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<p>Dear colleagues,<br>
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<p> we send you a reminder for the <b>Call for Papers, Sessions
and Workshops </b>for the<span
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lang="EN-GB"> 2<sup>nd</sup> Austrian Conference on
International Resource Politics: <b>"Resources for a
social-ecological transformation"</b>. <br>
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The conference will be held from </span><span
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lang="EN-GB"><b>28</b></span><span
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lang="EN-GB"><b><sup>th</sup> February – 2</b></span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"
lang="EN-GB"><b><sup>nd</sup> March of 2019 </b>in <b>Innsbruck</b>
<b>(Austria)</b> and is organized by the Research Platform
on Resource Fairness, consisting of the Institute of
Geography at the University of Innsbruck, the Austrian
Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE), the Department
of Political Science at the University of Vienna and the
Institute of Social Ecology at the University of Natural
Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna.<br>
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</span>Contributions are welcome until <font color="#ff0000"><strong
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2018 (new deadline!!)</strong></strong></font><br>
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Further informations under: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/congress/resource-conference">https://www.uibk.ac.at/congress/resource-conference</a><br>
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Please direct further inquiries to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:agef@uibk.ac.at">agef@uibk.ac.at</a>.<br>
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Best regards<br>
Fernando Ruiz Peyré and Martin Coy <br>
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<p><font size="-1"><i>*Apologies for cross-posting*</i></font></p>
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28<sup>th</sup> February – 2<sup>nd</sup><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span> March
2019, Innsbruck (Austria)<b><br>
</b>2<sup>nd</sup> Austrian Conference on International Resource
Politics:<b><br>
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<h3 align="center"><b>Resources for a social-ecological
transformation</b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span
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<h3 class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Call for papers and
workshops<span style="text-transform: uppercase"></span></span></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
color:red;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">New
Deadline: 31<sup>st </sup>October 2018</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">World society
is facing a comprehensive social-ecological crisis related
to fast political, economic, technological and social
changes. The current economic model and its forms of
excessive resource extraction and use exacerbate ecological
problems and conflicts, generates political instability and
increases social inequalities. There is emerging agreement
in science, politics and society that a fundamental
transformation is needed. Some stakeholders frame the
adoption of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as
an important step towards recognising and addressing the
most pressing transformation needs. However, many scholars
argue that such a transformation requires a more radical
change of current modes of production and living as well as
development pathways instead of mere technological and
managerial solutions. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">In this
context, the extraction, distribution, use and disposal of
natural resources are of crucial importance. We acknowledge
resources as a biophysical materiality and, at the same
time, as a social, ecological and in the end as a political
‘construct’, and part of the powerfully-structured social
relations. Such a perspective intends to overcome the
dichotomy between society and nature in a wider concept of
‘societal nature relations’. A better comprehension of the
multidimensional character of resources as well as a
multiscale perspective is needed to achieve a better
understanding of the complex nexus between resources and
transformation potentials.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Following the
first conference (“Towards International Resource Fairness -
Theories, Conflicts and Policies” in 2014, see also </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://resourcefairness.univie.ac.at"><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">programme</span></a><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">, </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.oefse.at/veranstaltungen/rueckblick/rueckblick-2014/veranstaltung/event/show/Event/the-role-of-fairness-in-international-resource-politics/"><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">documentation</span></a><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"> and </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.routledge.com/9781138195950"><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">conference
publication</span></a><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">), the 2<sup>nd</sup>
Austrian Conference on International Resource Politics
focuses on the role of natural resources for a
social-ecological transformation. Highlighting a
North-South-perspective, the conference aims to analyse
past, present and future challenges for transformation
pathways that take global inequalities, geopolitics but also
transnational resistance and forms of cooperation into
account. The goal of the conference is to bring together
researchers, practitioners and activists from different
regions and disciplines to advance inter- and
transdisciplinary research.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">We </span><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-GB">welcome</span><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"> contributions from any field of</span><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-GB"> political science, development studies,
geography, economics, sociology, social ecology, law</span><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"> and related disciplines</span><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-GB"> and </span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">kindly invite
you to submit proposals in one of the following areas:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span
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lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Theoretical
and empirical reflections on the current social-ecological
crisis related to natural resources, and their potentials
and limits for transformations. </span></li>
<li><span
style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Looking to
the past to understand the future: contributions from
environmental and socio-economic history. </span></li>
<li><span
style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Methodologies
and approaches assessing e.g. the economic, political,
social, legal, and environmental impacts of resource
extraction.</span></li>
<li><span
style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Analysis and
evaluation of public and private policies and governance
of natural resources (e.g. laws, codes, standards,
certification schemes, labels).</span></li>
<li><span
style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Theoretical
and empirical contributions on topics such as resource
conflicts, territorial dynamics of resource frontiers or
(global) commodity chains in context of social-ecological
transformations.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">The proposals
should be submitted in PDF format until </span><span
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color="#ff0000"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;
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lang="EN-GB"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><font
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">31<sup
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11.25px; line-height: 0; position: relative;
vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;">st<span
style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></sup>O</strong></strong></font>ctober
2018</font> </b><span
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">via our <a
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href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/congress/resource-conference/registration/">website</a>
</span>in one of these three forms:</span></p>
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<li><span
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mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore"><span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""></span></span></span><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Individual
Papers</span></b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang="EN-GB">, including a title, an abstract (300-500
words) and a short CV (50-70 words); </span></li>
<li><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore"><span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""></span></span></span><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Special
Sessions</span></b><span style="mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"> (consisting of 3-4 thematic papers),
including a session description (300-500 words) as well as
title, abstract and short CV (200 words) for the
individual papers of the session.</span></li>
<li><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore"><span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""></span></span></span><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Open
Workshops</span></b><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"> with
interactive features on the conference topic for/from
practitioners and scientists. This form especially aims to
promote transdisciplinary dialog. Proposal should include
a description of the workshop, methodology and goals
(approx. 300-500 words) and short CV of the organizer(s)
(50-70 words).</span></li>
</ol>
<span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">This
conference is organized by the <b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Research Platform on
Resource Fairness</b>, consisting of the Institute of
Geography at the University of Innsbruck, the Austrian
Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE), the Department of
Political Science at the University of Vienna and the
Institute of Social Ecology at the University of Natural
Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna.</span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">All relevant
information on the conference will be soon available at the
conference website: </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/congress/resource-conference/"><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">https://www.uibk.ac.at/congress/resource-conference/</span></a><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">. Please direct
further inquiries to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:agef@uibk.ac.at">agef@uibk.ac.at</a>.</span></p>
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Brand, Ulrich/Wissen, Markus (2018): The Limits to Capitalist Nature:
Theorizing and Overcoming the Imperial Mode of Living. London and New York: Rowman & Littlefield International.
Brand, Ulrich/Görg, Christoph (Hrsg., 2018): Zur Aktualität der Staatsform.
Die materialistische Staatstheorie von Joachim Hirsch. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
Acosta, Alberto/Brand, Ulrich (2018): Radikale Alternativen.
Warum man den Kapitalismus nur mit vereinten Kräften überwinden kann. München: oekom.
Gespräch zum Buch "Radikale Alternativen" bei Attac-Radio (Juli 2018).
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