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Graduate Workshop on Environmental Politics and Governance: Deadline, Feb 15

  • 1.  Graduate Workshop on Environmental Politics and Governance: Deadline, Feb 15

    Posted 02-12-2019 13:09






    5th Annual Duck Family Graduate Workshop on Environmental Politics and Governance
    Center for Environmental Politics
    University of Washington, Seattle
    May 15-17, 2019


    Submission Deadline: February 15, 2019.

    On May 15-17, 2019, UW's Center for Environmental Politics will organize the 5th annual Duck Family Graduate Workshop
    for doctoral students working in the area of environmental politics and governance
    (EPG). This follows on the highly successful workshop that the Center hosted in
    previous years: <http://depts.washington.edu/envirpol/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018%20CEP_Workshop_Program.pdf>

    The annual EPG Grad workshop provides a venue for doctoral students to present their
    work, receive feedback, and network with others working on similar issues. We
    will invite select faculty from the University of Washington to serve as resource persons.

    Objective:
    Why the workshop? Understanding the governance and political aspects of
    environmental issues is critical for addressing the gamut of environmental
    challenges. The politics of governance perhaps has become an even more critical
    factor in the changed political milieu. The multi-disciplinary nature of EPG
    research often makes it hard to share ideas, concepts, and research methods
    across relevant disciplines. We hope the annual Duck Family Graduate Workshop
    will help overcome these barriers and provide a multi-disciplinary venue for
    doctoral students to become active participants in the community of EPG
    scholars.

    Expenses:
    There are no workshop fees and the Center will pay for local expenses, namely
    each participant's food and shared hotel lodging (with two participants per
    room) for three nights, May 15, 16, and 17.

    Participants are responsible for travel expenses.
    The Center will, however, purchase carbon offsets for all participants.


    Application Logistics:
    This workshop will be most useful for doctoral students who have made
    substantial progress in their graduate studies: that is, they are able to
    present a fully developed empirical paper. Applicants need to submit:

    - an abstract (about 800 – 1,000 words) of a paper to be emailed to Hanjie Wang <hjwang@uw.edu>.

    - a letter of support from their graduate advisor to be emailed to Hanjie Wang <hjwang@uw.edu>.

    The deadline for submission is February 15, 2019.



    Timeline:
    -February 15-27, 2019: Center faculty evaluate the proposals.

    -March 1, 2019: Participants are formally invited.

    -May 5, 2019: Participants email their papers to Hanjie Wang <hjwang@uw.edu>

    -Wednesday, May 15, 2019: Participants arrive; a plenary session in the Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall,
    Welcome dinner.

    -Thursday, May 16, 2019: Full day Workshop in the Petersen Room (Allen Library,
    University of Washington, Seattle) followed by dinner

    -Friday, May 17, 2019: Full day Workshop in the Petersen Room (Allen Library,
    University of Washington, Seattle) followed by dinner

    -Saturday, May 18, 2019: Departure.


    The Center for Environmental Politics is excited to organize this unique event
    focused on furthering graduate training and education. Should you have any
    questions, feel free to email Aseem Prakash; aseem@uw.edu.




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    Aseem Prakash
    Professor, Department of Political Science
    Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences
    Founding Director, UW Center for Environmental Politics
    University of Washington, Seattle
    http://faculty.washington.edu/aseem/