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Special Symposium on Nature, Science, and Politics, or: Policy Assessment to Promote Sustainable Development

Date: 
29/03/2013
Excerpt: 
This special symposium explores how the construction and utilization of scientific knowledge in policy making and its impact in the policy process itself can be better understood. ...
publications

LIAISE Working Paper No.4: The LIAISE Approach for Co-designing Knowledge on Impact Assessment Tools

Date: 
11/12/2012
Excerpt: 
Impact Assessment (IA) intends to collect evidence on the likely impacts of new policies and thereby minimize unwanted side-effects and maximize the benefits to society. Although it is a requirement in the EC and all OECD countries, the scope and methods vary considerably. ...

STREAM and STEP-WISE Final Conference "Science-policy Interfacing in Water Management"

Date: 
03/12/2012
Excerpt: 
STEP-WISE and STREAM projects are jointly organising their final conference on 3-4 December, 2012 in Brussels, presenting concrete instruments to facilitate the dialogue between researchers, politicians and research-users. ...
events

2012 Berlin Conference - A Great Success

Date: 
06/10/2012
Excerpt: 
This year's Berlin Conference on "Evidence for Sustainable Development", held from 5-6 October, has been a great success. About 250 participants from more than 40 countries gathered at the Freie Universität Berlin to present their research and discuss the latest trends in research on evidence use in policy making. ...

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

2012 Berlin Conference on "Evidence for Sustainable Development"

Date: 
05/10/2012
Excerpt: 
Paper proposals are invited for the 2012 Berlin Conference on "Evidence for Sustainable Development", which is jointly organised by the Environmental Policy Research Centre at FU Berlin and the LIAISE Network of Excellence. ...

Spatial Data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as Support Tools for Environmental Assessment

Date: 
01/08/2012
Excerpt: 
A new special issue of Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management has just been published on "Spatial Data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as Support Tools for Environmental Assessment" with Ainhoa Gonzalez as the special issue editor.
publications

Programme of the 2012 Berlin Conference online!

Date: 
27/07/2012
Excerpt: 
The programme of the 2012 Berlin Conference on "Evidence for Sustainable Development" is now online! Keynote speakers include Jacqueline McGlade (European Environment Agency) and Uwe Schneidewind (Wuppertal Institute of Climate, Environment and Energy).

24th PhD Workshop on International Climate Policy

Date: 
03/05/2012
Excerpt: 
The 24th PhD Workshop on International Climate Policy (ICP) will take place at Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg (ALU), and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems Freiburg (ISE), on 3-4 May, 2012. The workshop will cover topics of relevance for climate change mitigation and adaptation. ...

MUST PhD Workshop: Knowledge Production for Sustainable Development

Date: 
12/04/2012
Excerpt: 
In this workshop these four basic aspects of knowledge production for sustainable development will be reviewed and discussed. ...