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Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar

2009-2010 Series

Time and place: The Fall 2009 Sustainability Science Fellows Seminar will meet weekly on Tuesdays, 9:00-11:00 am, in the Perkins Room (R-415), 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, Kennedy School of Government (Map)

Description: The weekly Sustainability Science Seminar serves as a forum for fellows in the Sustainability Science Program to present research plans and work in progress, providing opportunities for shaping proposals, critiquing ongoing research, and giving and receiving constructive peer review. The seminar, as the Program itself, considers work that explores basic understanding of the dynamics of human-environment systems; facilitates the design, implementation, and evaluation of practical interventions that promote sustainability in particular places and contexts; and improves linkages between relevant research and innovation communities on the one hand, and relevant policy and management communities on the other.

Audience: Graduate students, fellows, research staff, and faculty are invited to attend the seminar.

Sponsor: Sustainability Science Program at Harvard’s Center for International Development

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Event archive: 2008-2009 series, 2007-2008 series, 2006-2007 series, 2005-2006 series, 2004-2005 series, 2003-2004 series

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Fall 2009

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Spring Cleaning: Rural Water Impacts, Valuation and Property Rights Institutions
Michael Kremer, Gates Professor of Developing Countries and Professor of Economics, Department of Economics

Reading: Kremer, Michael, Jessica Leino, Edward Miguel, Alix Peterson Zwane. Draft. Spring cleaning: Rural water impacts, valuation, and institutions. August 2009.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

No seminar

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

**4:10PM - 5:30PM**

The Environment and Directed Technical Change
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy, L-382
Daron Acemoglu, MIT, Philippe Aghion, Leonardo Bursztyn, and David Hermous, Harvard University

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

No seminar

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

More Crop per Drop: A Plant Physiologist's View on Water Use Efficiency (9:00-10:00)
Noel Michele Holbrook, Professor of Biology and Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Biodiversity Change in India: Drivers, Consequences, and Responses (10:00AM - 11:00AM)
Kamal Bawa, Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow in Sustainability Science

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

**Session held at Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, MIT, E60-275, 30 Memorial Drive**

Fighting Poverty: What Works?
Rachel Glennerster, Executive Director, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), MIT

The Challenge of Agricultural Technology Adoption
Marc Shotland, Senior Project Manager, J-PAL

What Works in Improving Education
Kamilla Gumede, Research Fellow, J-PAL

Using Comparative Cost Effectiveness to Influence Policy
Iqbal Dhaliwal, Director of Policy, J-PAL

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Encouraging Investments in Health Technology
Margaret McConnell, Post-doctoral Fellow, Dept of Global Population and Health

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

No seminar

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

**4:10PM - 5:30PM**

Climate Shocks and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Half Century
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy, L-382
Melissa Dell, Benjamin Olken, MIT, Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Alternative allocation of incentive contracts: Tree planting in Malawi (9:00AM - 10:00AM)
Kelsey Jack, Doctoral Fellow

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Sustainable agriculture: How do we breed soybeans for a hot, water-limited future? (9:00AM - 10:00AM)
Matthew Gilbert, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science

The Gender of Caste: Access to Water Resources and Female Labor Force Participation in India (10:00AM - 11:00AM)
Pinar Keskin, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

**4:10PM - 5:30PM**

Marketing Stoves to Combat Indoor Air Pollution: A Randomized Intervention in Bangladesh
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy, L-382
Grant Miller, Stanford Medical School and Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Prolonged shocks and consumption smoothing strategies among rural households in Mexico (9:00AM - 10:00AM)
Marta Vicarelli, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science

Are macro-regions the missing level in environmental governance? Reflections from the history of international organization and the case of the Alpine Convention (10:00AM -11:00AM)
Jon Marco Church, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Does Energy Efficiency Saves Energy? Evidence from an Experiment in Residential Electricity Consumption in a Developing Country (9:00AM - 10:00AM)
Eliana Carranza, Doctoral Fellow

Community Water Resources: Assessing the Impacts on Health, Willingness-To-Pay, and the Relationship between Trust and Contributions to Common Pool Resources (10:00AM - 11:00AM)
Robyn Meeks, Doctoral Fellow

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The Kenya Small Scale Cash Crop Longitudinal Study: Understanding the Impact of Environmental Stress on Agricultural Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa (9:00AM - 10:00AM)
Lorenzo Casaburi, Doctoral Fellow

Reforming the Global Intellectual Property Regime for Health and Human Rights
Suerie Moon, Doctoral Fellow, Sustainability Science Program

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Building Distribution Systems for Safe Drinking Water (9:00AM - 10:00AM)
Amrita Ahuja, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science

Institutions, Public Goods, and Sustainable Development in Africa and Beyond (10:00AM - 11:00AM)
Ryan Sheely, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Fellow in Sustainability

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

**4:10PM - 5:30PM**

Impact of Climate Change on Rice Production in Thailand
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy, L-382
Robert M. Townsend, MIT, Kamilya Tazhibayeva, and John Felkner, University of Chicago

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