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PhD Position in Cultural Adaptation to Climate Change
Open Position! I am currently seeking a PhD student to be part of a newly funded $4 million collaborative research project with the University of Vermont on how both rural human communities and species populations will respond to challenges posed … Continue reading
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Dr. Waring featured on Maine Public Radio’s “Maine Calling” on local food
I was happy to get to join Maine Public Radio’s “Maine Calling” call in radio program on Tuesday, 28th of September, 2021. I joined Mary Alice Scott, the executive director of Portland Buy Local. We discussed the economic, environmental and … Continue reading
Sustainability Interview in Nav Bharat Times
I has the pleasure of being interviewed by Shatakshi Asthana of the Nav Bharat Times about culture, sustainability and climate change. It was a pleasure because she was an informed and curious interviewer. We spoke about the primacy of group-level … Continue reading
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Studying Cultural Adaptation to Climate Change
A team at UMaine and the University of Vermont has just been awarded a $4 million dollar grant to study climate adaptation in using data science tools. As part of the project, Dr. Waring will lead development of cultural evolution … Continue reading
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Food club simulation fits purchasing data with accuracy
Model simulating the club membership as a result of success in cooperative behavior between members. Fitting the model to club membership data over time reveals high accuracy. Continue reading
ACE Lab: Applied Cultural Evolution Laboratory 