The Environmental Research Center in the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design will host a seminar by Eric Toman of The Ohio State University, “Complexity and Wickedness: The Role of Humans in (Addressing) Climate Change.” The seminar will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, in room 308 Percival Hall. Light refreshments will be served. The seminar is free and open to the public.
Toman has an interdisciplinary background that includes training and experience in the social and natural sciences. His research and courses are focused on developing a better understanding of the social dimensions of coupled human and natural systems. Using theory and methods from sociology and social-psychology, he examines the factors that influence the adoption of behaviors that enable adaptation to changing environmental conditions.