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Oceans Department Seminar Series – Ana Spalding

January 31 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Dr. Ana Spalding is the Founding Director of the Adrienne Arsht Community-Based Resilience Solutions Initiative and Staff Scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI); and affiliated as Associate Professor at Oregon State University. Dr. Spalding has an applied interdisciplinary social science background in economics, marine affairs and policy, and environmental studies; and approximately 20 years of applied experience in international development, conservation, and environmental consulting in Panama and the US. Broadly, her research group studies drivers of global change, impacts of that change on the most vulnerable communities, and what we as a society can do to better respond to those changes and impacts. At STRI, she is advancing interdisciplinary approaches to resilience science and community-based solutions to pressing environmental problems through research, capacity building, and community engagement. Her current research includes locally led conservation, adaptation as a pathway to resilience for marine resource-dependent communities in California and Oregon, and the role of ocean governance tools (e.g., Marine Protected Areas) in achieving just and equitable goals for people and nature. Dr. Spalding is committed to interdisciplinarity and collaboration as a critical framework for co-creating innovative and just solutions to coupled social-environmental crises facing our oceans.
Presentation Title:
The State of Marine Social Science: Yesterday, Today, and into the Future
Presentation Abstract:
Rapidly changing ocean conditions are resulting in changes in marine species and across entire ecosystems that, in turn, affect communities and individuals who rely on these resources for their livelihoods, culture, and sustenance. Marine social science, an emerging field that embraces diverse methods to understand human–ocean relationships, is increasingly called on to contribute to transdisciplinary ocean science that can inform the evidence-based policy and management needed to address these changes. In this presentation I will share insights from a review of the state of marine social science as a growing field of study, and discuss the future of marine social science research through examples of my research on adaptation to climate change and marine conservation.

This seminar will take place in-person at Hopkins Marine Station and will be live streamed on Main Campus in Green 104.

Details

Date:
January 31
Time:
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Event Category:
Website:
https://events.stanford.edu/event/oceans-department-seminar-series-ana-spalding

Venue

Hopkins Marine Station