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Science for the Environment Conference - Mapping Knowledge Needs For Future Horizons

Date: 
03/10/2013
Excerpt: 
The 2nd International Conference in Aarhus, Denmark "Science for the Environment Conference" will take place from 3-4 October, 2013. The conference aims to identify knowledge gaps for the Climate Action and Resource Efficiency Challenge in Horizon 2020.
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PhD Position in Research Group "Urban and Regional Planning"

Date: 
20/05/2013
Excerpt: 
The Institute of Geography at the University of Bern is now inviting for applications to fill a PhD position in the research group "Urban and Regional Planning". The deadline for application is 20 May, 2013.
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PhD Position "Impacts of Climate and Land Use Change on Mountain Landscapes"

Date: 
15/05/2013
Excerpt: 
The Forest Ecology Group at ETH Zürich is seeking to appoint a PhD student to examine the impact of land use change and temperature increase on mountain landscapes.
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Greening Economics, Greening Society: What is the Role of the EU?

Date: 
03/05/2013
Excerpt: 
The University of Surrey is organizing a multidisciplinary workshop on "Greening Economics, Greening Society: What is the Role of the EU?". The workshop will be held from 9 - 10 May, 2013 at the University of Surrey in Guildford, England.
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Policy Reform and Agricultural Land Abandonment in the EU

Date: 
27/03/2013
Excerpt: 
This paper examines the potential impact of agricultural and trade policy reform on land-use across the EU focussing particularly on the issue of land abandonment. It estimates the extent of change across Europe under removal of Pillar 1 support payments and trade liberalisation. ...
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Scale in Environmental Governance: Power Reconfiguration, Democratic Legitimacy and Institutional (Mis-) Fit

Date: 
07/03/2013
Excerpt: 
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.
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1st Interdisciplinary Symposium on "Sustainable Development: Which Transition for Our Societies?"

Date: 
31/01/2013
Excerpt: 
The overarching theme of the symposium is to analyze how the concept of transition ties in with the notion of sustainable development.
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Earth System Governance Tokyo Conference "Complex Architectures, Multiple Agents"

Date: 
28/01/2013
Excerpt: 
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.

Policy Relevant Sustainability Research

Date: 
10/01/2013
Excerpt: 
The publication "Policy Relevant Sustainability Research" guides various kinds of interested parties by providing detailed actor-specific requirement profiles for policy relevant sustainability research that aims to bridge specific knowledge to bear on policy issues relating to sustainable development.
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