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 Winter School "Tools and Modelling in Impact Assessment"
Date:
10/01/2012
Excerpt:
The first LIAISE Winter School will combine different modelling strategies and approaches from the natural sciences as well as modelling in economics and in the field of sustainability. Qualitative and participatory approaches will also be addressed. Training sessions, hands-on applications, as well as discussions will be the key elements. ... LIAISE Participating Organisation at 8th Sustainability Forum "Earth: A Project for the Future"
Date:
01/01/2012
Excerpt:
LIAISE has become one of the participating organisations of the 8th Sustainability Forum "Partners for the Year of Science 2012", organised by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). This years theme will be "Earth: A project for the Future". ... LIAISE Session at International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM 2011)
Date:
12/12/2011
Excerpt:
A LIAISE Session on "Use and relevance of Modelling for Environmental Impact Assessments" will be held at the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, as part of the theme "Participatory Decision Making, User-centered design and Modelling Social Systems". ... The World Sustainability Ranking According to the FEEM Sustainability Index
Date:
02/12/2011
Excerpt:
The new edition of the FEEM Sustainability Index (FEEM SI 2011) was presented and discussed at FEEM headquarters in Milan. ... CfP: Nature, Science and Politics, or: Policy Assessment to Promote Sustainable Development?
Date:
30/11/2011
Excerpt:
We invite proposals for papers to a Special Symposium of Nature & Culture, entitled "Nature, science and politics, or: policy assessment to promote sustainable development?". This Special Symposium's focus is how the utilization of scientific knowledge in policy making, and its impact on the policy process, can be better understood. ... LIAISE News Bulletin - 10th Issue
Date:
14/11/2011
Excerpt:
In January 2012 the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ - will host in Leipzig a four-day training event for young and early career researchers: the LIAISE Winter School. The focus of this event will be on Impact Assessment (IA) as a general procedural framework for policy appraisal in decision-making processes. ... Presentation to Edinburgh University Biosphere and Atmosphere Programme
Date:
08/11/2011
Excerpt:
LIAISE member Dr. Jan Dick has given a presentation entitled "What can INTERACT do for you?" to Edinburgh University Biosphere and Atmosphere Programme. INTERACT (International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic) is a network of arctic field stations. ...
Valuing Nature Network
Date:
08/11/2011
Excerpt:
Researchers at the Universities of East Anglia, Aberystwyth and Exeter have been awarded funding by the ‘Valuing Nature Network’ (VNN) to develop a transdisciplinary VNN hub to investigate how values obtained from natural, social and economic sciences can best be integrated into governance to improve decision-making and implementation. ... Presentation at OECD Annual Meeting of Sustainable Development Experts
Date:
03/11/2011
Excerpt:
Andrew Jordan (UEA) and Klaus Jacob (FUB) presented a paper "Sustainability in Impact Assessment" at the OECD Annual Meeting of Sustainable Development Experts (AMSDE) in Paris. In the paper, the Impact Assessment procedures of a number of countries were examined. ... Advising the UK Parliament
Date:
01/11/2011
Excerpt:
John Turnpenny and Andrew Jordan have been working to inform the work of the parliamentary environmental audit committee in the UK. ...