On November 22-23, ICIS organizes an international workshop on measuring globalization as a new collaborative initiative in this area, in order to take stock of the work that has been done so far, and identify the needs and directions to advance the measurement, monitoring and modeling of globalization.

For more information on the porgramme, registration and the call for papers, click here.

On Wednesday, May 9, Antropia and ICIS organize a workshop on ‘Co-creatie van kennis als gezamenlijke opgave. Een reflectie op ervaringen van wetenschappers en beleidsmakers’ in Driebergen.

For more information and how to register, click here.

Sustainability issues raise questions about the interrelationships between science, policy and society. The popular idea is that science produces knowledge that, when handed over to policy and society, will automatically will do its beneficial work – as data, methods or truths. This instrumental view is misleading for several reasons. In this workshop we will review and discuss these four basic aspects of knowledge production for sustainable development.

On Thursday, March 1, ICIS and UNU-MERIT organise a symposium on ‘Emerging technologies in a regional context’. For more information, the programme and how to register, click here.

Open day M.Sc. Sustainability Science and Policy, Saturday, March 3. Please contact us for more information.

This Master has its own unique character, composed of its integrative and interdisciplinary approach embedded in an international context, and its focus on methods and tools for integrated knowledge production and sustainability assessment (for policy).

Do you have any redundant emails, files or photos lying around in the virtual world? Are you aware that what we store in server farms consumes around 1.5% of the world’s electricity? Whilst it is true that back-up files as well as information you need are important and should be kept well, it’s time to get rid of those duplicated or old-version files, emails, and photos!

ICIS invites you to join the 11-11-11-11 Initiative to clean up your invisible waste in the virtual world on this year’s Sustainability Day, 11 November 2011, at 11:00.

Maastricht University (UM) started this new Master programme on Sustainability Science and Policy in the academic year 2011/2012.

The Master will create a unique opportunity for students to specialize in sustainability science and policy, and especially in sustainability assessment, through an interdisciplinary curriculum in an international ambience. The MSc SSP can be characterized as a ‘society oriented Master’, with a duration of one-year (60 ECTS).

Please contact master-ssp@maastrichtuniversity.nl for more details and enrollment procedures.

Reasoning from our sustainability perspective, we provided the following recommendations for the Green paper on a common strategic framework (CSF) for EU research and innovation Funding. Green Paper Feedback MU-ICIS