The Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM) at UC Berkeley hosts a series of recurring seminars during the academic year. The ESPM Seminar Series is a multidisciplinary place to share and discuss research ideas and applications in the broad theme of "the environment." Faculty and students in ESPM work on a wide range of topics, spanning climate and biodiversity science, land and water use, environmental policy, and community outreach—all driven by a collective interest in our environmental future. By inviting outstanding speakers we aim to advance discussion on the environmental challenges we face, and identify research opportunities for transformative change.
Past ESPM Seminars
From Soil Health to Pollinator Communities: The Fertile Grounds for Agroecology in California's San Joaquin Valley, Apr 29
Aidee Guzman, ESPM PhD Candidate
Anticipating and managing heterogeneous vegetation dynamics in a changing world (Research Seminar: Plant Ecology Search Job Candidate)
Madelon Case, University of Oregon
Food Injustice in South Los Angeles, Apr 22
Analena Hope Hassberg, Assistant Professor, Ethnic and Women’s Studies, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Minimalist Inductive Theory to Infer Causality in Biology, Apr 15
George Sugihara, Climate, Atmospheric Science & Physical Oceanography, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Conservation Equity: Focusing on Allocation of the Burdens and Benefits of Conservation Policies, Apr 1
Holly Doremus, Berkeley Law
Rocks and the Carbon Cycle: New frontiers for Modern Climate Change, Feb 18
Benjamin Houlton, Cornell University
Ecosystem Services and IPBES, Dec 10
Patricia Balvanera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Many rivers to cross: towards a more diverse community of freshwater scientists, Nov 5
Checo Colón-Gaud, Georgia Southern University
Will China’s Belt and Road Initiative Increase Tropical Deforestation?, Oct 29
Xingli Giam, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Building an evidence-base on the impacts of marine conservation, Oct 22
David Gill, Duke University
Post-fire erosion: implications for persistence of pyrogenic carbon in soil, Oct 15
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, UC Merced
Beyond Green Grandmothers and Divine Deities: Thinking Gender, Race, Colonialism in “Political Ecology”, Oct 8
Kiran Asher, UMassachusetts, Amherst
A Versatile COVID-19 Web App for Epidemiologists and Policy Analysts to Manage Outbreaks, Oct 1
Wayne Getz, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
