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The Policy-Relevancy of Impact Assessment Tools: Evaluating Nine Years of European Research Funding
Date:
13/06/2013
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Scientific tools should play an essential role of providing the evidence base to assess the impacts of alternative policy options. To identify the contribution of research funding for impact assessment tool development, this paper analysed the variety of IA tools designed in projects funded by European Framework Programmes 6 and 7. ... 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. PhD Position "Impacts of Climate and Land Use Change on Mountain Landscapes"
Date:
15/05/2013
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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. Policy Reform and Agricultural Land Abandonment in the EU
Date:
27/03/2013
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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. ... Mainstreaming Sustainable Development Research in an Age of Austerity - SDRN Review of the UK Sustainable Development Research and Policy Landscapes
Date:
10/03/2013
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The Sustainable Development Research Network (SDRN) has recently undertaken a review of the UK research and policy landscape for cross-cutting sustainability research covering the issue of research funding, the institutional context for professional learning and careers, as well as capabilities for policy and innovations. Scale in Environmental Governance: Power Reconfiguration, Democratic Legitimacy and Institutional (Mis-) Fit
Date:
07/03/2013
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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. PhD Position: Towards a Science of Assessment Making
Date:
28/02/2013
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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. ... 1st Interdisciplinary Symposium on "Sustainable Development: Which Transition for Our Societies?"
Date:
31/01/2013
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The overarching theme of the symposium is to analyze how the concept of transition ties in with the notion of sustainable development. 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.