[gep-ed] ISA 2015 panel on transition
Regarding ISA 2015, this is to solicit interest in participating on a panel (i.e., papers) or a roundtable (i.e., focused discussion) on THE POLITICS OF URGENT TRANSITION. Among the premises of the session would be: *the world is undergoing a fundamental shift, a discontinuous change, a long-term transition, punctuated by crises that are largely unpredictable and unprecedented; *the biophysical basis of the change is, at a minimum— i. the end of cheap energy—cheap economically, energetically, environmentally; ii. rising defensive expenditures for past environmental abuses and social debts; *modes of organizing and communicating for the transition are unlike that of the 20th century; *the politics will play out at all levels but are likely to be led by “the local” and “the transnational.” Presentations could focus on resource extraction (especially fossil fuels), food, water, finance. The central question, however, would be, What are, or might be, the politics of the transition, both positive and negative. Please respond directly to me (not to this list serve) with a few sentences of an expected contribution (again, either paper or discussion point). Also, please indicate why this panel is of particular interest, professional or otherwise. Tom Princen ** Thomas Princen, Ph.D. Carson Fellow, 2014 Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society 11a Leopoldstrasse D-80802 Munich, Germany (ph) +49 (0) 89 / 2180-72392 email: tprin...@umich.edu ** -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups gep-ed group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[gep-ed] roundtable proposal - digital and social media in the classroom and beyond
Dear GEPers, If anyone is interested in participating in this proposed ISA roundtable, please send me a note by 5/22 with a brief description of your relevant experience and the kinds of themes you might discuss. Many thanks, Paul Steinberg Using Digital and Social Media in the Classroom and Beyond This roundtable will explore the promise and perils of using new media (digital media productions, Facebook, twitter, wikis, website production, etc.) to share research ideas and to promote new forms of learning in higher education and within society at large. Many academics are wary of the new media revolution, and for good reason. One the one hand, digital and online technologies offer new possibilities for bringing scholarly ideas to life, for reaching broader audiences, and for promoting creativity and collaboration in the classroom. On the other hand, these new technologies involve learning curves, make new demands on a scholar's time, and raise important questions about the norms, practices, and boundaries of scholarship. Participants will share lessons learned from their experiences using new media, offering practical advice that will serve as a launching point for an open discussion with attendees. -- Paul F. Steinberg Malcolm Lewis Chair in Sustainability and Society Professor of Political Science Environmental Policy Harvey Mudd College http://www.hmc.edu/steinberg Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, the Arts 301 East Platt Boulevard Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA 91711 tel. 909-607-3840 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups gep-ed group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[gep-ed] Fwd: ISA 2015 scarcity panel
Send on behalf of Hannah Petersen - all queries to *hannah.peterse...@city.ac.uk* hannah.peterse...@city.ac.uk *International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention 2015* *Panel proposal – call for papers* *Convenor: Hannah Petersen, PhD Candidate City University London, Visiting Fellow Harvard GSAS* *Scarcity and Decision-making in Global Political Economy* The basic economic principle of scarcity has an almost uncontested claim to universal applicability in the field of IPE – and yet its management depends on a variety of factors besides the purely material issue of scarcity; i.e. the perception of scarcity, ideas about scarcity governance, and interests matter greatly. Scarcity of resources, both productive and institutional, is on the increase as a political and public concern. Access to natural resources, mainly water, food and energy, is even perceived as the security risk of the 21st century (Mildner 2011). Furthermore the newest economic crisis has added scarcity worries of a different sort: scarcity of jobs, scarcity of public services, and scarcity of opportunity. Scarcity repercussions cut across issue-, regional and political borders, yet its governance is usually fought out in a rather opaque fashion among policy-makers and stakeholders on all levels of decision-making. There is a long tradition of literature on scarcity, and there is ongoing multifaceted research into political decision-making in the past decades – however the two rarely seem to overlap. This panel aims to discuss diverse examples of scarcity governance to tease out the discourse around it at the sub-national, national and international level, paying close to attention to factors other than factual material scarcity influencing the perception of scarcity and subsequent decision- and policy-making. *Participants should submit a title, key words and abstract (200 words) by May 26 and those interested in discussing/ chairing should submit an email to:* *hannah.peterse...@city.ac.uk* hannah.peterse...@city.ac.uk *International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention* New Orleans, February 15th-18th, 2015 http://www.isanet.org/Conferences/NewOrleans2015.aspx -- Dr Hayley Stevenson Senior Lecturer Department of Politics University of Sheffield Convenor, BISA Environment Working Group http://www.bisa-environment.net/ *Recently published* *Democratizing Global Climate Governance*http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/political-theory/democratizing-global-climate-governance?format=HB(with John S. Dryzek). *Institutionalizing Unsustainability: The Paradox of Global Climate Governance http://escholarship.org/uc/item/4zp9f66p#*. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups gep-ed group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
