Seminar Series

The IRT is hosting a series of webinars via Zoom. An Outlook invitation will be sent with login information at least three days prior to the event. If you have questions contact Sara Glade (sara.glade@colorado.edu).

Spring 2022

  • Monday, February 21, 9-10 a.m.: Dr. Kyri Baker, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder

    • “An Equitable Transition to a Sustainable Energy Futureâ€

  • Monday, April 4, 9-10 a.m.:

  • Monday, April 11, 9-10 a.m.:

    • "The Resilience Fix to Climate Disasters: Recursive and Contested Relations with Equity and Justice-Based Transformations in the Global South" 

  Seminar Series Registration

Previous Seminars

Fall 2021 

  • October 22, 3-4 p.m.:
    • "Refusal to Mitigate: Extreme Temperatures and COVID19 in Texas Prisons"
  • November 5, 3-4 p.m.:
    • "Is There a Better Way?: Reimagining Disaster Mitigation and Response Programs"
  • November 12, 9-10 a.m.:
    • "Ethics and resilience: Opportunities and challenges for inserting ethics considerations in resilience approaches."

Spring 2021

  • March 12, 3-4 p.m.: Dr. Fernando L. Rosario-Ortiz, Professor and Director of Environmental Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder 
    • “Assessing the Impact of Wildfires on Water Quality and Production of Potable Waterâ€
  •  March 19, 3-4 p.m.: ​
    • "Proactive Disaster Relief"
  •  April 2, 3-4 p.m.:
    • "Bouncing Forward? Building a Transformative Urban Resilience Agenda"
  • April 9, 4-5 p.m.:
    • “Stories from the Field: An Ethical Toolkit for Long-Term Disaster Researchâ€
  • April 16, 4-5 p.m.:  
    • "How informal settlements (slums) will reshape the world, learnings from the Atlas of Informality"
  • April 23, 4-5 p.m.:
    • “Measuring resilience: whose resilience, by whom and for whom? Initial reflections on people-centred resilience indicators developed in New Zealandâ€â€‹

  Environmental Justice Speaker Series