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Colloquium on Environmental Conflict
Join us for the CECE Colloquium Series, happening the last Tuesday of each month at 2pm. The series will serve as an opportunity to connect across schools and departments and discover productive points of overlap. Our February colloquium will feature Stefano Costanzi, Abeer Al-Eryani, and Pauline Zerla as they discuss their work on conflict and […]
[SIS Event] 2026 Nancy Weiser Ignatius Lecture on the Environment:
Climate Wayfinding: Healing Ourselves and the Planet We Call Home The School of International Service (SIS) is delighted to welcome Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson, writer, teacher, and creator, for a conversation inspired by her forthcoming book, Climate Wayfinding. When maps come up short and the path ahead is uncertain, how do we find our way? In her […]
CECE Announces Second Year of the Data Corps Graduate Fellowship Program
CECE is excited to announce a second year of the Data Corps Graduate Fellowship Program in the Summer of 2026. The fellowship provides graduate students with an opportunity to learn about civic engagement centered around community resilience and disaster response and recovery. During the 2-month program, students will gain hands on experience in data collection […]
COPOut Episode 5: Early PostMortem on COP30
In our fifth episode of the COPOut Podcast, Dr. Dana R. Fisher talks with two amazing climate communicators to unpack the significance of the outcome of the COP30 round of the climate negotiations. Tune in to hear from Amy Westervelt from Drilled Media and Katharine Hayhoe from Texas Tech University and the Nature Conservancy as […]
COPOut Episode 4: On Measurement and Attribution
In our fourth episode of the COPOut Podcast, Dr. Dana R. Fisher talks with guest experts who help us understand where we are in measuring carbon and attributing the effects that climate change is having on our world. Tune in to hear from Friederike Otto from Imperial College London & the World Weather Attribution […]
[Report] Visualizing the Loss of the American Climate Corps
How do we visualize the loss of the American Climate Corps? This report maps out the reach of the American Climate Corps to understand where jobs and communities were most impacted when the program was shut down and funding was cut. Read the full report below.
COPOut Episode 3: The Future of Carbon Governance
In our third episode of The COPOut Podcast, Dr. Dana R. Fisher talks with guest experts who dig deeper into the problems facing the climate regime and what we should realistically expect from COP30. Tune in to hear from Pamela McElwee from Rutgers University and Lauren Gifford from Colorado State University as they discuss the […]
COPOut Episode 2: (Mal)Adaptation and Climate Shocks
In our second episode of the COPOut Podcast, Dr. Dana R. Fisher talks with guest experts about the ways that climate shocks and (mal)adaptation are increasing vulnerabilities and inequalities across and within countries. Tune in to hear from Lisa Schipper from the University of Bonn and Rod Schoonover from Ecological Futures Group as they discuss how […]
COPOut Episode 1: Platforming Activism
In the inaugural episode of the COPOut Podcast, Dr. Dana R. Fisher talks with climate leaders about how to platform activism and empower civil society in the struggle to address the climate crisis. Tune in to hear from Ingmar Rentzhog from We Don’t Have Time, Jamie Minden from This Is Zero Hour, and Magnolia Mead […]
[Article] Amazonian Fish Migration as a Social-Cultural-Ecological Process
CECE Postdoctoral Fellow Natalia C. Piland is one of six co-authors of the recently published paper, “Amazonian fish migration as a social-cultural-ecological process,” in People and Nature. The paper was led by PhD candidate LuLu Victoria-Lacy (Florida International University), whose ethnographic research highlights how short and long fish migrations in the Amazon are important to […]
CECE Launches the COP-Out Podcast for Apocalyptically Optimistic Climate Conversations
During each episode, CECE Director Dana R. Fisher will host a panel of guest experts who will share their unique perspectives on the state of climate action, the path towards more effective climate solutions, and the role that the international regime—including the annual UN sponsored Conferences of the Parties (COPs)—can and should play in getting […]
2025 CECE Faculty Research Incubator Grant: Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) and [...]
We are excited to announce this year’s selected CECE Faculty Incubator proposal, titled “Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) and the Multidimensional Inequalities of Deployment in Refugee and Host Communities.” This interdisciplinary project represents a collaboration across departments within the School of International Service (SIS) and beyond, bringing together Drs. Claire Brunel (SIS–PGE), Mike Alonzo (CAS–Environmental Science), […]