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CALL FOR PAPERS: Young Researchers held September 17 - 19, 2008 at Wuppertal University (Germany) in cooperation with the Wuppertal Institute The international colloquium shall bring together top experts on sustainable growth and sustainable resource management. It aims to analyse the contribution of increasing resource productivity to sustainability. Having a focus on economics, the international colloquium shall also cover the technological, the environmental and the international dimensions. The number of participants and presentations is strictly limited in order to facilitate discussion. The deadline for submission of the full paper as PDF-file is May 7. Only papers in English are considered. Authors will be notified about the decision on the acceptance of their paper in June 2008. For more informations click here.HIGRADE Summer School - Ecological-Economic Modelling for Biodiversity Conservation
this summer, there will again be a summer school on Ecological-Economic Modelling for Biodiversity Conservation. Advances in Energy Studies - Towards a holistic approach based on science and humanity This series of workshops – now at its 6th edition - aims at bringing together experts from different disciplines for the discussion of the latest results in research regarding energy technologies, energy systems and their political, social and economical impacts. We aim at sharpening the scientific focus and building a critical mass and collaborative network among scientists researching energy issues. We will discuss the question of future energy scenarios and their implications in a circle of open minded people representing different approaches in order to gain new momentum in these years as societal attention once again shifts toward policy debates and decisions concerning sustainable use of energy and resources and their relationship to the economics of humanity and the future of the plant as a convenient habitat. Main topics will be:
More workshop themes will be included if proposed by participants or if appropriate because oft the papers submitted. The organisers of the workshop will do their best to concentrate the discussion on needs and energy services for medium and long term developments within the framework of a sustainable regional scale economic and social development. The workshop will be a platform for those who take the energy issue as a serious challenge to our and the next generations and we are aware that a great number of scenarios have to be discussed. This is why we invite acknowledged experts for presentation of papers but also anyone who is interested to contribute to the workshops. The event will be complemented with excursions to installation of energy efficiency and renewable energy in the region in order to learn from the day-to-day business. The workshop is substantially sponsored by the Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology. In order to be in consistency with the workshop idea, the workshop will be organized as “Zero Emissions Event”. Details on previous Workshop editions can be found at www.chim.unisi.it/portovenere. Looking forward to your participation. Please register and submit your abstract and/or proposal for a workshop theme through www.aes08.tugraz.at
For the organization: 3rd Atlantic Workshop on Energy and Environmental Economics The Research Group in Economics, Business and the Environment (rede) of the University of Vigo
(Spain) announces the 3rd Atlantic Workshop on Energy and Environmental Economics. The workshop will be held on
the island of A Toxa (near Vigo, in Galicia) on the 4-5 of July 2008 and will be appealing to researchers, policy makers
and other agents interested in the economic aspects of climate change policies. Further information can be also found at the workshop website: rede.uvigo.es/toxa erscp2008 - 12th European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production
From 23 - 25 September 2008, the 5th BMBF-Forum for Sustainability will present the 12th European Roundtable
on Sustainable Consumption and Production (erscp2008) in parallel to the traditional fora of the BMBF-Framework
programme "Research for Sustainability". www.fona.de/erscp2008
The conference is expected to attract approx. 300 international participants, including:
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 28 April 2008 ALTER-Net Summer School 2008 "Biodiversity and Ecosystem
Services" The summer school will be held at Peyresq, Alpes de Haute-Provence, France and is organized by the ALTER-Net Summer School Secretariat at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany. The ALTER-Net 2008 summer school is open to young graduate
and postgraduate scientists from the network partners and 2-3 participants
from developing countries. Adequate English skills are required. All
participants Deadline for applications: 15 April, 2008. ISEE 2008: 1st Call for Papers The
conference will highlight the vision, methods and policy adjustments
needed to enable ecological Abstracts must include: On acceptance, to be announced by April 30, 2008, full papers must be submitted by June 15, 2008 to be included in the conference Proceedings. Contributed paper authors are encouraged to join ISEE as part of the paper submission process, for which they will receive a conference discount. For more information please visit: www.ecoeco.org/conferences.php THEMES: Emerging Theories and Methods in Sustainability
Research (Marie Curie Summer Schools 2006 - 2009) In May 26 -June 6, 2008, the Ecological Economics and Environmental Management Centre of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology New University of Lisbon will be hosting the 3rd Summer School of the Series Emerging Theories and Methods of Sustainability Research (THEMES), titled "Methodsand Tools for Environmental Appraisal and Policy Formulation". This is the third summer school in a series of four funded by Marie Curie. Applications for this summer School are now open: see
This link will also offer you more detailed information about the school. When selecting participants, priority will be given to young researchers.
IASC 2008: Governing shared resources: connecting local experience
to global challenges The IASC 2008 global conference will take place in Cheltenham , England . The conference will be hosted by the University of Gloucestershire , with logistical support to be provided by the University's Countryside and Community Research Unit (CCRU). The emphasis of the conference is the exchange of knowledge on shared resources or ‘commons’: between developing and developed world, between practitioners and researchers, and between old and ‘new’ commons. The overarching theme of governing shared resources aims to encourage discussion on new ways of using, managing, protecting and creating what many understand as ‘commons’. The themes recognise the wide variety of understanding over the term ‘commons’ and the need to link practical experience at the local level with larger global commons issues. For detailed information visit: www.iascp.org/iasc08/iasc08.html EURECO-GFOE
2008 conference The EURECO-GFOE 2008 is a joint meeting of the EEF - European Ecological Federation, the umbrella organisation of the national ecological societies in Europe, and the GFOE - the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The deadline for submission of proposals for sessions is extended to 31. January 2008 and we kindly ask you to spread this announcement and encourage your colleagues to submit a session proposal (see http://www.eureco-gfoe2008.ufz.de/index.php?en=15593) For detailed information please visit: www.eureco-gfoe2008.ufz.de Call for Applications: EAERE-FEEM-VIU European Summer
School in Resource and Environmental Economics: Space in Unified Models
of Economy and Ecology Deadline for application: February 1st, 2008 The European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and the Venice International University (VIU) are pleased to announce their annual European Summer School in Resource and Environmental Economics for postgraduate students. The 2008 Summer School will take place from the 6th to the 12th of July, at the VIU campus on the Island of San Servolo, in Venice, located just in front of St. Mark?s Square. The theme of this Summer School is Space in Unified Models of Economy and Ecology. The purpose of this Summer School is to review and present methods of modeling spatial problems in ecological economics, and to show how these methods can be used in environmental and resource management. In this context the Summer Schools is expected to cover issues associated with: - the use of diffusion processes to model evolution in time and space; - the implications of "the Turing mechanism" for diffusive instability, and the emergence of steady state spatial patterns; - the control of diffusion processes in ecological/economic models which evolve in time and space; - applications of spatial methods to environmental and resource management and regulation problems, where space is important as in cases of patchy environments, species movements, pollution diffusion. These problems could include harvesting of renewable resources, management of pollution diffused in space, bioinvasions, elements of spatial econometrics and GIS. For further information on application and funding please access the Summer School Website at www.feem.it/ess III AERNA Conference Spanish-Portuguese Association
of Natural Resources and Environmental Economics The Spanish-Portuguese Association of Natural Resources and Environmental Economics (AERNA) is organizing its third congress, which will be held in June 2008 and is directed to researchers in the field in order to foster interactions among them. Past editions of the congress have brought together more than a hundred researchers from different Universities and Research Centres in Spain and Portugal whose interest is focused on issues related to the study of the interconnectedness between economic and ecological systems, as well as European researchers that seek to come together to exchange scientific knowledge. For more information and the call for papers visit: www.uibcongres.org/congresos/ficha.en.html?cc=146& International Input-Output Meeting on Managing the
Environment The International Input-Output Association (IIOA) and the Department of Economics, Quantitative Methods and Economic History of University Pablo de Olavide (UPO), announce that the International Input-Output Meeting on Managing the Environment will be held on 9-11 July, 2008, at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain. The goal of the conference is to promote and stimulate
the worldwide exchange of ideas among Important Deadlines:
More
information: http://www.upo.es/econ/IIOMME08/idates.php Sustainable Consumption and Alternative Agri-Food Systems
27-30 May 2008 Liège University, Dept. of Environmental Science and Management www.suscons.ulg.ac.be Arlon Campus (Belgium) This second working conference will focus on agri-food issues and examine in which way the practices of Alternative Food Initiatives contribute to sustainable consumption. For more Information click here. THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE ON "ECONOMIC DEGROWTH FOR SOCIAL EQUITY AND ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY", in Paris on April 18-19, has established a foundation for international scientific cooperation. The encounter was widely viewed as a great success, with 140 researchers from 30 countries both from the industrialised west and the south. Prestigious institutions in the realms of economics, social sciences and environmental studies were represented. Economic growth is being increasingly called into question. Public movements are developing in France and Italy and elsewhere promoting sustainable, fair, convivial "degrowth". The so-called "decoupling" of ecological and social degradation and economic growth appears insufficient after years of major eco-efficiency improvements. This opens a new field of research: What are the social and institutional conditions required for a fair and sustainable economic degrowth process? What would be the scenarios for degrowth...? Among the themes discussed were: new indicators, the rebound effect, perspectives from the south, degrowth versus steady state, degrowth of consumption, degrowth of production, relocalization, redistribution of wealth, status of the economic players, social change and change of economic institution; all within the framework of how to make degrowth a contributor to equity, sustainability and improved quality of live. Various round table and forums and workshops took place to develop solutions and common understanding on the issues involved. Thus, "degrowth" has become an international concept and this word has been established as the translation of the original "décroissance" and "decrescita". Other translations of the term are emerging in numerous languages. This encounter has opened the door to new solutions and a true change of paradigm in the context of today's economic, social and environmental crises around the world.
For further information have a look at the web site of the conference: Cost IC0602 International Doctoral School "Algorithmic
Decision Theory: MCDA, Data Mining and Rough Sets" This programme is an activity of the COST Action IC0602 “Algorithmic Decision Theory” (www.algodec.org). It is also supported by the Faculty of Economics of University of Catania and the Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods of University of Catania. It is the second doctoral school organised by the COST Action IC0602 (the first took place in Han sur Lesse (BE), in September 2007; see more in www.algodec.org). Goals: * Promote recent research results obtained in the field
of Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), Data Mining and Rough
Set Reasoning about Data, Target participants: doctoral students engaged in decision theory or decision support, understood in a broad sense (i.e. MCDA, Data Mining and Rough Set Analysis, Multiple Objective Optimisation, Decision under Risk and Uncertainty, Algorithmic Decision Theory, Preference Elicitation and Modelling, etc.) Organisation: during their stay, up to 25 selected doctoral
students will receive intensive training in three selected topics
dispensed by three prominent scholars; the participants will be given
an opportunity to present their own work and receive a feedback. Additional
senior researchers will stay for one or two days and give a talk.
All presentations and discussions will be in English. For further details look at www.algodec.org. Conference on the Ecological Dimensions of Biofuels On March 10, 2008, The Ecological Society of America will host a one-day conference on the Ecological Dimensions of Biofuels. 500 attendees will have the opportunity to hear invited presentations by leading scientists on: - sustainable development and use of biofuels; - social, biogeographic, land use, and biodiversity considerations; and, - ecological dimensions of alternatives for crop selection and production, harvest and transport of product to refinery, and refining of liquid fuels and other co-products. A keynote address will be delivered by Dr. Jose Goldemberg, Co-President of the Global Energy Assessment (GEA) Council and Professor at the Universidade de Sao Paulo. Goldemberg recently served as Secretary for the Environment of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and was a lead author of the World Energy Assessment. The conference will conclude with an evening social featuring additional poster pr esentations and opportunities for attendees to network with presenters and others working in this important field. Registration will be limited to 500 attendees and will open in early December. Please plan to register early! Full details, including an agenda, confirmed speakers, and sponsorship opportunities, are available at www.esa.org/biofuels. ECOSUD 2007: Sixth International Conference on Ecosystems
and Sustainable Development More information: www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2007/eco07/index.html ALTER-Net Training Course “An Introduction to Ecological-economic
Modelling for Designing and Evaluating Biodiversity Conservation Policies
and Strategies” Politics and Governance of Sustainalbel Socio-technical
Transitions We invite abstracts for papers that discuss the governance of radical socio-technical change for sustainable development with a special focus on issues of A) power & agency, B) participation & legitimacy and C) institutions & change. A starting point for the discussion will be recent governance recommendations put forward under the literature on 'transition management'. The objective is to generate new insights into the complexities of governing sustainable socio-technical transitions. More details are provided here. CANSEE 2007 The 7th Biennial Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics (CANSEE) will reflect the focus of CANSEE in fostering transdisciplinary research activities and dialogue among natural and social scientists, government, the private sector and civil society, to deepen our understanding of the interactions between humans and nature, and to inform the sustainable stewardship of our natural resources and the environment. Conference sessions, papers and posters will directly address how an ecological economic approach can help society meet these challenges. Government, academics, NGOs, the private sector and the public are encouraged to attend. All participants are invited to submit abstracts for presentation of papers or posters on any of the conference themes, or for workshop discussion sessions. The combined length of the abstract body may not exceed 350 words. Include the name, title and affiliation of each author in addition to the mailing address, phone and fax numbers, and email of the primary contact. Abstracts and proposals for special topic sessions must be received no later than March 1, 2007. Abstract must be submitted via e-mail to cansee2007@cansee.org , or on-line at www.cansee.org/2007/. Abstracts will be evaluated, and confirmation of acceptance will be communicated to the author by March 31, 2007. For further information click here. 16th International Input-Output Conference Istanbul The International Input-Output Association (IIOA) and the
Department of Management, Istanbul Technical University announce that
the Sixteenth International Input-Output Conference will be held on
2-6 July, 2007, at the Istanbul Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey.
The goal of the conference is to promote and stimulate the worldwide
exchange of ideas among economists and between them and government officials,
engineers and managers with interests in input-output analysis and related
methods. Thus, we invite thematic topics related to any aspect of input-output
analysis and modeling. We hope attendees will also develop a number
of sessions relating to Turkey. Please submit sessions by January 15, 2007 to the Chair of the Scientific Committee (Klaus Hubacek, io2007@see.leeds.ac.uk). Call for Papers For further information visit the conference website at: http://www.iioa.at/conferences-16th.htm PhD courses in Industrial Ecology - Marie Curie programme The Postgraduate school of Industrial Ecology (PSIE) is
a series of seven research training courses for early stage researchers
in environmental systems analysis and environmental management. PSIE
targets Ph.D. candidates, young researchers and faculty members who
work on life-cycle assessment, energy analysis, value-chain modelling,
eco-design and sustainable consumption and production. PSIE is organized
by a consortium of 12 European universities and funded by the EU Marie
Curie programme . It is supported by the International Society of Industrial
Ecology (ISIE) . ESEE 2007: Integrating Natural and Social Sciences
for Sustainability The European Society for Ecological Economics
(ESEE), in co-operation with the German associations for ecological
economics VÖÖ and VÖW, invite you to meet in Leipzig
for the 7th international conference. Visit the conference website. Ninth Biennual Conference of International Society
for Ecological Economics on "Ecological Sustainability and Human
Well-Being" ECEEE 2007 SUMMER STUDY CALL FOR PAPERS The call for papers to the eceee 2007 Summer Study can be
downloaded from Don't forget the deadline: Abstracts are due 29 September.
ESEE 2005: Science and Governance ESEE 2000: Transitions Towards a Sustainable
Europe. Ecology - Economy - Policy Frontiers in Ecological Economics ConAccount meeting 2006 "dematerialization across scales:
measurement, empirical evidence, future options" September 13-14, 2006,
Vienna Austria Symposium "Integrated Coastal Zone Management" SRPU - 40th anniversary conference: The Future
of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy - Linking Research And
Practice INTENSIVE COURSE IN AGENT-BASED COMPUTATIONAL ECONOMICS The course will be taught by Leigh Tesfatsion, Iowa State
University and Robert Axtell, The Brookings Institution. Guest lecturers
include Professor John Duffy, University of Pittsburgh, Professor Dan
Friedman, University of California, Santa Cruz, Professor Mauro Gallegati,
University of Ancona, Professor Herbert Gintis, Central European University
and Santa Fe Institute, Peter Howitt, Brown University, and Axel Leijonhufvud
of UCLA and the University of Trento. Models and Simulations Emerging Theories and Methods in Sustainability
Research Vienna Conference on "Efficiency, environment
& employment 2006" Participatory Approaches in Science & Technology
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