Greetings! I'd like to support the suggestion of online opportunities. As someone based in New Zealand, it's expensive (financially and environmentally) to travel overseas for such opportunities, yet the desire to work with international colleagues remains strong. I've used video and online conferencing often, and both work well -- they just require planning, especially when time zone differences are challenging.
Regards, Stefanie Dr Stefanie S. Rixecker Assistant Vice Chancellor(Research & Development) Forbes Building, Room 611 P O Box 84 Lincoln University Lincoln 7647 Christchurch New Zealand p +64 3 325 3838 extn: 8643 | m +64 021 878 239 | f +64 3 325 3857 e [email protected] | w www.lincoln.ac.nz<http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/> Lincoln University, Te Whare Wanaka o Aoraki New Zealand's Specialist Land Based University Theme Leader, Global Justice & Environmental Policy, LEaP w www.LEaP.ac.nz<http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of HARRIS, Paul Gordon Sent: Friday, 12 March 2010 5:03 p.m. To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [gep-ed] 2011 ISA Annual Convention Call for Papers Dear Pam, Whatever happened to the ESS discussion about trying to persuade ISA to move some of the annual convention online? I'm always uncomfortable that the section (along with ISA more generally) is encouraging people to fly from far and wide to attend these meetings. The planet just can't afford this kind of lifestyle, however much we might want to argue that our face-to-face collaboration might outweigh the resulting pollution (carbon offsets, such as they are, notwithstanding). All best, Paul -- P.G. Harris Department of Social Sciences Hong Kong Institute of Education 10 Lo Ping Road Tai Po, HONG KONG General Office Tel.: +852 2948 7707 Direct Tel.: +852 2948 6763 Fax: +852 2948 8047 Email: pharris @ ied.edu.hk http://www.ied.edu.hk/ssc/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] on behalf of Pam Chasek Sent: Fri 3/12/2010 11:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [gep-ed] 2011 ISA Annual Convention Call for Papers Hi everyone: I am forwarding the call for papers for ISA's 52nd Annual Convention in Montreal in March 2011. The deadline for submission of proposals is June 1, 2010. For those of you who weren't at ISA this year in New Orleans, I want to repeat a few of the reminders I gave out then: 1. If you submit panel proposals, please do your best to include 5 papers, a chair and a discussant. Chances are, at least one paper will drop off the panel between June and March. 2. If you submit individual paper proposals, the most important thing to include is a list of good descriptive key words so that I will be able to match you with other papers to create panels. 3. It's always useful to submit to more than one section -- you have a greater chance of getting chosen and it makes it easier for me to find co-sponsors of panels to increase our overall number. 4. If you volunteer to serve as a discussant or chair, ISA asks you to list your areas of expertise. Just saying "environment" is not sufficient. If you could be more specific (ie chemicals, biodiversity, environmental law, Asian environmental issues, climate change, air pollution) that will help in matching you to appropriate papers. 5. You can only present 2 papers at the conference, but you can also serve as a chair or discussant. If you have any questions, please let me know. Good luck! Pam Chasek Program Chair, Environmental Studies Section, ISA Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 300 East 56th Street #11A New York, NY 10022 USA Tel: +1 212-888-2737- Fax: +1 646 219 0955 E-mail: [email protected] International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm -----Original Message----- From: International Studies Association [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 2:24 PM To: Pam Chasek Subject: 2011 ISA Annual Convention Call for Papers International Studies Association 52nd Annual Convention Montréal, Québec, Canada March 16-19, 2011 Call for Papers David A. Lake, President Matthew A. Baum, Program Co-Chair Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Program Co-Chair For the full call for papers, see the ISA 2011 page at http://www.isanet.org/montreal2011/ Theme: Global Governance - Political Authority in Transition The nation-state is generally regarded as inadequate to cope with the expanding global problems of the 21st century. Global climate change, international economic crises, transnational terrorism and crime, pandemics, nuclear proliferation, and more, all challenge the capabilities of states individually and collectively. Nation-states are also challenged from below by secessionist and other sub-national movements and from above by global civil society. In response to these competing pressures, political authority has begun to flow upwards to supranational or multilateral bodies, downwards to regional and local governments, and sideways to private actors - both within nations and transnationally - who assume previously public responsibilities. Governance is no longer the exclusive preserve of sovereign states, if it ever was. But neither is it moving uniformly in a single direction. Despite growing interest in problems of global governance and decades of research, four key questions still lack clear answers. Where is political authority moving? Why is authority moving? Is global governance good? How can global governance be improved and reformed? We invite proposals for papers and panels that address these and other issues related to the problems of global governance in the 21st century. We especially welcome proposals that bridge different theoretical, epistemological and ontological divides within international studies to address common substantive problems. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS IS JUNE 1, 2010 All proposals should be submitted online using the MyISA Conference Management System at http://isanet.ccit.arizona.edu/MyISA Program Chairs contact information: Email: [email protected] Mathew A. Baum John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA 02138 United States Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Department of Government University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ United Kingdom "The contents of this e-mail (including any attachments) may be confidential and/or subject to copyright. Any unauthorised use, distribution, or copying of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by return e-mail or telephone and then delete this e-mail together with all attachments from your system."
