Past seminars – 2023
December 2023
Failing fast, falling forward – learning in an era of data
Jyotsna Puri
International Fund for
Agricultural Development
November 2023
Predicting Deforestation with Neural Networks
Kathy Baylis
University of California, Santa Barbara
September 2023
Conservation Impact Evaluation Using Remotely Sensed Data
Robert Heilmayr
University of California, Santa Barbara
May 2023
Machine Learning for Impact Evaluation: Environmental effects of land tenure formalization
Luke Sanford
Yale School of the Environment
April 2023
Theory-based Approaches to Impact Evaluation
Jennifer Zavaleta Cheek
South Dakota State University
Gabby Salazar
University of Florida
March 2023
Moderated Panel from Academia and Practice: “Counterfactual methods and their use in the voluntary forest carbon market: past, present and future”
Thales P. West
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Thomas Swinfield
University of Cambridge
Julianne Baroody
Verra
Carlos E. Silva
Pachama
February 2023
Measurement error in satellite data and its effects on impact evaluations in conservation
Jennifer Alix-Garcia
Oregon State University