Dear gep-ed readers, the below CfP may be of interest to some of you.
The Ecosystem Services Research Group at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and the Oeko-Institut jointly organise an International Workshop on "Beyond Efficiency - Exploring the Political and Institutional Dimensions of Market-based Instruments for Ecosystem Services", taking place 13-14 March 2012, at Berlin, Germany. We invite abstracts for papers that discuss market-based policy instruments in environmental governance and, more specifically, in the provision of ecosystem services. Papers should pay special attention to: (A) the discourse on and politics of market-based instruments (MBIs) for ecosystem services; (B) polycentric or multi-level governance contexts of MBIs; and/or (C) their performance and assessment. The starting point for discussion is that, while MBIs feature prominently in national and international policy discourses, the debate tends to be narrowed down on their economic aspects, in particular on their cost-effectiveness or efficiency. Our objective is to broaden the debate by specifically exploring the political and institutional dimensions linked with MBIs for ecosystem services in order to generate new insights into their design and performance within and beyond the realms of cost-effectiveness and efficiency. The workshop focuses on MBIs that govern management strategies (for example, natural resource management and multifunctional agriculture) and processes (for example, climate change) affecting the provision of ecosystem services. In geographic terms, the focus is on Europe, but references to MBIs designed for or implemented in other cultural landscapes of the world are also welcome. Empirical case studies are as welcome as theoretical and conceptual reflections from the perspectives of political science, sociology, institutional economics, environmental economics, political economy or other strands of social science. The extended Call for Papers is downloadable at http://www.ecosystemservices.de/files/cfp-beyond-efficiency Please send an abstract of about 400 words to Christian Schleyer ([email protected]) or Franziska Wolff ([email protected]) by 24 October 2011. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by 14 November 2011. Final papers are due by 15 February 2012. Best regards, Franziska Wolff (Oeko-Institut) and Christian Schleyer (BBAW), Ecosystem Services Research Group -- Franziska Wolff Oeko-Institut e.V. Institute for Applied Ecology Freiburg - Darmstadt - Berlin Schicklerstraße 5-7 D-10179 Berlin Germany Tel. +49-(0)30-405085-371 Fax. +49-(0)30-405085-388 www.oeko.de eco@work Fit for the future! The Oeko-Institut's new E-Paper. Subscribe at www.oeko.de/epaper_engl
