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Faculty Office Hour: Communities and Wind Farms - As new offshore wind farm projects commence along the New England coast, who gets to have a say in where, or if, they happen? Professors David Bidwell and Emily Diamond, along with PhD candidate Shannon Howley, are studying how vulnerable groups and communities are reacting to their development, including residents’ and visitors’ attitudes toward the Block Island Wind Farm project and its impacts on tourism and recreation, as well as the role of the media in public perception of offshore wind farms.- Sea Services Symposium on 9/27
MAF Doctoral Candidate Joins Federal Emergency Management Agency Response Directorate as Director of Planning and Exercises - David Ostwind, a Doctoral Candidate within the URI Department of Marine Affairs, has joined the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a Senior Executive serving as the Director of the Planning and Exercises Division within the Response Directorate. The Planning and Exercises Division leads national and regional response planning initiatives such as the National Hurricane Program, […]- Marine Affairs Coastal Resilience Lab featured in URI Magazine
- CHAMP featured in URI Magazine
- Sea Shanty Social Club featured in URI Magazine!!
- Prof. Amelia Moore featured in URI Magazine
- Prof. Becker part of new NSF Award team focusing on coastal resilience
- MAF welcomes Assistant Professor Mateja Nenadovic! - The Department of Marine Affairs is excited to welcome a new Asst. Prof. of Fisheries Policy and Management to the department this fall! Dr. Mateja Nenadovic is an interdisciplinary scientist with a keen interest in understanding the fisheries governance arrangements that lead to sustainable and resilient social and ecological outcomes, as well as the conditions […]
- MAF students & faculty featured in “Diverse Stories” event