Call for Papers, The Policy Use of Quantitative and Qualitative Indicators of Integration, 25-26 May 2009, Paris, France

Organized by the IUSSP Scientific Panel on the Integration of migrants and the Institut National d’Etudes Demographiques (INED), the second seminar of the IUSSP Scientific Panel on the Integration of Migrants invites researchers to submit papers that examine the relationship between policy and scientific approaches to integration, from the point of view of their reciprocal influences. How does research modify integration policies? How do policy demands structure research on integration? Concretely, how are quantitative or qualitative data used in the implementation of policy? Papers can be theoretical or empirical, and represent different disciplinary approaches: history, demography, political science, sociology, anthropology, legal studies, etc. Papers can focus on the national or regional level, or aim to be comparative. Due to the short time table for submitting proposals, this workshop is open to ongoing research projects. Deadline for submission of abstract: 15 February 2009. For more information visit http://www.iussp.org/Activities/integrmigr/call09.php.

 

Call for Papers, 15th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, 5-8 July 2009, Utrecht, The Netherlands

The International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS) is pleased to announce its 15th annual conference. The 15th annual conference of the International Sustainable Development Research Society is hosted by the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. The conference motto is "Taking up the Global Challenge: Analyzing the implementation of innovations and governance for sustainable development". With this motto the organizers focus the Conference on the scientific analysis of the key factors explaining successes (and failure) in the many practices of implementation of innovations and governance for sustainable development, both in the North and the South, and in the West and the East. For more information visit http://globalchallenge2009.geo.uu.nl.

 

Call for Abstracts, Diversitas Open Science Conference 2: Biodiversity and Society: understanding connections, adapting to change, 13-16 October 2009, Cape Town, South Africa

Following up on the success of the First DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference “Integrating biodiversity science for human well-being”, and in order to provide in-depth overviews of a broad range of topics in biodiversity research and initiate biodiversity research projects around the world, DIVERSITAS is pleased to announce its Second Open Science Conference. The deadline for abstract submission is 31 March 2009. For more information visit http://www.diversitas-osc.org.