NASEM seeks experts to advise on US global change research program

The National Academies is seeking approximately 10 new members for a 20-person standing committee. Self-nominations are welcome. Members typically serve 3-year terms with an option to reappoint after the first term. Nominations are due by February 12, 2021.

Editors from two ASU-affiliated publications - Future Tense, a partnership of Slate, New America and ASU, and Issues in Science and Technology, published by ASU and the National Academies - will discuss what makes a good idea for their outlets and how to pitch them.

Join the National Academies February 2 at noon MST for a public briefing on a new report that outlines the key technological and socio-economic goals that must be achieved to put the United States on the path to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

In a new study, sustainability scientist Chuan Liao and co-authors looked at how the implementation of large-scale land acquisitions for agricultural development affects carbon emissions, and in turn, climate change.

In this GDCS-sponsored talk, Murray Ford will present results of remote sensing, geochronological, and physical modeling studies that investigated island formation and dynamics. The future persistence of atoll islands will be discussed in light of projected changes in sea level and adaptation within atoll settings.

Researchers across the social, behavioral and economic sciences are encouraged to submit proposals to the Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier: Core Research solicitation by March 23, 2021.

The 2021 AAAS Annual Meeting will convene entirely online, February 8-11, with related pre-released materials available online now. Click through to preview some of this year's ASU-led sessions and paper presentations.

ASU researchers suggest urbanists shouldn't forget the past when studying the future. Complexity scientists studying urbanism need to take a historical perspective, according to Jose Lobo and his co-authors.

ASU is co-hosting the XVIII Biennial International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) conference, including an eight month virtual conference rollout. The first virtual conference, Commons in Space, is set for Feb. 24-26 and is currently accepting submissions for individual presentations, special sessions and webinar panel discussions. Commons in Space abstracts are due Jan. 15.

Sustainability scientist Ryan Cornell has contributed to Future Agenda, a series from Future Tense in which experts suggest specific, forward-looking actions the new Biden administration should implement. The article is entitled It’s Time to Rethink the Tax Credit on Electric Vehicles.

Sustainability scientist Sara Meerow has co-authored a paper using survey experiments to show how people conceptualize different terms used to frame environmental policies and how this affects public opinion.

Religion and Environment: Relations and Relationality. Conference of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture. February 18-28, 2021.