Virtual Seminars Schedule for Spring 2025
Support for the CBEAR Seminar Series comes from the USDA ERS and Walton Family Foundation
February 3, 2025, at 11:00 am EST:
Aaron Hrozencik, USDA Economic Research Service
Social comparisons and groundwater use: Evidence from Colorado and Kansas
February 24, 2025, at 11:00 am EST:
Jens Rommel, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Behavioral interventions to maximize environmental delivery under the new CAP green architecture
March 10, 2025, at 10:00 am EST
Chi Nguyen, The University of Western Australia
The effect of information disclosure policies in conservation auctions: The role of landscape configuration
March 24, 2025, at 11:00 am EST:
David Newburn, University of Maryland
Adoption of agricultural conservation practices: Experimental insights for policy design
April 7, 2025, at 11:00 am EST:
Jonathan Bauchet, Purdue University
Support, don’t coerce: Impacts of unconditional Payments for Ecosystem Services
April 28, 2025, at 11:00 am EST: JOINT SESSION
Marianne Lefebvre, Université d'Angers
Green insurance for pesticide reduction: Acceptability and impact for French Viticulture
Cécile Aubert,Toulouse School of Economics
Learning about the risk of greener practices under the umbrella of crop insurance: Theory and experiment in French vineyards
May 12, 2025, at 11:00 am EST
Zachary Brown, North Carolina State University
Norm-based messaging in agricultural extension: A pilot experiment in pesticide resistance and drainage management
June 2, 2025, at 11:00 am EST
Emily Usher- DeaKyne, Purdue University
Safer to plant corn and beans? Navigating the challenges and opportunities of agricultural diversification in the U.S. Corn Belt
June 16, 2025, at 11:00 am EST
Hongli Feng, Iowa State University
Narrow versus broad framing and farmers’ crop insurance choices
Spotlight Video
Behavior Change in Stewardship Practices: A Forum on the State of Science and Water Quality Implications
Over the past 10 years, the social science community has worked diligently to advance natural resource behavior change practices. This selected forum (a recurring series hosted by the Chesapeake Bay Trust) discusses behavior change best practices.
Paul Ferraro presents the most effective ways to get priority audiences to voluntarily undertake actions that result in watershed improvements.
Duration Time: Approximately 1 hour.