Sustainable Development, Land use, impact assessment, Environmental governance, sustainability, Policy Assessment

Landscape Functions and People - Strategic Approaches for Climate Smart, Sustainable and Productive Landscapes

Date: 
18/11/2013
Excerpt: 
The Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation is offering a course on "Strategic Approaches for Climate Smart, Sustainable and Productive Landscapes" taking place from 18-29 November, 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand.

7th ECPR General Conference 2013 - Panel "The Governance of Unsustainability"

Date: 
04/09/2013
Excerpt: 
The organisers of the panel "The Governance of Unsustainability" to be held at the 7th ECPR General Conference 2013 from 4-7 September, 2013 are calling for papers. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 1 February, 2013.

Training on Social Impact Assessment and Management

Date: 
19/06/2013
Excerpt: 
This course provides an overview of leading industry practice of SIA consistent with IAIA's International Principles for Social Impact Assessment. The course addresses current issues and topics that are relevant to the business of managing the social impacts of planned interventions.
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IMPACT Course on Health Impact Assessment (HIA)

Date: 
17/06/2013
Excerpt: 
The International Health Impact Assessment Consortium (IMPACT) will be running its comprehensive HIA Training Course on 17 June, and again later in the year on 11 November, 2013.
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Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference - Welcome to the Anthropocence

Date: 
11/06/2013
Excerpt: 
The Nordic Environmental Social Sciences Conference, which will take place from 11-13 June, 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark, aims to stimulate a new thinking, which goes beyond current paradigms on 'old' problems caused by human behavior such as climate change, excessive consumption and a degradation of the environment and biodiversity.
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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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Marie Curie Individual Fellowships in Economic, Environmental and Energy Research

Date: 
17/05/2013
Excerpt: 
FEEM, an Italian leading research institute devoted to the study of sustainable development and global governance, welcomes Marie Curie Individual Fellowship applications on a wide range of economic, environmental and energy research areas.
  • Geographical focus: Italy
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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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33rd Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA): "The Next Generation"

Date: 
13/05/2013
Excerpt: 
The conference theme embraces the impact of current global change now and in the coming decades and how impact assessment (IA) itself will evolve as a result. The "next generation" refers to both a new generation of practitioners and new approaches to IA practice internationally to address issues of global concern. ...
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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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