[SPSD] Fwd: IHDP E-Zine 3-2010
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Dear colleagues
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Date: 2010/7/14
Subject: IHDP E-Zine 3-2010
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IHDP E-Zine | July 2010
Dear Readers,
This summer has brought with it an increased momentum for the human
dimensions of global environmental change. Social science research on global
change has proven itself to be integral to policy, science, and civil
debates worldwide. As evidenced by the developments presented in this
issue, IHDP, it's partners, and projects has positioned themselves at the
center of this critical debate. Numerous colleagues have been recognized
internationally for their achievements including Coleen Vogel, Anne
Laugauderie, Diana Liverman, and Josef Pacyna. Multiple IHDP scientists have
been invited to contribute their social science knowledge to the IPCC 5th
Assessment Report. Additionally, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy
Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) was recently
launched after being spearheaded by IHDP's Executive Director Anantha Kumar
Duraiappah.
This momentum will be further projected into the fall as IHDP projects and
partners play host to the world's scientific community in numerous
conferences and workshops.
We welcome you to read more about these developments below, and to keep the
momentum going into the future with your participation and contributions. We
hope you enjoy this, the third issue of 2010, of the IHDP E-Zine.
Louise Smith
IHDP Communications
*Contents***
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*NEWS*
*IHDP Scholars Invited to Join IPCC AR5*
Last March, about 3000 nominations were received from experts around the
world. As announced on 23 June 2010, 831 highly qualified experts have been
selected to contribute to the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). Among these are
numerous scholars from IHDP’s network and the Programme wishes them every
success in their endeavours to meet the expectations of governments,
industry, civil society and, of course, the scientific community across the
globe.
More information:
http://www.ipcc.ch/<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.ipcc.ch/>
*World Social Science Report 2010*
Produced by the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and co-published
with UNESCO, the Report is the first comprehensive overview of the field in
over a decade. Contributions from IHDP include, for example, articles from
GECHS’s Karen O’Brien (Responding to the Global Environmental Challenge:
Social Sciences of the World Unite!) and IHDP former Co-Chair Hebe Vessuri
(Institutional Aspects of the social Aciences in Latin America).
The report can be found here:
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/resources/reports/world-social-science-report<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/resources/reports/world-social-science-report>
*New Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and
Ecosystem Services*
The 3rd and final meeting on IPBES was recently held in Busan, South Korea,
and concluded with its acceptance and establishment as a new "IPCC-like"
platform for biodiversity and ecosystem services. IHDP Executive Director,
Dr. Anantha Duraiappah, recently took part in the this meeting and was, for
many years, one of the core pioneers responsible for the formation of this
Platform, as well as team leader of the IPBES Task Force while at the United
Nations Environment Programme. Dr. Duraiappah’s efforts have further created
a unique and valuable opportunity for IHDP to contribute to the IPBES
agenda, in that IHDP stands well positioned to contribute its expertise on
the human dimensions of global environmental change.
More Information:
http://www.ihdp.unu.edu/article/1128<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.ihdp.unu.edu/article/1128>
*SBSTA 32*
This year, the thirty second session of Subsidiary Body for Scientific and
Technological Advice (SBSTA) took place. The Global Environmental Change
Programmes and their partnership (ESSP) were invited to convene a session on
developments in research activities relevant to the needs of the
convention.
More Information:
http://unfccc2.meta-fusion.com/kongresse/SB32/templ/play.php?id_kongresssession=2731&theme=unfccc<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--unfccc2.meta-fusion.com/kongresse/SB32/templ/play.php--Q-id_kongresssession--E-2731--A-theme--E-unfccc>
*New International Social Science Council (ISSC) Website*
The ISSC has launched a new website: New features of the site include a web
resources section and calendar of upcoming events organised by ISSC members
and partners.
More Information:
http://www.worldsocialscience.org/<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.worldsocialscience.org/>
*Earth System Governance Science and Implementation Plan now available in
Spanish*
The study of earth system governance encompasses all the world’s regions and
must be internationally organized to make use of local knowledge, values and
insights. Diversity within the research community together with strong
networking is a prerequisite for studying earth system governance - this
includes a diversity of languages. With this Spanish translation the Science
and Implementation Plan is now available in three languages: in the official
English version, and translated into Japanese and Spanish.
More Information:
http://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/publications/science-plan<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.earthsystemgovernance.org/publications/science-plan>
*IHDP Sponsored Network PERN Cyberseminar*
The Population-Environment Research Network recently held a cyberseminar
entitled "What are the remote sensing needs of the population-environment
research community?" A summary of discussions and expert contributions can
be downloaded on the site.
More Information:
http://www.populationenvironmentresearch.org/seminars.jsp<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.populationenvironmentresearch.org/seminars.jsp>
*PEOPLE*
*Diana Liverman receives RGS Royal Medal*
IHDP congratulates Professor Diana Liverman on being awarded this year’s
Founder’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society. She receives the medal
‘for encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human
dimensions of climate change’. Among many other things, Diana is a member of
IHDP's Earth System Governance Scientific Steering Committee.
More Information:
http://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/news/2010-06-04-diana-liverman-receives-rgs-royal-medal<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.earthsystemgovernance.org/news/2010-06-04-diana-liverman-receives-rgs-royal-medal>
*Anne Larigauderie Honored by France*
The IHDP congratulates DIVERSITAS’s Executive Director, Anne Larigauderie,
who has recently been honored by the French government for her work in
international science. Anne was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour during
a ceremony at ICSU on Friday 25 June. The honor was conferred by Julia
Marton-Lefèvre, Director General of the International Union for Conservation
of Nature, on behalf of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research of
France.
More Information:
http://www.icsu.org/9_latestnews/latest_49.html<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.icsu.org/9_latestnews/latest_49.html>
*Coleen Vogel Wins Burtoni Award*
IHDP congratulates Professor Coleen Vogel on winning the fourth Burtoni
Award for contributions to climate change adaptation and science. Her
research focuses on climate change, climate vulnerability and adaptation to
climate, with a particular focus on disaster-risk reduction and climate
variability in southern Africa.
More Information:
http://www.nccarf.edu.au/conference2010/archives/1065<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.nccarf.edu.au/conference2010/archives/1065>
*Jozef Pacyna Awarded Prestigious Bene Merito Medal*
IHDP congratulates Professor Jozef Pacyna of NILU -Center of Ecology and
Economics (Chairman of LOICZ until 2009), who was awarded the prestigious
Bene Merito Medal by the government of Poland for his work in international
cooperation in science. The nomination was announced during the visit of
Minister Sikorski of Poland on the invitation of Minister Jonas Gahr Støre
of Norway.
More Information:
http://www.loicz.org/news/announcements/index.html.en<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.loicz.org/news/announcements/index.html.en>
*Manuel Barange Receives Prestigious Roger Revelle Award*
The UN's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) has presented
Manuel Barange, Executive Officer of IGBP's Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics
programme with the prestigious Roger Revelle award. The award is named in
honour of Roger Revelle, whose important contributions to the awareness of
global change form the basis of many IOC initiatives.
More Information:
http://www.ioc-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=239&Itemid=112<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.ioc-unesco.org/index.php--Q-option--E-com_content--A-task--E-view--A-id--E-239--A-Itemid--E-112>
*Christiana Figueres Appointed New UNFCCC Executive Secretary*
Ms. Figueres holds a Masters Degree in Anthropology from the London School
of Economics, and a certificate in Organizational Development from
Georgetown University. IHDP would like to welcome Ms. Figueres as the new
Executive Secretary to the UNFCCC and wishes her every success in the
challenges ahead.
More Information:
http://unfccc.int/files/press/news_room/press_releases_and_advisories/application/pdf/100517_pressrel_new_es.pdf<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--unfccc.int/files/press/news_room/press_releases_and_advisories/application/pdf/100517_pressrel_new_es.pdf>
*IHDP EVENTS***
Integrated Risk Governance Project
*Summer Institute -** Disaster, Risk, and Climate Change*
****2-13 August 2010, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Initiated in collaboration with IHDP’s IRG-Project, this summer institute
series is an integral part and a core capacity building activity of the
Hazard and Risk Science Base at Beijing Normal University. The primary goal
is to attract and train young scholars who have both background and strong
interest in the field of hazard and risk study, and through which, to
improve and strengthen education, research, as well as international
communication and cooperation capacity in China in the field of disaster and
risk sciences.
More information:
www.irgproject.org<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.irg-project.org/index.php--Q-id--E-singleevent--A-tx_ttnews[tt_news]--E-18--A-tx_ttnews[backPid]--E-32--A-cHash--E-b5b6231167>
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone Project
*Congress - Risk and Management of Current and Future Storm Surges*
13-17 September 2010, Hamburg, Germany
The congress to be held at the University of Hamburg will be organised by
GKSS and LOICZ, together with a growing list of national and international
supporting partners and sponsors, including IHDP projects and scholars other
than LOICZ.
More Information:
http://www.loicz.org/calender/Congress/index.html.en<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.loicz.org/calender/Congress/index.html.en>
Mountain Research Initiative
*Conference - Global Change and the World’s Mountains*
26-30 September 2010, Perth, Scotland, UK
Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) and the Centre for Mountain Studies at
Perth College UHI are planning a conference on Global Change and the World's
Mountains, as a follow-up to the 2005 Open Science Conference 'Global Change
in Mountain Regions'.
More Information:
http://www.perth.ac.uk/specialistcentres/cms/Conferences/Perth2010/Pages/default.aspx<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.perth.ac.uk/specialistcentres/cms/Conferences/Perth2010/Pages/default.aspx>
Urbanisation and Global Environmental Change Project
*Conference - 1st International Science & Practice Conference*
15-17 October 2010, Tempe, Arizona, USA
The UGEC Conference will work closely with the Global Land Project (GLP)
Open Science Meeting. Both conferences will be held back to back with one
overlapping day, in which the two programmes will focus on the themes
surrounding the urban, land, and climate change interface. The UGEC project
has been leading the way towards a stronger collaboration between academics,
decision-makers, and practitioners in order to capture the benefits of
urbanization and develop and conceptualize strategies to mitigate and adapt
to global environmental change. Researchers and practitioners in the UGEC
network continue to explore new themes within the framework of Global
Environmental Change (GEC) science, focusing on the impacts of GEC on urban
areas and the responses of urban areas to those impacts. The event will be
open to scientists, policymakers and the general public and will provide a
comprehensive perspective of current knowledge of the dynamic and complex
interactions between urbanization and global environmental change.
More Information:
http://www.ugec2010.org/<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.ugec2010.org/>
Global Land Project
*Conference - Land Systems, Global Change and Sustainability*
17-19 October 2010, Tempe, Arizona, USA
The GLP is announcing its first Open Science Meeting (GLP OSM), to be held
at Arizona State University. This Conference is organized in close
cooperation with IHDP’s UGEC project (see above). The aim of the GLP OSM
“Land Systems, Global Change and Sustainability” is to bring together large
parts of the international research community working on land change issues,
showcase the width and scope of ongoing research, help build a community in
this highly interdisciplinary field, inspire new research and facilitate
review, theory building and extrapolation. A major theme running throughout
both the UGEC and GLP conferences, and the focus of the overlapping day, are
the linkages among urbanization, land and landscapes, and climate change:
the themes embedded in these linkages, constitute one of the next phases of
emphasis in global change and climate change science as registered by the
USCCP, IPCC, and other major agenda setting reports forthcoming in the US
and internationally. Further details on support available for early career
and developing country participants can be found on the conferences website.
More Information:
<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.glp2010.org/>
http://www.glp2010.org/<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.glp2010.org/>
Global Water System Project
*Conference - The Global Catchment Initiative*
06-08 December 2010, University Club, Bonn, Germany
The conference aims to advance understanding concerning the global aspects
of river basins and their management by reviewing the state-of-the-art of
research and opening a dialogue with professionals and policy makers about
this issue. This conference will focus on understanding the connection
between changes in a river basin and driving forces originating outside of
the basin, e.g. the impact of climate change on river basin water
availability, or the influence of international food trade on land use and
resulting hydrologic changes within a basin, or the impact of international
financial institutions on the development of water infrastructure within
particular river basins.
More Information:
http://www.gwsp.org<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.gwsp.org>
Earth System Governance Project*
Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change*
8-9 October 2010, Berlin, Germany
The 2010 Berlin Conference will be the 10th conference in the well
established on of the series of European Conferences on the Human Dimensions
of Global Environmental Change.This year’s conference will adress the
“Social dimensions of environmental change and governance”. The 2010 Berlin
Conference aims at bringing together scientists from different social
science disciplines that are addressing social dimensions of environmental
change and governance in their research.
More Information:
http://www.berlinconference.org/2010/<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.berlinconference.org/2010/>
Earth System Governance Project
*Marie Curie Training Course - Architectures for Earth System Governance*
4-13 October 2010, Berlin, Germany
This training course addresses the implications of environmental change for
equity in earth system governance. To this end, the summer school links the
work of scholars on ‘global governance architecture’ to debates on the
distributional effects of environmental governance and change.
More Information:
http://www.berlinconference.org/2010/mariecurie/<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.berlinconference.org/2010/mariecurie/>
Global Water System Project
*Workshop - Global Water Governance and the UN-System*
13-15 October 2010, Bonn, Germany
This workshop, organized by Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Joyeeta Gupta and Theo
Toonen, looks at the global dimensions of water governance, aiming to
address (among others), the following pertinent questions: What the major
present and emerging challenges for global water governance? Is the current
global water governance system capable of dealing with present and emerging
challenges? The expected outcomes of this workshop include a Special issue
in a peer reviewed journal and a policy brief on the current state of global
water governance and the role of the UN level as input to the policy focused
workshop at UNEP.
More Information:
http://www.gwsp.org/fileadmin/GWNI_workshop_2010/WS_GlobalGovUNWater_Info.pdf<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.gwsp.org/fileadmin/GWNI_workshop_2010/WS_GlobalGovUNWater_Info.pdf>
Earth System Governance Project and Global Carbon Project
*Workshop - Carbon Governance in Asia: Bridging Scales and Disciplines*
1-3 November 2010, Yokohama, Japan
The workshop will be jointly organized by IHDP’s Earth System Governance
Project <http://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/>and Global Carbon
Project<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.globalcarbonproject.org/>,
as well as the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies
(UNU-IAS), with further support from the
APN<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.apn-gcr.org/>.
The overall aim of the workshop is the capacity building of Asia-Pacific
young researchers and the discussion of the issues and opportunities for
carbon governance for developing low carbon societies in Asia.
More Information:
http://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/events/2010-06-07-workshop-carbon-governance-asia<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.earthsystemgovernance.org/events/2010-06-07-workshop-carbon-governance-asia>
Global Carbon Project
*Workshop - Existing Approaches for Construction of Regional Carbon Budgets
for both Land and Ocean Areas*
6-8 October 2010, Viterbo, Italy
The workshop will be jointly organized by IHDP’s Global Carbon Project, the
7th Framework Programme and COCCOS.
More Information:
http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/global/pdf/COCOS-GCP_Agenda_v5.pdf<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.globalcarbonproject.org/global/pdf/COCOS-GCP_Agenda_v5.pdf>
Global Environmental Change and Human Health Project and INWEH
*Symposium - Global Environmental Change and Human Health: Protecting Water
Quality*
1-2 November 2010, UNU-INWEH, Hamilton, Canada
The Symposium “Global Environmental Change and Human Health: Protecting
Water Quality” will be held by invitation only. Institutions interested in
sponsoring the GECHH 2010 Symposium should contact GECHH Project Officer,
Dr. Lucilla Spini at spinil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
World Climate Research Programme
*Conference - Climate Research in Service to Society*
**24-28 October 2011, Denver, Colorado, USA
The WCRP OSC represents an exclusive opportunity to assemble the
international scientific community working to advance understanding and
prediction of variability and change of the Earth’s physical climate system
on all space and time scales.
http://www.wcrp-climate.org/conference2011/<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.wcrp-climate.org/conference2011/>
*OTHER EVENTS*
*July***
*European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies (ECMSAS) *
26-29 July 2010, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
http://www.ecmsas.org/index.htm<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.ecmsas.org/index.htm>
*International GMBA-DIVERSITAS Conference "Functional Significance of
Mountain Biodiversity" *
27-30 July (2010), Chandolin (Valais), Switzerland
http://www.gmba.unibas.ch/2010conference/2010conference.htm<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.gmba.unibas.ch/2010conference/2010conference.htm>
*August*
*The International Society for Ecological Economics 11th Biennial
Conference, “Advancing Sustainability in a Time of Crises” *
22-25 August (2010), Bremen/Oldenburg, Germany
http://www.ecoeco.org/content/2010/03/isee-2010/<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.ecoeco.org/content/2010/03/isee-2010/>
*Oslo Summer School in Comparative Social Science Studies *
26 July – 06 August (2010), Oslo, Norway
http://www.sv.uio.no/oss/index.html<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.sv.uio.no/oss/index.html>
*ESF-LIU Conference “Home, Migration and the City: New Narratives, New
Methodologies *
06-10 August (2010), Scandic Linköping Vast, Linköping, Sweden
http://www.esf.org/index.php?id=6500<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.esf.org/index.php--Q-id--E-6500>
*Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Urban Development Planning for
Asian Coastal Cities *
23 August – 1 September (2010), Bangkok, Thailand
car2@xxxxxxxxxxx
*September*
*World Water Week in Stockholm *
5-11 September (2010), Stockholm, Sweden
http://www.worldwaterweek.org/<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.worldwaterweek.org/>
*3rd World Congress on Social Simulation – Scientific Advances in
Understanding Societal Processes and Dynamics *
6-9 September (2010), Kassel, Germany
http://www.globallandproject.org/News/3rd%20World%20Congress.pdf<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.globallandproject.org/News/3rd%20World%20Congress.pdf>
*Integrating Nature and Society towards Sustainability *
15-17 September (2010), Krakow, Poland
http://www.forumcarpaticum.org/<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.forumcarpaticum.org/>
*Spatial Epidemiology in Megacities: Health, Climate Change and Geospatial
Modelling *
13-17 September (2010), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/gesundhw/ag2/summerschoolmc/<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.uni-bielefeld.de/gesundhw/ag2/summerschoolmc/>
*Deltas in Times of Climate Change *
29 September – 1 October (2010), Rotterdam, The Netherlands
http://www.climatedeltaconference.org/templates/dispatcher.asp?page_id=25222734<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.climatedeltaconference.org/templates/dispatcher.asp--Q-page_id--E-25222734>
*October*
*2nd International Training Workshop on Capacity Building in Global Change
and Health Research *
10-16 October (2010), Beijing, China
Contact: mark.rosenberg@xxxxxxxxxx
<mark.rosenberg@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=Beijing%20Workshop>with
the subject line of your e-mail – Beijing Workshop
*Knowledge Collaboration and Learning for Sustainable Innovation *
25-29 October (2010), Delft, the Netherlands
http://www.ihdp-it.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50&Itemid=86<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.ihdp-it.org/index.php--Q-option--E-com_content--A-task--E-view--A-id--E-50--A-Itemid--E-86>
*International Symposium on Urban Futures and Human and Ecosystem Wellbeing*
26-30 October (2010), Skyway Pullman Hotel, Shanghai, China
http://www.unesco.org/mab/doc/news/urbanSymposium.pdf<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.unesco.org/mab/doc/news/urbanSymposium.pdf>
*November***
*The 8th GLOBELICS International Conference “Making Innovation Work for
Society: Linking, Leveraging and Learning” *
01-03 November (2010), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
http://umconference.um.edu.my/globelics2010<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--umconference.um.edu.my/globelics2010>
*Scaling and Governance Conference 2010. “Towards a New Knowledge for Scale
Sensitive Governance of Complex Systems” *
10-12 November 2010, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
http://www.scalinggovernance.wur.nl/UK/Conference/<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.scalinggovernance.wur.nl/UK/Conference/>
*The Law for Social-Ecological Resilience*
17-19 November (2010), Stockholm, Sweden
http://www.juridicum.su.se/resilience/<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.juridicum.su.se/resilience/>
*December***
*First International Conference on Sustainable Urbanization*
15-17 December (2010), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
http://www.polyu.edu.hk/fclu/ICSU2010/<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.polyu.edu.hk/fclu/ICSU2010/>
*PUBLICATIONS***
Earth System Governance Project*
Article – Navigating the Anthropocene: The Earth System Governance Project
Strategy Paper*
**In 2001, the Earth System Science Partnership declared an urgent need to
develop `strategies for Earth System management'. Yet what such strategies
might be, how they could be developed and how effective, efficient and
equitable such strategies would be, remain unspecified. We argue that the
institutions, organizations and mechanisms by which humans currently govern
their relationship with the natural environment and global biogeophysical
systems are both insufficient and poorly understood. This article summarizes
the science programme of IHDP’s Earth System Governance Project.
More Information:
http://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/publication/biermann-frank-navigating-anthropocene<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.earthsystemgovernance.org/publication/biermann-frank-navigating-anthropocene>
Earth System Governance Project*
Article – Public-Private Partnerships in Global Climate Governance*
This article assesses the contributions of public-private partnerships,
understood as a specific type of networked climate governance, to effective
and legitimate climate governance. The appraisal of networked governance in
the climate change arena is based on three sets of criteria. First, their
potential contribution to effective climate change mitigation and
adaptation; second, their contribution to broader political goals such as
increased participation and inclusiveness in global environmental
governance; and third, their linkages and fit with the existing
institutional architecture of international climate change governance. The
article concludes with a set of questions for future research.
More Information:
<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.earthsystemgovernance.org/publication/pattberg-philipp-public-private-partnerships>
http://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/publication/pattberg-philipp-public-private-partnerships<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.earthsystemgovernance.org/publication/pattberg-philipp-public-private-partnerships>
Earth System Governance Project
*Book – Governing Sustainability*
The crisis of unsustainability is, above all else, a crisis of governance.
The transition to a more sustainable world will inevitably require radical
changes in the actions of all governments, and it will call for significant
changes to the lifestyles of individuals everywhere. Bringing together some
of the world’s most highly regarded experts on governance and sustainable
development, this book examines these necessary processes and consequences
across a range of sectors, regions and other important areas of concern. It
reveals that the governance of sustainable development is politically
contested, and that it will continue to test existing governance systems to
their limits. As both a state-of-the-art review of current thinking and an
assessment of existing policy practices, it will be of great interest to all
those who are preparing themselves - or their organisations - for the
sustainability transition.
http://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/publications<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.earthsystemgovernance.org/publications>
United Nations University
*Book – Engaging Civil Society: Emerging Trends in Democratic Governance*
This book attempts to examine the changing roles of civil society in global
and national governance. It identifies factors that influence the
effectiveness of civil society in promoting democratic governance. It asks:
To what extent and how has the global civil society been influencing global
governance and democratic change? What have been the patterns of growth of
civil society in Asia and Africa including the legal frameworks under which
CSOs are established? What are the capacity gaps of the civil society
vis-à-vis its assumed roles? What are the mechanisms for the horizontal and
vertical accountability of civil society? How and with what effect has civil
society been engaged in promoting democratic change and inclusive
governance?
More Information:
http://www.unu.edu/unupress/2010/engagingCivilSociety.html<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.unu.edu/unupress/2010/engagingCivilSociety.html>
United Nations University*
Book – Building Trust in Government: Innovations in Governance Reform in
Asia*
This book seeks to answer many of the questions raised in reference to means
of strengthening trust in government within the Asia Pacific region. Through
analyses of trends within North-East Asia, South-East Asia, South Asia and
the Pacific Islands and specific innovations and reforms at the country
level, the contributors have provided various perspectives on the causes of
the decline in trust, countries and institutions that have managed to
maintain higher degrees of confidence, and governance innovations and
practices that have played an important role in strengthening trust once it
has faltered.
More Information:
http://www.unu.edu/unupress/2010/buildingTrustInGovt.html<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.unu.edu/unupress/2010/buildingTrustInGovt.html>
United Nations University
*Book – The Future of International Environmental Law*
Through a collection essays by leading scholars in international
environmental law from around the world, this book explores the future of
international environmental law in a world of ever worsening environmental
crises. It examines the success stories and the failures of international
environmental law and argues that future responses to global environmental
crisis will be more about good environmental governance rather than just
more treaties and laws. Environmental governance in future will need to
accommodate the needs and aspirations of peoples from developed and
developing countries alike and will have to be based on decisions and
actions by a vast range of actors and stakeholders and not just the nation
state that has traditionally dominated environmental diplomacy to date.
http://www.unu.edu/unupress/2010/futureOfIntlEnvironmentalLaw.html<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.unu.edu/unupress/2010/futureOfIntlEnvironmentalLaw.html>
United Nations University
*Book – Traditional Knowledge in Policy and Practice: Approaches to
Development and Human Well-being*
This book focuses on the relevance of TK to key environment- and
development-related sectors, discusses the current debates within each of
these sectors and presents suggestions as to how TK can be effectively
integrated with conventional science and policy. A valuable resource to
researchers, academics and policymakers, Traditional knowledge in policy and
practice provides a comprehensive overview of TK, and its links and
contributions to social, economic, environmental, ethical and political
issues.
http://www.unu.edu/unupress/2010/traditionalKnowledgePolicyAndPractice.html<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.unu.edu/unupress/2010/traditionalKnowledgePolicyAndPractice.html>
Industrial Transformation Project*
Book – Climate Change Policy in the European Union: Confronting the Dilemmas
of Mitigation and Adaptation*
Drawing on a variety of detailed case studies spanning the interlinked
challenges of mitigation and adaptation, this volume offers an unrivalled
account of how different actors wrestled with the complex governance
dilemmas associated with climate policy making. Opening up the EU's inner
workings to non-specialists, it provides an unparalleled perspective on the
unique way that the EU governs, as well as exploring its ability to maintain
a leading position in international climate change politics. Editors include
IHDP’s Frans Berkhout of the Industrial Transformation core project.
More Information:
http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521196123<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp--Q-isbn--E-9780521196123>
*Book – Environmental Sociology*
Environmental Sociology is the first book to broaden the realm of
environmental sociology by forging links to other environmental disciplines,
such as environmental policy, media studies, geography, ecological
economics, ecological modeling, or ecological design. The book's focus on
current environment-related issues in interdisciplinary developments are not
only of relevance for strengthening environmental sociology but will make it
a great read for upper undergraduate and graduate courses in social sciences
dealing with environmental topics.
More Information:
http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/book/978-90-481-8729-4?changeHeader<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.springer.com/social+sciences/book/978-90-481-8729-4--Q-changeHeader>
Global Carbon Project*
Journal – Special Issue of Energy Policy*
This special issue focuses on carbon emissions and carbon management within
cities and features GCP’s Shobhakar Dhakal, along with Ram M. Shrestha, as
guest editors. The volume may be of particular interest to the research and
policy communities dealing with urban carbon emission issues.
More Information:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03014215<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03014215>
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
*Magazine – IGBP Global Change Magazine*
IGBP's magazine highlights the high-quality research arising from its core
projects and projects that it co-sponsors. By including articles that draw
linkages between science, society and policy, the magazine aspires to serve
as a source of information not only to scientists, but also to funding
agencies, policymakers, journalists and the general public. In this issue of
the magazine you can read, among others, an interview with Nobel laureate
Elinor Ostrom; an elucidation of new emissions scenarios; an opinion piece
on climate scepticism; a perspective on the science and politics of land in
Africa.
More Information:
http://www.igbp.net/page.php?pid=486<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.igbp.net/page.php--Q-pid--E-486>
Mountain Research Initiative
*Newsletter – MRI Newsletter May 2010*
This issue presents an array of articles ranging from the social aspects of
life in mountain areas to studies on glacial recession. The newsletter
further provides news updates from its network, along with highlights of the
Directors notes concerning MRI objectives for the next grant period.
More Information:
http://mri.scnatweb.ch/the-mri/news/mri-newsletter.html<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--mri.scnatweb.ch/the-mri/news/mri-newsletter.html>
Earth System Governance Project
*Report – Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in the
Pacific: The Challenge of Integration*
This research focuses on Pacific community based disaster risk reduction
(DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) initiatives, and draws upon the
knowledge and insight of key stakeholders from multiple backgrounds to
develop an understanding of the current status of DRR and CCA in the region.
Additional understanding is gained through detailed case studies of current
projects in Fiji and Samoa which highlight the challenges and best practice
methods used to integrate DRR and CCA in current community based projects.
Analysis of primary and secondary data collected for this research was
undertaken with the use of the Earth System Governance framework allowing
for challenges and hurdles to integration to be viewed in a new light.
More Information:
http://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/publication/gero-disaster-risk-reduction-and-climate-change<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.earthsystemgovernance.org/publication/gero-disaster-risk-reduction-and-climate-change>
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone Project
*Report – DELTAS - Coastal Vulnerability and Management*
This workshop report details the attempt to bring the various aspects of
studies on deltas together - physical description, nutrient biogeochemistry
of deltas, vulnerability to hazards and the socio-economics of delta
inhabitants. The report highlights the workshops focus on increasing
pollution due to excess nutrients in coastal systems, further illustrating a
nutrient budget model for a variety of coastal ecosystems. Overall, the
report emphasises the vulnerability of deltas to stresses and impacts and
the need for improved communication on identifying a common understanding of
the cross-cutting issues found within Deltas.
More Information:
http://www.loicz.org/imperia/md/content/loicz/report/delta_workshop_report_final_15may2010.pdf<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.loicz.org/imperia/md/content/loicz/report/delta_workshop_report_final_15may2010.pdf>
International Social Science Council and UNESCO
*Report – World Social Science Report 2010*
Produced by the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and co-published
with UNESCO, the Report is the first comprehensive overview of the field in
over a decade. Hundreds of social scientists from around the world
contributed their expertise to the publication. Including, for example,
contributions from GECHS’s Karen O’Brien (Responding to the Global
Environmental Change: Social Sciences of the Word Unite!) and former IHDP
co-Chair Hebe Vessuri (Institutional Aspects of the Social Sciences in Latin
America).
More Information:
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/resources/reports/world-social-science-report<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/resources/reports/world-social-science-report>
*VACANCIES*
*Science Officer – ICSU*
The Science Officer will assist with the planning and implementation of
ICSU’s initiatives, with a focus on sustainability research, including
global environmental change. Examples of work tasks include support to ICSU
committees, interaction with ICSU partners and members, and coordination of
international research programmes. Applications, with ‘Science Officer’ in
the subject line, should be sent via email torecruitment@xxxxxxxx and
addressed to Prof. Deliang Chen, Executive Director, International Council
for Science (ICSU). Deadline for Applications: 16 August 2010.
More Information:
http://www.icsu.org/9_latestnews/files/ScienceOfficerPosition_June2010.pdf<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.icsu.org/9_latestnews/files/ScienceOfficerPosition_June2010.pdf>
*Director – ICSU Regional Office for Africa*
The Director is responsible for the activities of the Regional Office under
the direction of the ICSU Executive Director. The staff of the Office
currently consists of a total of four persons. The Director is appointed for
a term of three years, renewable, under the general conditions applicable to
staff at NRF. This position is only open to citizens of countries of the
African continent, who are also currently located in South Africa. It is
expected that the Director will start his/her appointment on 1 September
2010. Applicants are requested to address the above description and
qualifications in a cover letter and attach a curriculum vitae with the name
and contact details of three referees. Applications, with ‘ROA Director’ in
the subject line, should be sent via email to recruitment@xxxxxxxx and
addressed to Professor Deliang Chen, Executive Director, International
Council for Science (ICSU). Deadline for Applications: 15 July 2010.
More Information:
http://www.icsu.org/9_latestnews/latest_48.html<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.icsu.org/9_latestnews/latest_48.html>
*Director – Arab Council for Social Sciences*
The Director will be based at the ACSS headquarters in Beirut. He/she is
responsible for carrying out the mission and achieving the objectives of the
ACSS and is accountable to the Board of Trustees. She/he is an ex-officio
member of the Board of Trustees. His/her main responsibilities include:
Developing a strategy to ensure the viability of ACSS over time. This
strategy will be discussed and approved by the Board; preparing, for Board
approval, the Council’s annual work plan, covering research, capacity
building and communication activities; leading the fund raising effort to
carry out the Council’s activities; taking all financial and managerial
decisions within the Secretariat and overseeing the operations of other
offices in the region when established; and liaising with the Council’s
constituency, Board appointed committees and other like minded institutions.
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position has
been filled.
http://www.worldsocialscience.org/<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.worldsocialscience.org/>
*Ph.D Fellowships – UNU-IIGH*
The UNU-IIGH Ph.D. Fellowship Programme seeks six Ph.D. candidates from
educational institutes around the world who would benefit from a period of
stay of up to twelve months at UNU-IIGH in Kuala Lumpur. The programme will
be closely related to UNU-IIGH’s own research programmes. Deadline for
Applications: 11 July 2010.
More Information:
http://www.unu.edu/employment/files/UNU-IIGH_PhDFellowship_20100711.pdf<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.unu.edu/employment/files/UNU-IIGH_PhDFellowship_20100711.pdf>
*Postdoctoral Fellowships – UNU-IIGH*
The UNU-IIGH Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme seeks six postdoctoral
candidates from educational institutes around the world who would benefit
from a period of stay to twelve months at UNU-IIGH in Kuala Lumpur. The
programme will be closely related to UNU-IIGH’s own research programmes.
Deadline for Applications: 11 July 2010.
More Information:
http://www.unu.edu/employment/files/UNU-IIGH_Postdoctoral_Fellowship_20100711.pdf<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.unu.edu/employment/files/UNU-IIGH_Postdoctoral_Fellowship_20100711.pdf>
*Associate Director – Center for Sustainable Processes and Practices*
The Associate Director serves as an academic and administrative colleague of
the Director. Together, they form the leadership team of the Center and work
closely together to achieve the Center’s goals. The position is a 12 month,
0.5 to 1.0 FTE administrative position. To apply, submit a letter of
application addressing your vision of the role of Associate Director and
your plans for how to meet the job expectations, along with a curriculum
vitae and the names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers of
three references. Screening of applications will begin by 1 June 2010, and
will continue until the position has been filled. Inquires may be made to:
Beth Lloyd, Search Coordinator, atsustainability@xxxxxxx or (503) 735-8556.
More Information:
http://www.pdx.edu/sites/www.pdx.edu.hr/files/media_assets/job_posting/hr_posting_csp_0001.pdf<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.pdx.edu/sites/www.pdx.edu.hr/files/media_assets/job_posting/hr_posting_csp_0001.pdf>
*Postdoctoral Fellowships – University of Minnesota – Institute on the
Environment*
Fellows will be part of a novel research and training environment, aimed at
preparing the next generation of leaders to address the world’s
environmental grand challenges. We are searching for fellows to conduct
cutting-edge research to develop solutions to pressing global issues, such
as land use and ecosystem management, global food security, freshwater
resources, climate change adaptation, emerging diseases and links between
population & development. We are especially interested in three core areas:
(1) land use, ecosystem change, agriculture & food security; (2) freshwater
systems and water security; and (3) the intersection of environment,
population and development. Screening of applications will begin 1 August
2010 and positions will remain open until filled. Applicants should submit a
resume, cover letter, and the names of three references, along with a 2 page
research proposal, indicating your plans for the fellowship. Applicants must
use the University of Minnesota employment site (
https://employment.umn.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1277834362060<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-https--employment.umn.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp--Q-time--E-1277834362060>)
and enter requisition number 166294 to apply. For more information, please
contact Jonathan Foley (Director, Institute on the Environment) at:
jfoley@xxxxxxx
*Postdoctoral Fellow – Econoving International Chair in Generating
Eco-Innovation*
The Fellow will conduct research in technical or social innovations aimed at
supporting the development of sustainable cities. Applications are welcomed
from candidates with recently completed PhDs in science, applied science,
and social science and humanities disciplines, proposing applied research
projects oriented toward innovation in energy, water, waste, construction
and transport in cities, together with associated issues in law, finance,
and social acceptability of technological and social innovations. This
fellowship is particularly well-suited to recent doctoral graduates
considering careers outside the academy in roles emphasizing successful
translation of research into practice. Informal inquiries may be directed to
the chair-holder, Prof. Keith Culver, at: Keith.Culver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Complete applications must be submitted electronically by email to
Econoving@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, including in PDF format a (maximum) 2-page
outline of proposed research, Ph.D transcripts, writing sample (preferably a
first-author or sole-authored paper), and names of three academic referees.
Applications will be reviewed until an appointment is made.
*CALLS*
*Call for Applications – International Climate Protection Fellowships*
**1 September (2011), Bonn, Germany
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s Climate Protection Fellowship
programme promotes prospective leaders from emerging and developing
countries, who are engaged in climate protection and resource conservation
in academia or business, government or non-governmental organizations. Each
year up to twenty fellows are scheduled to be funded. They will come to
Germany for a year to collaborate with a host they have selected themselves
on a joint project dedicated to the exchange of knowledge, methods and
techniques. Fellowship specifications include a monthly fellowship amount
between 2,150 -2,750 EUR; group programme events: several-week introductory
seminar, training courses, final meeting; one to two month intensive German
course; and family allowances, lump sum for travel expenses. Deadline for
Applications: 15 December 2010.
More Information:
http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/ICF.html<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/ICF.html>
*Call for Abstracts/Papers – Resilience 2011 Conference*
The aim of "Resilience, Innovation and Sustainability: Navigating the
Complexities of Global Change'' is to advance understanding of the
relationships among resilience, vulnerability, innovation and
sustainability. Abstracts and papers submissions are now open, with the
following deadlines: Panel session proposals – 1 August 2010; and individual
papers and posters 15 October 2010. Conference themes include: Adaptation,
resilience, vulnerability, and coping with change in social-ecological
systems; thresholds and regime shifts in social-ecological systems;
knowledge, innovation, and social-ecological learning; governance,
polycentricity, markets, and multilevel challenges; analyzing and framing
resilient development, resilient resources and security; and transformation
in social-ecological systems.
More Information:
http://www.resilience2011.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18&Itemid=23<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.resilience2011.org/index.php--Q-option--E-com_content--A-view--E-article--A-id--E-18--A-Itemid--E-23>
Earth System Governance Project*
Call for Papers – 2011 Colorado Conference on Earth System Governance*
17-20 May (2011), Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
We invite abstracts on one of the four conference themes (Linking across
Scale; Linking the Social and Natural Sciences; Linking Research to
Practice; Linking the "5 A's) from scholars in the social and natural
sciences, as well as practitioners from the global North and South.
Abstracts must be submitted electronically and may not exceed 250 words. All
abstracts will be evaluated in a double-blind peer-review process by several
members of the conference review panel. To submit your abstract, please
visit the CC2011 Abstract Submission Service (
https://earthsystemgov.conference-services.net/authorlogin.asp?conferenceID=2269&language=en-uk<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-https--earthsystemgov.conference-services.net/authorlogin.asp--Q-conferenceID--E-2269--A-language--E-en-uk>).
Deadline for Abstracts: 15 August 2010.
More Information:
http://cc2011.earthsystemgovernance.org/<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--cc2011.earthsystemgovernance.org/>
*Call for Papers – Sustainability Science: African Regional Perspectives
Sustainability Science Volume 6 Issue 1 Special Feature*
Sustainability Science’s special feature on African Regional Perspectives
seeks research contributions with a sharp focus on where particular problems
have the greatest effect, and how regional constraints and opportunities
will affect possible solutions. We welcome original contributions or
analyses on how the topics of climate change impacts, energy, governance,
and integrating traditions with modern science are developing in a regional
context. Any queries can be addressed to: sust@xxxxxxx and submissions can
be submitted here:
http://www.edmgr.com/sust/<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.edmgr.com/sust/>.
Deadline for Papers: 15 July 2010.
*Call for Papers – SustaiN' 2010, Sustainable Future for Human Security 2010
*
Under the broad theme Sustainable Future for Human Security, they are
inviting submissions for the following sub-themes: (1) Food, Water and
Energy security in tropical countries (FEW); (2) Environmental issue in
developing countries (E); (3) Sustainable cities and rural in tropical
hemisphere countries (C); (4) Advance technology (AT); (5) Natural Hazard
(NH); (6) New Insights on Emerging Diseases in Developing Countries (ED);
and (7) Socio-culture and social science (S).
http://www.apn-gcr.org/newAPN/news/globalChangeAnnouncements.htm<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.apn-gcr.org/newAPN/news/globalChangeAnnouncements.htm>
*Call for Papers – Special Issue of Population and Environment*
In memoriam of Professor Daniel J. Hogan The editors are soliciting original
research papers by former students or colleagues of Dr. Hogan, those who
were influenced by his work, or by Brazilian and Latin American colleagues
more generally. Contributions, within the broad framework of
population-environment studies, may address the spatial distribution of
population, migration, urbanization, water use, deforestation, climate
change, vulnerability and risk. The editors also welcome contributions by
demographers outside these themes who were influenced by Dr. Hogan’s work.
Submissions must be in English and adhere to journal guidelines:
http://www.springer.com/authors/journal+authors?SGWID=0-154202-12-417499-0<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.springer.com/authors/journal+authors--Q-SGWID--E-0-154202-12-417499-0>
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guidelines]]. Submissions should be accompanied by a letter outlining the
connection between the paper (or the author) and Dr. Hogan’s work or legacy.
Please write Dr. Roberto do Carmo with any questions:
roberto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx All submissions should be submitted via the online
submission system:
http://www.editorialmanager.com/poen/<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.editorialmanager.com/poen/>.
Deadline for Papers: 30 November 2010.
*Call for Papers – Law for Socio-Ecological Resilience*
17-19 November (2010), Stockholm, Sweden
Law for Social-Ecological Resilience will highlight the impact of law on
environmental governance, ecosystem management and sustainability policies –
ranging from local to global contexts, and from local to global law. Legal
structures, principles and processes, as well as core concepts of the rule
of law, impinge on the capacity of societies to manage ecosystems, withstand
environmental degradation as well as economic shocks, and rebuild and renew
itself afterwards. Deadline for Papers: 08 August 2010.
More Information:
http://resilience.juridicum.su.se/<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--resilience.juridicum.su.se/>
*Call for Papers – Spatial Statistics 2011 Mapping Global Change*
23-25 March (2011), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
The Spatial Statistics 2011 Conference focuses on the role that spatial and
spatio-temporal statistics plays in mapping global change. The main
conference themes are: Mapping global change; spatial and spatio-temporal
statistical methodology; environmental issues; ecological and habitat
changes; health and epidemiology; economy and energy; image use and
analysis; and developing countries. Deadline for Abstracts: 21 September
2010.
More Information:
http://www.spatialstatisticsconference.com/<http://006.frnl.de/lt/t_go.php?i=5881&e=MjIxOTk2MQ==&l=-http--www.spatialstatisticsconference.com/>
*Call for Proposals – APN’s 2010 Annual Call*
The APN is inviting proposals under two separate programmes, the Annual
Regional Call for Research Proposals (ARCP) Programme and the Scientific
Capacity Building/Enhancement for Sustainable Development in Developing
Countries (CAPaBLE) Programme, for funding from April 2011, and is able to
provide a limited amount of financial support for research and capacity
development activities that fall within its areas of interest. Important
deadlines: Stage 1. Submission of Summary Proposal (Compulsory): Friday, 30
July 2010, midnight (24:00) - Japanese Standard Time; Stage 2. Submission of
Full Proposal by the Successful Stage 1 Proponents (Compulsory & by
Invitation Only): Friday, 01 October 2010, midnight (24:00) - Japanese
Standard Time. Contact Dr. Linda Stevenson for any queries at
lastevenson@xxxxxxxxxxx and more information can be found here:
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