UNH Sustainability Research Collaboratory Roundtables – Fall 2011 Series

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Roundtable Objective: Improve our own capacities to carry out high quality sustainability research.

 

Roundtable 1 – Big Concepts in Sustainability Research

- featuring Dr. Jennifer Kushner, University of Wisconsin, on the following topics on Oct. 12 and 13. See bio* below. Please RSVP to brett.pasinella@unh.edu if you plan to attend on October 13.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 – NRESS Seminar – 3:10-4:30 PM: James Hall G46

Paradigm Shifts in Interdisciplinary Research

 

Thursday, October 13, 2011 – Brown Bag Lunch – 12:40-2:30 PM: Gregg Hall 320

How Can Research More Effectively Support a Sustainable Society?

 

Friday, October 14, 2011 – Burning Topics Over Lunch – 12-1 PM: La Paz Taqueria

 

Roundtable 2 – A Look at the Mechanics of “Other”disciplinary Research

- featuring faculty demystifying social science approaches for natural scientists and natural science approaches for social scientists. Learn the language, methods, similarities, differences, benefits and limitations from case studies.

 

Thursday, October 27, 2011 – Brown Bag Lunch – 12:40-2:30 PM: Gregg Hall 320

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Friday, October 28, 2011 – Burning Topics Over Lunch – 12-1 PM: Location to be Determined

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Roundtable 3 – Building Skill and Capacity to Carry Out Sustainability Research

- featuring YOU in conversation with staff and faculty from other disciplines in pursuit of compatible ideas. Bring your sense of adventure!

 

Thursday, December 1, 2011 –12:40-2:30 PM: Gregg Hall 320

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Friday, December 2, 2011 – Burning Topics Over Lunch – 12-1 PM: Location to be Determined

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*Bio - Dr. Kushner is an expert in education innovation and reform, with a focus on paradigm change in educational systems. She is a Program and Evaluation Specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Extension, where she works locally, nationally and internationally with programs related to agriculture, the environment, and youth, family & community development. She had led several interdisciplinary reform initiatives including the NSF-sponsored EPICS program, the founding of the School of Integrative Studies at Edgewood College, and is currently leading a national youth water education reform initiative. Her current research focuses on knowledge construction, evolution of thinking, interdisciplinary research, and on leadership and learning related to environmental and social change. Her past work has focused on program innovation and evaluation in science, engineering, medicine, and the humanities.