Confluence Spring 2026

Confluence is a weekly student speaker series that celebrates and highlights diverse research topics within YSE. The event will be on Thursdays from 4-5 in Sage 24 and available to watch on Zoom. Confluence is for the entire YSE community and we invite you to attend and support your peers (and enjoy a good meal!) every Thursday.

Confluence is a weekly student speaker series that celebrates and highlights diverse research topics within YSE. The event will be on Thursdays from 4-5 in Sage 24 and available to watch on Zoom. Confluence is for the entire YSE community and we invite you to attend and support your peers (and enjoy a good meal!) every Thursday.

Confluence is a weekly student speaker series that celebrates and highlights diverse research topics within YSE. The event will be on Thursdays from 4-5 in Sage 24 and available to watch on Zoom. Confluence is for the entire YSE community and we invite you to attend and support your peers (and enjoy a good meal!) every Thursday.

Confluence is a weekly student speaker series that celebrates and highlights diverse research topics within YSE. The event will be on Thursdays from 4-5 in Sage 24 and available to watch on Zoom. Confluence is for the entire YSE community and we invite you to attend and support your peers (and enjoy a good meal!) every Thursday.

Confluence is a weekly student speaker series that celebrates and highlights diverse research topics within YSE. The event will be on Thursdays from 4-5 in Sage 24 and available to watch on Zoom. Confluence is for the entire YSE community and we invite you to attend and support your peers (and enjoy a good meal!) every Thursday.

Confluence is a weekly student speaker series that celebrates and highlights diverse research topics within YSE. The event will be on Thursdays from 4-5 in Sage 24 and available to watch on Zoom. Confluence is for the entire YSE community and we invite you to attend and support your peers (and enjoy a good meal!) every Thursday.

Confluence is a weekly student speaker series that celebrates and highlights diverse research topics within YSE. The event will be on Thursdays from 4-5 in Sage 24 and available to watch on Zoom. Confluence is for the entire YSE community and we invite you to attend and support your peers (and enjoy a good meal!) every Thursday.

Confluence is a weekly student speaker series that celebrates and highlights diverse research topics within YSE. The event will be on Thursdays from 4-5 in Sage 24 and available to watch on Zoom. Confluence is for the entire YSE community and we invite you to attend and support your peers (and enjoy a good meal!) every Thursday.

Confluence is a weekly student speaker series that celebrates and highlights diverse research topics within YSE. The event will be on Thursdays from 4-5 in Sage 24 and available to watch on Zoom. Confluence is for the entire YSE community and we invite you to attend and support your peers (and enjoy a good meal!) every Thursday.

Confluence is a weekly student speaker series that celebrates and highlights diverse research topics within YSE. The event will be on Thursdays from 4-5 in Sage 24 and available to watch on Zoom. Confluence is for the entire YSE community and we invite you to attend and support your peers (and enjoy a good meal!) every Thursday.

Confluence is a weekly student speaker series that celebrates and highlights diverse research topics within YSE. The event will be on Thursdays from 4-5 in Sage 24 and available to watch on Zoom. Confluence is for the entire YSE community and we invite you to attend and support your peers (and enjoy a good meal!) every Thursday.

This week's speakers will be:
Aymane Eddahmani, PhD Candidate
Heat or Eat: How preferences over basic needs shape climate vulnerabilities
Aymane is a Fulbright scholar and a 5th year PhD candidate. His works focuses on understanding how preferences shape wellbeing outcomes in households experiencing poverty

Alyssa Menz, PhD Candidate
Building the Organizational Capacity to Fight versus Fold: Sustaining a Beyond-Profit Purpose Over Time Amid Industry Pressures
Alyssa Menz is a YSE doctoral candidate studying corporate sustainability. Her dissertation focuses on how organizations can create and sustain a beyond-profit purpose -- pursuing positive environmental and social impacts alongside financial success. Prior to Yale, Alyssa spent five years working at the intersection of corporate sustainability and international development specializing in climate-focused entrepreneurship and innovation, decarbonization, and energy policy. She holds a bachelor's from Columbia University and a master's from the University of Oxford.