Training
Good impact assessment is largely a matter of know-how and training. Here you will find information on courses and other training opportunities for both policy makers and practitioners as well as for scientists working in the field of IA.
7th Annual Competition and Regulation European Summer School
Date:
30/06/2012
Excerpt:
The Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) will organise the 7th Annual Competition and Regulation European Summer School and Conference (CRESSE) which will take place from the 30 June to the 13 July, 2012.
IFSA 2012 PhD Course on Systems Thinking and Practice and Farming Systems Research
Date:
29/06/2012
Excerpt:
In connection to the 10th IFSA Symposium, a PhD course on "Systems Thinking and Practice in PhD Research: Making connections to Farming Systems Research" will be offered. ... E-waste Academy for Policy Makers & Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
Date:
25/06/2012
Excerpt:
United Nations University Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP), Operating Unit SCYCLE, is pleased to announce that the “Solving the E-waste Problem (StEP) Initiative” will be organizing the first installment of the E-waste Academy (EWA) for policymakers and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). CEU Summer School on Adaptive Thinking for Navigating the Anthropocene
Date:
25/06/2012
Excerpt:
Final call for CEU Summer school on 'Adaptive Thinking for Navigating the Anthropocence'. The key topics, adaptation and adaptive government, will be regarded from both the social and natural science perspective. The event is taking place from 25 June - 6 July, 2012 in Budapest, Hungary. The deadline for application has been extended to 30 April. Summer School on Global Environmental Governance
Date:
25/06/2012
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The Norwegian University of Life Sciences is organizing a summer school series in Environmental Governance. The course in 2012 is titled 'Global Environmental Governance'. Key note speakers will be Frank Biermann, Clive Spash and Oran Young. The summer school is directed towards PhDs. ISPA Summer School "Research Methods in Social and Political Sciences"
Date:
25/06/2012
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The IPSA-NUS Summer School on "Research Methods in Social and Political Science" offers intensive training in research methods by an outstanding international faculty. It will take place at the National University of Singapore from 25 June - 6 July, 2012.
PhD Training Course "The Challenge of Earth System Governance: Agency, Accountability and Adaptiveness"
Date:
18/06/2012
Excerpt:
The PhD training course "The challenge of Earth System Governance: Agency, Accountability and Adaptiveness" aims to familiarize participants with key questions and issues of Earth System Governance in order to provide a better understanding in the causes of global change. The course will take place from 18-21 June, 2012 in Enschede, Netherlands. Course "Science and Sense: Using Knowledge Effectively to Address Climate Change"
Date:
14/06/2012
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The course "Science and sense: Using knowledge effectively to address climate change" provides participants with an understanding of how different types of knowledge can be used effectively for improved communication, decision making and to stimulate innovation in the context of climate change. ... Sussex Energy Group at SPRU Launches New MSc Energy Policy for Sustainability
Date:
08/06/2012
Excerpt:
The Sussex Energy Group launches a new MSc ‘Energy Policy for Sustainability’as of autumn 2012. This MSc provides broad-based, interdisciplinary social science training for future energy policy professionals working in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Summer School on "Individual and Agent-based Modelling"
Date:
07/06/2012
Excerpt:
The Summer School on "Individual and Agent-based Modelling" about to be held from 7-15 June, 2012 in Bad Schandau, Germany, provides an overview over the state-of-the art in individual and agent-based modeling, model development, implementation, parameterization, and sensitivity analysis. ...