[gep-ed] solar energy opportunity for students

[Paul Wapner]

Dear Colleagues,

I wanted to share an exciting opportunity for undergraduates looking for 
hands-on experience with clean energy solutions. I serve on the board of a 
charitable organization called RE-volv, which finances 
and installs solar projects for nonprofit groups.  RE-volv's Solar Ambassador 
Program offers college students the 
chance to plan and implement a solar project.

Over the course of one academic year, Solar Ambassadors work in teams to 
identify a nonprofit or co-op near their campus that wants to go solar. The 
team works with RE-volv to set-up the project and run a crowdfunding campaign 
to underwrite the solar energy system. RE-volv will provide funding to bring 
Solar Ambassador team leaders to San Francisco to receive in-depth training in 
solar energy policy and organizational management so groups can successfully 
advance their project. Additionally, students will participate in an ongoing 
webinar series with leaders in the environmental and renewable energy fields to 
provide a solid foundation to pursue careers in sustainability. A more in-depth 
description of the program can be found 
here.

Our current cohort of Solar 
Ambassadors includes teams from 
Swarthmore College, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Dayton, 
University of Connecticut, University of New England, Coastal Carolina 
University, and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  RE-volv is looking for new 
teams to join the 2017-2018 cohort.

This is a wonderful opportunity for students to develop project management, 
outreach, and communication skills while tangibly taking action on climate 
change through solar energy.

It would be wonderful if you could pass this along to your students and others 
in your department. Applications close on February 17, 2017. If you have any 
questions, please feel free to call or email me (see signature, below).

Thank you for reading, and I look forward to being in touch.

Best, Paul


Paul Wapner
Professor, Global Environmental Politics
School of International Service
American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20016
pwap...@american.edu
202-885-1647


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[gep-ed] FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS - Fully-Funded INOGOV Research Workshop: Climate Governance After Paris

[Charles Roger]

Dear Colleagues,
***Apologies for cross-posting***

I’m writing to send out a FINAL CALL for abstracts for the research workshop 
that I will be hosting (with David Held) at the Global Policy Institute of 
Durham University, March 22-24, 2017. I would appreciate it if you could 
circulate the Call for Abstracts (see below) within your departments and 
networks, and to any individuals that may be especially interested in the 
themes.

The workshop will broadly be focusing on exploring the interactions between 
climate change policies and initiatives at the intergovernmental, transnational 
and domestic levels and drawing out lessons for policymakers. The deadline for 
submission of abstracts is November 24th, 2016—this Thursday. Participation is 
fully-funded for those authors at universities in COST member countries.

We very much look forward to receiving your abstracts! And, if you have any 
questions, please feel free to get in touch with me at 
charles.ro...@utoronto.ca.

Many thanks,
Charlie

-
Charles Barclay Roger
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow
The University of Toronto
100 St. George Street, Rm. 3018
Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 3G3
Profile: http://goo.gl/CdiowT



Call For Abstracts, Fully-funded Research Workshop
March 22-24th 2017
Global Policy Institute, Durham University

Climate Governance after Paris: Exploring the Links Between Intergovernmental, 
Transnational and Domestic Climate Policies.

The climate change regime has evolved in a complex fashion over the past 30 
years, with a mosaic of interconnected and partially overlapping 
intergovernmental, transnational and domestic initiatives appearing. States 
have engaged in unilateral policymaking and formed climate clubs amongst 
themselves. A host of transnational climate governance initiatives, involving 
an array of non-state and sub-state actors, has arisen. Numerous 
intergovernmental organizations, such as the UN, G20, IMO, and the World Bank, 
have developed their own governance schemes and engaged both state and 
non-state actors. Now, after the conclusion of the Paris 
Agreementhttp://unfccc.int/paris_agreement/items/9485.php>,
 states have finally produced a new intergovernmental treaty that aims to 
catalyze, facilitate, and review national efforts, and recognizes the important 
role that non-state and sub-state actors will play in the future.
In this context, successful governance of climate change increasingly rests on 
the ability of these diverse varieties of governance to develop reinforcing 
relationships that can enhance the ambition and effectiveness of each element. 
Yet, at present, our understanding of the linkages between them remains 
limited. While we have a better understanding of dynamics within each domain 
and know that these different elements of the climate regime are interconnected 
in important ways, there has been relatively little research into how and when 
domestic, intergovernmental, and transnational initiatives can have mutually 
reinforcing effects, or, conversely, when actions in one sphere are likely to 
hinder or undermine meaningful actions in another. This fully-funded workshop 
therefore aims to bring around 20 scholars together in order to foster a deeper 
analytical understanding of the linkages between different elements of the 
climate regime, and to distill the broader lessons for climate policymaking.
Specifically, the aims of this workshop are three-fold:
First, it aims to conceptualize and map the different pathways through which 
domestic, intergovernmental and transnational governance initiatives can 
potentially interact with and raise or lower the level of ambition of actions 
taken in other governance domains.
Second, it aims to develop our understanding of these linkages by analyzing 
specific instances in which domestic, intergovernmental and/or transnational  
initiatives have interacted with and reinforced one another, or not. 
Specifically, the aim here is to develop positive explanations of when and why 
actions in one sphere can influence outcomes in another.
Third, it aims to draw insights from the conceptual and empirical work 
undertaken in order to develop lessons for policymakers attempting to leverage 
actions in particular spheres.
Papers may be conceptual, empirical, or normative in nature, and can apply a 
range of methods. Those addressing the following (and related) types of 
questions are welcome:

  *   When do initiatives at the intergovernmental level (the UNFCCC, World 
Bank, International Civil Aviation Organizations, G20, and so on) help to 
constitute coalitions or create incentives for ambitious actions at the 
domestic and/or transnational levels?
  *   Through which pathways can ambitious transnational schemes strengthen or 
catalyze governance at the intergovernmental and domestic levels?
  *   What actions have ambitious states taken that might raise the likelihood 
of other laggard sta

[gep-ed] 3rd Annual Graduate Workshop in Environmental Politics and Governance; May 17-19, 2017

[Aseem Prakash]

3rd Annual Duck Family Graduate Workshop
in Environmental Politics and Governance

May 17-19, 2017

Center for Environmental Politics
University of Washington, Seattle




On May 17-19, 2017, University of Washington's Center for Environmental
Politics (http://depts.washington.edu/envirpol/) will organize the 3rd annual
Duck Family Graduate Workshop for social science doctoral students working in
the area of environmental politics and governance (EPG). This follows on the
highly successful workshops that the Center hosted in 2015 and 2016.

This workshop will provide a venue for doctoral students to present their work,
receive feedback, and network with others working on similar issues. We will
invite select faculty from University of Washington and other universities to
serve as resource persons.

Objective:
Why the workshop?  Understanding the governance and political aspects of
environmental issues is critical for addressing the gamut of environmental
challenges. The politics of governance perhaps has become an even more critical
factor in the changed political milieu. The multi-disciplinary nature of the
EPG research often makes it hard to share ideas, concepts, and research methods
across relevant disciplines. We hope the annual Duck Family Graduate Workshop
will help overcome these barriers and provide a multi-disciplinary venue for
doctoral students to become participants in the community of emerging social
science scholars working in the EPG area.

Expenses:
There are no workshop fees and the Center will pay for local expenses, namely
each participant's food and shared hotel lodging (with two participants per
room) for three nights, May 17, 18, and 19. Participants are responsible for
travel expenses.

Application Logistics:
This workshop will be most useful for doctoral students who have made
substantial progress in their graduate studies: that is, they are able to
present a fully developed paper that includes empirical analyses.

The applicants should send:

- an abstract (about 800 - 1,000 words) of a paper or dissertation
prospectus;
- a letter of support from their graduate advisor.

Applicants should upload the above material on the link "Grad Workshop"
available on the center's website:
.

The deadline for submission is February 15, 2017.
 

Timeline:

1. February 15-28, 2017: the Center faculty evaluate the proposals.

2. March 1, 2017: Participants are formally invited.

3. May 5, 2017: Participants email their papers to 

4. Wednesday, May 17, 2017: Participants arrive; Welcome dinner.

5. Thursday, May 18, 2017: Full day Workshop in the Petersen Room (Allen
Library, University of Washington, Seattle) followed by
dinner.

6. Friday, May 19, 2017: Full day Workshop in the Petersen Room (Allen
Library, University of Washington, Seattle) followed by dinner.

7. Saturday, May 20, 2017: Departure.


The Center for Environmental Politics is excited to organize this unique event
focused on furthering graduate training and education. Should you have any
questions, feel free to email me.

Sincerely,

Aseem Prakash
Professor, Department of Political Science
Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences
Founding Director, UW Center for Environmental Politics
University of Washington, Seattle
as...@uw.edu





Aseem Prakash
Professor, Department of Political Science
Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences
Founding Director, UW Center for Environmental Politics
39 Gowen Hall, Box 353530
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3530

http://faculty.washington.edu/aseem/
http://depts.washington.edu/envirpol/