In this webcast, an interdisciplinary group of Cornell University experts will discuss how the concept of invasion characterizes the movements of humans, plants, and animals as threatening. They’ll dive into the range of work that address "invasive species," exploring how it aligns with or diverges from human-centered notions of invasion. In discussing this fraught concept, this panel of scholars in anthropology, ecology, evolutionary biology, and geography will also address what research that examines or problematizes “invasion” reveals about our understanding of borders and mobility.

This event is part of our Migrations series, sponsored by Cornell’s Migrations initiative.

Speakers:

Anurag Agrawal: James A. Perkins Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University

Christopher Dunn: E.N. Wilds Director and Adjunct Associate Professor, Cornell Botanic Gardens and Horticulture Section, School of Integrative Plant Science

David Lodge: Francis J. Disalvo Director, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability

Natasha Raheja: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University

Wendy Wolford: Vice Provost for International Affairs; Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor of Global Development, Cornell CALS