Seminars

All are welcome

Undergraduates and postgraduates are particularly encouraged to attend, as these seminars can provide exposure to a wide range of ideas and research areas that you might not otherwise have an opportunity to learn about. After the seminar there will be coffee and cake plus an opportunity for an informal discussion with the speaker.

The seminars are held on Tuesday at 1:15pm, in the Seminar Room, Environment Department, X/D103 (unless otherwise stated). Presentations usually last for 45 minutes, followed by a lively discussion. Please contact the seminar series co-ordinator, Kathryn Arnold (email kathryn.arnold@york.ac.uk), for further information.

2012 Spring Term Seminars

Date	Speaker	Title
Tuesday 17th January 2012 AEW/003 1:15pm	Ellie Dawkins (SEI, University of York)	Integration of an energy and consumption scenario tool into a multi-regional environmentally extended input-output model to examine the greenhouse gas consequences of domestic climate change strategies
Tuesday 24th January 2012 AEW/003 1:15pm	Richard Milburn (Marjan Centre for Conservation and Conflict, Kings College London)	Guerrillas in the mist: conserving biodiversity in regions of armed conflict
Tuesday 31st January 2012 AEW/003 1:15pm	Luke Tilley (Stockbridge Technology Centre)	Functional biodiversity in farming landscapes
Tuesday 7th February 2012 AEW/003 1:15pm	Sylvia Toet (Environment Department, University of York)	Does ground-level ozone affect the greenhouse gas budget of peatlands Seminar information (PDF , 265kb)
Tuesday 14th February 2012 AEW/003 1:15pm	Julia Jones (University of Bangor)	The role of monitoring in the design of payment for ecosystem services
Tuesday 28th February 2012 AEW/003 1:15pm	Stuart Jenkins (University of Bangor)	TBA
Tuesday 6th March 2012 AEW/003 1:15pm	Meggan Craft (University of Minnesota)	TBA
Tuesday 13th March 2012 AEW/003 1:15pm	Casey Ryan (University of Edinburgh)	Land use and the carbon cycle of African Woodlands

2011 Autumn Term Seminars

Date	Speaker	Title
Tuesday 18th October 2011 X/D103 1:15pm	Claire Hughes (University of York)	From marine microbes to atmospheric chemistry (and back?)
Tuesday 25th October 2011 X/D103 1:15pm	Corrado Topi (Stockholm Environment Institute University of York)	The economics of climate change mitigation strategies at subnational level: the Leeds City Region
Friday 28th October 2011 X/D103 1:15pm	Johan Kuylenstierna (SEI Deputy Director of Operations)	SEI and the University of York - Building further on a successful partnership
Tuesday 1st November 2011 *Langwith College, L/047* 1:15pm	Cat Hickey (University of York and Flamingo Land)	A critical analysis of methods in evaluating educational programmes
Tuesday 8th November 2011 Langwith College, L/047 1:15pm	Andrea Fidgett (North of England Zoological Society)	Feeding frogs and elephants; can zoo nutrition aid species conservation?
Tuesday 15th November 2011 *B/B/06* 1:15pm	Mark Bateman (University of Sheffield)	Dunes aren't Dumb: Late Quaternary palaeo-archive from the coastline of South Africa
Tuesday 22nd November 2011 X/D103 1:15pm
Tuesday 29th November 2011 *B/B/006 followed by reception in Biology atrium* 1:15pm	Jonathan Gardner (Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand)	Do Marine Reserves deliver conservation benefits? Jonathan Gardner (PDF , 277kb) In this lecture, Professor Gardner will address the rationale, purpose and establishment of Marine Reserves in New Zealand and describe the expected conservation outcomes. He will explore the processes of monitoring, including the establishment of baselines, 'before & after' surveys, internal and external comparisons and habitat mapping. He will ask how Marine Reserve success can best be measured and indicate ways in which reserves can be used as long term conservation tools.
Tuesday 6th December 2011 X/D103 1:15pm	Colin McClean (University of York)	Location, location, location: Connectivity of climate and woodlands
Tuesday 13th December 2011 B/B/06 1:15pm	Thomas Young (University of California)	Pyrethroid insecticides from urban sources: water quality impacts
Thursday 15th December 2011 Christmas Lecture in ATB/056 Followed by soiree in Cafe Barista 5:15pm	Lorraine Maltby (University of Sheffield)	Environmental protection and management: What, why and how?