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Wayne Morse Resident Scholars
Each year the Wayne Morse Center hosts two UO faculty members as Resident Scholars, one from the School of Law and one from another UO department in an appropriate discipline related to the current Morse Center theme or public affairs. Resident Scholars help frame the theme, advise the Center on thematic programs or the Politics and Policy Program, and work on academic writings.
The theme of inquiry for 2009-2011 is Climate Ethics and Climate Equity. The Wayne Morse Center will host visitors and resident scholars to examine overarching ethical issues associated with climate change as well as solutions that focus on environmental justice and equity. Dale Jamieson, Maxine Burkett and Vandana Shiva will be occupants of the Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics for the theme. Applications are now open for tenure-track faculty for scholarship related to climate justice, for 2010-2011.
Applications will be accepted as well for tenure-track faculty conducting research relevant to our Politics and Public Policy Program. A broad range of proposals engaging subjects of importance to American governance are welcome.
Apply to Be a Wayne Morse Resident Scholar for 2010-11
See past Wayne Morse Resident Scholars
Current Resident Scholars - 2008-09
Adell Amos, School of Law, “Ethical Water Allocation in a Changing Climate.” Professor Amos, a water resources lawyer and scholar, plans to evaluate mechanisms for allocating water resources using an ethical framework. She will examine current ethical guidelines set out by the field of environmental ethics to critically analyze various national and international approaches to water allocation and suggest policy reforms. Adell Amos will be on leave during 2009-10.
 Ted Toadvine, Department of Philosophy and Environmental Studies: “Ethics and Intrinsic Value in Environmental Problem-Solving: The Case of Global Climate Change.” Environmental problems have ethical dimensions that are often ignored in favor of empirical or scientific inquiry. However, the ethical and normative dimensions of climate change are essential for just and equitable policy responses. This project proposes an interdisciplinary approach to environmental problems that poses the ethical and normative contributions of the humanities as complementary to the contributions of the natural and social sciences.
Toadvine has organized a symposium to discuss these issues for November 13, 2009 at the UO Many Nations Longhouse. The Perfect Moral Storm: Ethical Challenges of Our Climate Crisis features Morse Professor Dale Jamieson, Steve Gardiner from the University of Washington, Kathleen Dean Moore from Oregon State University, and Jay Odenbaugh from Lewis & Clark College.
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