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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND SCIENCES CONFERENCE (AESS) ABSTRACT DEADLINE
EXTENDED
The Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) has extended
the deadline for abstracts for papers, posters, or sessions for our next
annual conference, which will be held in Madison, WI, Oct. 8-11, 2009.
We have had so many requests for extensions to the deadline for submissions
of that we've extended the deadline until May 15. But this is the FINAL
extension. We thank everyone who has submitted an abstract already, and
encourage others to take advantage of this extension.
The purpose of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS)
is to serve the faculty, students and staff of the 1000+ interdisciplinary
"environmental" programs in North America and around the world. We seek to
strengthen teaching, research and service in environmental studies and
sciences, and to improve communication across boundaries that too often
divide the traditional academic disciplines -- the physical, biological,
and social sciences, and the humanities - that need to be brought to bear in
understanding and dealing with environmental problems and solutions.
The National Council <http://www.ncseonline.org/> for Science and the
Environment is helping to organize AESS as part of our effort to advance
environmental research and education.
About the Annual Meeting:
"Environment: The Interdisciplinary Challenge"
Annual Meeting of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences
October 8-11, 2009
University of Wisconsin, Madison
This will be the first official conference of AESS and the inaugural meeting
of the Association's members from across North America and, perhaps, beyond.
Making connections is the conference goal: professional connections,
disciplinary connections, connections between theory and practice, and
connections between complex adaptive natural systems and even more complex
human social systems.
Abstracts for proposed papers and proposals for panels and roundtables are
due on May 15 (submit your presentation abstract online at www.aess.info
Both disciplinary and interdisciplinary research products are welcome, but
all authors and presenters are encouraged to place their work within the
larger context of "environment & society."
By attempting to integrate relevant issues of environmental science,
management, policy, ethics, and other knowledge domains into their scholarly
work and learning, participants at the Madison meeting will be encouraged to
address "the interdisciplinary challenge" at a personal level. Their
presentations and discussions will help in synthesizing information and
emerging ideas that are likely to shape the future of environmental research
and teaching.
We welcome a wide variety of paper proposals, organized panels, and posters.
Panel and presentation topic areas are designed to transcend the boundaries
of any one discipline. Examples could include "Energy & Environment,"
"Environmental Analysis, Modeling & Methodology," "Clarifying Values in
Environmental Health," "Greening Business, Economics & Policy," "Campus
Sustainability & Community Service," "The Role of the Humanities in
Protecting Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services," "The Human Dimensions of
Abrupt Climate Change," and many, many others.
This is an opportunity to expand the purview of environmental scholarship in
ways that build intellectual community, while promoting individual
advancement in the profession.
In addition to the more conventional components of a professional
conference, the Madison meeting will allow plenty of time for free-ranging
discussion, workshops, field trips, and multi-media presentations. It will
also promote exchanges with the Society of Environmental Journalists, whose
members will be meeting next door, during the same period.
The extended deadline for abstract submission is May 15, so don't miss this
chance to participate as a presenter. Abstracts should be 250 words or
less. More than one abstract may be submitted, but contributors will be
limited to one paper or poster presentation. See submittal instructions,
below. In proposing a paper, poster, formal or informal session, workshop,
or other activity, please consider which of your research findings and other
scholarly products may be of particular interest to other members, or which
of your techniques and approaches to teaching or professional development
have worked extraordinarily well, or so badly, that fellow members will
clearly benefit from learning about your experience.
For additional information and guidance, or to offer your assistance in
planning the annual meeting, please contact AESS Secretary William
Freudenburg [email protected]
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