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Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Series: Fall 2021

In this seminar, environmental and climate justice scholar Dr. Prakash Kashwan shares insights from his two-decades-long engagements in international development and academia. He will first present cross-national evidence about the contemporary impacts of global conservation's colonial and racist legacies. Then, he brings together findings from natural and social sciences to demonstrate how scientific research can contribute to anti-racist and regenerative environmentalism. Finally, he also reflects on the implications for 'nature-based solutions' to the climate crisis and global development.

Note: This seminar is rescheduled from the planned October 27 event.

About the presenter

Prakash Kashwan is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Research Program on Economic and Social Rights, Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut, Storrs. He is the author of the widely reviewed and acclaimed book Democracy in the Woods: Environmental Conservation and Social Justice in India, Tanzania, and Mexico (Oxford University Press, 2017) and a Co-Editor of the journal Environmental Politics. He also serves on the editorial advisory boards of Earth Systems GovernanceProgress in Development Studies, Sage Open, and Humanities & Social Sciences Communications.

Professor Kashwan is a member of the global expert group for Scoping of Transformative Change Assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), a member of the Academic Working Group (AWG) on International Governance of Climate Engineering (2016 –18), a Senior Research Fellow of the Earth System Governance (ESG) Project, a member of the Climate Social Science Network (CSSN) established by Brown University, and an external faculty affiliate of the Ostrom Workshop. He is also the co-convener of Climate Justice Network, which he co-founded with support from American Political Science Association (APSA). He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Environmental Studies Section of the International Studies Association (ISA).

Registration information

The speaker will present in-person in Emerson 135. Guests are welcomed to join the session in-person or via Zoom. To attend via Zoom, use the registration link below.

About the seminar series

The Perspectives in Global Development seminars are held Wednesdays from 12:25 – 1:15 p.m. eastern time during the semester. The series will be presented in a hybrid format with some speakers on campus and others appearing via Zoom. Students, faculty and the general public are welcome to attend. The series is co-sponsored by the Department of Global Development, the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, and the School of Integrative Plant Science as part of courses IARD 6960NTRES 6960PLSCS 6960 and AEM 6960. 

Date & Time

November 3, 2021
12:25 pm - 1:15 pm

Prakash Kashwan headshot

More information about this event.

Contact Information

Shavasia Williams

  • sw82 [at] cornell.edu

Speaker

Prakash Kashwan, Associate Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Research Program on Economic and Social Rights, Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut

Departments

Department of Global Development

Natural Resources and the Environment

Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management

School of Integrative Plant Science

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