Global Futures Scientists and Scholars
Call for presenters: AASHE conference 2020
Proposals are due February 28 for the sustainability conference to be held in Milwaukee, October 4-7, 2020. The theme of the conference is "Mobilizing for a Just Transition."
Corruption and illicit activity affect land change
New research published in Nature Sustainability presents a conceptual framework of illicit land transactions and a new approach to spatially link illicit activities to land use.
2020 Welcome: Three things to know
The new year brings exciting changes for our Sustainability Scientists, Scholars and Fellows program, including this email bulletin and some new points of contact. Click through to find out more!
Nominate a new innovator in food and agriculture research
Nomination deadline is March 4, 2020. Pictured is Arianne Cease, director of the Global Locust Initiative, who was a new innovator awardee in 2018.
ASU professor leading international effort to improve urban resilience
NATURA, which stands for ‘Nature-based solutions for Urban Resilience in the Anthropocene,’ will link early-career scholars and practitioners who are working on solutions for climate change resilience around the world. We will create opportunities to share knowledge from one region or city with another.
Funding opportunity for an innovative approach to conservation and landscape connectivity
The inaugural Conservation Impact Prize is a $100,000 grant for an interdisciplinary team that will think outside the box. Register by March 19. Apply by April 16.
Food Tank 2020 summit: You and your students are invited
The event is the Wisdom of Indigenous Foodways at SkySong, Wednesday, January 22, 4:00 to 6:30 pm, followed by a reception. Tickets are required but are free with code.
NSF mandates new formats for current and pending documents, biosketches and CVs
To create compliant documents, researchers now must use Science Networks Curriculum Vitae, a tool that automatically compiles info from existing systems.
The Second International Conference on Climate Change in the Sahel and West Africa
The Second International Conference on Climate Change is taking place April 1–3, 2020. This conference aims to share experiences on vulnerability issues; adaptation strategies in the fields of agriculture, livestock,
UREx co-founder, Nancy Grimm receives honored recognition
In recognition of her distinguished and continued achievement in research, co-founder and director of the Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network (UREx SRN), Nancy Grimm was elected to the
Sustainability scientist, scholar named President's Professors
Joni Adamson, a sustainability scholar, and Michael Angilletta, a sustainability scientist, were awarded one of the most distinguished faculty honors at ASU: President’s Professor. The title is given to professors who've made substantial contributions to undergraduate education and inspired original, creative works in their fields.
ASU responds to questions posed by the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
Nearly 50 faculty from across ASU responded to the questions raised by the committee with comprehensive transdisciplinary responses.