Newsletter October 2008
Environmental Studies Section of the International Studies Association, Newsletter, October 2008
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Editors: Richard Matthew and Bryan McDonald, University of California, Irvine
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The ESS Newsletter can also be found at: http://environmental-studies.org. The next edition will be January 2009. We tend to follow a Winter, Spring and Fall schedule.
The ESS newsletter is based at the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs at the University of California, Irvine (www.cusa.uci.edu) and co-edited by Richard Matthew and Bryan McDonald. Please send publication information, announcements, calls for papers, job announcements, job and address changes, email information, queries, etc. for inclusion in the next newsletter to cusa@uci.edu.
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CONTENTS
- ESS SECTION NEWS
- NEW PUBLICATIONS
- ON THE WEB
- CAREER RESOURCES
- UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS
- NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SECTION NEWS
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SECTION
The Nominations Committee of the Environmental Studies Section invites nominations for a number of Section Offices. Self-nominations are welcome. Please ensure that the person you are nominating is willing to stand for election and do provide us with her/his professional affiliation and full contact information. The Committee will contact the nominated colleagues to request short biographical sketches (100-150 words). Send nominations to any of the current members of the Nominations Committee by November 15th: Frank Biermann (frank.biermann@ivm.falw.vu); Erika Weinthal (weinthal@duke.edu); Ronnie Lipschutz (rlipsch@cats.ucsc.edu); Dimitris Stevis (Dimitris.stevis@colostate.edu). For further clarifications please contact Dimitris Stevis.
The Committee is seeking nominations for the following positions:
Chair (2 year term)
3 Executive Committee Members (2 year terms)
2 Nomination Committee Members (2 year terms)
3 Sprout Award Committee Members (2 year terms)
1 Representative to the Global Environmental Politics editorial board (3 year term)
ISA COMPENDIUM PROJECT ON TEACHING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
As part of the ISA compendium project (see http://www.isanet.org/compendium/). I am conducting a study to examine syllabi in the field of global environmental politics at colleges and universities. This study will make an important contribution to our understanding of how we teach and what we teach in this field. All syllabi will be kept confidential and anonymous. Data collected will be presented in the aggregate. If you would be willing to have your syllabus included in this study, please click this link, read the informed consent form, and signal your
agreement to participate; and Email the syllabi to: krogers@fielding.edu. In addition, I am asking for volunteers who would be willing to be interviewed by telephone for 30 minutes to discuss their classroom experience in teaching global environmental politics. If you would be willing to be interviewed by telephone, please indicate so on the informed consent form. Thank you in advance for considering to be a part of this study. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at krogers@fielding.edu.
ISA WORKING GROUP ANNOUNCEMENT
This year, the Governing Council approved a proposal for three sections (ALIAS, Environmental Studies, and Human Rights) to create Working Groups during the conference.
The ESS Working Group theme is “Governing the Environment”. Recent environmental studies scholarship has produced much insight into rules governing human behavior and its impact on the environment. We know quite a bit about international negotiations, regimes, and organizations setting boundaries for the behavior of states. Similarly, comparative scholarship has produced a wealth of knowledge on domestic environmental regulations. In addition to such IR and comparative inquiries, a more recent branch of research studies rule-making by non-state entities such as firms and NGOs. Given this proliferation of thinking in analytically distinct dimensions of environmental rule-making it seems necessary to compare notes across these bodies of scholarship and explore what we have learned about rules regarding the environment. How may they differ depending on the rule-maker? How may they interact with (or contradict) each other?
Marcus Schaper, ESS member and webmaster, will be serving as the Group Coordinator for the ESS Working Group. The group will begin with a half-day workshop to be held on Saturday, February 14, the day before the 2009 Annual Convention begins. Two follow-up meetings will be held during the conference itself on Monday afternoon and Tuesday afternoon. Additionally, participants will attend three regular ISA panels of their choice sponsored by the ESS Section. The workshop and subsequent meetings will combine working in small groups (coordinated by scholarly interest) with working as a large group in order to ensure the optimal combination of community and intensity. Discussion will be focused on thinking about the analytically distinct dimensions of environmental rule-making and comparing notes across bodies of scholarship to explore what we have learned about rules regarding the environment.
This proposal comes with funding of $130/participant (for a limited number of slots – 12/section) to help offset the additional hotel costs associated with traveling to the conference early. ISA’s Governing Council seeks to offer everyone a fair chance to participate in the very limited number of slots for the Working Groups, so people will be accepted into the groups on a first come, first served basis starting on October 8 at 1:00 EST. The number of participants eligible to receive funding for this project is limited, but there will be some additional slots for people to participate without receiving funding. If you would consider participating without funding, you should indicate this on the enrollment page. If you do not get into a group initially, there will be a wait list established in case someone is unable to participate. Workshop and Enrollment details are posted on the ISA webpage at: http://www.isanet.org/isa_working_groups_2009/
ESS CONFERENCE GREENING WORKING GROUP-CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
At the 2008 ESS Business Meeting, the section members voted to create a working group to explore ways to “green” ISA conferences, beginning with the 2010 conference. Some of the suggestions made at the business meeting included elimination of the full printed program, attendance on alternating years, provision and use of reusable mugs, the distribution of recylcling bins, green procurement, carbon offsetting, and green education at the conference. Section members interested in exploring these and other options in the working group should contact Robert Darst, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, at rdarst@umassd.edu.
HAROLD AND MARGARET SPROUT AWARD
ESS members who know of books, or have published books of their own, that they wish to see nominated for the Harold and Margaret Sprout Award are encouraged to contact publishers as soon as possible. The award is sponsored by the Environmental Studies Section, and is given to the best book in the field, one that makes a contribution to theory and interdisciplinarity, shows rigor and coherence in research and writing, and offers accessibility and practical relevance. Nominated books should address some aspect of one or more environmental, pollution or resource issues from a broadly international or transnational perspective, including works in (for example) global, interstate, transboundary, North-South, foreign policy, comparative or area studies. Environmental subjects of books can include (for example) environmental law, diplomacy, transnational activism, natural resource use, global change, sustainable development, biodiversity, transboundary pollution control, and the like.
Nominated works must be published during 2007 or 2008. Books with a 2009 copyright date are welcome provided that they are released by year’s end. Each publisher may nominate more than one book, and books nominated last year can be re-nominated. The committee members will begin reading the books as soon as they arrive. The committee must complete its review and reach its decision by early 2009 in time for presentation of the award at the annual meeting of the ISA in New York in February 2009. Therefore, we need to RECEIVE notice of nominations and receive copies of nominated books by 1 December 2008. Publishers wishing to nominate books should send one copy of each book to EACH member of the Sprout Award Committee. The names and addresses of committee members are listed below.
Allison Morrill Chatrchyan
Cornell University Cooperative Extension Dutchess County
2715 Route 44
Millbrook, NY 12545
USA
Tel. +1-845-677-8223, ext.136
Paul Harris
Department of Political Science
Dorothy Y.L. Wong Building
Lingnan University
8 Castle Peak Road
Tuen Mun
HONG KONG
Tel. +852-2616-7199
Patricia M. Keilbach
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
1701 N. El Paso St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
USA
Tel. +1-719-262-4043
Michael Maniates
Allegheny College
Dept. of Political Science
520 N. Main Street
Meadville, PA 16335
USA
Tel. +1-814-332-2786
Susan Park
Department of Government and International Relations
Room 264, Merewether Building H04
The University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW 2006
AUSTRALIA
Tel. +61 2 9351 6593
UPCOMING ISA CONFERENCES (http://www.isanet.org/conventions/)
International Studies Association, 2009 Annual Convention, February 15-18, 2009, New York.
International Studies Association, 2010 Annual Convention, February 17-20, 2010, New Orleans.
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2. NEW PUBLICATIONS
2.1. BOOKS
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Bernstein , Steven, Jutta Brunn�e, David Duff and Andrew Green, eds. 2007. A Globally Integrated Climate Policy for Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Dauvergne, Peter. The Shadows of Consumption: Consequences for the Global Environment. Cambridge, MA. The MIT Press, 2008.
Hans G�nter Brauch, �rsula Oswald Spring, John Grin, Czeslaw Mesjasz, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Navnita Chadha Behera, B�chir Chourou, Heinz Krummenacher (Eds.): Facing Global Environmental Change: Environmental, Human, Energy, Food, Health and Water Security Concepts . Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol. 4 (Berlin – Heidelberg – New York: Springer-Verlag, 2009).
About FACING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: This policy-focused, global and multidisciplinary security handbook on Facing Global Environmental Change addresses new security threats of the 21st century posed by climate change, desertification, water stress, population growth and urbanization. These security dangers and concerns lead to migration, crises and conflicts. They are on the agenda of the UN, OECD, OSCE, NATO and EU. In 100 chapters, 129 authors from 49 countries analyze the global debate on environmental, human and gender, energy, food, livelihood, health and water security concepts and policy problems. In 10 parts they discuss the context and the securitization of global environmental change and of extreme natural and societal outcomes. They suggest a new research programme to move from knowledge to action, from reactive to proactive policies and to explore the opportunities of environmental cooperation for a new peace policy.
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2.2. ARTICLES, CHAPTERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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Auld , Graeme, Steven Bernstein, and Benjamin Cashore. 2008. “The New Corporate Social Responsibility.” In Annual Review of Environment and Resources vol. 33.
Bernstein, Steven and Erin Hannah. 2008. “Non-State Global Standard Setting and the WTO: Legitimacy and the Need for Regulatory Space.” Journal of International Economic Law 11 (3): 575-608.
Bernstein, Steven and Benjamin Cashore. 2007. “Can Non-State Global Governance be Legitimate? A Theoretical Framework.” Regulation and Governance 1 (4): 347-371.
Dimitrov, Radoslav S., Detlef F. Sprinz, Gerald M. DiGiusto, and Alexander Kelle. 2007. International Nonregimes: A Research Agenda. International Studies Review 9 (2):230-258.
Dunlap, Riley E. and Aaron M. McCright. 2008. “A Widening Gap: Republican and Democratic Views on Climate Change.” Environment 50 (September/October): 26-35. http://www.environmentmagazine.org/
Dunlap, Riley E. and Richard York. 2008. “The Globalization of Environmental Concern and the Limits of the Post-Materialist Explanation: Evidence from Four Cross-National Surveys.” Sociological Quarterly 49:529-563.
Harris, Paul G. “Climate Change and Global Citizenship.” Law and Policy, vol. 30, no. 4 (December 2008).
Harris, Paul G. “Bringing the In-Between Back In: Foreign Policy in Global Environmental Politics.” Politics and Policy, vol. 36, no. 6 (December 2008).
Harris, Paul G. “The Glacial Politics of Climate Change.” Cambridge Review of International Affairs, vol. 21, no. 4 (December 2008).
Harris, Paul G. “Constructing the Climate Regime.” Cambridge Review of International Affairs, vol. 21, no. 4 (December 2008).
Harris, Paul G. “Green or Brown? Environmental Attitudes and Governance in Greater China.” Nature and Culture, vol. 3, no. 2 (Autumn 2008):
17-48.
Harris, Paul G. “Climate Change and the Impotence of International Environmental Law: Seeking a Cosmopolitan Cure.” Penn State Environmental Law Review, vol. 16, no. 2 (2008): 323-368.
Harris, Paul G. “Implementing Climate Justice.” Journal of Global Ethics, vol. 4, no. 2 (August 2008): 121-140.
Harris, Paul G. “The United States, International Environmental Cooperation, and the Fight Against Climate Change.” In The Environment and Competitiveness: A New Strategic Challenge for the Globalizing EU, edited by Elvire Fabre. Paris: Fondation pour L’Innovation Politique, October 2008.
Harris, Paul G. “Heat is on America.” South China Morning Post (2 September 2008), p. A13.
Sprinz, Detlef. 2008. “Responding to Long-Term Policy Challenges: Sugar Daddies, Airbus Solution or Liability?” In: �kologisches Wirtschaften, 2/2008, 16-19. (in English)
Sprinz, Detlef. 2008. “Europa Riding the Hegemon? Transatlantic Climate Policy” (with Alexander Ochs). In Bobrow, Davis B. (ed.): Hegemony Constrained: Evasion, Modification, and Resistance to American Foreign Policy, Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 144-166.
Sonnenfeld, D.A. ed. 2008. Special issue on “Globalisation and Environmental Governance,” Global Environmental Change, Vol. 18, No. 3. Issue includes:
“Globalisation and Environmental Governance: Is Another World Possible?” David A. Sonnenfeld, State University of New York, USA
“Governance, Flows, and the End of the Car System?” John Urry, Lancaster University, UK
“Greening Global Consumption: Redefining Politics and Authority.” Gert Spaargaren and Arthur P.J. Mol, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
“Pioneer Countries and the Global Diffusion of Environmental Innovations. Theses from the Viewpoint of Ecological Modernisation Theory.” Joseph Huber, Martin Luther University, Germany
“Governing the Global Commons: Linking Carbon Storage and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Forests.” David O’Connor, United Nations, NY
“Challenges and Opportunities for Global Environmental Governance in the 21st Century.” J. Timmons Roberts, College of William and Mary, USA
Zebich-Knos , Michele . “Ecotourism, Park Systems, and Environmental Justice in Latin America” in: David V. Carruthers (ed.) Environmental Justice in Latin America: Problems, Promise, and Practice. MIT Press, 2008.
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3. ON THE WEB
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THE NEW SECURITY BEAT – The New Security Beat Blog Identifies Today’s New Security Threats. Security is much more than fighting terrorism or weapons of mass destruction. The New Security Beat, ECSP’s blog, provides frequent commentary on the latest news, reports, and resources on the crucial connections among population, environment, and security. Contributors include ECSP staff members, as well as guest commentators such as Major Shannon Beebe (USA) and Department of Defense Policy Planning Consultant Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba. The New Security Beat also features an original podcast series with Wilson Center speakers, such as UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot; retired colonel Dr. Kent Hughes Butts on environmental security; and lead author of UNFPA’s State of World Population 2007 report George Martine on urbanization. http://www.newsecuritybeat.blogspot.com/
The American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) has published a new Policy Report on Overcoming the Lethargy: Climate Change, Energy Security, and the Case for a Third Industrial Revolution. In this AICGS Policy Report #34, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Alexander Ochs examines the twin challenges of climate change and energy security for the U.S. and Germany, focusing on the third industrial revolution – the revolution that has to occur to transform our current fossil fuel-based societies into an energy-secure, efficient and climate-friendly world. Mr. Ochs is also the Editor and founder of the Forum for Atlantic Climate and Energy Talks (FACET), an initiative that aims at enriching the transatlantic dialogue on climate change and energy by providing a platform for the open exchange of opinions. FACET is an independent initiative supported by the AICGS Business and Economics Program. http://www.aicgs.org/documents/pubs/polrep34.pdf
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4. CAREER RESOURCES
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You can find a range of career and job search resources on the Environmental Studies section website at: http://environmental-studies.org/?page_id=82
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4.1. JOBS
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
The School of Public Affairs (SPA) at the University of Colorado Denver seeks applicants for up to five faculty positions (open rank) in public policy, public administration, public management (including nonprofit management) or public finance to start in fall 2009. One of the positions is for a person with specialized expertise in environmental policy/emergency management. A review of applications will begin on October 15, 2008, and will continue until the search is completed. For specific questions about the position you may contact the search committee chair, Associate Dean Linda deLeon, at 303.315.2702 or Linda.deLeon@ucdenver.edu. Contact Chris Smith for general questions about the position or the application process at Chris.Smith@ucdenver.edu or 303.315.2074.
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE MOVEMENTS (IFOAM) – EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
IFOAM is now recruiting an Executive Director who will lead the organization from the Head Office. Organic Agriculture is currently practiced by more than one million farmers. The organic markets have been growing at a rate of 20 percent per year over the last decade and are valued today at USD 30 billion worldwide. At the center of this development is IFOAM – The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements with 750
members in 105 countries. Our members are organizations covering the whole organic chain; producers, certification bodies, trade development NGOs, consultancy and research. The activities include the Organic Guarantee System, international lobbying, promotion and information exchange. The Head Office, with 15 staff members, is located in Bonn, Germany. See: http://www.ifoam.org/about_ifoam/inside_ifoam/jobs.html
GEORGIA TECH – FACULTY POSITIONS IN THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY
The Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Public Policy is seeking to expand its existing strengths in the area of environment, energy and sustainability. The School specializes in science and technology-intensive policy areas including information and telecommunications, environment and energy, and urban and regional economic development policy, offering bachelors, masters, and PhD degrees in public policy. Our work in this area benefits from synergies with the Institute’s world-class engineering curriculum, as well as the Institute’s tradition of interdisciplinary research aimed at innovating sustainable energy technologies. Georgia Tech has established a Strategic Energy Institute and an Institute for Sustainable Systems, and it has a top-ranked green campus. One or more new positions are available in the School of Public Policy related to energy, environment, and sustainability. We are searching primarily for tenure track Assistant Professors. Specifically, we seek candidates with the following types of expertise: (1) Energy system modeling and other integrated approaches for evaluating energy and climate policies. (2) Urban and regional sustainable economic development. (3) Environment and energy politics and governance for sustainability including sustainability planning, analysis, and metrics. Please apply by email to facsearch@pubpolicy.gatech.edu with “pubpol” in the subject line, or by mail to Karen Halsted, Search Secretary, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0345, USA. The Search Committee will begin screening candidates immediately; applications are encouraged by December 1, and will continue to be reviewed until positions are filled.
MACALESTER COLLEGE PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS
The Departments of Economics and Political Science at Macalester College seek to fill an interdisciplinary position in Public Policy/Policy Analysis, beginning in Fall 2009. The position will be jointly appointed in
Economics and Political Science and will be at rank of advanced assistant or associate professor. Ph.D in Public Policy or Public Affairs preferred, although applications from those holding doctorates in Economics and Political Science will be given full consideration. Broad empirical, theoretical and methodological training are essential. The successful candidate will have a background in energy, public health, poverty or the environment (all on either the national or global scales). Applications received by 15 October 2008 will receive first consideration. Please see visit our website at: http://www.macalester.edu/provost/positions/index.html for a more complete description of the position.
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4.2. OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND RECENT GRADUATES
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GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Graduate research assistant wanted to support research related to international environmental law and politics. The research program focuses, in particular, on international treaty negotiation and implementation. The successful candidate must have an interest in coupled human and natural systems, and the integration of social science and ecology. Students will write research reports, publications, and grants for additional funding. For more information on the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and its graduate programs, see http://www.fw.msu.edu/ Interested candidates should contact Dr. Mark Axelrod at axelrod3@msu.edu. Applications will be reviewed as they are received until a suitable candidate is found, but must be submitted no later than 30 January 2009 for August start. Pre-application inquiries are encouraged.
ACM-MELLON POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW IN ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY AND RESOURCE POLITICS
The Department of Political Science at Colorado College, in association with the Environmental Studies Program, is seeking a two-year postdoctoral fellow in Environmental Security and Resource Politics. The fellow will teach three courses per year, including core courses in political science and one course based specifically on the fellow’s area of expertise in environmental security and/or resource politics. The Political Science Department will host the fellow, but we expect the fellow to reinforce the department’s already substantial engagement in the environmental policy and possibly political economy programs. Applicants should plan to have defended their dissertation prior to the start of the fellowship. Salary and benefits are competitive. We will begin to review files on November 15 but we will continue to accept applications until the position is filled. Contact Info:
Jennifer Sides – jsides@coloradocollege.edu
CIRIACY-WANTRUP POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS AT UC, BERKELEY
The University of California, Berkeley invites applications for the 2009-2010 S.V. Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowships in Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy. The S.V. Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowships in Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy will be awarded for the 2009-2010 academic year to support advanced research at the University of California, Berkeley. For the purposes of this fellowship, natural resources are defined broadly to include environmental resources. The fellowship encourages, but is not limited to, policy-oriented research. Applications are open to scholars from any social science discipline, and related professional fields such as law and planning, who will make significant contributions to research on natural resource economics broadly defined. Preference will be given to proposals whose orientation is broadly institutional and/or historical, and which are conceptually and theoretically innovative. Proposals with a primarily statistical or econometric purpose are not eligible for consideration. For more information see:
http://research.chance.berkeley.edu/page.cfm?id=184
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5. UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS
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AG 2009: 2ND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ACADEMIC GLOBALIZATION
Call for Papers/Abstracts and Invited Sessions Proposals for The 2nd International Symposium on Academic Globalization: AG 2009 (www.2009iiisconferences.org/AG). It will take place in Orlando, Florida, USA, on July 10th – 13th, 2009. Deadlines: Papers/Abstracts Submissions and Invited Sessions Proposals: October 28th, 2008 Authors Notifications: December 18th, 2008 Camera-ready, full papers: February 11th, 2009
CLIMATE CHANGE AS A SECURITY THREAT – STRATEGIES FOR POLICY-MAKERS, SCIENCE AND BUSINESS
On November 6 to 7, 2008 the international conference of the German Federal Foreign Office “Climate Change as a Security Threat – Strategies for Policy-Makers, Science and Business” will take place in Freiburg in Breisgau, Germany. The event will focus on potential conflict constellations caused by climate change and the impacts these conflicts may have on peace and security. Moreover the conference will bring these issues to the attention of a broader public and further support opportunities for dialogue. For more information, please visit the conference website at http://www.freiburg-konferenz.de/home_en.htm
2ND EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
The 2nd European Congress of Conservation Biology, Prague, 1-5 September 2009 (organized by the SCB European Section). The call for oral and poster abstracts for this meeting opens on October 1. More information is available at: http://www.eccb2009.org/index.php
SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE 7TH IHDP OPEN MEETING
IHDP is happy to announce that it is opening a second call for papers for the 7th Open Meeting 2009 in Bonn, Germany. The call is now open and will close 31 October 2008. This call builds largely on the results of the first call, after which specific themes for new contributions were identified. This call is particularly addressed toward new applicants, who are invited to submit their papers and posters for consideration to be included in the Open Meeting 2009. Those who have already submitted to the first call are also invited to submit one more paper or poster for consideration. http://www.openmeeting2009.org/
INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION SCIENCE & POLICY CONFERENCE
The International Conservation Science & Policy Conference, Accra, 28-30 January 2009 (organized by the SCB Africa Section). If you are interested in this meeting, you should watch the SCB sectional meeting webpage for more details as they become available: http://www.conbio.org/Sections/meetings.cfm
INTERNATIONAL MARINE CONSERVATION CONGRESS
The International Marine Conservation Congress, Washington, D.C., 20-24 May 2009 (organized by the SCB Marine Section). The 1st Call for oral presentations, speed presentations, and posters closes October 15. More information is available at: http://www2.cedarcrest.edu/imcc/proposals.html
MIDWEST POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND POLITICS SECTION
Call for Papers for the 67th MPSA National Conference, April 2-5, 2009, Chicago. Submission Deadline: October 10, 2008. You do NOT have to be a member of MPSA to submit a proposal. All proposals must be submitted online. For more information: http://www.mpsanet.org/~mpsa/Conference/call2009.html
SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY – 2009 ANNUAL MEETING
2009 annual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB). SCB is a 12,000-member international professional organization (see www.conbio.org for more information). The 2009 meeting is being held in Beijing, China. The theme of the meeting is “Conservation: Harmony for Nature and Society”. Because of the focus on nature and society, there will be abundant and exciting opportunities for conservation researchers and practitioners to participate in this conference, engage in stimulating debates on the status and direction of species and ecosystem conservation, and advance the field of conservation science. The call for symposia, workshops, directed discussions, and short courses is now open. The deadline for proposals is October 15th. Details for submitting proposals are available here: http://scb2009.ioz.ac.cn/Proposals.asp
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6. NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
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CHINA ENVIRONMENT FORUM – UPCOMING MEETINGS
“Giving the Courts Green Teeth-Current Developments in Environmental Enforcement in China” will be held on Wednesday, October 22, 2008; 9:00-11:00 a.m. in the 6th Floor Moynihan Board Room, Woodrow Wilson Center. Environmental enforcement issues are among the most critical questions that are affecting the successful implementation of China’s environmental laws. While the challenges are many, progress is being made by reforming substantive law; training lawyers, judges, and officials; and creating specialized environmental courts in China. At this October 22, 2008 CEF meeting, Tseming Yang will provide an overview of the Vermont Law School-Sun Yat-sen University Partnership, especially some of the ongoing efforts in training environmental lawyers, judges, and government officials as well as its current research program.
SAVE THE DATE: CEF will be hosting a forum in San Francisco on climate change in the Himalayas on in the evening of November 5th at the Nixon Peabody Center.
More information at: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1421
CUSA SELECTS FOUNDERS OF INVISIBLE CHILDREN TO RECEIVE 2008 HUMAN SECURITY AWARD
The Center for Unconventional Security Affairs at the University of California, Irvine is proud to announce that Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey and Laren Poole, the founders of Invisible Children, have been selected as the recipients of the 2008 Human Security Award. What started out as a film-making adventure in Africa, transformed into much more, when these three young Americans original travels took an unexpected turn, and they found themselves stranded in Northern Uganda. They discovered children being kidnapped nightly from their homes and forced to fight as child soldiers. Learn more about this year’s Human Security Award recipients at: http://www.cusa.uci.edu/invisible_children.htm
IHDP 7TH OPEN MEETING RECEIVES AROUND 800 APPLICATIONS
With around 800 applications received from all over the world, the 7th Op! en Meeting, which will take place in New Delhi in 15-19 October 2008, is already proving to be a major success. The abstract’s grading process is going through its final stages and the results will be published later this month. This year’s theme, “Social Challenges of Global Change,” reflects the need to incorporate not only the general discussion about climate change, but also many other environmental changes which happen in our society: resource shortages, the destruction of ecosystem services and new threats to human health. The 7th Open Meeting will have a specific focus on science-policy dialogue and interface, given its significance in India and the special focus on this topic in IHDP’s new Strategic Plan for its second decade. IHDP has, with the competitive selection of The Energy Resources Institute (TERI www.teriin.org) as its co-organizer, not only chosen a partner with an impressive store of in-house expertise and a hi! story of planning ground-breaking discussions on global environmental change issues; it has also selected a city and country located at the nexus of a highly dynamic and crucial debate on global environmental change. Four major social challenges will be addressed on one day of the meeting, which will start with an Open Ceremony on 15 October. Specific issues such as water, land, food, climate change, coastal zones, institutions, technology or urbanization will be addressed in conjuction with at least one of the major social challenges. We will have the opportunity to showcase around 600 scientific presentations and numerous high-level panels and side events.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE FORUM: MOVING FORWARD BY LOOKING BACK
The GEG Project will be convening a Global Environmental Governance Forum: Moving Forward by Looking Back in the summer of 2009. The Forum will bring together the past, present, and future architects of the environmental governance system. The motivating vision for the proposed initiative is a reinvigorated international environmental governance system able to effectively tackle global environmental challenges. To this end, we seek to craft a collective vision and a blueprint for reform, based on a fuller understanding of successes and challenges to date and the reasons behind them. This initiative is supported by the United Nations Foundation, the Swiss government, and the United Nations Environment Programme. More information is available at: http://www.environmentalgovernance.org/
