Dr. Sera Young is open to keynotes and speaking engagements about water insecurity, food insecurity, and pica. She’s a Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University and the Morton O. Schapiro Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research.
Invited Talks by Year
Dr. Young has been invited to speak for many groups and organizations around the world. Looking for webinars?
2024
International Water Management Institute; University of Cambridge, Department of Biological Anthropology; UNESCO & World Food Program, Nairobi; Pennsylvania State University; Northwestern Alumni Association, Chicago & Beijing; Walder Foundation; African Union; Water Research Australia; Zurich Environmental Humanitarian Emergencies
2023
Cornell University Division of Nutritional Sciences; University of New South Wales, Australia; The George Institute, Sydney, Australia; Water Research, Australia: UN Water; Foreign Policy Climate Summit; Northwestern University Regents, Northwestern University Parents Weekend; United States Department of Agriculture; the Pacific Institute; University of Buffalo; World Association for Public Opinion Research
2022
The Gap, Water.org, UNICEF’s Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, Heineken, Xylem, Scottish Whisky Association, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, BRAC, Indigo, Stone Family Foundation, UN Economic Commission for Africa, US Agency for International Development, GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), Indonesian Ministry, World Resources Institute, World Bank, One Drop Organization, Helvetas, Heaven Hill, Pernod Ricard, United States Department of Agriculture, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Stone Family Foundation, Chicago Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
2020-2021
Northwestern University, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, USAID, Oxfam, REACH, the International Food Policy Research Institute, Capitol Hill, World Bank, International Water Management Institute, Reckett Group, Danaher, Unilever, UNICEF, International Food Policy Research Institute, Global Water Partnership, UNESCO, FCDO, WaterAid, GAIN, 2030 Water Resources Group, Xylem, Millennium Water Alliance, WaterAid, Water.org, Water Keepers
2019
USAID, USDA, UK AID, Oxfam-GB, Millennium Challenge Corporation, International Food Policy Research Institute, Rotary International, and World Bank, University of Chicago Science Policy Group, Buffett Institute, NICO, and Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
2018
Shirley Ryan Learning for Life Lecture, Royal Geographic Society, University of Cape Coast (Ghana), United States Agency for International Development, United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, Northwestern University, Third Annual Symposium on Water in Israel and the Middle East, Microgrids Symposium, Dumas Domain Dinner at Northwestern University, Third Coast Center for AIDS Research
2017 and before
Program in African Studies & Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University, Emory University, University of California, San Francisco, Cornell University, Touro University Mare Island, University of California, Davis Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, University of Illinois, at Chicago
Webinars
Dr. Young has been invited for webinars with for these groups and organizations. Looking for invited talks and keynotes?
Korea International Water Week 2024 on “Experiential data to promote gender quality: The Water Insecurity Experiences (WISE) Scales” at the special session on WAGLE YP’s Engagement for Gender Equality in the Water Domain at the invitation of UNESCO Young Professionals on November 14, 2024
Nature Water, 2023. “Nature Water Talks: Water and Food: In Celebration of World Food Day” https://cassyni.com/events/FHEVheEyoz6YQPCpzusyid?aq1cz
University of New South Wales, The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and Resilience Center Kenya, 2023 “Pathways between climate change, water security and mental health” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi6noWgQ3Ng
Foreign Policy Climate Summit, 2023 https://foreignpolicy.com/events/fp-climate-summit-2023/
UN Water, 2023. “Water and Nutrition. Harmonizing Actions between the Water and Nutrition Decade” https://www.iatp.org/watch-water-nutrition-harmonizing-actions
UN Water, 2023. “Global to local water security assessment: how do we measure up and how close are our targets mid-way to SDG6?” https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1o/k1orou91lo
American Society for Nutrition, 2020. “Household Water Insecurity and its Importance for Ensuring Food, Nutrition and Well-being.” https://ondemand.nutrition.org/s/2020an/annual/ASN20-27
Engineering for Change, 2019. “A tool to measure household water insecurity globally.” https://www.engineeringforchange.org/webinar/measuring-worlds-water-insecurity/
IMMANA, 2019. “A cross-culturally equivalent measure of household water security: experiences in scale development and implementation from 30 sites worldwide.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juTDN7YGbCs&t=12s
International WaTERS Webinar, 2018. “‘You are alert all the time just in case you hear rumors that there is water somewhere’: Lived experiences of water insecurity during pregnancy and lactation in western Kenya.” https://bit.ly/2wHr9S5