CITRIS Research Exchange with David Harris
Wed, October 4, 2017
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PT
Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley
David Evan Harris is the Founder and Executive Director of the Global Lives Project and Research Director at the Institute for the Future. David is a cross-disciplinary media-maker, working at the intersection of art, activism, and academic inquiry on the politically charged questions surrounding globalization and social justice.
A cross-disciplinary media-maker, David wrote and directed newscasts for CurrentTV; and penned articles and shot photos for the BBC, the Guardian, Adbusters, Focus on the Global South, AlterNet, and Grist. He has spoken publicly about his work to audiences at the Smithsonian, UC Berkeley, Harvard, Stanford, United Nations University, Apple, Google, Adobe, and numerous other venues around the world. He speaks English, Portuguese, Spanish, and French. David founded the Global Lives Project in 2004 and holds a BA in the political economy of development and environment, with a minor in forest science, from UC Berkeley and an MS in sociology from the University of São Paulo.
Free and open to the public, the CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar Series is a weekly dialogue highlighting leading voices on societal-scale research issues. Each one-hour seminar starts at 12 pm Pacific Time and is hosted live in the Banatao Auditorium in Sutardja Dai Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. Register online by Monday for a free lunch at UC Berkeley.
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