Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity 25-28 March 2010, Barcelona, Spain

[Michel Bauwens]

Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity

25-28 March 2010, Barcelona, Spain

Call for abstracts

ECONOMIC DEGROWTH TODAY

The second international conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity is planned towards the end of March 2010 in Barcelona, Spain. It is organised by the Institute of Science and Environmental Technology (ICTA), Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (www.icta.uab.es), and the organization Research & Degrowth (www.degrowth.net). The conference follows the one held in Paris in April 2008 (proceedings available at http://events.it-sudparis.eu/degrowthconference/en/).

We invite you to submit abstracts of 400 words to the email [e-mail] by 30 November 2009. Decision from the scientific committee concerning your abstract will be communicated by the 31 January 2010 on the latest.

The conference focuses on “socially sustainable economic degrowth”, and links economic, environmental and social perspectives, with an emphasis on practical policies and concrete proposals. Papers accepted will be presented as posters at the conference and included in the published conference proceedings. A list of the best papers will be selected by the scientific committee and included in special issues to be published in scientific journals. A special issue with papers from the 1st conference is under publication at the Journal of Cleaner Production.

The Barcelona conference will have a special set-up, the focus being on intensive workshops where groups of participants will discuss specific policy proposals and research priorities. Selected speakers will also give plenary speeches. The conference will mainly take place in English, and translation will be limited. More information about the conference is available at http://www.degrowth.net/-Barcelona2010-

Please forward this call to your networks. We would also be interested in contacts of people who wish to receive information on the conference. More precise information on venue and program will soon be available.
Please send abstracts with title, author(s), affiliation and address in word or open office without formatting or tabulation, named in the following way: nameofauthor_titleofpaper__degrowthconference.

We look forwards to your contributions!
Francois Schneider, Giorgos Kallis, Joan Martinez-Alier, Marta Conde