Our guest for this episode is Dr. Jessica O’Reilly, environmental anthropologist, and Associate Professor in the Indiana University International Studies Department. O’Reilly’ focuses on how scientists and policymakers participate in environmental management, both in regards to the Antarctic environment and global climate change. O’Reilly has conducted research in Antarctica, New Zealand, at the Antarctic Treaty consultative meetings and at meetings of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Her current project analyzes how assessors in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change make decisions in the writing of their assessment reports, which form the core set of science advice to the UNFCCC. 

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