CPD is Accepting Applications for Fellows
For application instructions, contact Sara Ann Beach (sbeach@ou.edu) or John Harris (johncharris@ou.edu).
Call for Applications
Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 10:00-11:45 a.m. CST
Youth Perspectives on Climate Change - An online symposium
Friday, March 4 2022, 3-4 p.m. CST (4-5 p.m. EST)
Poetry, Peace, and Truth: Lessons from Colombian Young People
Dr. Kate Vieira
Professor & Susan J. Cellmer Distinguished Chair in Literacy, University of Wisconsin–Madison
via Zoom or Facebook @oucis
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Monday, March 21, 3:00-4:00 p.m. CST (4:00-5:00 p.m. EST)
Global Inequities and Climate Change: What a Feminist Climate Justice Approach Teaches Us
Dr. Farhana Sultana
Associate Professor, Department of Geography and theEnvironment, Maxwell School of Citizenship and PublicAffairs, Syracuse University
Download event flier here (pdf).
Join the webinar at https://bit.ly/3rFy4pg
via Zoom and Facebook @oucis
Dr. Daniel Mains talks with Dr. Darcie DeAngelo about the relationship between landmine clearance, use of rats to detect landmines, and peacebuilding in Cambodia.
Thursday, April 21, 2022, 1:00-2:00 p.m. CST
Rethinking Internationalism
Dr. Simon Reid-Henry
Join the webinar at: https://oklahoma.zoom.us/j/96079161837
Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 9:00-9:30 a.m. CST
Multipolarity, US-China Relations and the Political Economy of Global Insecurity
Dr. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Columbia University
Friday, February 11, 2022, 2:00-3:00 p.m. CST
Climate Responsibility and Industrialization: A New Asian Dilemma?
Dr. Jayati Ghosh
Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Friday, December 3, 2021, 1:00-2:00 p.m. CDT
Identifying the Policy Levers that Generated Wage Suppression and Inequality in the U.S.
Dr. Josh Bivens
Director of Research, Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
Monday, November 15, 2021, 1:30-3:00 p.m. CDT
Accessibility and Opportunity for All? An Evaluation of Industry Specific Employment Change in New Transit Service Areas
Dr. Joel Mendez
Assistant professor in the University of Kansas Urban Planning Program
Thursday, October 14, 2021, 1:00-2:00 p.m. CDT
The IMF and How Billions of People Can Benefit from a Simple, Costless Act of Congress (and Why You Should Care)
Dr. Mark Weisbrot
Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research
September 28, 2021, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. CDT
Cultural Attitudes and Vaccine Resistance
In this lecture, coauthors Dr. Elaine Hsieh and Dr. Eric M. Kramer discuss their recently published book, Rethinking Culture in Health Communication: Social Interaction as Intercultural Encounters, and its implications for health access and sustainability.
October 25, 2021, 1:30-3 PM (CST)
Sewers and Social Justice: Racial Equity and Climate Change Implications of Wastewater Planning in the United States
A conversation with Dr. Miriam Solis, Assistant Professor of Community and Regional Planning, University of Texas at Austin.
Download event flier here (pdf).
Watch the event recording here.
November 4, 2021, 2:00-3:00 PM (CST)
Climate Change in an Unequal World
A discussion with James K. Boyce, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
A discussion with contributors to the book Art From Trauma.
Thursday, March 4, 2021, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM (CST)
Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (CST)
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Sister Rosemary speaks of her work with women in Northern Uganda, the various insecurities they face, and her work over the past years to empower women socially and economically.
Friday, February 5, 2021, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
A lecture with Dr. Izabela Steflja, Professor of Practice, Political Science & International Development at Tulane University.
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Iranian Kurds and Kolberi Smugglers
Dr. Ahmad Mohammadpour, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Dr. Kamal Soleimani, El Colegio de Mexico, discuss the status of Iranian Kurds, nation states, and the Kolberi people. Hosted by Dr. Firat Demir.
Learn more about the Iranian Kurds and Kolberi Smugglers event