ISEE- University of Antwerp PhD Course March 13, 2019From 10 to 12 September 2019, the University of Antwerp, KULeuven, UHasselt and VITO will organize a PhD course. Topic of the PhD course is: sustainability assessment for the low-carbon economy. This course consists of a number of lectures by … Continue reading → The post University of Antwerp PhD Course appeared first on The […]
- Human Population and the Sixth Mass Extinction March 11, 2019PUBLIC CONFERENCE: HUMAN POPULATION AND THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION There is widespread consensus among scientists and conservationists that we are in the midst of the Sixth Mass Extinction, and that human beings are its cause. As the world’s population grows, … Continue reading → The post Human Population and the Sixth Mass Extinction appeared first […]
- Call for Nominations: USSEE Daly and Aguilar Awards March 8, 2019The USSEE Board of Directors is soliciting nominees for two awards (the Herman Daly Award and Bernardo Aguilar Award) to be given in conjunction with the 2019 ESA & USSEE Joint Meeting, to be held August 11th-16th in Louisville, Kentucky. The deadline for nominations is May … Continue reading → The post Call for Nominations: USSEE Daly and Aguilar Awards appeared […]
- Ph.D. position (f/m/d) in the field of Environmental Sociology/Environmental Policy/Environmental Psychology or related – 75% March 7, 2019The inter- and transdisciplinary Junior Research Group “SEE-URBAN-WATER” is offering a Ph.D. position (f/m/d) in the field of Environmental Sociology/Environmental Policy/Environmental Psychology or related – 75% from April 1, 2019 on. The position is limited to three years. Within the … Continue reading → The post Ph.D. position (f/m/d) in the field of Environmental Sociology/Environmental […]
- Call for Papers ANZSEE 2019 Conference February 22, 2019Call for papers ANZSEE 2019 Conference Ecological Economics: Solutions Now and In the Future 24–26 November 2019, RMIT University, Melbourne The urgency for ecological solutions continues to mount with delays in addressing significant local to global environmental and social problems … Continue reading → The post Call for Papers ANZSEE 2019 Conference appeared first on […]
- University of Freiburg Research Position Available February 19, 2019Posted: 14 February 2019 The Chair of Environmental Economics and Resource Management at the University of Freiburg, Germany, Prof. Dr. Stefan Baumgärtner) is seeking a Doctoral or Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological, Environmental and Resource Economicsbeginning June 1, 2019 or the earliest date thereafter. … Continue reading → The post University of Freiburg Research Position Available appeared first on […]
- SPSAS Scenarios February 19, 2019The São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Scenarios and Modelling on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services to Support Human Well-Being will be held in São Pedro (190 km from São Paulo) from 01 – 15 July, 2019. Applications are open … Continue reading → The post SPSAS Scenarios appeared first on The International Society for […]
- 2019 ESA+USSEE Joint Meeting February 15, 20192019 ESA+USSEE Joint Meeting: Call for Contributed Abstracts ESA and USSEE invite contributed abstracts (talks and posters) for the upcoming joint meeting in Louisville. The deadline to submit an abstract is Thursday, February 21 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time (2:00 … Continue reading → The post 2019 ESA+USSEE Joint Meeting appeared first on The International […]
- ISSST 2019 Abstracts Due Today February 13, 2019International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology Portland, Oregon, USA ● June 25-27, 2019 Abstracts are due today (13 February 2019)! Alumni Rate Closes Friday (15 February 2019)! Final reminder that abstracts are due today! Visit https://www.conftool.org/issst2019/ to submit your … Continue reading → The post ISSST 2019 Abstracts Due Today appeared first on The […]
- International AFEP-IIPPE Conference CfP February 7, 2019International AFEP-IIPPE Conference, with participation by ADEK, AHE and EAEPE Envisioning the Economy of the Future and the Future of Political Economy July 3rd to 5th, 2019, Lille, France Social Ecological Economics and Political Economy: Theoretical, Methodological and Empirical Issues … Continue reading → The post International AFEP-IIPPE Conference CfP appeared first on The International […]
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Category Archives: Books
Economics for Humans, Second Edition
Economics for Humans, Second Edition Julie A. Nelson, University of Chicago Press, December 2018 Times Literary Supplement “Passionate, to be welcomed in a discipline notably devoid of passion. . . . Can be read for pleasure and enlightenment by economists and non-economists … Continue reading
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Tagged business, business economics and management studies, Economics, economics and business, general theory and principles, individual, julie nelson, social institutions, Sociology, state and society, women's studies
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Routledge Handbook of Ecological Economics
50 original articles, by 63 international authors (a third female), providing an introduction to and overview of key issues in ecological economics. Ideal for teaching and learning about the field, its current state and future prospects. Continue reading
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EcoSystems
Updated: 10 December 2018 1 November 2018 Press Release and Book Form Environment Europe is delighted to request the pleasure of your company at the Private View of the ‘ECOSYSTEMS’ exhibition by Dr Stanislav Shmelev to take place 13:00-17:00 on 12 … Continue reading
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Rethinking Environmentalism: Linking Justice, Sustainability, and Diversity
Just published: An edited volume titled “Rethinking Environmentalism: Linking Justice, Sustainability, and Diversity”, edited by Sharachchandra Lele, Eduardo S. Brondizio, John Byrne, Georgina M. Mace and Joan Martinez-Alier and published by MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. The book is the result … Continue reading
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Tagged diversity, eduardo brondizio, ernst strungmann foundation, georgina mace, Joan Martinez-Alier, john byrne, linking justice, mit press, rethinking environmentalism, Sharachchandra Lele, Sustainability
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Transformational Change in Environmental and Natural Resource Management
Transformational Change in Environmental and Natural Resource Management Guidelines for policy excellence Edited by Mike Young, Christine Esau About the Book The aim of this book is to catalyse global interest in the pursuit of transformational changes in natural resource … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, christine esau, environment and Natural resource management, mike young, Routledge, taylor & francis group, transformational change
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Sustainability and the Art of Long-term Thinking
Publication new Book “Sustainability and the Art of Long-term Thinking” by Bernd Klauer, Reiner Manstetten, Thomas Petersen, Johannes Schiller Dealing with time is intimately linked to sustainability, because sustainability, at its core, involves long-term ethical claims. To live up to … Continue reading
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Vernon Press – Call for book or chapter proposals
Call for book or chapter proposals: Vernon Press launches a series in “Economic Methodology” Vernon Press invites book proposals on economic methods, broadly construed. All economics-based schools of thought are encouraged to submit. Other disciplines are encouraged to submit, as … Continue reading
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Tagged agent-based modeling, behavioural economics, dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (dsge), econometrics/statistics, economic experiments, economic methods, qualitative methods, quantitative methods
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Limits of Economic and Social Knowledge
Insightful new book by Stephen DeCanio Limits of Economic and Social Knowledge Stephen J. DeCanio It might seem that contemporary economic theory offers a scientific account of choice among alternatives. Yet this is only superficially the case; the behavior of … Continue reading
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Handbook of Ecological Economics
Edited by Joan Martínez-Alier, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain and Roldan Muradian, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil ‘This volume is a much-needed addition to the literature on ecological economics. The essays in this volume represent a return to the basic ontological … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecological Economics, ecological economics handbook, Edward Elgar, handbook, martinez-alier, Roldan Muradian
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New Book: Sustainable Economics
New book Sustainable EconomicsContext, Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century Practitioner. (Greenleaf Publishing) Targeted at enabling the modern business student and practitioner to disentangle the complex debate relating to sustainability, this book provides the tools necessary to lead their … Continue reading
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Tagged business strategies, current thinking on sustainability, greenleaf publishing, lead organizations, modern ecological thought, practioner, students, Sustainability, sustainable economics
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Introduction to Ecological Economics Second Edition
Robert Costanza’s new book: Introduction to Ecological Economics, Second Edition. This edition is a major update and expansion of the 1997 first edition. Ecological economics explores new ways of thinking about how we manage our lives and our planet to … Continue reading
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[NEW BOOK] Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era
Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era edited by Giacomo D’Alisa, Federico Demaria and Giorgos Kallis (Routledge, 2014) Degrowth is a rejection of the illusion of growth and a call to repoliticize the public debate colonized by the idiom of … Continue reading
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