Upcoming Conferences at a Glance

The Environmental Studies Program collects and posts upcoming conference announcements of interest to the Environmental community. We have the following conferences posted below:

• May 5-8, 2011: ICARUS Conference: Vulnerability and Adaptation: Focus -
  Marginal Peoples and Environments
• June 23-26, 2011: Confronting Complexity, University of Vermont (Burlington)
• August 5-7, 2011: The Third International Conference on Science in Society, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC
• August 20-24, 2011: Conflicts in Conservation: Strategies for Coping with a Changing World, Scotland
• Sept. 15-16, 2011: Gender and Climate Change: Women, Research and Action, Prato, Tuscany, Italy
• October 29-30, 2011: Conference on the Constructed Environment, Chicago, Illinois

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The University of Kentucky Political Ecology Working Group invites you to submit abstracts for the first annual…

DIMENSIONS OF POLITICAL ECOLOGY:

CONFERENCE ON NATURE SOCIETY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

February 18-19 2011

Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Abstracts Due: December 1

Keynote Address: Paul Robbins (Department of Geography, University of Arizona)

Discussants: Richard York (Sociology, University of Oregon), Bradley Wilson (Geography, West Virginia University), Shannon Bell, Chris Oliver (Sociology, University of Kentucky), Lisa Cliggett, Sarah Lyon (Anthropology, University of Kentucky), Tad Mutersbaugh (Geography, University of Kentucky),

This two-day conference is an opportunity to critically examine perspectives on human-environment relationships and to stimulate discussions between a wide range of scholars. We encourage submissions from scholars engaged in research on the political, economic, social, and scientific dimension of the environment, including but not limited to:

Environmental justice

Sustainability

Urban ecology

Cultural ecology

Environmental sociology

Political Ecology

Ecological modernization

Environmental history

Environmental law

Political Economy of Nature

Genetic engineering/modification

Commons, enclosures, and land tenure

Environmental risk

Resource management and conservation

Non-equilibrium ecology

Landscape studies

Environmental discourse and policy

Feminist and heterodox approaches to environmental economics

Food Security and sustainable agriculture

By sharing their work, participants can anticipate receiving feedback on the socio-natural dimensions of their work from a specialized group of scholars brought together in an intimate setting. If you would like to present a paper or poster please prepare an abstract of no longer than 300 words, as well as list of up to 5 key words. We also invite participants to submit organized session plans, organize panels, or volunteer to serve as a discussant. Please send all materials to UKPEWG@gmail.com by December 1, 2010.

Lexington is located in the heart of the Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region, famous for its rolling hills, horse farms, and bourbon distilleries. Lexington is served by Bluegrass Airport and is a one hour drive from either Cincinnati or Louisville. In the spirit of encouraging as much participation as possible, organizers will make efforts to find housing for all out of town graduate students. More information on travel, field trips, and keynotes will be posted on the conference website: www.uky.edu/as/geography/pewg.

This Conference Is Jointly Sponsored By: The University of Kentucky Departments of Geography, Anthropology, Forestry, and Gender & Women’s Studies; The Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability, The Student Sustainability Council, and Appalachian Research Community.

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International Conference on Sustainable Design and Construction

March 23-25, 2011

Hyatt Regency Crown Center Hotel

Kansas City, MO

The International Conference for Sustainable Design and Construction (ICSDC) brings together international professionals, academics and policy-makers in urban planning, behavioral sciences, politics, architecture, engineering and contracting to share ideas and achievements relative to sustainable design and construction of buildings and infrastructures. This conference provides a forum for exchanging ideas, concepts, new technologies, prominent exhibition projects and visions for the future within the general theme of sustainability in design and construction.

The conference will consist of plenary talks, invited talks, panel discussions, workshops, paper sessions, presentations, poster sessions and exhibitions. The conference provides a unique collaborative opportunity among academia, industry and policy-makers in the areas of sustainable design and engineering for construction projects. It will feature several programs.

For further information, please visit: http://www.continuinged.ku.edu/programs/icsdc/

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Seventh International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society

March 25 - 27, 2011

Basque Country, Vizcaya, Spain

We are pleased to host the Technology Conference in 2011 at the University of Basque Country in Bilbao, Spain. One of Spain's most important economic centers, Bilbao has several key industrial sectors including aeronautics, electronics and information technology. Bilbao has also recently undergone an urban resurgence; the most noticeable on its skyline is the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum.

This conference will address a range of critically important themes in the various fields that address the complex and subtle relationships between technology, knowledge and society. The conference is cross-disciplinary in scope, meeting points for technologists with a concern for the social and social scientists with a concern for the technological. The focus is primarily, but not exclusively, on information and communications technologies.

Scheduled activities include plenary presentations by accomplished researchers, scholars and practitioners, as well as numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society. If you are unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in this fully refereed academic Journal.

Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at this conference, we also encourage you to present on the Conference YouTube Channel. Please select the Online Sessions link on the conference website for further details. We also invite you to join us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Technology-Knowledge-Society/119564541396695 and Twitter http://twitter.com/techandsoc.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 9 November 2010. Future deadlines will be announced on the conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the conference, including an online proposal submission form, are to be found at the conference website - http://www.Technology-Conference.com

Contact information:

karim.gherabmartin@technology-conference.com

Karim Gherab Martin
Visiting Research Scholar
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Bibliotecas Digitales, Madrid, Spain

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Vulnerability and Adaptation: Focus - Marginal Peoples and Environments

May 5-8, 2011

School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan

Deadline to submit panel proposals for the upcoming ICARUS-II meeting is Monday November 22, 2010.

Panel proposals may be submitted through the ICARUS website at
www.ICARUS.info

Vulnerability and adaptation are key concepts in the social science literature on climate change. They have long inter-linked histories. Scholars of development, disaster management and mitigation, hunger, famine, and migration, and ecological systems have contributed insights on the meanings and drivers of vulnerability. Development of systematic ideas about adaptation continues to occur in a variety of fields – in both the ecological and the social sciences. The ways these writings are applicable to understanding and intervening in climate-related stresses, crises and
responses remain vigorous arenas query and debate. In recent years there have been many calls (by IPCC, NSF, Stern Review and others) for greater social science engagement in climate research. ICARUS responds to these calls.

A small amount of financial support is available to facilitate participation, especially for participants from developing countries.

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Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences 2011 Annual Meeting

Confronting Complexity

June 23-26, 2011, Burlington, Vermont

Hosted by the University of Vermont

Call for Session Proposals Now Open!!

The Deadline for Submitting Abstracts is March 15, 2011

For more information on the conference or to submit an abstract,
visit the AESS 2011 Conference Website (www.aess.info/2011)

Please visit:

http://www.aess.info/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=939971&module_id=85902&sl=74963319

More on the Conference Theme:
AESS recognizes and embraces complexity as the hallmark of our field. Social, physical, biological and ideological factors in environmental problems are intricately linked, and environmental problems are so tightly interconnected that addressing one invariably affects others. This limits our predictive capacity and challenges the assumptions embedded in our models of natural and social phenomena. Engaging in dialogues about complexity presents challenges in both classroom and public sphere. Confronting complexity is critical to our ability to develop effective responses, thus this theme for the AESS 2011 annual meeting.

About the Conference Host:
The University of Vermont, the state’s land grant institution, is one of the top green universities in the United States. It offers numerous environmental majors and is home to 10,000 undergraduates, 1,500 graduate students, and 1,300 faculty. Located in Burlington, Vermont, the campus and green conference venue are perched on a hill and look west across Lake Champlain to the Adirondacks and east to the Green Mountains. Downtown is a short shuttle ride or walk from campus with easy access to shops and restaurants. Burlington is the largest metropolitan area in Vermont and has received high ratings for livability, sustainability, and cultural engagement.

To learn more about AESS or to become an AESS member, visit: http://www.aess.info/

If you have questions, please e-mail:
AESS Program Committee Chair Rich Wallace at rwallace@ursinus.edu
or
AESS 2011 Site Host Stephanie Kaza at Stephanie.Kaza@uvm.edu

Featuring Plenary Addresses by Climatologist Heidi Cullen and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (invited)

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The Third International Conference on Science in Society

August 5-7, 2011

The Catholic University of America, Washington DC

This conference addresses the social impacts, values, pedagogies, politics and economics of science. It is an inclusive forum that welcomes a breadth of perspectives on science from practitioners, teachers and researchers representing a wide range of academic disciplines.

The Science in Society Conference is held annually in different locations around the world. The Conference was inaugurated in 2009 at Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, and was held at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in 2010. We are pleased to hold this year's conference at The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C.

In addition to Plenary Presentations from leading speakers in the field, the Science in Society Conference includes parallel presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We invite you to respond to the conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters submit their written papers for publication in the peer refereed "International Journal of Science in Society". If you are unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in the journal as well as the option of uploading a video presentation to our YouTube channel.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 21 December 2010. Future deadlines will be announced on the conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the conference, including an online proposal submission form, may be found at the conference website: http://scienceinsocietyconference.com/

In 2012 the conference will be held at the University of California, Berkeley from 15-17 November 2012.

We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in Washington DC in August.

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Conflict in Conservation and Art

August 20-21, 2011, Scotland

And

Science & Policy Conference

August 22-24, 2011, Scotland

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR ACES 2011.

Join us in Aberdeen for scientific exploration, discussion, and discovery with social and natural scientists, policy makers and artists from all over the world. Hear cutting-edge lectures by leading Political Ecologist Bill Adams, renowned social anthropologist Tim Ingolds, prominent evolutionary psychologist Mark van Vught, the economists Nick Hanley, Gareth Edward-Jones, mediation expert Roger Sidaway and a variety of distinguished Conservation Biologists including Bill Sutherland, Rocky Gutiérrez, Steve Redpath, and Jeremy Wilson, to see all our other exciting key speakers go to:
www.aces-2011.org.

ACES 2011 is much more than a regular conference. On the agenda are plenary sessions, core and short paper sessions, poster sessions, panel and working group sessions, a policy forum, a debate on fisheries, a conservation conflict inspired art exhibition and musical performances.

CONFERENCE THEMES:

At ACES 2011 we want to get to the heart of how to understand and deal with conflicts in conservation, to do this we need to:

*Critically reflect upon the dominant theories and current approaches to conservation conflicts

* Explore contrasting perspectives about how to understand and manage conservation conflict from different disciplines within the academic community and from the policy and practitioner community

*Compare case studies from around the world where different approaches have been used in different contexts

* Synthesise lessons learned and develop a new integrated approach to understanding and managing conflict

The conference will focus on five themes. When submitting your abstract please indicate which theme you would like your talk to be included in. If you proposed presentation does not fit within our themes, please email us directly.

1. Understanding Conflicts

Insights from different disciplines, including: Ecology, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, Political Science, Economics, Law, Philosophy, Peace Studies, Ethics & environmental History cross-disciplinary perspectives Socio-ecological drivers of conflict Vulnerability and conflict

2. Case studies in species conflicts

These case studies will highlight a range of conflicts over particular species, identifying the background to the conflict, the main players, the human and natural science dimensions and alternative options for managing the conflict. An indicative list includes: i); conflicts between pastoralism and snow leopard conservation in the Himalayas, ii) the conflict between fishing and turtle conservation in the Caribbean and Mediterranean, iii) conflicts between upland management for red grouse and conservation of hen harriers in the UK, and iv) species reintroductions.

3. Case studies in protected area conflicts

These case studies will highlight a range of conflicts associated with protected areas, identifying the background to the conflict, the main players, the human and natural science dimensions and alternative options for managing the conflict.. An indicative list includes: i) conflicts around wildlife conservation in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania; ii) participatory buffer zone management in the forests of the Knuckles Conservation Area, Sri Lanka; and iii) challenges of establishing a marine protected area network in Scotland.

4. Case studies in land use / ecosystem services conflicts

These case studies will highlight conflicts between different forms of land use or between the management of different ecosystem services. They will identify the background to the conflict, the main players, the human and natural science dimensions and alternative options for managing the conflict. An indicative list includes: i) effects of agricultural intensification on farmland bird diversity in Europe; ii) conflicts between forestry and conservation of Spotted Owls in North America; iii) conflicts between biofuels, windfarms and biodiversity in degraded drylands and UK uplands iv) re-wilding.

5. Approaches to managing conflict

Practical challenges
Policy and legislative approaches to solving conflict Managing for conflicts, risks and uncertainty The role of mediation Participatory, co-management, adaptive management approaches, managing for complexity Adaptive governance and multiple scale challenges

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:

Submission of abstracts for oral and poster presentations will be open from October 22nd to January 16th. Abstracts must be submitted in English with a maximum word count of 500. Authors will be notified about the outcome of the review process early February 2011. Further information about the submission will be provided on the conference website (www.aces-2011.org ) and in the third announcement, to be sent out in November.

REGISTRATION: Early Bird is open from October 22 - Feb 18th 2011

Background information:
DATES:
Conflict in Conservation and Art: August 20th - 21st and throughout the conference.
Science & Policy Conference: August 22nd - 24th
VENUE:
The conference will be held at Aberdeen Arts Centre, a local social enterprise, giving back to the community.
ORGANISERS:
ACES 2011 is organised by ACES in collaboration with RELU, the British Ecological Society, the University of Aberdeen and the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute.
Local Organisers: Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability, at the University of Aberdeen and Macaulay Land Use Research Institute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION GO TO: www.aces-2011.org

Contact:
Lesley Kirton, Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability
Lesley.kirton@abdn.ac.uk

Dr. Anna Evely, Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability a.c.evely@abdn.ac.uk

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Gender and Climate Change: Women, Research and Action

International Conference

September 15-16, 2011

Prato, Tuscany, Italy

Call For Abstracts: Gender and Climate Change – Prato, Tuscany September 2011

Gender and Climate Change is an international conference that will seek to bring together the latest research in key areas of gender and climate change, to highlight impacts of climate change on women, and to draw together a body of knowledge for input into the 2011 United Nations Framework Convention (COP 17) and the Earth Summit 2012.

The Conference Organisers - Gender Leadership and Social Sustainability (GLASS) Research Unit at Monash University, Australia, in collaboration with Worldwide Universities Network, Gender Justice and Global Climate Change (G2C2) - aim to bring together researchers, advocates, and policy makers, to form a coherent picture of the differential impacts of climate change and to convey that knowledge in formats that assist in policy development. The 2011 conference will highlight links to global poverty, sustainability, policy, and change.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.med.monash.edu/glass/conference-2011/

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SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE CONSTRUCTED ENVIRONMENT

October 29-30, 2011

University Center, Chicago, Illinois

The Constructed Environment Conference is a place to explore the forms and functions of the constructed environment during a time of dramatic and at times disruptive change. The conference is a cross-disciplinaryforum that brings together researchers, teachers and practitioners to discuss the past character and future shape of the built environment. The resulting conversations weave between the theoretical and the empirical, research and application, market pragmatics and social idealism. In professional and disciplinary terms, the conference traverses a broad sweep to generate a transdisciplinary dialogue which encompasses the perspectives and practices of: architecture, anthropology, business, design, economics, education, engineering, environmental design, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, sociology, town and regional planning, and transportation.

The conference will include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We would particularly like to invite you to respond to the conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in The International Journal of the Constructed Environment. If you are unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication.

Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at the conference, we also encourage you to present on the Constructed Environment YouTube Playlist. Please select the Online Sessions link on the conference website for further details.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 24 March 2011. Future deadlines will be announced on the conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the conference, including an online proposal submission form, are to be found at the conference website - http://constructedenvironment.com/conference/ .

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