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Call for Paper – International Ester Boserup Conference 2010

 

From November 15th – 17th, 2010, the Institute of Social Ecology will host the International Ester Boserup Conference. For all those who want to participate but have not yet submitted an abstract, there is good news: The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to July 12, 2010!

 

Ester Boserup was one of the pioneers of an integrated theoretical approach to questions of development and sustainability. 2010 marks the centennial of her birth. The international Boserup conference “Long-term trajectories in population, gender relations, land use, and the environment” wishes to pay tribute to her work and to her intellectual heritage.

 

The detailed conference call as well as session abstracts and further information are available at http://www.boserup-conference.org

 

 

UN Workshop: RIO 20+

 

THE CHALLENGE OF SUSTAINABILITY:

A WORKSHOP IN PREPARATION FOR RIO + 20

NEW YORK, MAY 8-10, 2010

2 UN PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10017

Marina Fischer-Kowalski gave her talk „The world economy’s use of natural resources: history, dynamics, drivers and future perspectives“ on May 8^th, 2010.

Find the final statement of the workshop at:

http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/dsd_aofw_sdkp/sdkp_pdf/sdkp_workshop_0510/joint_statement.pdf

 

 

Helmut Haberl invited as IPCC lead author

 

Helmut Haberl was invited as ‘lead author’ for the IPCC’s 5^th assessment report scheduled for 2014. He will be part of the Working Group III (Adaptation and Mitigation), chapter 11 ‘ Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses’.

 

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GLP 2010 Open Science Meeting

The Global Land Project (GLP) is pleased to announce the GLP 2010 Open Science Meeting (GLP OSM), to be held 17-19 October 2010 at Arizona State University. This Meeting is organized in close cooperation with IHDP’s Urbanization and Global Environmental Change project (UGEC). UGEC will hold its 1st International Science and Practice Conference from the 15-17 October, with the 17 October organized jointly with GLP.

The aim of the GLP OSM on ‚Land Systems, Global Change and Sustainability‘ is to bring together large parts of the international research community working on land change issues, showcase the width and scope of ongoing research, help build a community in this highly interdisciplinary field, inspire new research and facilitate review, theory building and extrapolation.

Please visit: http://www.glp2010.org/

 

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Helmut Haberl’s view on Bioenergy was quoted in an article in NewScientist:

Andy Coghlan

Intensive farming „massively slowed“ global warming

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19042-intensive-farming-massively-slowed-global-warming.html

 

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+ Staff News

 

We welcome Dr. Alexander Bogner, a sociologist and STS expert, as new member of our team.

 

Congratulations:

 

Simone Gingrich graduated with a PhD in Social Ecology with a presentation on „A social ecology of European industrialisation: energy, materials, carbon and the socio-ecological transition”, 11^th June 2010.

 

Christoph Plutzar graduated with a PhD in Social Ecology with a presentation on „Biodiversität und Gesellschaft: Mensch-Natur-Interaktionen auf unterschiedlichen maßstäblichen Ebenen“ on Thursday, 17^th June 2010.

 

Christoph Virgl graduated with a PhD in Political Sciences with a presentation on „Protest in der Weltgesellschaft“ on Friday, 18^th June 2010.

 

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+ New Publications 2010

 

Binder, Claudia R., Feola, Giuseppe, and Steinberger, Julia K. (2010): Considering the normative, systemic and procedural dimensions in indicator-based sustainability assessments in agriculture. In: Environmental Impact Assessment Review 30, pp. 71-81.

Cunfer, G. and Krausmann, Fridolin (2010): Sustaining soil fertility. Agricultural practice in the old and new worlds. In: Global Environment 4, pp. 9-43.

Erb, Karl-Heinz and Gingrich, Simone (2010): Die Industrialisierung der Landschaft. Der österreichische Kohlenstoffhaushalt in Gesellschaft und Natur 1830-2000. In: Österreich in Geschichte und Literatur (mit Geographie) 54(2), pp. 134-145.

Fischer-Kowalski, Marina, Krausmann, Fridolin, Steinberger, Julia, and Ayres, Robert U. (2010): Towards a low carbon society: Setting targets for a reduction of global resource use. Vienna: IFF Social Ecology (Social Ecology Working Paper; 115).

Fischer-Kowalski, Marina, Singh, Simron Jit, Ringhofer, Lisa, Grünbühel, Clemens M., Lauk, Christian, and Remesch, Alexander (2010): Sociometabolic regimes in indigenous communities and the crucial role of working time: A comparision of case studies. Vienna: IFF Social Ecology (Social Ecology Working Paper; 121).

Fischer-Kowalski, Marina and Steinberger, Julia K. (2010): Social Metabolism and hybrid structures

Gavrilova, Olga, Jonas, Matthias, Erb, Karl-Heinz, and Haberl, Helmut (2010): International trade and Austria’s livestock system: direct and hidden carbon emission flows associated with production and consumption of products. In: Ecological Economics 69, pp. 920-929.

Haberl, Helmut and Erb, Karl-Heinz (2010): Global HANPP – Processes, Trajectories and Application. In: GLP News 6, pp. 19-20.

Kennedy, Christopher, Steinberger, Julia K., Gasson, Barrie, Hansen, Yvonne, Hillman, Tim, Havranek, Miroslav, Pataki, Diane E., Phdungsilp, Aumnad, Ramaswami, Anuradha, and Villalba Mendez, Gara (2010): Methodology for inventorying greenhouse gas emissions from global cities. In: Energy Policy 38(9), pp. 4828-4837.

Krausmann, Fridolin, Fischer-Kowalski, Marina, and Schandl, Heinz (2010): Out of the frying pan into the fire: Industrialization as a socio-ecological transition process. In: McNeill, John R. et al. (Eds.):  Environmental History: As if Nature Existed. Ecological Economics and Human Well-Being. Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 26-48.

Krausmann, Fridolin and Fischer-Kowalski, Marina (2010): Gesellschaftliche Naturverhältnisse: Energiequellen und die globale Transformation des gesellschaftlichen Stoffwechsels. Wien: IFF-Social Ecology (Social Ecology Working Paper; 117).

Schmid, Martin A. (2010): Herrschaft und Kolonisierung von Natur: Ein umwelthistorischer Versuch zur Integration von Materiellem und Symbolischem. In: Burger, Paul et al. (Eds.):  Macht, Recht und Natur: Mensch-Natur Beziehungen im Spannungsfeld ihrer rechtlichen, sozialen, ökonomischen, historischen und wissenschaftlichen Konstituiertheit. Basel: Edition Gesowip, pp. 93-118.

Sedlacek, Sabine and Gaube, Veronika (2010): Regions on their way to sustainability: The role of institutions in fostering (sustainable) development at the regional level. In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 12(1), pp. 117-134.

Singh, Simron Jit, Ringhofer, Lisa, Haas, Willi, Krausmann, Fridolin, Lauk, Christian, and Fischer-Kowalski, Marina (2010): Local Studies Manual: A researcher’s guide for investigating the social metabolism of rural systems. Vienna: IFF Social Ecology (Social Ecology Working Paper; 120).

Steinberger, Julia K., Krausmann, Fridolin, and Eisenmenger, Nina (2010): Global patterns of material use: a socioeconomic and geophysical analysis. In: Ecological Economics 69(5), pp. 1148-1158.

Swilling, Mark and Fischer-Kowalski, Marina (2010): Decoupling and Sustainabel Resource Management: Scoping the challenges. Paris: UNEP International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management

 

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