Michael is a graduate student in AU’s Global Environmental Policy program and will be starting full-time at CECE as a research associate in May. He is particularly interested in finding strategies to better serve communities on the frontlines of climate challenges.
We’re kicking off a new Student Spotlight series! Masha is a masters student in Global Environmental Policy and also a member of the CECE Graduate Certificate cohort. Her research interests include climate adaptation, urban infrastructure, agriculture/food studies, and gender.
Curious about climate activism and and social movements? This is an event you’ll want on your calendar.
Come swing by SIS 300 on April 16 at 1:45pm for a powerful talk by Oscar Berglund on The Global Criminalisation and Repression of Climate and Environmental Protest – a Repertoire of Repression.
Arman Azedi is another one of CECE’s brilliant Postdoctoral Fellows. Arman’s research revolves around social movements, civic engagement, and political sociology. We’re grateful to have him as part of the CECE team, keep following along for more spotlights from our team!
CECE Research Assistant Professor, Natalia C. Piland, is one of seven co-authors of the recently published paper, “Stewardship Salons: Sharing biocultural approaches to foster many ways of knowing and caring for land.” Check out the paper here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/....
For our next team member spotlight, we’d like to highlight Natalia Piland! Natalia is one CECE’s incredible Postdoctoral Fellows. She explores conceptual understandings of systems of stewardship, workforce development in the service corps, and resident experiences of the energy transition.
We’re kicking off a new series highlighting the brilliant team members that shape the Center for Environment, Community, & Equity.
Please meet Abeer Y Al-Eryani! Abeer’s work sits at the intersection of energy justice, conflict, and equitable transitions.
CECE Director @fisherdanar.bsky.social Dana Fisher and Julie González recently published a study on the wildfire-induced displacement following the Palisades and Eaton Fires in Los Angeles County. Read the paper here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
CECE and AU's Center for Environmental Filmmaking present a DCEFF screening of the new documentary, The Way of the Whale, on March 25th at 6pm in the Doyle Forman Theater (2nd floor of AU's McKinley Building). Register here: dceff.eventive.org/schedule/699...
Applications for the DataCorps Fellowship are now open. Through this Fellowship, from May to June, students will gain practical experience in data collection and assessment of disaster relief efforts across the U.S. Apply here: cece.american.edu/datacorps-gr...
#DataCorps #DisasterRelief
Applications for the SIS Graduate Certificate in Environment, Community, and Equity are now open! This certificate supplements SIS MA degrees and builds skills to tackle environmental challenges in sustainable, just, and community-driven ways.
Apply by March 2! 👇️
🎙️ Episode 5 of the COPOut Podcast is LIVE! In it, I speak with @katharinehayhoe.com and @amywestervelt.bsky.social about their paths to becoming climate communicators and the significance of the outcome of the COP30 round of the climate negotiations. cece.american.edu/cece-launche...
While COP30 winds down, I recorded episode 5 of the COPOut Podcast with the amazing @amywestervelt.bsky.social and @katharinehayhoe.com today. The whole episode airs on Monday, but here's a little preview of the amazing conversation:
it's been an amazing two weeks (and I never even left DC). All the episodes are archived here at @au-cece.bsky.social so you can listen again and again. Happy Friday to all! 🍶🍹🥃🍺🥂🧃 cece.american.edu/cece-launche...
🎙️ The #COPOut Podcast Episode 3 on the Future of Carbon Governance is LIVE! Tune in to hear from @pammcelwee.bsky.social & @laurengifford.bsky.social as they discuss how the use science to inform climate policymaking and why the regime continues to miss the mark. cece.american.edu/copout-episo...
Some valuable thoughts about the role the media plays in climate communication and the challenges of echo chambers by Ingmar Rentzhog from @wedonthavetime.bsky.social Tune in to #COPOut to watch the entire episode also with @magnoliae.bsky.social and Jamie Minden
cece.american.edu/cop-out-epis...
Check out how the UNFCCC is policing the language of civil society at #COP30 along with limiting their access from Zero Hour ED. Tune in to #COPOut to watch the entire episode also with Ingmar Rentzhog from @wedonthavetime.bsky.social & @magnoliae.bsky.social cece.american.edu/cop-out-epis...
The #COPOut Podcast Episode 1 on Platforming Activism is LIVE! Tune in hear from Ingmar Rentzhog from @wedonthavetime.bsky.social Jamie Minden from This Is Zero Hour and @magnoliae.bsky.social from Party Crashers to learn about their histories and their current work cece.american.edu/cop-out-epis...
Thanks to the whole amazing team at @au-cece.bsky.social for making this possible, @chrisjayko.bsky.social Kyra Jones and especially @michaelculbert.bsky.social who has proven himself to be quite the producer 🤩
Here's a short teaser for Episode 1 about Platforming Activism where I give my 2 cents on #COP30. The conversation with @magnoliae.bsky.social Jamie Minden from This Is Zero Hour, and Ingmar Rentzhog from @wedonthavetime.bsky.social was 🔥🔥so check out the whole episode, when it goes Live SUNDAY!
We have an amazing lineup of guests scheduled for the next 2 weeks, including @laurengifford.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @davidho.bsky.social @magnoliae.bsky.social @pammcelwee.bsky.social @frediotto.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social @rodschoonover.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social
📢Announcing the #COPOut Podcast (our first episode goes live on Sunday)!! Here's info about how to listen and why I'm doing this podcast instead of wasting all that carbon to travel to COP30:
danarfisher.com/2025/11/08/i...
CECE Director @fisherdanar.bsky.social talks activism and social movements on Factually! Check it out here: cece.american.edu/cece-directo...
At @au-cece.bsky.social at American University, we continue to ask questions about #climate and #energy #justice.
Join us on MONDAY for our colloquium on Energy Justice with Abeer Aleryani and Maya Livio
Details at: cece.american.edu/cece-colloqu...
In honor of the Inauguration today, I'm going to share some toplines from our survey of participants at the People's March in DC (I did this after the big marches during Trump 1.0 to document the Resistance), so here goes: People came from all over the US to participate--81% lived outside DC.
Here we go again! I’ll be fielding a team of 8 researchers at the People’s March in DC tomorrow. If someone asks you to take our survey, please say yes 🙌 Remember it will help us understand who’s joining the Resistance 2.0 and why.
Some thoughts on the radicalization and repression of climate activists (and why it's not necessarily a bad thing) with @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social in The Hill today.
There is no question that the repression of climate activists (and others) will continue.
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
I'm super-excited to be able to announce our new DataCorps Fellowship Program at @au-cece.bsky.social , which begins this spring!
For details, see cece.american.edu/cece-annouce...
