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SUMMARY:Steven Prager - Innovation for Inclusive Agricultural Transformation | GES Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES Video Library (current) | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \nInnovation for Inclusive Agricultural Transformation\nSteven D. Prager\, PhD.\, Senior Program Officer for Agricultural Transformation Strategy at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation\nWebsite \nUnderstanding inclusive agricultural transformation through the lenses of climate adaptation and labor productivity. \nAbstract\nIn many lower- and middle-income countries agriculture is not only the basis for food security but also the main path toward economic prosperity for countless small-scale producers. Agriculture systems are highly heterogeneous\, however\, and this heterogeneity is compounded by the nearly infinite variation in the individual circumstances of those that participate in the production process. At the same time\, small-scale producers face several challenges and\, in many instances\, compound challenges ranging from Covid and climate change to conflict and crop disease. Given these complexities\, how can we focus on intentional\, inclusive approaches to help transform agriculture systems such that their stewards become more resilient and more predictably on a path to prosperity? \nTo better understand both the opportunities for agricultural transformation and the challenges associated therewith\, this presentation will examine “agricultural research for development” (AR4D) through the lenses of both climate adaptation and labor productivity. Here we consider the role of innovation in these areas as a core consideration in thinking about inclusive agricultural transformation (IAT). Innovation in areas from policy to farmer services to the crops themselves must be layered together in context appropriate ways in order to realize the changes needed to improve agricultural development outcomes. From the identification of specific outcomes to the corresponding theories of change\, strategies\, policy and investment\, inclusive agricultural transformation must be both priority-based and right-sized. While there are numerous entry points for fostering climate-sensitive and inclusive agricultural development\, through this dialog we will explore the idea that simultaneous consideration of labor productivity and climate adaptation increasingly has the potential to become a cornerstone of new thinking in IAT. \nRelated links:\n\nLabour productivity: The forgotten yield gap\nCock J\, Prager S\, Meinke H\, and Echeverria R. (2022) Agricultural Systems. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103452. PDF\n\nSpeaker Bio\nA geographer by training\, Dr. Steven Prager has recently joined the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation after ten years as a professor of geography at the University of Wyoming and\, more recently\, eight years as a research scientist with the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) based in Cali\, Colombia. At the University of Wyoming\, Steven taught and led research in a range of themes mostly centered around spatial modeling and sustainable development. Steven later brought this experience to CIAT and the world of agricultural research for development. At CIAT\, he developed and co-led several different research programs\, including the “Global Futures and Strategic Foresight” activity with the Policies\, Institutions\, and Markets research program of the CGIAR. He also played a critical role in building out a LAC-wide and then global scale program in climate services\, several efforts related to Sustainable Food Systems\, and the SERVIR Amazonia program designed to bring best in class remote sensing and geospatial analysis to local communities throughout the Amazon Basin. In his new role with BMGF\, Steve is working with the Foundation’s Adaptation Systems and Integration team to bring innovations in climate adaptation to serve small-scale producers throughout Africa and South Asia. \n\nGES Colloquium is jointly taught by Drs. Jen Baltzegar and Dawn Rodriguez-Ward\, who you may contact with any class-specific questions. Colloquium will be held in-person in Poe 202\, as well as live-streamed via Zoom. Please subscribe to the GES newsletter and Twitter for updates .
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/ges-colloquium-2022-09-06/
LOCATION:Poe 202 (North Campus)\, 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr.\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium,GES Event
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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Jones - Searching for Ancient DNA: The Use and Abuse of Celebrity | GES Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES Video Library (current) | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \nSearching for Ancient DNA: The Use and Abuse of Celebrity\nElizabeth Jones\, PhD\, Project Coordinator at NC Museum of Natural Sciences\, and Postdoctoral Researcher in Biological Sciences at NC State\nWebsite | Twitter @DrDinoDNA \nAncient DNA research has a short but sensational history\, especially as the birth of the field coincided with the Jurassic Park craze. Find out how celebrity helped shape the science for better or for worse. \nAbstract\nAncient DNA research—the recovery of genetic material from long-dead organisms—is a discipline that developed from science fiction into a reality between the 1980s and today. Drawing on scientific\, historical\, and archival material\, as well as original interviews with more than fifty researchers worldwide\, Elizabeth Jones explores the field’s formation and explains its relationship with the media by examining its close connection to de-extinction\, the science and technology of resurrecting extinct species. \nIn this talk\, Jones reveals how the search for DNA from fossils flourished under the influence of intense press and public interest\, particularly as this new line of research coincided with the book and movie Jurassic Park. She then takes on this reality\, diving deeper into the nuance of celebrity to show how media interest simultaneously empowered and undermined the field\, and how scientists responded to it both positively and negatively. By investigating the use and (perceived) abuse of celebrity\, we arrive at an appreciation for the intricate interplay between science and media\, and how the two influence one another. \nRelated links:\n\nAncient DNA: The Making of a Celebrity Science\, by Elizabeth D Jones (2022)\n\nSpeaker Bio\nDr. Elizabeth Jones is the Project Coordinator in the Zanno Lab for the Cretaceous Creatures public science project at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences and a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at NCSU. She is a Historian of Science and author of the book “Ancient DNA: The Making of a Celebrity Science” (Yale University Press). Jones received her BA in History and Philosophy from NCSU\, MA in History and Philosophy of Science from Florida State University\, and PhD in Science and Technology Studies from University College London. Her research is interdisciplinary\, focusing on the historical\, philosophical\, and sociological aspects of the scientific process to better understand how science happens and how it impacts society. Throughout her career\, she has had first-hand experience working with paleontologists and geneticists in both the field and the lab across the US\, UK\, and Europe. Prior to her most recent job\, Jones was a Project Coordinator and Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the Cooper Lab at NCSU for a NSF grant to create a Toolkit for Data Ethics in the Participatory Sciences in partnership with the Citizen Science Association. \n\nGES Colloquium is jointly taught by Drs. Jen Baltzegar and Dawn Rodriguez-Ward\, who you may contact with any class-specific questions. Colloquium will be held in-person in Poe 202\, as well as live-streamed via Zoom. Please subscribe to the GES newsletter and Twitter for updates .
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/ges-colloquium-2022-09-13/
LOCATION:Poe 202 (North Campus)\, 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr.\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27607\, United States
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SUMMARY:Joe Herkert - Lessons from Engineering Ethics for Genetic Engineering and Society | GES Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES Video Library (current) | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \nLessons from Engineering Ethics for Genetic Engineering and Society\nJoe Herkert\, D.Sc.\, Associate Professor Emeritus of Science\, Technology and Society\, NC State\nZOOM MEETING: A discussion of key concepts of engineering ethics scholarship and teaching that might be useful in thinking about ethics in the context of genetic engineering and society. \nAbstract\nThere is a long tradition of ethics in engineering practice with the first engineering codes of ethics appearing early in the 20th century\, but as an academic sub-field engineering ethics only began to emerge in the 1970s. In most treatments\, engineering ethics is grounded in the concept of engineering as a profession. Following a brief introduction of engineering ethics and professionalism\, this presentation will focus on some key concepts of engineering ethics scholarship and teaching that might be useful in thinking about ethics in the context of genetic engineering and society. Among these are codes of professional ethics; the use of case studies; microethics and macroethics; engineering as social experimentation; and ethics as design. \nSpeaker Bio\nJoseph “Joe” Herkert\, D.Sc.\, is Associate Professor Emeritus of Science\, Technology and Society\, North Carolina State University. He has also been a Visiting Scholar at NC State’s Genetic Engineering and Society Center and was a Co-PI on the NSF Grant “Comparing Cultures of Responsible Innovation across Bioengineering Communities.” Herkert has been teaching engineering ethics and science\, technology & society courses for more than thirty-five years. He is editor of Social\, Ethical and Policy Implications of Engineering: Selected Readings (Wiley/IEEE Press\, 2000) and co-editor of The Growing Gap Between Emerging Technologies and Legal-Ethical Oversight: The Pacing Problem (Springer\, 2011)\, and has published numerous articles on engineering ethics and societal implications of technology in engineering\, law\, social science\, and applied ethics journals and books. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine and an Associate Editor of Engineering Studies and has been a leader in many professional organizations including the Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)\, the National Institute for Engineering Ethics\, and the Engineering Ethics and Liberal Education/Engineering and Society (LEES) Divisions of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). He currently chairs the SSIT Technical Committee on Ethics and Human Values and is a member of the ASEE Ethics Committee. Herkert is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, an ASEE Fellow\, and a Life Senior Member of IEEE. In 2005 he received the Sterling Olmsted Award\, the highest honor bestowed by LEES\, for “making significant contributions in the teaching and administering of liberal education in engineering education.” Prior to his academic career\, Herkert was a consultant for more than five years in the electric power industry. He received his BS in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University and his doctorate in Engineering & Policy from Washington University in St. Louis. \n\nGES Colloquium is jointly taught by Drs. Jen Baltzegar and Dawn Rodriguez-Ward\, who you may contact with any class-specific questions. Colloquium this week will be live-streamed via Zoom. Please subscribe to the GES newsletter and Twitter for updates .
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/ges-colloquium-2022-09-20/
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SUMMARY:Marlene Zuk - Dancing Cockatoos\, Silent Sparks and the Future: Writing About Science for the Public | GES Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES Video Library (current) | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \nDancing Cockatoos\, Silent Sparks and the Future: Writing About Science for the Public\nMarlene Zuk\, PhD\, Regents Professor of Ecology\, Evolution and Behavior\, University of Minnesota\nWebsite \nWriting about science for the public is fun\, and hard\, and requires some skills you may not regularly use as a scientist. \nAbstract\nWhat’s good\, bad and sometimes weird about writing for the general public? And how can people get started doing it? I will discuss some of the ideas—and misconceptions—about popular science writing. \nRelated links:\n\nDancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test: How Behavior Evolves and Why It Matters\, Marlene Zuk (2022)\nWhy we do what we do: From regenerating sea slugs to self-medicating sheep\, biologist Marlene Zuk probes the origins and evolution of behavior in a new book\, Review by Rob Dunn\, Science\, 4 Aug 2022 (*NC State access link)\n\nSpeaker Bio\nDr. Marlene Zuk is a behavioral ecologist interested in the evolution of sexual signals\, mate choice\, and the role of parasites in host ecology\, evolution and behavior. Most of her research is on insects\, especially crickets. She is also interested in how people think about animal and human behavior\, and has written several books for general audiences about animals and evolution. Dr. Zuk is a professor at the University of Minnesota\, and before that was on the faculty at the University of California\, Riverside. \n\nGES Colloquium is jointly taught by Drs. Jen Baltzegar and Dawn Rodriguez-Ward\, who you may contact with any class-specific questions. Colloquium will be held in-person in Poe 202\, as well as live-streamed via Zoom. Please subscribe to the GES newsletter and Twitter for updates .
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/ges-colloquium-2022-09-27/
LOCATION:Poe 202 (North Campus)\, 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr.\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium,GES Event
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