Conferences
The Events & Calls section informs you about IA-related conferences and current calls for papers, tenders, proposals etc. It also announces workshops and other events for those interested in impact assessment.
Impacts World 2013 - International Conference on Climate Change Effects
Date:
27/05/2013
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The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research together with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis is organising an international conference on climate change effects - Impacts World 2013. International Conference "Water in the Anthropocene - Challenges for Science and Governance"
Date:
21/05/2013
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The Global Water System Project and its International Project Office based in Bonn, Germany, is organizing an international conference on "Water in the Anthropocene: Challenges for Science and Governance. Indicators, Thresholds and Uncertainties of the Global Water System", to be held from 21-24 May, 2013 in Bonn, Germany.
33rd Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA): "The Next Generation"
Date:
13/05/2013
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The conference theme embraces the impact of current global change now and in the coming decades and how impact assessment (IA) itself will evolve as a result. The "next generation" refers to both a new generation of practitioners and new approaches to IA practice internationally to address issues of global concern. ... Workshop on Global Environmental Justice
Date:
26/04/2013
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The workshop on "Global Environmental Justice" held from 26-27 April, 2013 at the University of Bremen, Germany focuses on political, philosophical and empirical social science research and the related current debate concerning global environmental justice and aims to bridge the gap between the different disciplines. 26th PhD Workshop on International Climate Policy - Studies in Economics, Politics and Social Science
Date:
25/04/2013
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The 26th PhD workshop on "International Climate Policy" will take place from 25-26 April, 2013 in Paris, France. This year's workshop will focus on studies in economics, politics and social science. The deadline for the submission of papers is 15 February, 2013. ITU Kaleidoskop Conference 'Building Sustainable Communities'
Date:
22/04/2013
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The 5th ITU Kaleidoskop conference 'Building Sustainable Communities' will take place from 22 to 24 April, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan brings together multiple perspectives from universities, industry and research institutions of various areas in order to identify emerging developments in Information and Communication Technologies. 2nd European Environmental Evaluators Networks Forum
Date:
09/04/2013
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The 2nd European Environmental Evaluators Network Forum will take place from 9-10 April, 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden. The upcoming event will be about the evaluation of sustainability transitions with a focus on innovation programmes and environmental policies and objectives. Policy Delivery on Low Carbon Energy Generation Infrastructure in the UK
Date:
05/04/2013
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The University of Stirling, Scotland invites to a conference on Policy Delivery on Low Carbon Energy Generation Infrastructure in the UK on 5 April, 2013. European Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2013
Date:
18/03/2013
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The European Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2013 will bring together scientists and practitioners working on adaptation to the impacts of climate change. The conference will create a European forum bringing together world-class science, with the aim of fostering a creative dialogue with climate adaptation policy makers and practitioners. Envecon 2013 - Applied Environmental Economics Conference
Date:
15/03/2013
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The UK Network of Environmental Economists (UKNEE) is calling for the submission of papers for its annual Applied Environmental Economics Conference. The conference brings together environmental economists from public and private sectors, academia and consultancy to share results of recent research and to discuss issues relevant to practice. ... 1st European Conference on Technology Assessment: Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions
Date:
13/03/2013
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The 1st European Conference on Technology Assessment "Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions" will take place from 13-15 March, 2013 in Prague, Czech Republic. Conference on "Modelling Growth and Socio-ecological Transition"
Date:
12/03/2013
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The Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO) calls for papers for the conference on 'Modelling Growth and Socio-ecological transition' being held from 12-13 March, 2013 in Vienna, Austria. Scale in Environmental Governance: Power Reconfiguration, Democratic Legitimacy and Institutional (Mis-) Fit
Date:
07/03/2013
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The symposium on "Scale in Environmental Governance" aims to elaborate the wide range of perspectives from which scalar issues in environmental governance can be adressed. The event will take place from 7-8 March, 2013 at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 1 October, 2012. International Congress "Hidden Hunger - From Assessment to Solutions"
Date:
06/03/2013
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The International Congress "Hidden Hunger" will take place from 6-9 March, 2013 at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. The event aims to create awareness of "Hidden Hunger" as a global problem in order to get the issue on the agenda of policy makers, academics and industry. Energy Transitions: Regulation of Energy Markets at National, European and International Levels
Date:
04/03/2013
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The organisers of the interdisciplinary conference "Energy Transitions: Regulation of Energy Markets at National, European and International Levels", which will take place from 4-5 March, 2013 at the University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu invite for the submission of papers by 1 December, 2012. Reed as a Renewable Resource (RRR): International Conference on the Utilization of Wetland Plants
Date:
14/02/2013
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The international conference "Reed as a Renewable Resource (RRR)" will take place from 14-16 February, 2013 in Greifswald, Germany. The event will be about the utilisation of wetland plants such as common reed, sedges, reed canary grass, or cattail. ... 1st Interdisciplinary Symposium on "Sustainable Development: Which Transition for Our Societies?"
Date:
31/01/2013
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The overarching theme of the symposium is to analyze how the concept of transition ties in with the notion of sustainable development. Earth System Governance Tokyo Conference "Complex Architectures, Multiple Agents"
Date:
28/01/2013
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The Tokyo Conference on Earth System Governance will be held from 28-31 January, 2013 at the United Nations University (UNU) Conference Center at the UNU headquarters, Tokyo, Japan. The conference will cover themes such as the Architecture of Earth System Governance in the 21st century and Nuclear Safety and Post-disaster Governance. 9th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability
Date:
23/01/2013
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The 9th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability will take place from 23-25 January, 2013 in Hiroshima, Japan. The event tackles the various aspects of sustainability in a multidisciplinary way. ... 3rd International Conference on Applied Social Science
Date:
15/01/2013
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The 3rd International Conference on Applied Social Science (ICASS 2013) will be held from 15-16 January, 2013, in Taipei, Taiwan. The conference focuses on various aspects of advances in Applied Social Science and is designed to bring together researchers from industry and academia as well as practitioners. Call for Sessions: 2nd Global Land Project - Open Science Meeting 2014
Date:
05/01/2013
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The 2nd Open Science Meeting of 2014 "Land Transformation: between global challenges and local realities", will take place from 19-21 March, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. The call for session proposals is open until 5 January, 2013. Tools in the Policy Formulation Process
Date:
10/12/2012
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The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK is inviting applications for fully funded places in small, research-intensive workshop examining the role of analytical tools within the policy formulation process. STREAM and STEP-WISE Final Conference "Science-policy Interfacing in Water Management"
Date:
03/12/2012
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STEP-WISE and STREAM projects are jointly organising their final conference on 3-4 December, 2012 in Brussels, presenting concrete instruments to facilitate the dialogue between researchers, politicians and research-users. ... Submit Thematic Sessions' Proposals for EAERE 2013
Date:
01/12/2012
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The 20th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists will be held in Toulouse on 26-29 June, 2013. The conference is organized by the Toulouse School of Economics. ... Symposium "History, Memory and Green Imaginaries"
Date:
30/11/2012
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The symposium "History, Memory and Green Imaginaries" presented by the Centre for Research in Memory, Narrative and Histories, University of Brighton, UK will take place on 30 November, 2012.