The POLLEN20 organizing group has been receiving questions about whether the conference will go forward as planned. We understand people’s concerns, particularly as many institutions have implemented travel restrictions in recent days. Based on an informed discussion of the situation, we have released the following statement, which we have added to our FAQ section. This is particularly meant for people who have been accepted as part of organized sessions and are uncertain about whether they should take next steps and register.
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CfA: Concurrent Crisis and Sustainable Futures: Global Extractivisms and Alternatives
Where: University of Helsinki, Finland
When: October 20-23, 2020
The Global Extractivisms and Alternatives Initiative (EXALT) is a new international network of scholars, activists, and policymakers dedicated to collaboration and knowledge creation around the pressing crises stemming from extractivist policies and practices. At the EXALT Initiative 2020 conference we seek to draw together diverse critical analyses of the phenomena of global extractivisms and the myriad alternatives being actively pursued in both theory and practice. It is the intention of this conference to contribute to, expand, and deepen the concept of extractivism and the role of alternatives beyond the conventional usage connected to natural resources.
Vacancy: Assistant/Associate Professor in International Political Economy (IPE)
Where: European School of Social and Political Science, Catholic University of Lille, France
Deadline: 15th of March, 2020
Type of contract: permanent, 35 hours per week
Starting date: 1st of September, 2020
Read full description and how to apply by visiting this link.
Ph.D. Course – May 11-15, 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark Degrowth in Europe: Foundations in theory and pathways to practice
ECTS: 5
Course dates: May 11-15, 2020
Deadline to apply: February 1, 2020 (Official registration and payment link will be provided followed acceptance). See ‘Practicalities’ below for details on how to apply.
Venue: Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 25, 1958 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Fee: 75 euro nonrefundable
Literature and schedule: To be confirmed following enrollment. A detailed program and full literature list will be communicated shortly after approval of your application.
Convened by the Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Read the full descriptionCfP ECPR 2020
Politics for Catastrophic Times: how to find the terrestrial
Panel Proposal, ECPR General Conference 2020
Deadline: 10th of February, 2020 – send abstract (no more than 500 words) to louise.knops@vub.be and mihnea.tanasescu@vub.be
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Dear POLLEN friends,
We will be publishing our monthly update early next week. If you have any publications, articles, blog posts, job announcements, or anything else to share with the network, please send it to politicalecologynetwork@gmail.com by Monday, 22nd of January.
Looking forward to hearing your news!
Job opening: Assistant Professor – Integrated Science and Technology – Environment
Where: James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Deadline: as soon as possible
To apply: visit http://joblink.jmu.edu/postings/6740 or go to JobLink.jmu.edu and reference posting number F1414.
Read the full job description belowConference Call on Mediterranean Studies: Renewable Energy and the Environment: Social, Political and Economic Dimensions
When: 4-5 June 2020
Where: Yaşar University, Izmir, Turkey
Deadline for submissions: 15 February, 2020
Website: https://cms.yasar.edu.tr/720-2/
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Dear POLLEN Friends,
The time has come for the last newsletter of 2019! We will publish these updates next week, so if you have any new publications, events, CfPs, blog posts or anything else you would like to share with the network, please send it to politicalecologynetwork@gmail.com by Wednesday, the 18th of December.
Looking forward to hearing your news!
From our friends at Undisciplined Environments
A number of interesting reads have been published by our friends over at Undisciplined Environments. Follow the titles below to read the articles.
Emergenciocracy: why demanding the “climate emergency” is risky – Giacomo D’Alisa
On Bolivia: For peace, democracy and indigenous-popular self-determination – Undisciplined Environment
El pequeño Pödelwitz global resiste – Emiliano Teran Mantovani
How green gentrification is compromising Seattle’s last affordable neighborhood – Helen Cole
Why Green is Not Enough: Creating Relational Well-Being in Children Through Urban Play Spaces – Carmen Pérez del Pulgar
Blocking the Flows. Notes from a climate action in Göteborg – Salvatore de Rosa
