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PhD Position: Towards a Science of Assessment Making

Date: 
28/02/2013
Excerpt: 
The group "Assessments and Scientific Policy Advice" (ASP) at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) Berlin, Germany is seeking a highly talented and motivated PhD student interested in working in an interdisciplinary environment that explores uncharted, policy-relevant scientific territory. ...
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European Commission Work Programme for 2013

Date: 
23/10/2012
Excerpt: 
The European Commission has adopted its Work Programme for 2013. The overarching task remains to return the EU to sustainable growth which requires targeted action in a limited number of key policy areas. ...

Vacancy for an Assisstant Professor in Climate and Energy Governance

Date: 
01/10/2012
Excerpt: 
The Environmental Policy group at Wageningen University is looking for a sociologist, political scientist, or candidate from a similar social science discipline, to become Assistant Professor with a specialisation in climate and energy policy/governance, preferably related to urban settings.
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Proceeding in Parallel or Drifting Apart? A Systematic Review of Policy Appraisal Research and Practice

Date: 
06/07/2012
Excerpt: 
Policy appraisal has spread rapidly throughout the OECD and beyond, as has the associated academic literature. In this paper the authors present the findings of a systematic review of this literature. They assess the extent to which developments in academic research and in everyday appraisal practices have informed to one another.
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Sussex Energy Group at SPRU Launches New MSc Energy Policy for Sustainability

Date: 
08/06/2012
Excerpt: 
The Sussex Energy Group launches a new MSc ‘Energy Policy for Sustainability’as of autumn 2012. This MSc provides broad-based, interdisciplinary social science training for future energy policy professionals working in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.
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LIAISE Session on Impact Assessment of Energy Policies at the Annual IAIA Conference

Date: 
27/05/2012
Excerpt: 
A LIAISE session on "Research for policy impact assessment for energy policies" will be held at the annual IAIA Conference on "Energy Future. The Role of Impact Assessment", to be held from 27 May-1 June, 2012, in Porto, Portugal. ...

Governing Renewable Energy in the EU: Confronting a Governance Dilemma

Date: 
27/04/2012
Excerpt: 
In the paper 'Governing Renewable Energy in the EU' Andrew Jordan et al. are elaborating on the challenges and governance dilemmas EU governors face when trying to balance multiple objectives and conflicting interests between policy areas and Member States in order to achieve a deeper integration of European energy policy. ...
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Policy Assessment: The State of the Art

Date: 
12/04/2012
Excerpt: 
LIAISE researchers Camilla Adelle, University of East Anglia, and Sabine Weiland, Freie Universität Berlin, contributed an article on "Policy Assessment: the state of the art" to a special issue of "Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal" on the state of the art of impact assessment. ...
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Assistant Professor Environmental Sociology / Political Sciences

Date: 
02/03/2012
Excerpt: 
The Environmental Policy group has a vacancy for an Assistant Professor with a specialisation in climate and energy policy/governance, preferably related to urban settings and/or non-state actors. ...
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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. ...