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The ISEE Weekly Bulletin for 20 December 2023

ISEE Events

ISEE Board Elections

ISEE statement on Gaza.
For peace, justice, and accountability.

The purpose of the ISEE is to advance our understanding of the relationships among ecological, social, and economic systems to the mutual well-being of nature and people, especially that of the most vulnerable. To serve this purpose, our constitution recognizes the importance of facilitating a voice for ecological economists in public forums.

The ISEE Board has voted by more than 2/3 majority in favor of ISEE publishing a STATEMENT providing members are polled by email, and at least 2/3 of the respondents vote in favor of publishing.  (A vote in favor does not necessarily imply unqualified approval of the wording, but general agreement).

We ask you as a member of ISEE to vote now in favor of or against publishing a STATEMENT.  The poll will close end of day on Friday. No edits to the text can be considered, and the decision arrived at by this poll will be final.  

New Doing Ecological Economics Webinar

The third ISEE Webinar on “Doing Ecological Economics” is coming January 24, 2024, at 9 a.m. CET. 

In this webinar, we will have a discussion with Cynthia Mitchell about her about her paper Max-Neef (2005) and the great transdisciplinary swindle: lack of originality or something more worrisome?  Ecological Economics 17 August 2023.

Elsevier will make the paper freely available for access for the month of January 2024. The Webinar will be held on Wednesday, January 24, 9-10 CET, and the link will be sent in January.

News

São Paulo School of Advanced Science (SPSAS)

Registration for the São Paulo School of Advanced Science (SPSAS) on Transdisciplinarity for Transformative Change is now open!

The school is primarily funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) with support from several other organizations.

Classes will take place in São Luiz do Paraitinga/SP/Brazil between April 8 and 18, 2024. Applications are open until January 8, 2024.

The SPSAS Transdisciplinarity is open mainly to graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, traditional knowledge holders and professionals from environmental and social science fields with an interest in sustainability science.

The school program includes four modules that cover the following topics: the global environmental change context and essential concepts for understanding it; methodologies based on transdisciplinarity in social-environmental sciences; transdisciplinary initiatives fostering transformative change in science-policy arenas; and challenges in achieving transformative change.

Opportunity

Tenure-track Assistant Professor specializing in Sustainability

The University of Dayton Hanley Sustainability Institute invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor specializing in Sustainability. 

Regional Society Conferences

INSEE International Conference

Twelfth INSEE Biennial Conference
31 January – 02 February 2024

Indian Society for Ecological Economics 12th Biennial Conference
SDGs and Climate Change: Understanding the Imperatives and Intersections

USSEE Conference

13TH CONFERENCE: JUNE 6-9, 2024

ESEE-Degrowth 2024 Pontevedra Conference

ANZSEE 2024 Biennial Conference
North Stradbroke Island

Biennial conference, Oct 4-7, 2024, at the University of Queensland Marine Research Station on North Stradbroke Island – a boat ride across Moreton Bay Marine Park from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

‘ANZSEE 2024 Biennial Conference: Ecological Economic Perspectives from Islands and Across Oceans’

The ISEE Journal, Ecological Economics

The journal is concerned with extending and integrating the understanding of the interfaces and interplay between «nature’s household» (ecosystems) and «humanity’s household» (the economy).

Ecological economics is an interdisciplinary field defined by a set of concrete problems or challenges related to governing economic activity in a way that promotes human well-being, sustainability, and justice. The journal thus emphasizes critical work that draws on and integrates elements of ecological science, economics, and the analysis of values, behaviors, cultural practices, institutional structures, and societal dynamics.

The journal is transdisciplinary in spirit and methodologically open, drawing on the insights offered by a variety of intellectual traditions, and appealing to a diverse readership.