Register now for - Pathways to a Green, Equitable COVID-19 Recovery, RSA Regions Cities Industry Webinar

[Lesa Reynolds]

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Dear List Member,

Registration is open for the next webinar in our Regions Cities Industry 
series
 – Pathways to a Green, Equitable COVID-19 Recovery , 28th October 2020, 10.00 
EDT, 15.00 CET, 14.00 GMT.

Thought leaders throughout the world have been calling for a Green New Deal as 
a post-Covid-19 recovery strategy. The goals are threefold: protecting the 
environment and reduce greenhouse gas emissions; build an economy based on 
renewable energy and related clean technologies, and to do both in ways that 
promote greater equity for those who have borne the brunt of environmental 
harms and limited economic opportunity. Our panellists explore the elements of 
a Green New Deal on three continents Europe, North America and South America. 
Click here to 
register.

Regions Cities Industry Webinar 
Series
Global megatrends are transforming the way we live, work, interact, finance, 
produce and consume. At the same time, the increasing environmental impacts of 
human activities have sharpened the focus on sustainability of further 
development. New technologies potentially provide an opportunity to address, 
perhaps for the first time in the history of mankind, a substantial majority of 
the fundamental societal challenges, from nutrition, energy availability and 
sustainability, to access to products, services, and information. However, 
these same global megatrends can also be highly divisive and therefore 
represent one of the biggest challenges for a global social, political and 
economic cohesion, and even peaceful coexistence in more than a generation. In 
addition, we have newly remembered our global vulnerability to shocks such as 
the coronavirus and there can be no doubt that this will change the world in 
which we live prompting new questions and new priorities.

The RSA Regions Cities Industry Webinar Series presents acclaimed researchers 
and policymakers addressing these questions.

Forthcoming webinars in the series

  *   Entrepreneurship and Regional Growth in the Long 
Run,
 25.11.2020, 13:00 GMT, 14:00 CET
  *   Whatever Happened to Uneven Development? In Conversation with Professor 
Jamie Peck and Dr Marion 
Werner,
 16.12.2020, 9:00 PST, 16:00 GMT, 17:00 CET

Professional Development Webinar 
Series

Re: 15th International Karl Polanyi Institute conference, April 22-24

[Jun Zhang]

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Thanks, Norma. This is a great subject to be discussed.

Just found a minor error, the conference date in the title should be April 
22-24, 2021, NOT 2020.

Cheers,
Jun




Jun ZHANG, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Geography and Planning
University of Toronto
Sidney Smith Hall, 5025B, 100 St. George Street,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G3
Tel:  +1 (416) 978-2958
Fax: +1 (416) 946-3886
Email: zh...@geog.utoronto.ca





On Oct 15, 2020, at 10:00 AM, Norma Rantisi 
mailto:norma.rant...@gmail.com>> wrote:


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Dear list members:

Please find below a 'Call for Papers' for the 15th International Karl Polanyi 
Institute conference, sponsored by the Karl Polanyi Institute. The conference 
will be held (online) from April 22-24.
Also, further below, please find a newsletter, which includes
announcements about some upcoming webinars that may be of interest.  The first 
webinar is a discussion with Fred Block, Robert Cuttner and Margaret Sommers 
about the upcoming US elections, and will be held on October 23rd, 12:30 PM EST.

Please share with others who may be interested.

Thanks, Norma


Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy, Concordia University

Call for Papers
15th International Karl Polanyi Conference

“The Role of the State in the post-COVID 21st Century”

April 22-24, 2020, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

The 15th International Karl Polanyi Conference April 22-24, 2021 will 
exceptionally take place entirely online. As we live through a major global 
upheaval, we invite participation in a broad and open discussion on the current 
consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and how governments around the world, 
international organizations and social movements are responding to the crisis 
and what this may mean for the future.
The COVID-19 pandemic requires urgent and immediate response and cooperation. 
It also requires a reset and retooling of the state. It requires greater 
coherence between all levels of government and a reconfiguration of roles and 
responsibilities with the active participation of civil society.  It requires 
greater international cooperation and a concerted action to fight rising 
nationalism.

Despite the diversity of governments in power, from authoritarian to liberal 
democracies, the global economic shock triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has 
led to active forms of state intervention, both piecemeal and more coordinated. 
Are we witnessing a “pendulum swing” from minimal state intervention to a 
publicly led social and economic transformation? As governments in liberal 
democratic states inject vast sums of money into public health, economic life 
support and stimulus strategies in response to the pandemic, does this signal 
the end of decades of savage cuts to public spending? And even if such actions 
by governments are diverse and fragmented, do they prefigure a deeper 
transformation toward state re-centralization and a commitment to restore 
public service provision, or even a different configuration and role of the 
state altogether? Will populist and authoritarian regimes resist the 
increasingly acknowledged need for the global management of health crises? 
Countries in the global South burdened with the high cost of servicing foreign 
debt, falling commodity prices and economic chaos have little or no capacity to 
invest in health care. Will there be increasing international pressure for debt 
forgiveness?

For the 15th International Karl Polanyi conference, we invite participants to 
reflect on questions such as:

- In liberal democracies, will post-COVID state intervention prioritize an 
equal, fair and just recovery or will today’s active crisis management quickly 
fade as governments face unimaginable budgetary deficits and public debt?

- Will this global pandemic result in greater international cooperation between 
nations? Will an eventual vaccine be equitably distributed as a global public 
good with the pooling of patents?

- Can we envisage greater international cooperation, a global Green New Deal,  
in response to the warnings of the UN IPCC that the world has ten years to 
avoid the irreversible impact of climate change?  Or will governments return to 
national agendas as countries struggle to rebuild their economies?

- At the supra-national level, will the current increased coordination within 
the European Union be eclipsed by reclaiming national sovereignty?

- Within countries, will the increasing role of regional and local governments 
be considerably diminished by the re-centralization of power taking place in 
many countries managing the pandemic crisis? This is especially true for cities 
with greater responsibility for “habitat” that are important sites of 
resistance to “improvement”, in Polanyi’s terms. Cities and local governments 
were given greater responsibilities pre-COVID and have demonstrated the

Re: 15th International Karl Polanyi Institute conference, April 22-24

[Norma Rantisi]

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Thanks Jun!  Yes - April 22-24, 2021...I blame zoom fatigue.

On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 at 10:04, Jun Zhang 
mailto:zh...@geog.utoronto.ca>> wrote:

*Message sent from a system outside of UConn.*


Thanks, Norma. This is a great subject to be discussed.

Just found a minor error, the conference date in the title should be April 
22-24, 2021, NOT 2020.

Cheers,
Jun




Jun ZHANG, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Geography and Planning
University of Toronto
Sidney Smith Hall, 5025B, 100 St. George Street,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G3
Tel:  +1 (416) 978-2958
Fax: +1 (416) 946-3886
Email: zh...@geog.utoronto.ca





On Oct 15, 2020, at 10:00 AM, Norma Rantisi 
mailto:norma.rant...@gmail.com>> wrote:


*Message sent from a system outside of UConn.*


Dear list members:

Please find below a 'Call for Papers' for the 15th International Karl Polanyi 
Institute conference, sponsored by the Karl Polanyi Institute. The conference 
will be held (online) from April 22-24.
Also, further below, please find a newsletter, which includes
announcements about some upcoming webinars that may be of interest.  The first 
webinar is a discussion with Fred Block, Robert Cuttner and Margaret Sommers 
about the upcoming US elections, and will be held on October 23rd, 12:30 PM EST.

Please share with others who may be interested.

Thanks, Norma


Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy, Concordia University

Call for Papers
15th International Karl Polanyi Conference

“The Role of the State in the post-COVID 21st Century”

April 22-24, 2020, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

The 15th International Karl Polanyi Conference April 22-24, 2021 will 
exceptionally take place entirely online. As we live through a major global 
upheaval, we invite participation in a broad and open discussion on the current 
consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and how governments around the world, 
international organizations and social movements are responding to the crisis 
and what this may mean for the future.
The COVID-19 pandemic requires urgent and immediate response and cooperation. 
It also requires a reset and retooling of the state. It requires greater 
coherence between all levels of government and a reconfiguration of roles and 
responsibilities with the active participation of civil society.  It requires 
greater international cooperation and a concerted action to fight rising 
nationalism.

Despite the diversity of governments in power, from authoritarian to liberal 
democracies, the global economic shock triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has 
led to active forms of state intervention, both piecemeal and more coordinated. 
Are we witnessing a “pendulum swing” from minimal state intervention to a 
publicly led social and economic transformation? As governments in liberal 
democratic states inject vast sums of money into public health, economic life 
support and stimulus strategies in response to the pandemic, does this signal 
the end of decades of savage cuts to public spending? And even if such actions 
by governments are diverse and fragmented, do they prefigure a deeper 
transformation toward state re-centralization and a commitment to restore 
public service provision, or even a different configuration and role of the 
state altogether? Will populist and authoritarian regimes resist the 
increasingly acknowledged need for the global management of health crises? 
Countries in the global South burdened with the high cost of servicing foreign 
debt, falling commodity prices and economic chaos have little or no capacity to 
invest in health care. Will there be increasing international pressure for debt 
forgiveness?

For the 15th International Karl Polanyi conference, we invite participants to 
reflect on questions such as:

- In liberal democracies, will post-COVID state intervention prioritize an 
equal, fair and just recovery or will today’s active crisis management quickly 
fade as governments face unimaginable budgetary deficits and public debt?

- Will this global pandemic result in greater international cooperation between 
nations? Will an eventual vaccine be equitably distributed as a global public 
good with the pooling of patents?

- Can we envisage greater international cooperation, a global Green New Deal,  
in response to the warnings of the UN IPCC that the world has ten years to 
avoid the irreversible impact of climate change?  Or will governments return to 
national agendas as countries struggle to rebuild their economies?

- At the supra-national level, will the current increased coordination within 
the European Union be eclipsed by reclaiming national sovereignty?

- Within countries, will the increasing role of regional and local governments 
be considerably diminished by the re-centralization of power taking place in 
many countries managing the pandemic crisis? This is especially true for cities 
with greater responsibility f

African Studies Review looking for associate editor w/ a background in Human Geography

[William Moseley]

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The African Studies Review (ASR) is  looking for an associate editor with a 
background in human geography to join their editorial collective. I serve on 
the editorial board and would be happy to answer questions.

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They are particularly keen to identify prospective candidates with expertise in 
Human Geography, Developmental Geography, Political Science, Development 
Economics, or Political Economy.

Regards,

Bill


--

William G. Moseley

DeWitt Wallace Professor of Geography
Director, Food, Agriculture & Society Program
Macalester College
1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105-1899 USA
Email: mose...@macalester.edu
Tel: (1) 651-696-6126, Fax: (1) 651-696-6116, 
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 UN Committee on World Food Security
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Society,
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