Upcoming Events
BISA Conference - 2017
The BISA Environment Working Group will have several panels at this year's conference. Details coming soon.
The BISA Environment Working Group will have several panels at this year's conference. Details coming soon.
Previous Events
Symposium on the Paris 2015 Climate Summit
30 October 2015, London School of Economics.
Co-hosted by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, this event brought together analysts and practitioners of international climate politics to discuss expectations for the Paris summit, and ‘pressure points’ in the negotiations. Panelists included Peter Newell (Sussex), Thomas Spencer (IDDRI), Tracy Carty (Oxfam GB), Heike Schroeder (East Anglia), and Michael Jacobs (Grantham Research Institute).
Authors' Workshop on the 20th anniversary book project
15-16 June 2015, City University, London
BISA 40th Anniversary Conference
16-19 June 2015, London
We had four panels in the programme:
1. The Ethics and Politics of Convergence (Chair: Lucy Ford)
2. The Place of Technology in Environmental Politics I (Chair: Michael Keary)
3. The Place of Technology in Environmental Politics II (Chair: Michael Keary)
4. Politics of the Environment and Climate Change (Chair: Hayley Stevenson)
30 October 2015, London School of Economics.
Co-hosted by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, this event brought together analysts and practitioners of international climate politics to discuss expectations for the Paris summit, and ‘pressure points’ in the negotiations. Panelists included Peter Newell (Sussex), Thomas Spencer (IDDRI), Tracy Carty (Oxfam GB), Heike Schroeder (East Anglia), and Michael Jacobs (Grantham Research Institute).
Authors' Workshop on the 20th anniversary book project
15-16 June 2015, City University, London
BISA 40th Anniversary Conference
16-19 June 2015, London
We had four panels in the programme:
1. The Ethics and Politics of Convergence (Chair: Lucy Ford)
2. The Place of Technology in Environmental Politics I (Chair: Michael Keary)
3. The Place of Technology in Environmental Politics II (Chair: Michael Keary)
4. Politics of the Environment and Climate Change (Chair: Hayley Stevenson)
2014
Workshop on Normative and Ideational Trends in Global Environmental Politics
16-17 October 2014, Department of Politics, University of Sheffield
Keynote Presentation: Professor John S. Dryzek
The BISA Working Group on Environment held a workshop on Normative and Ideational Trends in Global Environmental Politics. The aim of the workshop was to reflect on recent ideational and normative developments in global environmental politics. The Rio+20 Summit generated new and renewed discussion about ideas including green economy, green growth, resilience, and sustainable development goals. This discussion has been greeted with scepticism from some observers who argue that new ideas are simply ‘old wine in new bottles’ or new strategies for deepening the commodification of nature and corporatisation of governance. Civil society groups have been actively promoting new and traditional ideas such buen vivir, harmony with nature, de-growth, climate justice, etc. The workshop brought together new research on the politics of ideas and norms in global environmental governance, with the aim of better understanding the substance of new ideas and the processes by which they are being institutionalised and/or contested.
16-17 October 2014, Department of Politics, University of Sheffield
Keynote Presentation: Professor John S. Dryzek
The BISA Working Group on Environment held a workshop on Normative and Ideational Trends in Global Environmental Politics. The aim of the workshop was to reflect on recent ideational and normative developments in global environmental politics. The Rio+20 Summit generated new and renewed discussion about ideas including green economy, green growth, resilience, and sustainable development goals. This discussion has been greeted with scepticism from some observers who argue that new ideas are simply ‘old wine in new bottles’ or new strategies for deepening the commodification of nature and corporatisation of governance. Civil society groups have been actively promoting new and traditional ideas such buen vivir, harmony with nature, de-growth, climate justice, etc. The workshop brought together new research on the politics of ideas and norms in global environmental governance, with the aim of better understanding the substance of new ideas and the processes by which they are being institutionalised and/or contested.
Historical events
Previous workshops among members of the Working Group have produced the following publications:
- Mark Imber and John Vogler (eds.) 1995. The Environment and International Relations. London: Routledge
- John Vogler and Alan Russell, (eds.) 2000. The International Politics of Biotechnology: Investigating Global Futures. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
- Global Environmental Politics, “Special Issue on Global Environmental Governance for the Twenty-First Century: Theoretical Approaches and Normative Considerations”, Vol. 3, No. 2, May 2003, edited by David Humphreys, Matthew Paterson and Lloyd Pettiford.
