[AK.IPO] Fwd: WG: Call for Papers: 4. DVPW-Thementagung

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  Liebe IPÖ-Liste,

gemeinsam mit der IB-Sektion und dem Arbeitskreis Umweltpolitik/Global 
Change der DVPW veranstaltet der AK IPÖ im April nächsten Jahres eine 
Thementagung mit dem Titel "Making Sustainability Happen: Global 
Politics Meets Planetary Boundaries". Wir leiten euch hiermit den Call 
weiter, der heute von der DVPW versendet wurde (unten/im Anhang), und 
hoffen auf Einreichungen aus euren Reihen. Bitte teilt den Call auch 
gerne mit potenziell Interessierten.

Danke und herzliche Grüße

-- 
Das Sprecher:innenteam
Dr. Andrea Binder, Anna Fünfgeld, Prof. Dr. Daniel Mertens und Dr. 
Johannes Petry

Von: DVPW-Geschäftsstelle [mailto:buero at dvpw.de]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 6. Juli 2023 10:59

Wird diese Nachricht nicht richtig dargestellt, klicken Sie bitte hier 
[1].

CALL FOR PAPERS

  Making Sustainability Happen: [2]
Global Politics Meets Planetary Boundaries [2]

10-12 April 2024, Akademie für Politische Bildung, Tutzing

'Thementagung' - co-organised by the DVPW section 'Internationale 
Beziehungen', the DVPW working group 'Internationale Politische 
Ökonomie' and the DVPW working group 'Umweltpolitik/Global Change' in 
cooperation with Akademie für Politische Bildung, Tutzing

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES

The world finds itself in a perilous socio-ecological state. Multiple 
and cascading crises, such as rapidly accelerating climate change, the 
sixth mass extinction or the COVID-19 pandemic, have prompted calls for 
political responses that better account for the scientifically 
demonstrated links between ecosystem integrity and human flourishing. 
While efforts to address these challenges already face significant 
pushback and backlash, not least during the unfolding energy crisis, 
future trajectories look even gloomier as ecological tipping points are 
approaching dangerously close or have already been breached (at least 
locally). Average temperatures will further increase, leading to even 
more extreme and deadlier weather events around the world; biodiversity 
loss is estimated to exacerbate as global warming intensifies and humans 
further encroach upon vital ecosystems, in turn undermining food 
security, public health and societal resilience.

Over the past decade, the 'planetary boundaries' framework has become 
central to cataloguing these and similar concerns over the excessive use 
of natural resources and the danger of ecosystem degradation in cases of 
permanent 'overshoot' of a systemic boundary. Recent debates have 
underlined the need to reflect more deeply on the conceptual, political 
and normative implications of planetary boundaries. On the one hand, the 
concept itself goes back to earlier sustainability discourses that 
invoked motifs of 'ecological carrying capacity', 'limits to growth' or 
'social-ecological resilience' to highlight the boundedness of 
predominant social and economic patterns of production and consumption. 
On the other hand, the concept has repeatedly faced criticism for 
downplaying the social and political underpinnings, as well as the 
societal consequences, of global unsustainability, including prevalent 
North-South asymmetries in resource use and exposure to environmental 
risks. It has so far remained relatively vague what thinking in terms of 
'planetary boundaries' entails for global governance. In other words, we 
lack in-depth empirical evidence on where, how and with what 
consequences this particular concept is translated into political 
practice.

The current state of affairs reflects the fragmentation of knowledge 
production on the concept of 'planetary boundaries' within the broader 
field of political science. While different subfields have critically 
engaged with it on their own terms, comprehensive empirical and 
theoretical consolidation is still pending. Yet there would be 
considerable benefits of stronger integration, given that the concept 
speaks to research agendas in several fields of study. Scholars in 
global environmental politics and sustainability studies, for example, 
are interested in how the framing of 'planetary boundaries' makes sense 
of global environmental change in both geophysical and socio-political 
terms, enabling certain forms of governance rather than others. For 
researchers in International Political Economy, global 
(un)sustainability raises crucial questions about structural constraints 
imposed by the underlying political-economic system - that is, global 
capitalism, especially in its currently predominant neoliberal 
incarnation. International Relations scholars seek to understand how a 
variety of international institutions (international organisations, 
regimes and norms) advance or hinder progress in global sustainability 
governance. A growing number of scholars therefore explore potential 
transformation pathways away from the globally unsustainable status quo. 
In each of these fields, the idea of planetary boundaries matters as a 
key reference point or benchmark for the critical analysis of diverse 
forms of socio-economic and socio-ecological injustices.

Against this backdrop, the planned 'Thementagung' will bring together 
researchers from global environmental politics and sustainability 
studies, International Political Economy, and International Relations to 
discuss the role of the concept of 'planetary boundaries' in (the study 
of) global politics. We aim to advance the integration of so far rather 
dispersed insights in these fields in order to shed light on a range of 
practices of global environmental and sustainability governance in 
specific transnational sites and broader political contexts. The event 
will draw attention to how the governance of planetary boundaries is 
shaped by and shapes key international norms, the interplay of various 
state and non-state actors, and the setup of the global political 
economy at large. The attempted engagement will help to clarify how the 
concept figures in global environmental governance, inter-state 
relations, specific domains of the global political economy and certain 
fields of study themselves. Proposed papers should address some of the 
following questions about the global and (inter-)disciplinary politics 
of planetary boundaries:

_Emergence of planetary boundaries_

  	* How did the 'planetary boundaries' concept enter research on global 
environmental and global sustainability governance? How does the concept 
communicate with related ones (for instance, 'planetary health')? How 
has scientific knowledge from different disciplines and localities (in 
both the Global North and Global South) affected the operationalisation 
of not only the biophysical but also the economic and social aspects of 
planetary boundaries?
  	* What is the role of the concept in both research and politics? How 
has it reshaped dominant discourses about and practices of global 
politics and governance? Which actors have promoted it, and with which 
strategies?
  	* Which actors challenge the translation and use of the concept? What 
forms of contestation and resistance have prevailed in both the Global 
North and the Global South, and why have they been successful?

_Impact of planetary boundaries_

  	* To what extent and in what ways have international institutions 
taken up the concept? How do international and domestic institutions 
influence each other in this respect? How does the concept travel across 
jurisdictions and jurisdictional levels (from the global to the local 
level and vice versa)?
  	* How is the concept adopted in specific governance contexts (via 
translation, downscaling, etc.)? To what extent is political priority 
given to the governance of specific planetary boundaries (at the expense 
of other boundaries or different objectives)? How are multiple 
vulnerabilities and dilemmas taken into account?
  	* Have new epistemic communities formed in response to its invention 
and regular data updates? How and with what consequences is the concept 
mobilised at the science-policy interface?
  	* When and how do transnational civil society organisations and 
multinational corporations invoke planetary boundaries to make their 
case? Which boundaries do they tend to invoke (or de-emphasise) 
vis-à-vis which audiences?
  	* To what extent have new norms diffused and consolidated around 
'planetary boundaries'? What new governance practices have arisen as a 
result?

_Relations of planetary boundaries_

  	* How do planetary boundaries relate to features of the global 
political economy? To which extent is the concept invoked in debates in 
International Political Economy, as well as the adjacent fields of 
development studies, economic geography and economic sociology, on 
global trade, production, development and finance?
  	* How does the concept of 'planetary boundaries' link to the 
'Anthropocene' discourse (and the related 'Capitalocene' and 
'Plantationocene' discourses)? How do fields such as science and 
technology studies (STS) or political theory engage with these ideas 
when stressing their role as universalised norms?
  	* To what extent has the concept enabled or hindered inter- and 
transdisciplinary debates? Is there common ground for discussing global 
(un)sustainability, especially between communities from the Global North 
and the Global South?

All proposed papers should clearly speak to the global politics of 
planetary boundaries. Submissions can approach the relevant inter- or 
transnational dynamics through various disciplinary, interdisciplinary 
or transdisciplinary lenses; papers with an empirical or a 
theoretical-conceptual focus are equally welcome. If you are interested, 
please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words to 
g.mennillo at apb-tutzing.de by 30 September 2023. We will inform you by 31 
October 2023 whether your paper has been accepted. Kindly note that, 
given the conference's limited capacity, we impose a strict 
one-paper-per-person policy. We particularly encourage early-career 
researchers and scholars from underrepresented groups to apply.

ORGANISATIONAL ASPECTS

The conference will be organised jointly by the DVPW section 
'Internationale Beziehungen', the DVPW working group 'Internationale 
Politische Ökonomie' and the DVPW working group 'Umweltpolitik/Global 
Change' in cooperation with Akademie für Politische Bildung, Tutzing. 
The Akademie will provide for accommodation and catering while we will 
compensate all active participants (that is, paper givers) for their 
travel expenses (2nd class return train tickets) with DVPW funds that we 
have secured for this 'Thementagung'. Organisational questions can be 
directed to Dr Giulia Mennillo, Lead Scientist for Economic and Social 
Policy, and Sustainability, Akademie für Politische Bildung, Tutzing, 
08158 256 49, g.mennillo at apb-tutzing.de.

LOCATION AND SCHEDULE

The event will be hosted and co-organised by the Akademie für Politische 
Bildung in Tutzing. It will take place on 10-12 April 2024, starting on 
Wednesday afternoon and ending on Friday after lunch. The Akademie can 
be reached by public transport via Munich central station 
(S-Bahn/regional express trains) and has a direct bus connection to 
Tutzing train station. See here for more information [3].

The Akademie für Politische Bildung, located on Lake Starnberg, is a 
renowned venue for academic workshops and conferences as well as a forum 
for dialogue between academics, policymakers and other social actors 
(trade unions, NGOs, etc.). Being fully funded by the Bavarian 
Parliament, the Akademie für Politische Bildung is politically and 
institutionally independent.

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c/o Freie Universität Berlin
Ihnestr. 26
14195 Berlin
Deutschland

+49 (0)30-838-68874
buero at dvpw.de
Geschäftsführerin: Dr. Vera van Hüllen

Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, Berlin. Registernummer: VR 
39827 B
Einzelvertretungsberechtigter Vorstand i.S.d. § 26 BGB: Prof. Dr. Diana 
Panke (Vorsitzende), Prof. Dr. Claudia Ritzi (Stellvertretung), Prof. 
Dr. Makus Tepe (Stellvertretung)



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[1] 
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[2] https://232034.seu2.cleverreach.com/c/84854584/9763b7c8753d-rxda9x
[3] https://232034.seu2.cleverreach.com/c/84854585/9763b7c8753d-rxda9x
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