Max Boykoff

A Conversation with Max Boykoff: Climate Change and the Media

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 22:23:10 +0000

A Conversation with Max Boykoff: Climate Change and the Media Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 12/05/2016 - 15:23

An interview with CIRES researcher and CU professor Max Boykoff

How much do you really know about climate change? And where does your information come from? For most of us, media is our primary source of what we know about the topic. And most of the information contained in media reporting comes more from specific events, personalities, and pro and con discussions than from research papers or specific analyses by the scientists intimately involved in climate study. The impact of media on the climate-change debate impacts policy and the progress of change, and even our everyday experiences with the topic.

The University of Colorado’s Max Boykoff is an expert in the study of how media impacts the climate-science debate. An assistant professor in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, his perceptive insights help unravel the interaction between media and the public discussions surrounding climate change.

Tom Brock interviewed Dr. Boykoff in his office on the CU campus on Oct. 20, 2016.

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An Experimental Evening of ‘Comedy for Climate Change’

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 17:54:57 +0000

An Experimental Evening of ‘Comedy for Climate Change’ Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 06/15/2016 - 11:54 Max Boykoff

This Spring, in our Inside the Greenhouse ‘creative climate communications’ course we conducted an experiment. We challenged forty senior undergraduate students to come up with a comedy skit or standup routine that drew on issues associated with climate change…a we gave them a mere four weeks from start to finish (the finish being a live comedy show on campus).

Though a bit bewildered at the prospect of such an unusual assignment, every student courageously embarked on the challenge. In groups of four, they quickly got to work on a composition.

While some found quick inspiration, most of the students understandably struggled with various elements of the task at hand. Early comments included, "you're telling us to take something really serious and make it funny - that is very difficult", and “I’m just not very funny – why would I want to show that off?”. But to their credit, drawing inspiration from class exercises/activities and visiting speakers (including Prof Max Liboiron [Memorial University of Newfoundland], Prof Peter McGraw [University of Colorado-Boulder], Dave Poulson [Michigan State University], and Josh Rollins) students began to find some traction and satisfaction from their sustained efforts to find the funny in climate change.

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CSTPR Welcomes Max Boykoff as Director

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 17:45:02 +0000

CSTPR Welcomes Max Boykoff as Director Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 06/15/2016 - 11:45

by Dan Zietlow, CSTPR Writing Intern

The CIRES Center for Science and Technology Policy Research (CSTPR) is pleased to announce Max Boykoff as its new Director. Professor Roger Pielke, Jr., who served as the Center’s founding director from 2001-2007, and again as director from 2013 until he completed his term in January, has gone on to spearhead creation of the CU Sports Governance Center within the CU Athletic Department.

After completion of his Ph.D. in environmental studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a stint with a research fellowship at the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute along with a fixed-term lectureship in the School of Geography and the Environment, Boykoff joined the University of Colorado faculty in Fall 2009. His research focuses on the cultural politics of climate change and the transformation of carbon-based economies. He holds appointments at CU across multiple units, including CIRES as a Fellow, the Environmental Studies program as an Associate Professor, and as an Adjunct in the Geography department. Boykoff states he enjoys this interdisciplinary focus as it enables him to “access tools and perspectives across the various disciplines to answer challenging, complex, and multi-layered issues” confronting us in the 21st century.

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Winners Announced for Inside the Greenhouse Comedy & Climate Change Video Competition

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 20:06:48 +0000

Winners Announced for Inside the Greenhouse Comedy & Climate Change Video Competition Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/17/2016 - 14:06

Humor is a tool underutilized in the area of climate change; yet comedy has power to effectively connect people, information, ideas, and new ways of thinking/acting.

Inside the Greenhouse held a competition to harness the powers of climate comedy through compelling, resonant and meaningful videos. Here are this year’s winners:

First Place
Heather Libby
Weathergirl Goes Rogue

Second Place
Emmet Sheerin, Alan Whelan and Eoghan Rice
Vote Joseph Bloggs

Third Place
Jeremy Hoffman
The Sound of Skeptics

The winning entries will be shown during the upcoming show:

Standing Up for Climate:
An Experiment with Creative Climate Comedy
Thursday, March 17 at 7:30 pm

Black Box Experimental Studio
Basement Level B2
Roser ATLAS Building, CU Boulder
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