{"636982":{"#nid":"636982","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Marilyn Brown Presents During National Academies Webinar on Ethics and Justice in Geographical Sciences","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMarilyn Brown, Regents and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems and interim chair in the School of Public Policy, recently spoke on the need for \u0026ldquo;justice-aware\u0026rdquo; energy planning and policymaking during a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nationalacademies.org\/event\/06-11-2020\/ethics-and-biases-in-the-geographical-sciences-energy-equity-and-location-data\u0022\u003Ewebinar\u003C\/a\u003E on ethics and biases in the geographical sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBrown\u0026rsquo;s June 11 presentation for the National Academies\u0026rsquo; Geographical Sciences Committee, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nationalacademies.org\/event\/06-11-2020\/docs\/D399A274AB97B859E0AE72A5D667CAA688EF405C2D7F\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGeospatial Dimensions of Energy Inefficiency and Equity\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, explored the need for a \u0026ldquo;global energy system that fairly distributes both the benefits and costs of energy services, and one that contributes to more representative and inclusive energy decision-making.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe discussed the high energy burden experienced by low-income customers, the impact of the coming transition to renewable energy on lower-income people, and the need to include distributional and procedural equity in all steps of the process.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Now is the time to ensure that our future is powered by clean energy that benefits all,\u0026rdquo; she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/brown\u0022\u003EBrown\u003C\/a\u003E is an international leader in clean energy policy known for her pioneering work developing economic-engineering models incorporating behavioral and social science principles into policy analysis of energy systems. She was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/stories\/2020\/4\/marilyn-brown-elected-national-academy-sciences\/634835\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eelected \u003C\/a\u003Eto the National Academy of Sciences in April. She also is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E is a unit of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMarilyn Brown recently spoke on the need for \u0026ldquo;justice-aware\u0026rdquo; energy planning and policymaking during a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nationalacademies.org\/event\/06-11-2020\/ethics-and-biases-in-the-geographical-sciences-energy-equity-and-location-data\u0022\u003Ewebinar\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":" Marilyn Brown recently spoke on the need for \u201cjustice-aware\u201d energy planning and policymaking during a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine webinar."}],"uid":"34600","created_gmt":"2020-07-16 13:55:04","changed_gmt":"2020-07-16 14:00:15","author":"mpearson34","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-07-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-07-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"617552":{"id":"617552","type":"image","title":"Marilyn Brown","body":null,"created":"1549654607","gmt_created":"2019-02-08 19:36:47","changed":"1549654607","gmt_changed":"2019-02-08 19:36:47","alt":"","file":{"fid":"235058","name":"Brown Portrait High Res 2018.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Brown%20Portrait%20High%20Res%202018.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Brown%20Portrait%20High%20Res%202018.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1084696,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Brown%20Portrait%20High%20Res%202018.png?itok=uDJJRLdN"}}},"media_ids":["617552"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/stories\/2020\/4\/georgia-tech-leads-team-effort-reduce-carbon-footprint\/634630","title":"Georgia Tech Leads Team Effort to Reduce Georgia\u2019s Carbon Footprint"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2019\/12\/17\/georgia-tech-energy-policy-researcher-writes-about-green-new-deal-scientific-american","title":"Georgia Tech Energy Policy Researcher Writes About \u2018Green New Deal\u2019 in \u2018Scientific American\u2019"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"330","name":"Marilyn Brown"},{"id":"6446","name":"energy policy"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMichael Pearson\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmichael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}