Next IASC event March 9-11: Fisheries and aquaculture commons

ASU hosts a series of Our Commons Future conference events to bring together researchers, practitioners, and policy makers for the purpose of improving governance and management, advancing understanding, and creating sustainable solutions for commons, common-pool resources, or any other form of shared resources.

ASU was well represented at the 2021 AAAS meeting, with a showcase of more than 50 virtual tours, live chats, scientific sessions, student presentations and poster sessions, and special plenary sessions by world scientific leaders.

Distinguished sustainability scientist Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy has been named ASU’s new vice president for social advancement. His duties will include overseeing and implementing a variety of academic and social initiatives in Arizona and Hawaii.

Join us on International Women’s Day for the first in a series of events showcasing ASU’s initiatives and partnerships advancing Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls.

The editorial team is now asking for expressions of interest by March 20, with full papers due June 20. The publication will be part of the world´s leading peer-reviewed book series on matters related to sustainable development.

SolarSPELL worked with Empower Kids South Sudan to provide virtual educational learning materials to over 35,000 primary and secondary students learning remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ASU’s Vice President and Vice Provost of Global Futures, Peter Schlosser, was featured on the KAET news and current affairs program Horizon, where he discussed the current threat of climate change and the Biden administration’s prioritization of climate action.

Panelists will share their experience and leadership strategies in their work to confront systemic racism and promote inclusive practices and initiatives. This event is open to all ASU faculty, staff and students.

We are surrounded by charts, graphs, and dashboards that try to summarize and surveil the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States; we haven’t seen this kind of explosion of data visualization since the advent of the Weather Channel. But these dashboards, none of which existed before March, are experiencing some growing pains.

According to experts from ASU’s Decision Theater, the United States needs a Continuity of the Economy plan to ensure we can reconstitute the economy in the wake of a devastating cyberattack.