{"id":12127,"date":"2019-09-17T10:46:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T14:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/?p=12127"},"modified":"2025-02-21T14:58:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T19:58:58","slug":"forum-social-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/news\/2019\/09\/17\/forum-social-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Geospatial Forum to Explore Social Justice and Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

On October 3, 2019, North Carolina State University will host renowned critical urban planning and environmental social science scholar and author Julian Agyeman<\/u><\/a> to present his work at the intersection of social justice and sustainability, followed by a panel discussion, Q&A session and book signing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event \u2013\u2013 \u201cJust Sustainabilities and the Future of North Carolina: How Does Who<\/em> Can Belong Determine What<\/em> the State Can Become?\u201d \u2013\u2013<\/em> will take place in room 4106 of James B. Hunt Jr. Library<\/u><\/a> on NC State\u2019s Centennial Campus. Agyeman\u2019s presentation is entitled \u201cJust Sustainabilities in Policy, Planning and Practice\u201d and will begin at 3:30 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agyeman is a professor of urban and environmental policy and planning at Tufts University. He is the originator of the increasingly influential concept of \u201cjust sustainabilities,\u201d conceptualized as the full integration of social justice and sustainability, and which he defines as \u201cthe need to ensure a better quality of life for all, now and into the future, in a just and equitable manner, whilst living within the limits of supporting ecosystems.\u201d In his talk, Agyeman will discuss the concept of just sustainabilities and provide practical examples from his recent research into urban planning and design, food justice, and planning for intercultural cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A chain reaction panel discussion will follow the presentation, <\/em>exploring, among other topics, the opportunities for (and limitations of) geospatial sciences to advance social justice and sustainability, and the potential for geospatial sciences to help resolve tensions between social justice and sustainability. The panelists include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dara Bloom<\/u><\/a> \u2013\u2013 Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, NC State<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Louie Rivers<\/a><\/u> \u2013\u2013 Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, College of Natural Resources, NC State<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eleni Bardaka<\/u><\/a> \u2013\u2013 Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, NC State<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Oct. 3 event is a special extension of the Center for Geospatial Analytics\u2019 Geospatial Forum series<\/u><\/a> and is co-sponsored by the Center for Geospatial Analytics; Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management; Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences; and the College of Natural Resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event hosts are Bethany Cutts<\/u><\/a>, a faculty fellow at the Center for Geospatial Analytics and associate professor in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, and Byron Ifediora, Geospatial Analytics doctoral student and one of Cutts\u2019 graduate student advisees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event\u2019s full schedule is below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n