Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

Leslie Acton

Lecturer in Environment and Society
Research Interests Coastal and oceans governance & politics, marine conservation, Political ecology, Common-pool resource theory

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IBES: 2023 in Review

Dive into a year of accomplishments at IBES, where community-engaged scholarship, cutting-edge research, student-led projects and events, and more highlight the many ways that our community is rising to meet the 21st century’s climate, sustainability, and environmental challenges.
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News from IBES

Quahogging in Class with ENVS 0717

Students deepened their knowledge of course topics by working in the field and hearing from an experienced quahogger.
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Undergrad Fanny Vavrovsky said that the seminar offered “an actual path towards some kind of meaningful change that I can enact in the future.”

“That’s a theme for all the IBES events. These people are really cool, really engaged in what they’re doing, talking about projects that they actually care about and making an impact,” she added.
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