Events & Calls
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.
Conference: Beyond Consumption - Pathways to Responsible Living
Date:
19/03/2012
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PERL, The Partnership for Education and Research about Responsible Living, is organising a conference to be hold in Berlin in March 2012. Abstracts may be submitted until 15 November, 2011. ... TEEB Conference 2012: "Mainstreaming the Economics of Nature: Challenges for Science and Implementation"
Date:
19/03/2012
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The TEEB Conference 2012 on "Mainstreaming the Economics of Nature: Challenges for Science and Implementation" will address the integration of nature’s economic costs and benefits into decision tools and processes, at the interface between science and policy. ... European Consortium CORPUS Launches a Workshops Series on Sustainable Housing
Date:
15/03/2012
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The European knowledge brokerage consortium CORPUS launches a series of “Policy meets Research” workshops on sustainable housing, which started in Helsinki/Finland on 23-25 November, 2011. Second ‘Policy Meets Research’ Workshop – Sustainable Housing
Date:
15/03/2012
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This workshop, which is part of the European knowledge brokerage project CORPUS on sustainable housing, will bring together researchers and policy-makers and will look at global and European policies for sustainable housing. CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST - 5th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists
Date:
15/03/2012
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CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
Local Organising Committee and Congress Venue
5th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists - June/July 2014
Deadline for submitting expressions of interest: 15 March 2012 5th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists
Date:
15/03/2012
Excerpt:
The Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) and the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), solicit proposals for the Local Organising Committee and for Venue the for the 5th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, to be held in 2014. Beyond Efficiency: Exploring the Political and Institutional Dimensions of Market-based Instruments for Ecosystem Services
Date:
13/03/2012
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The Ecosystem Services Research Group at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of
Sciences and the Ökoinstitut e.V. have issued a call for papers for the International Workshop "Beyond Efficiency - Exploring the Political and Institutional Dimensions of Market-based Instruments for Ecosystem Services" to take place in March, 2012. ... Seminar: Management Sustainable Urban Development
Date:
12/03/2012
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The German Institute of Urban Affairs is organising a Seminar on the topic "Management Sustainable Urban Development - From Vision to Implementation" on 12-13 March, 2012 in Berlin. ... 6th World Water Forum
Date:
12/03/2012
Excerpt:
The 6th World Water Forum will be held from 12-17 March, 2012 in Marseille, France. It gathers all stakeholders around today's issues that cannot be undertaken without a common framework of goals and concrete targets to reach. The goal of it is to tackle the challenges our world is facing and to bring water high on all political agendas. ... Sligo Sustainable Futures Conference
Date:
06/03/2012
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This cross-border and multidisciplinary conference will link the various Schools of the Institute of Technology, national and international networks, entrepreneurs and innovators in sustainable enterprise, environmental advocacy groups and industrial stakeholders in a dialogue on the salient issue of sustainability and sustainable development. Sligo Sustainable Futures Conference 2012
Date:
04/03/2012
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The cross-border and multidisciplinary conference links the various Schools of the Institute of Technology, Sligo, national and international networks, entrepreneurs and innovators in sustainable enterprise, environmental advocacy groups and industrial stakeholders in a dialogue on the salient issue of sustainability and sustainable development. Leuphana Sustainability Summit 2012 - Enabling a Transdisciplinary Approach
Date:
29/02/2012
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At the conference leading researchers, particularly in sustainability, and high-level decision-makers will meet in a transdisciplinary setting with a goal of creating new insights to help move sustainability forward. The conference will consist of plenary presentations followed by discussion, specialized track sessions and case-study workshops. ... Conference Session on National Integrated Assessment Models
Date:
29/02/2012
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On the XXVth European Conference on Operational Research which will be held from 8-11 July, 2012 in Vilnius, Lithuania, a conference session on natinal integrated assessment models will be held within the stream emission trading and energy. ... Public Discussion about Institutions of Global Sustainability Governance
Date:
28/02/2012
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On 28 February, 2012, the German Federal Environmental agency is organizing a public discussion on the occasion of the upcoming Rio+20 conference. The discussion will deal with the prospects and future institutional design of global sustainability governance. It will take place in the agency's representation in Berlin. Two Workshops on Climate Policy Innovation
Date:
22/02/2012
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The Tyndall Centre in the UK is inviting applications for funded places in a series of two small, research-driven workshops examining the politically highly salient theme of climate policy innovation. ... RESCUE Press Event on “European Response to Grand Challenges in Sustainability Research” in Brussels, Belgium
Date:
16/02/2012
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A Press Event of the ESF-COST foresight initiative “Responses to Environmental and Societal Challenges for our Unstable Earth” (RESCUE) will take place in the International Press Centre, Brussels, Belgium, on 16 February, 2012. ... ESRC Research Seminar "Eco-city Politics: National Policy, Local Leadership, Public Accountability"
Date:
10/02/2012
Excerpt:
Event No. 3 of the ESRC Research Seminar Series ─ The Governance of Eco-City Innovation, will be held on Friday, 10 February, 2012, at the University of Westminster, London on the topic: "Eco-city politics: national policy, local leadership, public accountability". Early career researchers and practitioners are invited to submit abstracts. Opening Event of the Series "Generating Transformative Knowledge"
Date:
06/02/2012
Excerpt:
The German Federal Ministry of Research (BMBF) declared the Year of Science 2012 "Earth: A project for the future". In this context, the initiative "Generating Transformative Knowledge" hosts an opening event which will discuss the furture shape of science, the science system, and the science-policy interface. ... Special Issue: Environmental Conservation Themed Issue on "Biodiversity Governance in Central and Eastern Europe"
Date:
01/02/2012
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"Environmental Conservation" is looking for contributions to a special issue on biodiversity governance in Central and Eastern Europe. Manuscripts should be submitted online before 1 February, 2012. ... 19th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
Date:
01/02/2012
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The 19th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists will be held in Prague on 27-30 June, 2012. The conference is jointly organized by the Environment Center of Charles University in Prague and the University of Economics. Special Issue on "Information and Communication Technologies-based Strategies for Environmental Conflicts"
Date:
31/01/2012
Excerpt:
The Journal "Strategic Behavior and the Environment" has issued a call for papers for a special issue on "Information and Communication Technologies-based strategies for environmental conflicts". Papers may be submitted until 31 January, 2012. ... 11th Annual IAS-STS Conference “Critical Issues in Science and Technology Studies”
Date:
30/01/2012
Excerpt:
A call for abstracts has been issued for a conference on science and technology, organized by the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society in Graz, Austria. The conference will take place in May, 2012 and abstracts should be submitted by 30 January, 2012. ... PhD Conference “Knowledge Gaps in Climate Change Research – How Are You Tackling It?”
Date:
23/01/2012
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The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change is hosting the second annual PhD Conference at theUniversity of East Anglia (Norwich, UK) from the 11-13 April, 2012. There will be four paper sessions reflecting the four themes of the Tyndall Centre: Land and Water, Cities and Coasts, Governance and Behaviour, and Energy and Emissions. ... Call for Papers: Ecocultures 2012: Transitions to Sustainability
Date:
16/01/2012
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The aim of Ecocultures 2012 is to advance knowledge of how communities adapt successfully to social-ecological change, maintain resilience and enhance wellbeing. The conference will present and synthesise the best, current, multi-disciplinary perspectives of the barriers and bridges encountered by Ecocultures. Conference on Urban Environmental Pollution
Date:
16/01/2012
Excerpt:
From 17-20 June, 2012, a conference on urban environmental pollution will take place in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The focus will be on the topic of healthy, liveable cities. Abstracts should be submitted by 16 January, 2012.