Past Event Category: Global Dialogues
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Oct 30The Making of Rare Earth Frontiers with Julie KlingerJulie Michelle Klinger
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Rare earths, such as copper and lead, make possible the miniaturization of electronics, green energy and medical technologies, and essential telecommunications and defense systems. But where are they extracted from? And at what environmental cost? Professor Julie Klinger joins us to discuss her award winning book, Rare Earth Frontiers: From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes, which documents how …
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Oct 3Chips war? The Geopolitics of Global Electronics ProductionIRIS NRC Presents: Global Dialogues with Author Henry Wai-chung Yeung
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Semiconductor chips can be found in almost every technology that is essential to modern life, from cars, to ventilators, to smartphones. No wonder then, that a shortage of these silicon wafers during the pandemic generated new anxieties and about how, and more importantly where, they are produced. Professor Henry Wai-chung Yeung (National University of Singapore), author of Interconnected …
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Sep 25The History and Future of Drinking Water with James SalzmanIRIS NRC Presents: Global Dialogues with Author James Salzman
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How has the way that societies think about drinking water changed over time? How are these changing ideas related to different strategies for managing access to water? Professor James Salzman (Duke University), author of Drinking Water: A History, joins us to discuss the global past and future of one of the essential requirements for human life.