Lorraine and all:
Might I suggest a proposal to the Long Range Planning
Committee (of which I am no longer chair) about virtual
(or real time) streaming? As you know, the Association
just went over from transparencies to powerpoint, and
there are complications (broadband/wireless, which hotels
are gouging for), but it would be a good move in terms of
greening ISA. Their only real concern besides cost would
be the possibility of losing revenues; I suppose some kind
of subscription system could be set up...
Yours,
Ronnie
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:00:53 +1100
Lorraine Elliott <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all
I certainly agree that we should be looking at creative
and alternative ways of 'meeting', I'm not advocating
massive carbon footprints and, as an antipodean myself, I
certainly do appreciate the financial constraints ... but
let me throw a slightly different perspective into the
discussion. Conferences like ISA have other functions as
well, including the opportunity for PhD students and
early career researchers to meet more established
scholars to discuss their work, get advice and mentoring
... it's often those 'corridor' and one-on-one
conversations and feedback opportunities (as well as
finding out about jobs) that are useful for younger
colleagues who are making their way in the increasingly
global academic world. I do think that this is more
difficult to do through video-conferencing alone. And
while video-conferencing can work well for countries and
universities that have excellent facilities for this
(including reliable telecommunications), it doesn't
always work well in those countries and those
universities that are less well-resourced ... and there
are lots of them!
Maybe what this means is that instead of moving to
sessions that are entirely virtual, we look at options
for broadcasting or streaming sessions so that those who
can and/or choose to get to ISA can still do so and those
who can't or choose not to are still able to participate.
In fact, this could actually also help us to expand
participation for students and colleagues from poorer
countries/universities as long as we can also find ways
to support their access to the facilities necessary for
this.
Cheers
Lorraine
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Subject: Re: [gep-ed] 2011 ISA Annual Convention Call
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May I add support to Paul's point. If we, of all
communities, cannot take this step, how can we expect
change to happen?
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On 12 Mar 2010, at 04:03, HARRIS, Paul Gordon wrote:>
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).
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All best,
>
Paul
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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
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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!
>
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Program Chair, Environmental Studies Section, ISA
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-----Original Message-----
From: International Studies Association
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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
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