Liam Downey received the Environment and Technology Section’s Allan Schnaiberg Outstanding Publication Award at the ASA annual meeting in Seattle August 20-23rd for his book Inequality, Democracy, and the Environment. Senior environmental sociology colleagues Liam talked with at the meetings described Liam’s book as making a critically important contribution to environmental sociology, as providing a
David Pyrooz was recently quoted in the news. He spoke with a reporter from the Houston Chronicle about the Texas prison system’s gang renouncement program. He was also interviewed as part of NPR’s “code switch” podcast about how crime rates have changed in the aftermath of Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, MO.
The National Science Foundation this month awarded $300,000 over three years to CU-Boulder to create the Rocky Mountain Research Data Center (RMRDC), which will be housed in the Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS). The center joins a relatively exclusive group of 19 others across the U.S. and is expected to be a boon for researchers and raise the profile of CU-Boulder to prospective faculty and graduate students.
Lori Hunter was an invited keynote speaker at a workshop on “Science needs in the context of tough choices in implementing the UN’s new SDG framework,” organized by Future Earth Germany and held in Villa Vigoni at Lake Como, Italy, April 18-21, 2016. Lori spoke on “The implications of migration for implementation of the SDGs.
Lori M. Hunter, professor of sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder, has spent a semester prompting students to grapple with such questions as "What is colonization, and what does it mean to “decolonize” something?", "Beyond taking land, what other aspects of a culture can be colonized?", and "What does this have to do with
Between Armenia and Azerbaijan lies a contested territory controlled by an unrecognized state called the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). In the early hours of April 2, violence exploded in this Armenian-supported statelet in the southern Caucasus. This festering conflict in former Soviet territory suddenly turned hot. John O’Loughlin and colleague Gerard Toal have researched in great depth the conflicts and political implications thereof in this region, and their findings are reported today in the Washington Post.
CUPC was well-represented at the 2016 annual meeting of the Population Association of America. Nineteen affiliates attended the meeting, including 9 graduate students. In addition to making research presentations, CUPC affiliates played important roles as session organizations, chairs and discussants. Click here for the list of attendees.
CUPC affiliates Ryan Masters and Stef Mollborn participated in “Advocacy Day” through the Population Association of America in Washington DC, late March 2016. Advocacy Day took place the day prior to the annual PAA meeting and Ryan and Stef met with staff in the offices of Senator Michale Barnett (CO), Senator Cory Gardner (CO) and
Krister Andersson, along with co-authors Pamela Matson and William C. Clark, has a new book just published: "Pursuing Sustainability: A Guide to the Science and Practice", Princeton University Press, March 2016. Described as "A primer for students and practitioners who are seeking a more systematic and comprehensive platform on which to base their pursuits of
The Natural Hazards Center is happy to announce a brand new Web site designed to better display all the great content we collect and create on a regular basis—and that includes when you visit on your phone or tablet! Among the changes, you’ll find brand new online layouts for the Observer and DR that highlight
