article: Volcanic Drivers of Stratospheric Sulfur in GFDL ESM4
Dr. Valentina Aquila is an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Science at AU. As an atmospheric scientist, she studies aerosols, the suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in air, in the atmosphere. She primarily focuses on how stratospheric aerosols from volcanic eruptions, forest fires, and anthropogenic sources can alter Earth’s climate system. She co-authored a […]
