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PASHMINA (Paradigm Shifts Modelling and Innovative Approaches) Final Conference

Date: 
16/10/2012
Excerpt: 
The Final Conference of the PASHMINA (Paradigm Shifts Modellling and Innovative Approaches) Project "Are we equipped to assess the impacts of future paradigms shifts?" will be held on 16 October, 2012. Within the project a generation of new tools for impact assessment has been developed.
events

The LIAISE Approach to Unite Researchers and Practitioners in a Community of Experts on Impact Assessment

Date: 
06/10/2012
Excerpt: 
The FP7 network of excellence LIAISE is designed to bridge the gaps between researchers with a strong orientation towards their (disciplinary) peers and practitioners who tend to focus on their policy domain and policy problems. A lively interaction between the different communities involved is essential. ...
publications

New Book Chapter on the Role of Impact Assessment in Policy Making

Date: 
06/09/2012
Excerpt: 
LIAISE partners have published a novel account of the role of Impact Assessment in every day policy making processes including policy formulation and decision making. ...
publications

PhD Positions at Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC)

Date: 
01/09/2012
Excerpt: 
The Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) is seeking a highly talented and motivated PhD student interested in working in an interdisciplinary environment that explores uncharted scientific and policy-related territory.
funding

LIAISE Shared Research Agenda

Date: 
24/08/2012
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The LIAISE Shared Research Agenda will provide cutting edge research questions to attract both researchers and funding agencies. The agenda will be fed from scientists of different disciplines and practitioners. ...
news

European Aluminium Association Welcomes 'Fitness Check' to Assess Impacts of EU Policies

Date: 
17/08/2012
Excerpt: 
In 2010, the EAA had welcomed the EU Commission’s flagship initiative of the Europe 2020 strategy, but expresses now its concerns that adequate framework conditions to maintain the industry’s competitive position at the global level are still missing. In order to meet this goal, they propose a number of concrete actions. ...
policies

32nd Annual Conference of the International Assosiation for Impact Assessment on "Energy Future: The Role of Impact Assessment"

Date: 
27/05/2012
Excerpt: 
IAIA12 will help the practitioner better understand energy trade-offs and make decisions in the best long-term interests for energy and the environment. ...
events

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. ...

European Union Agricultural Policy Scenarios' Impacts on Social Sustainability of Agricultural Holdings

Date: 
11/05/2012
Excerpt: 
This paper aims to assess the impacts of household behaviour on social sustainability by simulating agricultural policy scenarios of the European Union (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). For this purpose a multicriteria model was formulated, at farm household level, in order to study the social impacts of the CAPs using different scenarios. ...

LIAISE Presentation at UNECE Task Force Meeting on Integrated Assessment Modelling

Date: 
08/05/2012
Excerpt: 
The Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution holds its 41st Meeting in Bilthoven/NL from 7-9 May, 2012. Stefan Reis (CEH) is presenting an overview of LIAISE, with a focus on the toolbox development.
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