Workshop: Furthering Environmental Justice Perspectives in Our Academic Research
Please join us on Wednesday, April 14th from 10:00am-12:30pm ET for a virtual workshop on integrating environmental justice perspectives into our academic research.
The workshop is open to students, researchers, and faculty working on environmental, energy, and climate topics. Please RSVP below, and the Zoom links will be sent to you once your registration is confirmed.
Schedule:
10:00-11:15am ET: Plenary session (Open to all participants) featuring a panel discussion with our speakers:
• Pradip Swarnakar, Associate Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur
• Christian Braneon, Remote Sensing Specialist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies; and Chief Technology Officer, Hummingbird Firm
• Paulina Jaramillo, Professor, Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon
• Joshua Apte, Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering and Public Health, UC Berkeley
11:20am-12:15pm ET: Thematic breakout rooms to facilitate more in-depth discussion between panelists and researchers thinking about how to integrate EJ perspectives in their current energy/environmental research. (Targeted for doctoral students, postdocs, and faculty) The rooms will focus on the following research areas:
• Energy Systems
• Coastal Resilience
• Air Pollution
• Climate Governance
12:15-12:30pm ET: Group recap and closing remarks
This workshop is being organized by students in the Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP) PhD Program at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, postdocs and staff at the Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment (C-PREE), and colleagues at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment.