Call for Papers
June 21-24, 2017
Bloomington, Indiana
Hosted by Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs
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Dear Colleagues:
Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs, with support from the School of Global and International Studies, the Ostrom Workshop’s Program on Governance of Natural Resources, and the Integrated Program in the Environment, will host the Third Annual Conference on Environmental Politics & Governance in Bloomington, Indiana on June 21-24, 2017. The deadline for submitting paper proposals is December 16, 2016.
Objectives:
The 2017 conference builds on the success of the 2015 conference in Seattle, Washington and the 2016 conference in Gerzensee, Switzerland. These annual conferences aim to showcase outstanding scholarship on Environmental Politics & Governance, provide a venue for scholars to present their research, strengthen their network, and shape future Environmental Politics & Governance research across the social sciences via theoretically informed, methodologically rigorous empirical work. We hope this and subsequent conferences will motivate Environmental Politics & Governance scholars to advance theoretical insights, work with generalizable theories, and use appropriate empirical methods and data.
The 2017 conference will be held at Indiana University’s Bloomington campus at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs’ brand new Paul H. O’Neill Graduate Center. Nested in the rolling landscape of Southern Indiana, the Bloomington campus is ranked among the most beautiful campuses in the United States. Many of its buildings are constructed with the famed Indiana limestone, used in buildings in Washington, DC and elsewhere around the world.
For additional information on the conference, Bloomington, and Indiana University, please visit the conference website. You may also email David Konisky (dkonisky@indiana.edu) with any questions.
Logistics:
The Environmental Politics & Governance conferences provide a venue for intensive and high quality interactions. Consequently, the steering committee has decided to limit the size of the conference to about 30 papers. As in previous meetings, paper proposals will be reviewed by an international steering committee (see below) via a double-blind review process.
There is no conference registration fee, and the sponsors will cover accommodation and food expenses for one author per accepted paper. (Note: Conference participants are responsible for making their own travel arrangements.)
Participants should plan to arrive by late afternoon on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 and to leave on the morning of Saturday, June 24, 2017. Commitment to attend the conference for its entire duration is essential.
Submission Process:
Paper proposals should consist of electronic submission of a PDF file that includes a detailed abstract of 1,000 words that outlines the research question, theory, data, and methods along with the contributions to the evolving field of Environmental Politics & Governance. We will consider works-in-progress only. Please do not submit published, forthcoming, or accepted work.
To submit your paper proposal, please go to the conference website.
Time Line:
1. Proposal submission deadline: December 16, 2016.
2. Notification of paper acceptance: January 31, 2017.
3. Arrival in Bloomington: the afternoon of Wednesday, June 21, 2017
4. Conference begins: evening of Wednesday, June 21, 2017
5. Organized panels: Thursday, June 22 and Friday June 23, 2017
6. Conference ends: the morning of Saturday, June 24, 2017
Indiana University Steering Committee:
David Konisky (Chair), School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Sanya Carley, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Dean Lueck, Ostrom Workshop’s Program on Governance of Natural Resources
Ken Richards, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Jessica Steinberg, School of Global and International Studies
International Steering Committee:
Arun Agrawal, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Liliana Andonova, Graduate Institute for International & Development Studies, Geneva
Thomas Bernauer, ETH Zurich
Xun Cao, Pennsylvania State University
Ashwini Chhatre, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
Andreas Duit, Stockholm University
Riley Dunlap, Oklahoma State University
Jon Hovi, University of Oslo
Robert Keohane, Princeton University
Vally Koubi, ETH Zurich
Wai-Fung (Danny) Lam, University of Hong Kong
Mark Lubell, UC Davis
Helen Milner, Princeton University
Ronald Mitchell, University of Oregon
Megan Mullin, Duke University
Matthew Potoski, UC Santa Barbara
Aseem Prakash, University of Washington, Seattle
Detlef Sprinz, PIK, Potsdam
Mike Tomz, Stanford University
Hugh Ward, University of Essex
