Fenntartható Fogyasztás 2008 konferencia
A 2007. decemberében nagy sikerrel megrendezett ’Fenntartható Fogyasztás 2007 Magyarországon’ c. konferencia eredményeire alapozva a szervezõk 2008-ban az Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network (EMAN) által szervezett ’A vállalati fenntarthatóság mérése’ c. konferenciához kapcsolódóan rendezik meg a fenntartható fogyasztás különbözõ aspektusainak bemutatására vállalkozó tudományos konferencia idei, immár nemzetközi ülését.
About the conference
Building on the success of the “Sustainable Consumption in Hungary 2007” conference organised last December, the Institute of Environmental Sciences at the Corvinus University of Budapest, the Department of Environmental Economics at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, GreenDependent Sustainable Solutions Association, the HAS-ELTE Communication Research Group, the Association of Conscious Consumers, Central European University and Sustainable Europe Research Institute are organising an international conference on sustainable consumption. This year the conference will focus on the Central and Eastern European region and has the following objectives:
- to review and summarise completed and ongoing research activities on sustainable consumption in the region;
- to create an academic forum that can serve as the basis for professional communication and development in the field; and
- to create an informal network of scientists who work and are interested in this field in order to share and promote knowledge about sustainable consumption.
Date, venue and fees
The conference will take place at the Corvinus University of Budapest, Participation at the conference is free of charge, but requires registration. Travel and accommodation arrangements should be made by participants individually. Conference themes
, on 8 October 2008.
Abstracts are welcome in the following domains of sustainable consumption:
The state of and challenges to sustainable consumption in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region
Sustainable consumption and consumer behaviour; determinants of consumer behaviour; sociology and psychology of consumption
Theories, principles and ethics of sustainable consumption
Links between and indicators of consumption and well-being
Measuring sustainable consumption and life satisfaction
Sustainable consumer lifestyles and values
Sustainable consumption policies and regulations; challenges to and opportunities for national and regional policy frameworks in the CEE region
Analysis of best practices, success stories, failures and experiences in the CEE region
Abstract submission and deadlines
Abstracts must be sent to the organisers by 15 August 2008 at the following e-mail address: [email protected]. Further information
Abstracts should be between 500 and 600 words and contain a brief description of the main thesis of the paper/presentation, the methodology and results of the research/other activities undertaken.
To stress the multidisciplinary nature of the conference, abstracts are welcome from different scientific fields, including, but not limited to, sociology, psychology, environmental sciences, marketing, economics, environmental policy, law, etc. Abstracts taking an interdisciplinary approach are especially welcome. The ideal conference paper is based on empirical research (survey, case study, legal or policy analysis, etc.) supported by theory, but purely theoretical papers will also be considered.
Further information can be obtained from Emese Gulyás and Edina Vadovics at [email protected]
[email protected]
http://eman2008.uni-corvinus.hu/index.php?id=20229
Forrás: Greenfo
