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Abstract
This seminar will provide an overview of Dr. Nicholas R. Magliocca’s past and current research projects involving the application of agent-based modeling to understand the causes and consequences of land-use change in both developed and developing world contexts. Human modification of the natural landscape through land use is a complex and multi-dimensional process, which results directly from human decision making influenced by land users’ immediate surroundings, as well as the regional and global settings in which local land-use decisions are embedded. By using this multi-scalar lens, commonalities and critical differences among land-use processes and outcomes in the developed and developing world contexts will be identified, and methodological advancements needed to make such comparisons will also be discussed. In addition, Nick will highlight connections between his various research threads and those of other SESYNC researchers will be highlighted.
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Nicholas R. Magliocca
Assistant Research Professor
Dr. Nicholas Magliocca was an Assistant Research Professor at SESYNC, where he supported the “Data-Intensive Analysis & Modeling for Socio-Environmental Synthesis” program; provided technical and advisory assistance to SESYNC-supported project teams and postdoctoral researchers; and assisted SESYNC’s cyber team. Nicholas was also a co-developer of SESYNC’s socio-environmental data explorer, with a particular focus on the food-energy-water nexus. His current research is in human-environment geography with a particular focus on land-use change and social-ecological systems. Building on his...
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Nicholas R. Magliocca
Assistant Research Professor
Dr. Nicholas Magliocca was an Assistant Research Professor at SESYNC, where he supported the “Data-Intensive Analysis & Modeling for Socio-Environmental Synthesis” program; provided technical and advisory assistance to SESYNC-supported project teams and postdoctoral researchers; and assisted SESYNC’s cyber team. Nicholas was also a co-developer of SESYNC’s socio-environmental data explorer, with a particular focus on the food-energy-water nexus. His current research is in human-environment geography with a particular focus on land-use change and social-ecological systems. Building on his background of complex system science, his research program investigates the intersections of security, equity, and sustainability in diverse problem domains, including large-scale land acquisitions, food-energy-water systems, and illicit economies. Nicholas received his bachelor’s degree in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution from the University of California, San Diego; master’s degree in Environmental Management from Duke University; and PhD in Geography from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Alabama.
External Links:
https://heima.ua.edu
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3C4A4FIAAAAJ&hl=en
Time
12:30 p.m.
Location
1 Park Place, Suite 300 Annapolis, MD 21401
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