Co-organised with VU University Amsterdam, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt and The Integrated Assessment Society, in co-operation with the EC Tempus project EnGo, the International Institute for Sustainable Development, and the Earth System Governance Project.
At a time of well-documented, unavoidable and continuing global change, adaptation has become a key concept in environmental and related social sciences, and also in policy processes on a variety of scales. Many sectors, such as forestry, biodiversity conservation, water management, agriculture, infrastructure development need information about the current state and future direction of ecosystem conditions, potential ecosystem-based adaptations, and relevant policies and governance mechanisms enabling such adaptations. This is a field of research and practice on the boundary of natural, social and policy sciences where ecosystem complexity meets the complexity of social systems. The challenge of such collaborations and policy development require not only navigating through complex issues with high levels of uncertainty in physical and ecological processes, but also accounting for the diversity of potential human choices and decisions of multiple stakeholders.
The summer school will combine a blend of theoretical and practical sessions focused on key aspects of adaptation and adaptive governance. Both natural and social science streams will be explored, with emphasis on multi- and trans-disciplinary perspectives and the demonstration of policy and management implications. To achieve this, we invited several leading scientists in the field from Europe but also beyond, renowned for their cross-disciplinary research. We will complement this with a selection of participants from different backgrounds and disciplines who have ongoing work in the field of on adaptation to global change. The program will provide rich opportunities to connect with local adaptation initiatives, including recently ended and ongoing adaptation projects at Hungary’s Lake Balaton.
The range of topics will include integrated vulnerability monitoring and assessment, resilience analysis, ecosystem services valuation, scenario building and analysis, adaptive policy development and management and institutional aspects of ecosystem adaptation.
→ Website of CEU Summer School – Adaptive Thinking for Navigating the Anthropocene
Extended application deadline: 20 March 2012 for applicants who will need a visa, and 10 April 2012 for all other applicants
Course Directors:
- Laszlo Pinter
Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
- Anton Shkaruba
Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Course Faculty:
- Caroline van Bers
The Integrated Assessment Society / Seeconsult GmbH, Osnabrück, Germany - Livia Bizikova
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Ottawa, Canada - Matthijs Hisschemöller
Department of Environmental Policy Analysis, Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Sybille van den Hove
Universitat Autňnoma de Barcelona, Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain - Karoly Kutics
Lake Balaton Development Coordination Agency, Hungary - Andreas Mayer
Alpen-Adria Universitat, Klagenfurt, Austria - Christoph Plutzar
Alpen-Adria Universitat, Klagenfurt, Austria - Lajos Voros
Lake Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Tihany, Hungary - Hans-Peter Nachtnebel
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), Institute of Water Management, Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Vienna, Austria - Ruben Zondervan
Earth System Governance Project, Lund University, Sweden
