Reblogged from INNGE's blog, originally posted on Fri, 12/27/2013 - 17:21

Ecosystems and human wellbeing in the green economy

As the year draws to a close an important deadline is approaching for ecologists interested in the links between ecology, human wellbeing and economics: A unique chance to attend a fully funded conference in Italy discussing the link between ecosystems and human wellbeing with an international selection of junior and senior scientists.

Deadline for applications is January 7!

INNGE, along with the Institute for New Economic Thinking's Young Scholars Initiative (INET YSI), is involved in organizing this year's Future Earth Young Scientist Networking Conference. The conference series is organized annually by the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and the International Council for Science (ICSU), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

The call for applications can be read at the International Council for Social Science's website and is posted in its full length after the break. Please help spread the word within your network.

Here is an excerpt describing the scope of the conference series:

The Networking Conference is open to post-doctoral researchers interested in the collaboration between the social and the natural sciences. The conference will bring together senior and leading scientists and researchers with a diversity of perspectives to identify top priority questions for future research on the topic.

The meeting is designed to become the starting point for new international integrated science research spearheaded by Future Earth. They will provide not only a chance to fully realise the overview of the state of the art in the topic/field, but also to interact and network with leading thinkers – forging new collaborations, and fostering new compelling integrated science.

Travel expenses (economy trip) as well as cost for the stay at Villa Vigoni will be covered for successful applicants for the duration of the conference.

Again, here is the link to the website and the pdf detailing the application.

DFG/ICSU/ISSC Young Scientists Networking Conference on Integrated Science

Call for Applications Ecosystems and human wellbeing in the green economy

A key theme of the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, held in June 2012, was the promotion of a “green economy”. Future Earth, launched during Rio+20, is an ambitious new 10-year research programme which will provide the knowledge we need to tackle the most urgent challenges of the 21st century related to global sustainability, and that includes issues relating to transformations towards green economies.

The International Social Science Council (ISSC) and the International Council for Science (ICSU), in collaboration with the International Network of Next Generation Ecologists (INNGE) and Institute for New Economic Thinking’s Young Scholars Initiative (INET YSI), are planning to assemble a group of early career researchers with diverse backgrounds and research perspectives to reflect on ecosystems and human wellbeing in the transition towards green economies and debate relevant issues as part of a series of conferences on Integrated Science that are funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

The aim is to bring together creative multidimensional, interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary perspectives to address the complex topic of how future societies deal with ecosystems and human wellbeing. Young scientists will debate issues relating to the topic, questioning key assumptions, theories and models underlying the current research on ecosystems, human wellbeing, and the transformation towards green economies; dynamics of governance, justice, authority at global and local levels; and the development of research methodologies to assess change in the transformations towards sustainability.