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Events Archive (2003-2004)

2003-2004 Series Listings:

Research Seminar on Knowledge for Development
Research Topics in Sustainable Development
Graduate Student Lunch Series at CID
Science, Environment and Development Group Staff Meetings

Full Listing of 2003-2004 Events:

Tuesday, 8 June 2004
Science, Environment and Development Group Staff Meeting
2:00-3:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Group Staff Meeting (complete listing)

Tuesday, 25 May 2004
Science, Environment and Development Group Staff Meeting
2:00-3:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Group Staff Meeting (complete listing)

Tuesday, 27 April 2004
Science, Environment and Development Group Staff Meeting
2:00-3:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Group Staff Meeting (complete listing)

Tuesday, 13 April 2004
Science, Environment and Development Group Staff Meeting
2:00-3:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Group Staff Meeting (complete listing)

Tuesday, 6 April 2004
The Standard Environmental Decision Making Process is Broken!
Herman Karl, Marine Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, and Visiting Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2:00-3:30 pm,
Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Additional information:  Presentation abstract, speaker biography, presentation slides, background documents
Research Topics in Sustainable Development Occasional Series (complete listing)

Tuesday, 30 March 2004
Science, Environment and Development Group Staff Meeting
2:00-3:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Group Staff Meeting (complete listing)

Thursday, 25 March 2004
Knowledge for Development: What Have We Learned?  What Next?
Robert Frosch, Senior Research Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and former Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research and Development
11:45 am - 2:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information:
Speaker biography, presentation slides
Knowledge for Development Research Seminar (complete listing)

Thursday, 18 March 2004
Technological Change in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Hauke Kite-Powell, Marine Policy Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

11:45 am - 2:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information: Speaker biography, presentation slides, background documents
Knowledge for Development Research Seminar (complete listing)

Tuesday, 16 March 2004 (Note:  This seminar is in place of the SED Group Staff Meeting)
Carbon Sequestration: Feasibility of Physical and Chemical Approaches
Jennie Stephens,
Research Fellow, Center for International Development, Harvard University
2:30-4:30 pm, BCSIA Library (Littauer 369, KSG) (Map)
Additional information: Speaker biography, ETIP web site
Energy Technology Innovation Project (ETIP) Seminar Series

Thursday, 11 March 2004
The Role of Science in Fisheries Management
Andrew Solow, Marine Policy Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
11:45 am - 2:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information: Speaker biography, background documents
Knowledge for Development Research Seminar (complete listing)

Friday, 5 March 2004
A Discussion with Professor Steve Lansing on Complex Adaptive Systems
Steve Lansing, University of Arizona
10:15-11:30 am,
Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Refreshments will be served

Thursday, 4 March 2004
Perfect Order:  Recognizing Complexity in Bali
Steve Lansing, University of Arizona
4:00-5:30 pm, Maxwell Dworkin Lecture Hall, 33 Oxford Street
Reception to follow the lecture
Additional information: Lecture abstract and speaker biography, http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~lansing/home.htm
Harvard University Center for the Environment Special Lecture

Thursday, 4 March 2004
Health as a Knowledge-Based and Socially-Driven Process/Product
Dr. Lincoln Chen, Director, Global Equity Initiative, Asia Center, Harvard University
11:45 am - 2:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information: Speaker biography, presentation slides, background document
Knowledge for Development Research Seminar (
complete listing)

Tuesday, 2 March 2004
Science, Environment and Development Group Staff Meeting
2:00-3:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Group Staff Meeting (complete listing)

Thursday, 26 February 2004
Health Systems for Development
Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland,
Health Policy Forum Fellow, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and former Director General of the World Health Organization
11:45 am - 2:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information: Speaker biography
Knowledge for Development Research Seminar (complete listing)

Thursday, 19 February 2004
Strengthening the Role of Research in Improving Health in Developing Countries - Current Concepts and Institutions
Nicole Szlezak, Research Fellow, Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
11:45 am - 2:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information: Speaker biography, presentation slides, background documents
Knowledge for Development Research Seminar (complete listing)

Tuesday, 17 February 2004
Science, Environment and Development Group Staff Meeting
2:00-3:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Group Staff Meeting (complete listing)

Thursday, 5 February 2004
Knowledge for Development: What Did We Learn Last Semester?
William Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy, and Human Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
11:45 am - 2:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information: Speaker biography, presentation slides
Knowledge for Development Research Seminar (complete listing)

Monday, 22 December 2003
Science, Environment and Development Group Staff Meeting
11:00 am - 12:00 noon, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Group Staff Meeting (complete listing)

Thursday, 11 December 2003
R&D Systems at IBM: Lessons from Flat-Panel Display Commercialization
Leader: Lewis Branscomb, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Corporate Management, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and former Vice President and Chief Scientist of IBM
Guest Speaker: James McGroddy, Consultant and former Senior Vice President of Research, IBM
11:45 am - 2:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information: Speaker biography, presentation slides, background documents
Knowledge for Development Research Seminar (complete listing)

Wednesday, 10 December 2003
Leadership and Learning in Local Partnerships for Sustainable Development: A Framework for Analyzing the 2002 Equator Initiative Finalists
Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity; and Vanessa Timmer, Pre-doctoral Research Fellow, Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
9:30-11:00 am, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Additional information: Seminar abstract, speaker biographiespresentation slides, background document
Research Topics in Sustainable Development Occasional Series (complete listing)

Monday, 8 December 2003
Science, Environment and Development Group Staff Meeting
11:00 am - 12:00 noon, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Group Staff Meeting (complete listing)

Friday, 5 December 2003
Preliminary Science and Policy Perspectives from the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA)
Robert Corell, Senior Fellow, Atmospheric Policy Program, American Meteorological Society
11:45 am - 1:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Additional information: Speaker biography, background document
CID Graduate Student Lunch Series (complete listing)

Thursday, 4 December 2003
R&D Systems for High Tech Commercial Innovations - Internal and External Knowledge Sources
Lewis Branscomb, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Corporate Management, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and former Vice President and Chief Scientist of IBM
11:45 am - 2:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information: Speaker biography, presentation slides, background documents
Knowledge for Development Research Seminar (complete listing)

Monday, 1 December 2003
Making Sustainable Development Operational
Alan D. Hecht, Director for Sustainable Development, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
12:00-1:30 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
RSVP required - please contact cid_events@harvard.edu if you plan to attend
Additional information: Speaker biography, presentation slides, background document
Research Topics in Sustainable Development Occasional Series (complete listing)

Monday, 24 November 2003
Science, Environment and Development Group Staff Meeting
11:00 am - 12:00 noon, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Group Staff Meeting (complete listing)

Thursday, 20 November 2003
Innovation in the Mexican Oil Industry
Leader: John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Guest Speaker: Adrian Lajous, Fellow, Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and former Director General, Pemex
11:45 am - 2:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information: Speaker biography, presentation slides, background documents
Knowledge for Development Research Seminar (complete listing)

Monday, 17 November 2003
Science, Environment and Development Group Staff Meeting
11:00 am - 12:00 noon, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Group Staff Meeting (complete listing)

Thursday, 13 November 2003
Energy Technology Innovation for Sustainable Development
John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
11:45 am - 2:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information: Speaker biography, presentation slides, background documents
Knowledge for Development Research Seminar (complete listing)

Thursday, 6 November 2003
Science, Salt Water, Submarines and Symbiosis: Doing R&D with the Navy
Leader: Robert Frosch, Senior Research Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and former Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research and Development
Guest Speaker: Richard Pittenger, Vice President for Marine Operations Directorate, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and former Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy
11:45 am - 2:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information: Speaker biography, presentation slides, background documents
Knowledge for Development Research Seminar (complete listing)

Friday, 31 October 2003
International Environmental Negotiation: Modeling the Future of Multilateral Diplomacy
Jonathan Margolis, Director, Office of Policy Coordination and Initiative, Bureau of Ocean, International Environmental and Science Affairs, U.S. State Department
11:45 am - 1:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Additional information: Speaker biography
CID Graduate Student Lunch Series (complete listing)

Thursday, 30 October 2003
Science, Salt Water, Submarines and Symbiosis: Doing R&D with the Navy
Robert Frosch, Senior Research Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and former Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research and Development
11:45 am - 2:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information: Speaker biography, presentation slides, background documents
Knowledge for Development Research Seminar (complete listing)

Monday, 27 October 2003
Thinking, Talking, Doing: Integrated Research and the Professionalization of Science-Society Connections
Lorrae van Kerkhoff, Post-doctoral Fellow, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University
12:00-2:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information: Speaker biography, presentation slides, background document
Research Topics in Sustainable Development Occasional Series (complete listing)

Monday, 27 October 2003
Science, Environment and Development Group Staff Meeting
11:00 am - 12:00 noon, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Group Staff Meeting (complete listing)

Friday, 24 October 2003
Transforming Rural Lives: Capturing Opportunities for a Bigger Impact in the Forest Margins
Dagmar Timmer, Programme Associate and Political Scientist, Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Programme (ASB), ICRAF - World Agroforestry Centre, Kenya
11:45 am - 1:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information: Speaker biography, presentation slides
CID Graduate Student Lunch Series (complete listing)

Thursday, 23 October 2003
Knowledge and Agricultural Development in Africa: Building Local Policy Research Institutions
Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
11:45 am - 2:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information: Presentation description, speaker biography, presentation slides, seminar report, background document
Knowledge for Development Research Seminar (complete listing)

Wednesday, 22 October 2003
The Sustainability of Production-Consumption Chains: Insights from the Industrialization of Shrimp Aquaculture in Asia
Louis Lebel, Director, Unit for Social and Environmental Research (USER), Chiang Mai University
9:30-11:30 am, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Additional information: Speaker biography, presentation slides, background document
Research Topics in Sustainable Development Occasional Series (complete listing)

Tuesday, 14 October (Note change in day)
Assessing the Impact of the Green Revolution
Leader: Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
Guest Speaker: Robert Evenson, Professor of Economics, Yale University
11:45 am - 2:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information: Speaker biography, presentation slides, seminar report, background documents
Knowledge for Development Research Seminar (complete listing)

Thursday, 9 October 2003
Challenges of Linking Forecasts to the Field:  A Practitioner's Experience Building Regional Climate Outlook Forums in Africa
Leader: David Cash, Research Associate, Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Guest Speaker: Macol Stewart Cerda, President of Silmaril and former Director of Climate Forecasting and Applications Program for Africa at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
11:45 am - 1:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information: Speaker biography, presentation slides, background documents, related links (4 Climate Outlook Forums)
Knowledge for Development Research Seminar (
complete listing)

Friday, 3 October 2003
Development and Environment:  An Overview of Faculty Research and Student Activities at Harvard (and Vicinity)
William Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy, and Human Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
11:45 am - 1:00 pm, Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building, 5th Floor, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information: Speaker biography
CID Graduate Student Lunch Series (complete listing)

Thursday, 2 October 2003
Policy and Socioeconomic Impacts of Seasonal Climate Forecast:  Can Science Save Northeast Brazil?
Leader: David Cash, Research Associate, Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Guest Speaker: Maria Carmen Lemos, Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources & Environment, University of Michigan
11:45 am - 1:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information: Speaker biography, presentation slides, background documents
Knowledge for Development Research Seminar (complete listing)

Thursday, 2 October 2003
Integration and Implementation Sciences: Will Developing a New Specialization Improve Our Effectiveness in Tackling Complex Issues
Gabriele Bammer, Senior Fellow, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University
10:00-11:45 am, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Additional information: Speaker biography, presentation slides, background document
Research Topics in Sustainable Development Occasional Series (complete listing)

Monday, 29 September 2003
Science, Environment and Development Group Staff Meeting
11:00 am - 12:00 noon, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Group Staff Meeting (complete listing)

Friday, 26 September 2003
Building Bridges: A Life in Science, Environment and Development
Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Executive Director, Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) International based at Imperial College
11:45 am - 1:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Lunch will be served
Additional information: Speaker biography
Research Topics in Sustainable Development Occasional Series (
complete listing)

Thursday, 25 September 2003
Knowledge Systems for Development: A Survey of Core Questions and Answers
William Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy, and Human Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Additional information: Speaker biography, presentation slides, background documents
Knowledge for Development Research Seminar (complete listing)

Monday, 15 September 2003
Science, Environment and Development Group Staff Meeting
11:00 am - 12:00 noon, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)
Group Staff Meeting (complete listing)

 


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