Sept 22: Book launch and roundtable
Join the UREx SRN for a roundtable discussion and launch of their new book, Resilient Urban Futures, which explores how cities are profoundly impacted by climate change and strategies for cultivating more resilient futures.
UREx Future Cities podcast recognized by ESA
Urban Resilience to Extremes SRN's monthly podcast, Future Cities, has been awarded the Ecological Society of America's "Science Communication in Practice Award," given to ESA members who represent excellence in public engagement and science communication.
Sala to advise US Global Change Research Program
Distinguished Global Futures Scientist Osvaldo Sala has been nominated by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine to serve a three-year term on the Committee to Advise the U.S. Global Change Research Program.
Call for applications: Knowledge Exchange for Resilience
Apply by Oct. 15. Through this 12-month fellowship program, representatives from both the community and university come together to share knowledge, discover gaps or opportunities, and respond to challenges.
Making sense of complexity: A webinar series and explainer video
Trying to understand complexity and the concept of complex adaptive systems? Learn from your colleagues in a webinar series, Making Sense of Complexity, launched in Spring 2021.
Ground-breaking climate program for corporate boards
ASU Global Futures Laboratory and Thunderbird School of Global Management have partnered with the organization, Competent Boards, to educate board members on climate issues ahead of COP26.
Call for Abstracts: 21st Annual IGSC Conference
Submit by Sept. 30. Call for abstracts for the 21st annual EWC International Graduate Student Conference, to be held February 17-20, 2022. IGSC is one of the largest international graduate student conferences focused on the Asia Pacific region.
ASU research reveals 'weak' replicability of place-based research
Senior Global Futures Scientist Wenwen Li is co-author on a new publication shedding light on the challenges and opportunities the scientific community faces in replicating place-based research.
STACC report released: Status of Tribes and Climate Change
Senior Global Futures Scientist Otakuye Conroy-Ben is a co-author on the report. Her contribution to a chapter on water quality discusses the outlook of Tribal drinking water with respect to regulated and unregulated contaminants.
New findings in the role fish play in balancing coral, algae
To better understand the balance between coral and algae, ASU scientists explored the role of herbivorous fish in keeping check on one of the main antagonists in coral-algae fight for reef space, known as “turf algae.” Senior Global Futures Scientist Greg Asner is co-author on a new paper by postdoc Shawna Foo.
Ground-breaking climate program for corporate boards
With climate issues demanding ever more attention from corporate boards, ASU’s Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Thunderbird School of Global Management and the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School
Call for abstracts: 21st Annual IGSC Conference
The East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference (IGSC) has an open Call for Abstracts for its 21st annual conference with the theme Reimagining Our Shared Future. IGSC welcomes abstracts from