Third Recontres Internationales de Reims in Sustainability Studies
19-20 June 2013 | Reims, France
The goal of the conference is to contribute to this debate, to produce some elements to answer to this question about sustainability. Particular attention will be paid to environmental governance, regional development and social justice. |Read more
Earth System Governance – Navigating Water in the Anthropocene
23 May 2013 | Bonn, Germany
The focus of GWSP's conference is to address the global dimensions of water system changes due to anthropogenic as well as natural influences. ESG will hold a special session at the conference. |Read more
2014 Norwich Conference on Earth System Governance
1-3 July 2014 | Norwich, United Kingdom
"Allocation and Access in the Anthropocene" is the fifth conference in the annual conference series organized by the Earth System Governance Project. |Read more
Climate Change as a Threat to Peace: Impacts on Cultural Heritage and Cultural Diversity
31 May 2013 | Dresden, Germany
Climate Change is increasingly posing a threat to the protection of world heritage. It affects cultural heritage as well as natural heritage. The UNESCO Chair in International Relations at the Technische Universität Dresden in cooperation with the German Commission for UNESCO is holding a conference in Dresden to analyse impacts of climate change on cultural heritage and cultural diversity, and ultimately, on global peace. |Read more
Societies in Conflict. Experts, Publics, Democracy
3-5 July 2013 | Vienna, Austria
Affairs such as Stuttgart 21, the ‘Occupy movement’s’ response to the financial crisis, ecological problems, or diverse controversies around novel technologies, are timely examples of conflicts between groups of publics and the political establishment. Such movements put into question the status of legitimate knowledge and the articulation of legitimate representation. They question, at the same time, routine operations of traditional democratic institutions, and reintroduce the question of how to define “the political” and “politics” in general. |Read more
RegioResources 21
18-20 September 2013 | Catania, Italy
Call Deadline: 15 June 2013
A cross-disciplinary dialogue on sustainable development of regional resources. RegioResources 21 started in 2011 to establish a permanent cross-disciplinary dialogue on sustainability features in planning, decision and policy making on multiple scale levels |Read more
Adaptation Governance: Spatial, Temporal, and Cultural Constraints and Opportunities
24 June - 4 July 2013 | Budapest, Hungary
Co-organised with VU University Amsterdam, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt and co-operating with EC Tempus project "EnGo – Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula" and the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Endorsed by the Earth System Governance Project in cooperation with the Global Land Project. |Read more
International Conference 2013 on Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development
30 August - 1 September 2013 | Beijing, China
As an effort to deal with the challenges facing rapid globalization, urbanization, informationization and global climate changes in Asian and other countries in the world, the aim of International Conference 2013 on Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development is to gather researchers and experts from the interdisciplinary fields of urban and regional issues for sharing the latest research outcomes and successful practices on spatial planning and sustainable development. |Read more
World Environmental Education Congress
9-14 June 2013 | Marrakesh, Morocco
The focus of attention will be on all themes relative to environmental education and all the protagonists - academics, teachers, students, practitioners, institutions and those from civil and industrial society - will be welcomed. |Read more
Water in the Anthropocene
21-24 May 2013 | Bonn, Germany
The Global Water System Project and its International Project Office based in Bonn, Germany, is organizing an international conference on ‘Water in the Anthropocene: Challenges for Science and Governance. |Read more