Dear colleagues,
we are happy to inform you about the publication of our new paper in the
Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning:
"Is bioeconomy policy a policy field? A conceptual framework and findings on the European Union and Germany"
by Annette Toeller, Thomas Vogelpohl, Katrin Beer and Michael Boecher
ABSTRACT
Bioeconomy policy is often labelled a policy field or at least an emerging policy field. But is it really one? And how can one tell and what does it mean?
Drawing on the scarce research on what exactly are policy fields and what are the factors driving their emergence, we aim to answer these questions based
on the definition of a policy field as a specific and long-term constellation of related problems, actors, institutions and instruments.
Empirically drawing on the European Union and Germany, in a first step we find that bioeconomy policy can be characterised as an emerging policy field at most,
as it is limitedly institutionalised and lacks a genuinely bioeconomy-related actor constellation and problem structure. Moreover, there are hardly any bioeconomy-specific
instruments in place. In a second step, we find that the fragmented institutional and regulatory landscape particularly hinders the establishment of bioeconomy policy
as a policy field, as do the ambiguity and inconsistency of its overarching goals as well as its fragile supportive actor constellations.
As a result, bioeconomy policy to date rather serves as a conceptual umbrella for a number of already existing policies, so far with little tangible effect.
KEYWORDS
Bioeconomy; policy analysis; policy fields; environmental policy; European Union; Germany
Free copies are available ( the first 50) here:
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KCQI5MN8NZYNNUGXHYA8/full?target=10.1080…
The paper is one result of the project
"Political processes of bioeconomy between economy and ecology"
http://www.bio-oekopoli.de/bio-oekopoli/en/,
a cooperation between FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany and
Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany.
It has been funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF).
Best regards
Michael Boecher
Prof. Dr. Michael Böcher
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Institute for Social Science
Chair of Political Science and Sustainable Development
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
GERMANY
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Von: José G Borges <joseborges(a)isa.ulisboa.pt<mailto:joseborges@isa.ulisboa.pt>>
Gesendet: Montag, 01. März 2021 13:02
Betreff: Dissemination of Special issue sponsored by IUFRO
Special Issue "Non-Wood Forest Products Management: Inventory, Planning, Governance, Marketing and Trade"
Dear Colleagues,
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO Units 4.04.04-Sustainable Forest Management Scheduling and 5.11.00-Non-Wood Forest Products and the IUFRO Task Force on Unlocking the Bioeconomy and Non-Timber Forest Products) as well as the 19th Symposium on Systems Analysis in Forest Resources (SSAFR 2021) are sponsoring this Special Issue of Forests (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests)
We welcome the submission of manuscripts for publication in this Forests special issue (SI). There are a myriad of opportunities to unlock the full potential of NWFPs, such as creating new knowledge and tools to optimize the sustainable provision and profitability of NWFPs, fostering the development of market conditions for NWFPs, and developing economic and governance strategies for the better management of wild forest products-particularly in low-income countries. Thus, this SI aims at contributing to the dissemination of research endeavors involving the development of models, methods, processes, and decision support tools to address the inventory, planning, harvesting, governance, certification, marketing, and trade of NWFPs. This will be influential to strengthen the NWFP knowledge base and of research strategies to support the full encapsulation of NWFPs in the framework of the sustainable management of forest ecosystems. Papers submitted for publication in this Special Issue will undergo a rigorous peer review process with the aim of prompt and wide dissemination of research results and applications.
More information at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/special_issues/non-wood_forest_products
Best regards,
Emin Baskent, Jose Borges, James Chamberlain, Davide Pettenela, Carsten Smith-Hall, Yu Wei
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José G. Borges
Coordinator of the Forest Research Centre, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon
https://www.isa.ulisboa.pt/en/cef/about
Coordinator of EMMC Mediterranean Forestry and Natural Resources Management (MEDfOR)
http://www.medfor.eu/
Coordinator of IUFRO Group Sustainable forest management scheduling
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Dear colleagues,
The Chair group of Forest and Nature Conservation Policy at the University of Göttingen in Germany seeks to fill a position of Research Assistant (PhD candidate) for a period of 3 years. The selected candidate should design a creative and original methodological approach to address an innovative research topic on “Foreign investments, forestland governance and the politics of inequality in the Congo basin”.
This position is linked to an international research project on global politics, investments and inequality in the Congo basin forestry sector (FOREQUAL). This project involves academic and research partners in Germany, Cameroon, China, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Finland. The selected candidate will join a diverse and interdisciplinary team which includes 4 other PhD candidates.
Deadline for applications: 03.03. 2021.
Please note that only applications submitted through the online application system will be taken into account. Detailed information on the call for applications and submission procedure are available online: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/305402.html?cid=100814
Kind regards,
Symphorien ONGOLO
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Symphorien Ongolo, PhD
French Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD - France)
UMR SENS, Université Paul-Valéry
Site St. Charles, Route de Mende
34199 Montpellier cedex 05 - France
&
Chair of Forest and Nature Conservation Policy
Research group leader “Global Forestland Policy and Sustainability”
University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 3 – Office 2.106
37077 Göttingen – Germany
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From: "Smith, Ryan" <ryan.smith.rts48(a)yale.edu<mailto:ryan.smith.rts48@yale.edu>>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 22:27:12 +0000
Subject: Invitation to attend the International Society of Tropical Foresters' 27th annual conference, Feb. 18th – 20th, virtual
Dear Colleagues,
The Yale Chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters (ISTF) invites you to register for our 27th Annual Conference: “Timelines and Critical Junctures: Re-examining Crises as Opportunities for Change.” The conference will take place virtually on February 18-20th, 2021.
The Yale ISTF Chapter is dedicated to the advancement of tropical forest studies at the Yale School of the Environment, formerly known as the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. The ISTF conference has been hosted at Yale for 26 years and addresses a range of socio-ecological issues across the tropics. The 2021 conference will bring together an international community of academics, practitioners, activists, policy makers, artists, journalists and community leaders to re-examine crises as opportunities for change. This year, the conference seeks to investigate crises as moments of learning and opportunities to set forth on new trajectories. Seizing these moments requires us to reflect on the interconnected nature of society, economy and the environment while motivating efforts to mitigate future events in light of our past successes and failures in capitalizing on these moments in time.
While the conference will unfortunately not be held in-person as per tradition, we hope that the online format will allow wider access and participation from attendees around the world, especially for participants and speakers that have historically faced difficulties with travel to the United States.
To see our full agenda and to register, visit our website at https://istfconference.events.yale.edu/.
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From: International Society of Tropical Foresters <istf(a)yale.edu <mailto:istf@yale.edu> >
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 23:35:20 +0000
Subject: Invitation to attend the 2021 virtual ISTF conference
We would like to invite you and your colleagues to participate in the 27thannual International Society of Tropical Foresters conference. The deadline for submissions to has been extended until FRIDAY, January 22. Submit your abstracts for breakout sessions, posters, flash talks, and applications for the ISTF Innovation Prize. This year’s theme will be “Timelines and Critical Junctures: Re-examining Crises as Opportunities for Change”.
The Yale ISTF Chapter is dedicated to the advancement of tropical forest studies at the Yale School of the Environment, formerly known as the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. The ISTF conference has been hosted at Yale for 26 years and addresses a range of socio-ecological issues across the tropics. The 2021 conference will bring together an international community of academics, practitioners, activists, policy makers, artists, journalists and community leaders to re-examine crises as moments of learning and opportunities to set forth on new trajectories. Seizing these moments requires us to reflect on the interconnected nature of society, economy and the environment while motivating efforts to mitigate future events in light of our past successes and failures.
While the conference will unfortunately not be held in-person as per tradition, we hope that the online format will allow wider access and participation from attendees around the world, especially for participants and speakers that have historically faced difficulties with travel to the United States. Its virtual format will also allow us to offer subtitles in Spanish via Zoom's software.
Register and submit you abstracts at our 2021 conference website:
<http://istfconference.events.yale.edu/> http://istfconference.events.yale.edu/
Follow Yale ISTF on Facebook @yalefesistf, Twitter @YaleISTF, and Instagram @YaleISTF for updates as more conference details unfold!
See you there!
Yale ISTF 2021 Team
