Calendar
All Topics (February 28 through April 30)
Thursday, March 2
- 6:00 PM
Information Session: IGS 2023 Graduate Student Summer Fellows
Applications for 2023 fellowships are due March 24.
Wednesday, March 15
- 4:00 PM
Research on Tap: Safety, Justice, and Health in US Cities
Community violence and the criminal legal system are gaining recognition as important determinants of health. An emerging literature demonstrates that these factors influence health not only directly (e.g., injuries from […]
Thursday, March 16
- 12:00 PM
IMAP Lunch Seminar Series: Business Risks Due to Biodiversity Loss in Indonesia
Business risks of deforestation and biodiversity loss in Indonesia featuring Boston University research on palm oil plantations.
Monday, March 20
- 12:30 PM
Green Energy in Africa
Why does Sub-Saharan Africa continue to lag behind the rest of the world in infrastructure investment, and what can African governments do to attract investment?
Sub-Saharan Africa faces an energy
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Wednesday, March 22
- 4:00 PM
Research on Tap: Environmental Cultures, Power, and Equity
Featuring research by IGS core and affiliated faculty on how humans have inhabited, crafted meaning around, and dealt with power and inequity in their environments.
Friday, March 31
- 10:00 AM
Research for People & Planet Webinar Series | Justice, Energy & Transport: Key Climate Mitigation Insights from the IPCC Report
IGS Director Benjamin Sovacool discusses his contributions as a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Report.
Thursday, April 6
- 12:00 PM
IMAP Lunch Seminar Series | ESG Risk Disclosures: The Predictive Ability of SASB Recommendations Versus Industry Best Practice
Impact Measurement & Allocation Program (IMAP) Monthly Lunch Seminars
IMAP is jointly led by the Susilo Institute for Ethics in the Global Economy at the Questrom School of Business and
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Tuesday, April 11
- 2:30 PM
Debt Sustainability and the Cost of Climate Inaction
Research from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) emphasizes the high costs of delaying climate action and investments toward building resilience. With two-thirds of low-income countries already in or at high
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- 5:30 PM
#EarthDay365: "Entangled" Film Screening
Free screening of award-winning film "Entangled" for BU community featuring Q&A with filmmaker David Abel of BU COM.
Wednesday, April 12
- 1:00 PM
Spring 2023 Campus Climate Lab project presentations
Come hear about the latest BU Campus Climate Lab projects and how they're supporting the goals of the BU Climate Action Plan and advancing equity and justice in sustainability.
Tuesday, April 18
- 10:00 AM
Campus Climate Lab Information and Proposal Development Session #1 (Virtual)
Join us for the Campus Climate Lab information session and proposal development session.
Thursday, April 20
- 3:00 PM
Campus Climate Lab Information and Proposal Development Session #2 (Virtual)
Join us for the Campus Climate Lab information session and proposal development session.
- 4:00 PM
Get The Lead Out: A Panel Discussion on the Impact of Lead in Pregnancy & Infancy
Join March of Dimes Boston and Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability to hear from leading experts on promoting environmental justice in maternal & infant health.
Tuesday, April 25
- 12:00 PM
Boston Terror — The Origins of Ecological Genocide in Your Backyard (and how you can stop it)
Engage in a robust conversation about the history of American Indian (Indigenous) disenfranchisement through the creation of policies, educational models and corporate cultures.
- 6:00 PM
Boston Healing — Indigenous Voices Film Panel
Engage in a robust conversation about the history of American Indian (Indigenous) disenfranchisement through the creation of policies, educational models and corporate cultures.
Friday, April 28
- 11:00 AM
Research for People & Planet Webinar Series | Daily Heat and Firearm Violence in 100 US Cities
Featuring a new study co-authored by the Boston University School of Public Health that has attributed almost 8,000 US shootings in recent years to above-average temperatures.