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YHYS (Finnish Society for Environmental Social Science)
SOCIAL PATHWAYS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: VULNERABILITY, TRADEOFFS AND LIVELIHOODS.
FALL COLLOQUIUM 2011, Joensuu, Finland, 24-25 November 2011
The aim of the 2011 YHYS fall colloquium is to explore various trends and trajectories in the use of natural resources with the help of three international key note speakers. We invite environmental social scientists to discuss the topics of current interest in natural resources governance and to reflect on the consequences of environment change, particularly on the social practices of adaptation.
Conference organisers:
YHYS, The Finnish Society for Environmental Social Science
Institute for Natural Resources, Environment and Society, University of Eastern Finland
YHTYMA, The Finnish Graduate School for Social-Scientific Environmental Research.
Plenary lectures: Futura 100, Yliopistokatu 7, Joensuu Campus, University of Eastern Finland
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Thursday, 24th November, 2011
12.15 Opening of the Conference
12.30 Plenary I: Associate professor Kevin Hanna (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada): Impact Assessment and Integrated Forest Resources Management in Ontario, Canada
13.30 Plenary II: Dr. Celeste Richman (University of Eastern Finland): Participation Redux: Increasing inclusiveness in Policy
14.30 Coffee break
15.00 Parallel workshop sessions
18.30 Annual meeting of YHYS (Finnish Society for Environmental Social Science)
20.00 Dinner
Friday, 25th November, 2011
9.15 Plenary III: Professor Terry Marsden (Cardiff University, the United Kingdom): Sustainable Place-Making for an Engaging Sustainability Science: Towards a Critical Spatial Imagination for Agri-Food and Urban-Rural Relations.
Commentary: Senior lecturer Tiina Silvasti (University of Jyväskylä)
Discussion
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 Parallel workshop sessions
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Parallel workshop sessions
15.00 Closing of the Conference
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Dr. Celeste Richman, University of Eastern Finland, Finland.
Associate Professor Kevin Hanna, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada.
Hanna’s research centres on integrated approaches to natural resource management, forest sector policy in Canada, and environmental impact assessment.
Professor Terry Marsden, School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, UK.
Marsden’s main areas of research are rural development, agro-food studies, and environment policy and planning. With an international recognised academic reputation in the interdisciplinary social science fields of rural geography, rural sociology, environmental sociology, geography and planning, he has published over 150 international journal articles, book chapters or books.
WORKSHOP SESSIONS, CALL FOR PAPERS:
Five parallel workshops will take place. Research papers and analytical discussion papers are invited. Send an abstract of 200-300 words to the coordinator of the workshop you intend to participate in. Deadline for abstracts is the 1st November 2011.
1.Integrated governance of forest resources. Ismo Pölönen (ismo.polonen@uef.fi) and Kaisa Raitio (kaisa.raitio@slu.se)
An on-going challenge in forest policy is to improve planning and decision-making systems to better account for diverse uses in forest management, ranging from timber and renewable energy production to recreation and protection of biodiversity. The successful reconciliation of the diverse forest related interests and values and the ability to constructively deal with emerging disagreements and conflicts depends on policy instruments and institutions that are capable of taking an integrated approach to resource management. We invite to this workshop papers that approach forest policy issues from an integrative perspective, both in terms of integrative policy and planning processes and the substantive issues of integration. The invited papers may represent diverse academic disciplines and focus on the theoretical, methodological or empirical aspects of integrated forest governance.
2.Animals, livelihoods and conflicting interests. Outi Ratamäki (outi.ratamaki@ymparisto.fi) and Nora Schuurman (nora.schuurman@uef.fi)
In contemporary Western societies, the lives of animals are affected and determined by various, often conflicting interests. Intensified animal production is facing challenges concerning animal welfare and rights, food security and the general role of animals in society. These issues are not limited to animal production but are apparent in other manifestations of human-animal relations such as the welfare of leisure animals or the conflicting interests within management of game animals. Many of these issues are connected to animal-dependent livelihoods where the role of animals is defined in relation to contextual practices and conceptions of animals. We invite papers which deal with the above mentioned questions from various standpoints.
3.Environmental citizenship. Minna Santaoja (minna.santaoja@uta.fi) and Mirja Vihersalo (mvihersa@ulapland.fi)
Environmental citizenship has been gaining interest as a response to the challenges posed by global environmental change. The concept of environmental citizenship expands the duties and rights that have traditionally been appointed to citizens of nation states and comes close to cosmopolitan or global citizenship. The environmental or ecological citizenship theory is under development and many questions remain open. To what extent does environmental citizenship enter in the realm of the private? Is green consumerism also green citizenship? In emphasizing the ethics of care and everyday choices environmental citizenship has been criticized for loading the environmental responsibility upon women. What are the epistemological requirements for environmental citizenship? What could environmental citizenship offer as an analytical perspective? We invite in this workshop both theoretical and empirical contributions discussing the concept and practices of environmental citizenship, and its relationship to e.g. green politics, environmental education, public participation.
4.Risk governance and risk perceptions (esp. CCS technology). Matti Kojo (matti.kojo@uta.fi) and Arho Toikka (arho.toikka@helsinki.fi)
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) refers to a set of technologies that captures CO2 from large point sources – power plants and other industry – and stores it in a form that keeps it from the atmosphere, often as gas in exhausted oil or gas fields. CCS technology appears an effective method for reducing CO2 emissions in the future. According to the results of the recent CCS Finland research project, Finland’s CO2 emissions could be reduced by 10–30% by 2050 using CCS technology if the price for emission allowance rights rise to a level of 70–90 €/t by 2050. However, application of CCS is not dependent only on price as societal norms and values influence on use of technology. The workshop session welcomes contributions that aim to reflect application of CCS technology from the view points of social sciences. What are the foreseen societal and political challenges related to CCS? What kinds of risks and benefits are perceived by different stakeholders? Does CCS fit with climate and energy policy? Application of new technology also requires societal decision-making and procedures and legislation. What is the role of different interests groups in CCS related policy-making? The session welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers related to CCS technology.
5. Natural Resources Governance, Sustainability and Legitimacy. Rauno Sairinen (rauno.sairinen@uef.fi)
Global competition for natural resources is intensifying. Economic growth and population increase will further increase the growing demand for biomass, minerals, food and water resources. On the other hand sustainability has become an important target also for natural resource economy. Because of climate change, there is a on-going global shift towards renewables. Many natural resources are geographically fixed. They may be used either locally, regionally, nationally or internationally. The interrelationships between these different levels in the context of resource use are an important starting point for sustainable processes. Under all these conditions, natural resources governance (NRG) is more and more a collective action problem requiring diverse actors – governments, farmers, business, communities and NGOs – to integrate their activities to achieve improvements in the condition of natural resources. How do we develop trust and legitimacy in NRG? Can participatory and deliberative governance provide approach necessary to overcome differences among actors and their targets? How do the climate change policies affect NRG? What are the impacts of NRG in local and community level? How do the natural resource businesses manage questions of sustainability and legitimacy?
REGISTRATION
Registration deadline is 11th November!
To register to colloquium, please fill in our online registration form:
http://elomake.joensuu.fi/lomakkeet/2856/lomake.html
The registration fee for the YHYS colloquium 2011 is 30€ for non-members. The participation fee will be invoiced after the registration. Undergraduate student attendance is free.
Attendance is also free for members having paid their membership fee. Those wishing to become members of YHYS, please apply to join and pay the membership fee before registering in order to waive the participation fee: http://www.yhys.net/hakemus.php
YHYS ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of YHYS (Finnish Society for Environmental Social Science) will be held before the conference dinner in the lecture room Futura 100.
VENUE
The YHYS Colloquim will be located in the Joensuu campus of the University of Eastern Finland, mainly in buildings Futura and Metria. The campus is situated about 10 minutes walking distance from the city centre. There are many lunch restaurants in the campus area, but note that 24-25 November they are pretty crowded because of another large conference.
Maps and public transport:
http://www.uef.fi/uef/kartat4
DINNER 24.11.2011 AT 8 P.M.
Conference dinner will be held at Restaurant Wanha Jokela (http://www.ravintolawanhajokela.fi)
The price of buffet style dinner will be 20€ and will be invoiced in advance. You can sign in for the conference dinner through the YHYS colloquium registration form.
Buffet menu (favours organic and local food; also vegetarian menu possible):
- Green salad
- Smoked vendace salad (vendaces from lake Pielinen)
- Mushroom salad
- Meatballs from lamb meat & dip sauce (lamb meat from Kontiolahti)
- Marinated root vegetables
- Fresh bread rolls
- Warm meal: “risotto” made of barley and shiitake mushroom
- Dessert: Lingonberry quark
Alkoholic beverage available in the bar.
ACCOMMODATION IN JOENSUU
There will be another large conference in Joensuu at the same time with YHYS Colloquim, so make your booking in time. It’s a walking distance from all hotels listed below to the university.
We have made preliminary room reservation in two places:
Hotel Cumulus Joensuu, Kirkkokatu 20
Twenty rooms reserved for our conference, special prices available until 24th October (mention YHYS 2011):
- single room standard 93,00 €/night
- double room standard 119,00 €/night
- price includes buffet breakfast and sauna for clients
http://www.cumulus.fi/
joensuu.cumulus@restel.fi
Finnhostel Joensuu, Kalevankatu 8
Ten rooms reserved for our conference, special prices available until 24th October (mention YHYS 2011):
- single room (own bathroom and kitchen) 53,50€/night
- double room 65 €
- single room in an apartment of two rooms (shared bathroom and kitchen) 43,50
- price includes breakfast, bed linen and towels.
http://www.hostellit.fi
finnhostel@islo.jns.fi
Tel. +358 13 267 5076
Other hotels:
Hotel Aada, Kauppakatu 32
http://www.hotelaada.fi
myynti@hotelaada.fi
Hotel Atrium, Siltakatu 4
http://www.hotelliatrium.fi/
myyntipalvelu@hotelliatrium.fi
Hotel GreenStar, Torikatu 16
info@greenstar.fi, tel. +358 10 423 9390.
http://www.greenstar.fi/
Hotel Karelia, Kauppakatu 25
tel. +358 13 2526 200, info@hotellikarelia.fi
http://www.hotellikarelia.fi
Sokos Hotel Kimmel (Itäranta 1) ja Sokos Hotel Vaakuna (Kirkkokatu 20)
http://www.pko-ravintolat.fi
sokoshotel.kimmel@sok.fi
vaakuna.joensuu@sokoshotels.fi
Other hostels:
Wanha Jokela, Torikatu 26
http://www.ravintolawanhajokela.fi
Room reservations tel. +358 10 4228191
Partiotalon retkeilymaja, Vanamokatu 25
tel. +358 13 123 381, +358 45 2621631
partiotalo@youthhostel-joensuu.net
http://www.youthhostel-joensuu.net/
Holiday Linnunlahti Camping, Linnunlahdentie 1
New holiday apartments
http://www.linnunlahti.fi/FI/
sales@linnunlahti.fi
Additional information: Pekka Jokinen (tel. +358 50 593 0272) or Saija Miina (practical arrangements, tel. +358 50 372 9320), (firstname.lastname(a) uef.fi).
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