15th Annual International Sustainable Development Research ...
15th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference
http://globalchallenge2009.geo.uu.nl
International Sustainable Development Research Society
The International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS) aims to foster and
communicate the importance of sustainable development in a global society. The society is
a coalition of academic researchers, teachers, government, non-governmental organisations
and industry. It promotes inter- and transdisciplinary research and education for sustainable
development. As an open and inclusive society, our vision is to establish a forum where diverse
research communities can come together creating a transparent dialogue on key problems,
issues, initiatives, policies and strategies needed to make progress on sustainable development
a reality.
The society builds upon the 14 year history of the International Sustainable Development
Research Conference and its associated journals. The conference continues to be hosted annually
in different countries. In 2004 it was held in Manchester (UK), in 2005 in Helsinki (Finland), in
2006 in Hong Kong (China), in 2007 in Västerås (Sweden) and in 2008 in New Delhi (India).
For 2009 we announce the 15th Conference in Utrecht, The Netherlands. It is organised by
the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht University,
the Netherlands, on 5-8 July 2009.
www.isdrs.org
Venue of the Conference
University Campus De Uithof
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Expected number of participants: 400-500
Organization
Conference Chair
Prof. N.D. van Egmond (Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences)
Dr. W.J.V. Vermeulen (Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute)
Organizing Committee
Dr. W.J.V. Vermeulen (Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute)
Dr. M.C. Bootsma (Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute)
Prof. P.P.J. Driessen (Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute)
Prof. M.P. Hekkert (Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute)
Dr. M.K. Patel (Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute)
Scientific Committee
Prof. R. Welford (University of Hong Kong, Corporate Environmental Governance, China)
Prof. J. Korhonen (University of Tampere, Research Institute for Social Sciences, Finland)
Prof. A. Sahay (Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, India)
Prof. W.M. Lafferty (Centre for Development and the Environment Oslo University Norway)
Dr. T.M. Parris (ISciences, USA)
Prof. W.C. Turkenburg (Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute)
Call for papers
Scope of the conference
Key motto of the 2009 conference is:
Taking up the global challenge: analysing the implementation of innovations
and governance for sustainable development.
The conference aims to enable sustainability researchers from developed and developing
countries to learn from each other’s experience and jointly create solutions for making
progress in sustainable development. Starting from the need for fundamental changes
towards a sustainable future, the conference program will focus on the many larger and
smaller developments in implementing practices of sustainable development. Researchers will
be challenged to look at factors explaining the levels of success and to analyse key issues for
mainstreaming these practices. The aim is to promote the debate on the key question whether
the developments in these practices and their mainstreaming are sufficiently substantial to
face the fast growing global wealth and its implications for environment and mankind in the
coming decades. Both the academic research character and lessons from practice will thus be
emphasised.
The 15th Annual Conference is a double blind peer reviewed conference. Abstracts are sent to
reviewers and written comments are provided to the authors. Papers from the conference are
considered for publication in special issues of various international scientific peer reviewed
journals.
The conference has now opened its call for papers in the 5 main themes, including 24 tracks.
Main Conference themes
• Sustainability Science: determining the need for transitions & assessing progress and trends
• Climate Change and Energy
• Sustainable Land Use
• Innovation for Sustainable Production and Consumption
• Governance for Sustainable Development
See the website for detailed Call for Papers for each track.
Contact by e-mail
globalchallenge2009@uu.nl
For all information
http://globalchallenge2009.geo.uu.nl
Participation fees
Early birds
before May 1, 2009
after May 1, 2009
Full Participant
€ 520
€ 570
Full Participant from developing country
€ 350
€ 400
PhD-student participant
€ 350
€ 400
Excursion
€ 10
€ 10
Sponsoring developing countries PhD-students
PhD-students from developing countries are encouraged to participate and present their
research. They may receive sponsorship if they have presented an accepted full paper.
See the website for the conditions.
Timetable
January 1st, 2009
Deadline submitting abstracts
February 1st, 2009
Letters of acceptance abstract
March 1st, 2009
Deadline submitting full paper
April 1st, 2009
Final programme & Acceptance papers
June 15th, 2009
Deadline submitting pdf-copy of poster
Program
July 4th, 2009
Early registration and welcome reception (5 pm)
July 5th, 2009
Opening session and track sessions
July 6th, 2009
Plenary session and track sessions
July 7th, 2009
Track sessions and Concluding session
July 8th, 2009
Excursion programme: Dutch best practices of sustainable development
Keynotes
Mrs J. Cramer, Dutch Minister of Environment, Prof. D. Meadows, Keynote by European
Environmental Agency, Dr. T. Banuri, Stockholm Environment Institute and others.
Sponsors
