This series of webinars is organized by Áslaug Ásgeirsdóttir and Caitlin Cleaver (Bates College, Maine), Alison Bates (Colby College, Maine) and Joshua Stoll and Theresa Burnham (University of Maine, Orono) and brings together leading researchers to discuss and identify key social science perspectives on this energy transition.
Designed primarily for an academic audience, each webinar will be led by two speakers, who will talk for about 15 minutes each, after which we open the floor for questions and comments.
Registration is required, please do so here. Please note that we are recording this series.
If you would like a recording of our previous webinars, please email the organizer below.
Speakers on October 28th will be:
- Theresa Goedeke,
Laboratory Director, Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NOAA)
- Title:
Characterizing Communities to Understand the Probable Reception of Local Offshore Wind Energy Development
- Laurie Richmond with Ciara Emery. Laurie Richmond is Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science & Management, Humboldt State University, and Ciara Emery is a Field Representative in the Office of Congressman Jared Huffman.
- Title:
Exploring Community Perspectives of Potential Offshore Wind Development on the California North Coast
Future dates and speakers:
November 11 @ noon EST
- Jan van Tatenhove, Distinguished Professor AAU, Head of Centre for Blue Governance, Department of Planning and Center for Blue Governance, Aalborg University, Denmark
- Susana Batel, Researcher at the Center for Psychological Research and Social Intervention (CIS), University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL), Portugal