Speaker:
Merje Kuus
Professor – Geography, University if British Columbia
Talk title:
Planning a Wine Region: Place and Beauty in Okanagan Valley
Speaker Bio:
Merje Kuus is a political geographer who investigates the workings of expertise in policy-making processes. She examines how national and transnational institutions, such as government agencies, international organizations, or civil society groups, know what they know, how they have come to know what they know, and how they persuade themselves and others that this is so. Her current work examines diplomatic practices in Europe and the Arctic, but this empirical focus undergirds a broader interest in knowledge and power in bureaucratic settings.
