October 13, 2018 1 - 4 pm Social Ecology 1, Room 112 “Successful, vibrant, happy cities arise out of the visions of many, not the powerful few.” - Jane Jacobs, urbanist and activist Your visions are needed! Come learn about opportunities in professional planning education and careers for people from a wide range of backgrounds [...]
School of Social Ecology presents, "Water and Energy Utilities Discuss: The Water Energy Nexus'. This presentation will delve into water and energy systems and how they are closely linked. Lecturers will also provide information on synergistic opportunities for resource management. Join leaders in the field as they discuss the challenges and opportunities for water and [...]
Save the date for the 5th annual workshop on coastal resilience! Presented by UCI Newkirk Science and Society, the School of Social Ecology and UCI Oceans View the agenda: https://socialecology.uci.edu/sites/default/files/users/nasami/uci_19_agenda_public1.pdf
Sora Han, associate professor of criminology, law and society, joins scholars, lawyers and activists for a discussion on issues raised by "American Monument," the exhibit by lauren woods that examines racial bias and police brutality. Working inside the monument’s installation at the Beall Center, a chain of sessions will tackle topics such as sound and [...]
Jeanne Flavin, professor of sociology at Fordham University is the featured speaker for this Diversity & Justice Speaker Series event. The campaign to strip women of fundamental rights gained strength with the rise of the Tea Party in 2009 and the 2016 presidential election. But this effort has been underway for at least 30 years. [...]
The contemporary anti-sex trafficking movement, which frames all women involved in prostitution as victims and seeks to abolish prostitution in all forms, has been tremendously successful in institutionalizing movement frames and goals into U.S. public policy. One manifestation of this transformational success is the emergence and proliferation of “victim- centered” prostitution policies, including diversion programs [...]
Research has examined the extent to which a civilian’s race affects a police officer’s decision, but few studies consider how racial matches between officers and civilians impact the level of force that officers use or whether an arrest is made. Further, the salience of racial matches depends oncontextual factors that much existing scholarship may not [...]
Although the science of climate change is clear, policy decisions about how to respond to its effects remain contentious. Even when such decisions claim to be guided by objective knowledge, they are made and implemented through political institutions and relationships—and all the competing interests and power struggles that this implies. Join the ChangeMakers as Michael [...]
This webinar will feature findings from a new study that explores how and why LGBTQ+ communities are impacted legally, psychologically, physically, and even theologically during disasters. RSVP Here:
Hosted by UCI School of Social Ecology. This event is being made possible through a generous gift from Distinguished Professor Elizabeth F. Loftus. Hear how thought leaders are approaching justice in innovative ways and the impact that faculty research has on the justice system.
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