Robert J Livingston Bücher

Whether it's the composition of a company's leadership team or identifying the candidates that are a 'good fit' with the organization, racial divisions play out as starkly in the workplace as they do in wider society. What can we do to eradicate bias and create a more diverse, inclusive and equitable environment? Social psychologist Robert Livingston has made it his life's work to show people how to turn difficult conversations about race into productive instances of real change. With wit and clarity, The Conversation distills Livingston's decades of research and practice into a solution-oriented road map for anyone seeking to uproot entrenched biases in the workplace. Founded on extensive data and blending psychology, sociology, management and behavioral economics, Livingston's framework reveals that racism can be defeated with the right information, incentives, strategy, and implementation. With vivid storytelling, The Conversation explores the root causes of racism, ways to foster greater empathy and solidarity and offers tangible steps to progress towards racial equality. It is the essential tool for turning well-intentioned diversity statements into measurable, achievable outcomes.

Focusing on the intricacies of restoring aquatic ecosystems, this volume integrates 70 years of field data from ten coastal systems. It emphasizes the functional aspects of restoration while addressing the influence of politics, economic interests, and media on these efforts. Unlike the previous two volumes centered on pure science, this work explores the effectiveness of restoration processes within a landscape of competing interests, offering a comprehensive view of the challenges and dynamics involved in ecological restoration.

The book offers an in-depth examination of eutrophication processes in coastal systems, based on over three decades of research across seven major river-estuaries. It highlights the effects of nutrient loading on marine environments, emphasizing the importance of understanding bloom impacts in relation to background conditions like drought and human activities. It advocates for further investigation into phytoplankton communities and their relationship with plankton blooms, sediment quality, and secondary production, underscoring the complexity of coastal ecosystems.

Based upon a four decade longitudinal study of river-estuarine systems in the northeast Gulf of Mexico, this book provides a detailed comparative analysis of the long-term data with specific references to similarities and differences in system response to nutrient loading and long-term climatological cycles. It includes noted changes in the clim