News
This section offers the most recent news on the work and outcome of the LIAISE network activities. The monthly LIAISE News Bulletin, the bi-annual Innovation Report, and a direct access to all official project deliverables and to partner contributions and homepage issues relevant for Impact Assessment. News include an up-to-date calendar of events, publication lists, training schools, Toolbox Front office activities, and targeted policy information. Core LIAISE news will be supplemented by information on relevant institutional and individual achievements, modification of the consortium, Policy Advisory Board insights and other topics.
LIAISE Session "Making Knowledge Work – Interactive Approaches to Science-Policy-Society Relations" at IPA 2013 Conference
Date:
03/07/2013
Excerpt:
The 8th International Interpretive Policy Analysis (IPA) conference will be held on "Societies in Conflict: Experts, Publics and Democracy" from 3-5 July 2013 in Vienna. LIAISE will organise a panel on "Making Knowledge Work – Interactive Approaches to Science-Policy-Society Relations". Abstract submission possible until 28 February. LIAISE News Bulletin - 18th Issue
Date:
02/05/2013
Excerpt:
As LIAISE is entering its final year of gathering evidence on impact assessment (IA) for sustainable development (SD), a future vision on IA for SD – and in particular in relation to tool use in the process – is gradually emerging. From the evidence in LIAISE it becomes clear that IA is increasingly used in evaluating the impacts of decision ex ant LIAISE Toolbox Update No. 8: Launch of the Toolbox Beta Version
Date:
29/04/2013
Excerpt:
The LIAISE toolbox contains descriptions of different types of knowledge which can be used in the context of policy impact Assessment. With this toolbox we aim to provide two different services: 1) a library of models, methods, good practices, experts and 2) a community platform to collaborate in the field of Impact Assessment. ... LIAISE Spring School in Edinburgh – A Great Success
Date:
15/04/2013
Excerpt:
From 15-19 April, LIAISE organised a Spring School in Edinburgh, Scotland, on "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Assessment and Valuation Tools". 14 participants with 11 different nationalities and with backgrounds ranging from soil research to economics spent three intense days of lectures and group projects. ... LIAISE Spring School 2013 on "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Assessment and Valuation Tools"
Date:
15/04/2013
Excerpt:
LIAISE invites applicants for the LIAISE Spring School which will be held in Edinburgh from 15–19 April, 2013 organised by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) and the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany. The focus of the LIAISE Spring School will be on Biodiversity and Ecosystem services and valuation methods. ... LIAISE Annual Meeting 2013 in Tallinn, Estonia
Date:
25/03/2013
Excerpt:
The LIAISE Network of Excellence will hold its 4th Annual Meeting in Tallinn from 25-28 March, 2013. This year, the meeting is hosted by SEI Tallinn. LIAISE Workshop on "Transport and Innovation in Policy Impact Assessment"
Date:
05/03/2013
Excerpt:
A LIAISE workshop on "Transport and Innovation in policy impact assessment" will be held in Brussels on 5-6 March, 2013. Policy makers and researchers will jointly discuss options and challenges for transport and innovation aspects in European policy making, specifically IA. The results will contribute to the LIAISE Shared Research Agenda. ... LIAISE News Bulletin - 17th Issue
Date:
14/02/2013
Excerpt:
The mission of LIAISE is to build up a broad interdisciplinary community of research institutes and researchers in the field of policy impact assessment (IA). So far, research within the LIAISE network mainly focuses on the environmental and economic dimensions. LIAISE Toolbox Update No. 7: Further Development of the Toolbox Beta Version
Date:
11/02/2013
Excerpt:
The launch of the LIAISE Toolbox beta version is well underway. We have continuously been working on adding new content, organizing content through different taxonomies and improving search functionalities. ... OECD Discloses Impact Assessment Studies
Date:
17/01/2013
Excerpt:
The OECD has just disclosed the results of two studies on impact assessments that have been conducted by the Environmental Policy Research Centre (FFU) at FU Berlin.