Call
for applications: Marie Curie Training Course on Resource Property
The
Institute of Agricultural Economics, Bucharest, and Humboldt University,
Berlin organize a training course on resource property to take place
in Sinaia, Romania, on 24-29 September 2007. The course will review
key concepts in property theory and introduce applications in various
fields, including agriculture, forestry, water management, and biodiversity
conservation. Participants will also receive guidance on how to develop
concrete proposals for research on property in agriculture and the
natural resource sector. The invited lecturers are Dr. Stefan Dorondel
(Romanian Academy of Sciences), Dr. Ivan Penov (Agricultural University
Plovdiv), Dr. Mara Rusu (Institute of Agricultural Economics, Bucharest),
and Thomas Sikor (Ph.D., Humboldt University, Berlin). Participants
should have a background in the social sciences, preference being
given to junior researchers enrolled in postgraduate and doctoral
programs. They are eligible for full funding under the Marie Curie
Program if they have completed their first university degree within
the past four years.
The
deadline for applications is June 15th, 2007. Applications need to
include a short CV and a one-page proposal for research on property
in agriculture or the natural resource sector. Please send applications
and inquiries to Ms. Sandra Polsfuhs at the Junior Research Group
on Postsocialist Land Relations, Luisenstr. 56, 10117 Berlin, Fax.:
+49-30-2093-6427, Email: polsfuhs@hotmail.com.
For further information please visit http://mace-events.org/mace/mace.html.
Culture
as Innovation – the Search for Creative Power in Economies and
Societies
June 6-8 in Turku, Finland
Finland
Futures Research Centre organizes an international conference "Culture
as Innovation – the Search for Creative Power in Economies and
Societies" on June 6-8 in Turku, Finland. I’m approaching
you with this short e-mail because I thought that the program of the
conference might interest also you.
You
can find more information about the topics and speakers as well as
the registration to the conference from below and also in more detail
from the conference website: http://www.tse.fi/tutu/conference2007
ALTER-Net
Training Course “An Introduction to Ecological-economic Modelling
for Designing and Evaluating Biodiversity Conservation Policies and
Strategies”
16-22 September 2007, Bad Schandau (Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz,
Germany)
Ecological-economic modelling is a helpful way of combining social
and natural science knowledge to achieve better results for biodiversity
conservation policies. The importance of this methodology is being
documented by an increasing number of research articles in leading
economic as well as ecological journals.
The course addresses young scientists (PhD students and young post-docs)
from ecology, economics or modelling. It offers an introduction into
the main ecological and economic concepts of conservation as well
as ecological-economic modelling. Emphasis is placed on both lectures
and active teamwork on given manageable projects. For more information
visit: http://www.ufz.de/index.php?de=3488.
ESEE
2007: Integrating Natural and Social Sciences for Sustainability
5-8 June 2007, UFZ - Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig,
Germany
The
European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE), in co-operation
with the German associations for ecological economics VÖÖ
and VÖW, invite you to meet in Leipzig for the 7th international
conference.
The conference will explore contemporary scientific approaches for
putting the concept of Sustainable Development into research and into
practice, and it will focus on bridging natural and social sciences.
It will address sustainability topics such as loss of biodiversity,
human vulnerability to global change and water problems on all geographical
and institutional levels. The conference aims to contribute to a better
understanding of societal and natural processes and their interaction
by integrating scientific methodologies to overcome the shortcomings
of disciplinary and multi-disciplinary approaches. Impediments to
inter- and transdisciplinary research will be examined and new research
concepts for sustainability identified.
Keynote speakers are Malte Faber, Carl
Folke, Christian
Hey, Dick Norgaard, Inge Roepke,
Elinor
Ostrom, and Clive Spash.
The submitted abstracts and papers are in the review process, and
notes about acceptance will be sent out mid-February.
Visit the conference
website.
PhD
Student and Early Stage Researcher Workshop
3-5 June 2007, Leipzig
Ahead
of the seventh ESEE conference in Leipzig Germany, a special two and
a half day workshop will be organized by and for PhD students and
Early Stage Researchers. The objectives of this workshop are three
fold:
(1) strengthen the European Ecological Economics student network
(2) expand students' perspectives on interdisciplinary science and
the future of Ecological Economics,
(3) provide a forum for students to share experiences and stimulate
collaboration.
The programme includes lectures by Prof. Richard Norgaard, Dr. Sigrid
Stagl and Dr. Martin Drechsler and a field trip in the vicinity of
Leipzig. To apply for a place at the workshop contact Esteve Corbera
(estevecorbera@telefonica.net).
For more information contact Kate Farrell (katharine.farrell@ufz.de).
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