- Speaker:
Naomi Oreskes
- Time
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Monday, Apr 06, 2026 at 6:00 pm
- Location
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Sun Room, Memorial Union
- Co-Sponsors:
- Bioethics Program
- Office of Sustainability
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
Naomi Oreskes is the Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science and an Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University, internationally recognized for her scholarship on earth and environmental science and for influential books such as Why Trust Science? and the award‑winning Science on a Mission. A leading voice on the reality of human‑caused climate change, her widely cited 2004 essay on scientific consensus and her co‑authored book Merchants of Doubt have shaped public understanding of climate disinformation. Her writing appears in major global outlets, and she has contributed to projects ranging from the Papal Encyclical Laudato Si to the documentary adaptation of Merchants of Doubt. Oreskes is an elected fellow of multiple scientific academies, a Guggenheim Fellow, and recipient of the British Academy Medal, with her most recent book, The Big Myth, examining the historical roots of free‑market ideology in American business culture.
This lecture recording can be found on the Available Recordings page approximately two business days after the event and will remain accessible for three weeks.
The University Book Store will be onsite selling the speaker's book at the event.