Dear all, Happy New Year! May it bring more assertive and positive action for the environment!
I am circulating a call for abstracts for a workshop focusing on policy innovation, diffusion and access to clean energy in developing countries that we are organizing at the Graduate Institute in Geneva this coming May. See attached. Please circulate further if possible. With best regards, Liliana *Call for abstracts:* *Climate Policy Innovation and the Access to Clean Energy Technology* * in Developing Countries - 26-27 May 2016, Geneva* Innovation and diffusion of clean energy technology is essential for moving toward a green economy in a carbon-constrained world. While the developed world is trying to transition to a more carbon-neutral energy mix, developing countries are struggling to secure sufficient energy to meet basic human needs. This workshop will bring together 20-25 scholars under the flag of the COST Action INOGOV <http://www.inogov.eu/> (Innovations in Climate Governance) to discuss climate policy innovation and access to clean energy technology in particular in developing countries. Travel funding will be provided for accepted participants. This workshop aims to provide an in-depth investigation of the barriers to the diffusion of clean energy technologies to developing countries, as well as the governance mechanisms (policies and international cooperation) that can help to unlock diffusion and improve clean energy access. The workshop will contribute to INOGOV’s objectives by bringing together academic and policy researchers working on climate policy to improve integration of research and exchange, while informing future policy decisions. *We invite social scientists from all disciplines to debate around three main questions:* 1) What are the most important barriers to low-cost green technology diffusion across developing countries? 2) What is the impact of innovative domestic policies and transnational collaboration on the diffusion patterns of low-cost clean energy technologies across states? 3) How can the transnational clean energy regime facilitate the international diffusion of clean energy technologies and thereby help to address energy poverty, green growth and climate change in developing country contexts? We welcome theoretical papers, methodological papers, and empirical studies or combinations thereof; and invite abstracts that discuss and examine climate policy innovation and access to energy technology. The aim is to publish the draft papers, subject to normal review process, as a special volume in a high ranked scientific journal/or edited book. *Practicalities and submission deadlines* The workshop will be funded under the 4 year COST Action INOGOV <http://www.inogov.eu/>. INOGOV will cover reasonable travel costs and accommodation of all invited authors, subject to standard COST reimbursement and eligibility rules <http://www.inogov.eu/resources/expenses-reimbursement/>. Interested participants/authors are encouraged to submit *500** word abstracts* by *31 January 2016 *as a first step towards full paper development. Please send your abstract to the workshop organisers* at * *[email protected]* <[email protected]> (subject line: *INOGOV Climate Policy Innovation Workshop*). Authors will be notified of acceptance/rejection by *29 February 2016* and those selected to contribute to the workshop will receive funding to cover their costs of participation. Contributing authors are expected to submit a full first draft of their paper by *1 April 2016 *to be distributed to all workshop participants before the workshop. The drafts will be intensively debated at the workshop and full papers should tentatively be submitted for the review process by *31 August 2016.* Authors with specific questions are encouraged to contact workshop organisers:* Professor Liliana Andonova (* *[email protected]* <[email protected]>*) and Dr. Joëlle Noailly (* *[email protected]* <[email protected]>*). * -- Liliana Andonova Professor, Department of Political Science Co-Director, Center for International Environmental Studies Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Maison de la paix Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2 1202 Geneva, Switzerland Tel: (+41 22) 908 59 43 [email protected] http://graduateinstitute.ch -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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