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The Kahneman-Treisman Center announces a new lunchtime seminar series presenting works in progress by Center Affiliates, including the Sugarman Practitioners in Residence. On the third Thursday of each month (with the exception of September and October, which will occur on the last Thursday), the Center will invite all members of the Princeton community undergraduates, graduate students, fellows, staff, and faculty to a lunchtime seminar featuring works in progress by Center Affiliates, including the Sugarman Practitioners in Residence. Lunch will be served at noon with a 30-40 minute presentation beginning at 12:10, with time afterward for discussion. RSVP by the Monday preceding each seminar; find the registration link on the event page.
Professor Patrick Devine-Wright’s expertise spans human geography and environmental psychology with a primary interest in the social acceptance of energy infrastructures, community engagement and place attachment. He is Director of the ESRC-funded ACCESS (Advancing Capacity for Climate and Environment Social Science) leadership team for Environmental Social Science, and leads several research projects funded by UK academic funding organisations. He is a highly cited social science researcher (Web of Science, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022), an IPCC Lead Author in Working Group 3, and Chair of the Devon Net Zero Task Force. He received a Distinguished Visiting Scientist award from CSIRO, Australia (2012-2013) and is Adjunct Professor in Geography, Trinity College Dublin. He is a board member of several academic journals, including Global Environmental Change, Energy Research and Social Science, and the Journal of Environmental Psychology; has acted as an advisor to the UK government, and h
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