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First ISA Forum of Sociology
Sociological Research and Public Debate
Barcelona, Spain
September 5 - 8, 2008


Research Committee on
Environment and Society RC24

Main theme
Contributions of environmental sociology to sustainable societies


Programme Coordinators
The RC24 organizing committee is made up of Raymond Murphy, Canada, Joan David Tabara, Spain, Mercedes Pardo, Spain, and Ernest Garcia, Spain

Local Hosts
Joan David Tabara, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain, joandavid.tabara@uab.cat, Mercedes Pardo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, mercedes.pardo@uc3m.es and Ernest Garcia, Universidad de Valencia, Spain, ernest.garcia@uv.es

Venue of RC24 sessions:

Faculty of Philosophy, Geography and History
University of Barcelona
Montalegre, 6
08001 Barcelona, Spain, map

Page last updated: May 19, 2008

Session 1: Social learning about environmental issues

Friday, September 5, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chair: Joan David Tabara, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain, joandavid.tabara@uab.cat

Session 2: Social dimensions of global environmental change

Friday, September 5, 2008, 18:00-20:00
Chair: Mercedes Pardo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, mpbuendi@polsoc.uc3m.es

Session 3: Social movements towards a post-carbon Era

Saturday, September 6, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Chair: Ernest Garcia, Universidad de Valencia, Spain, emest.Garcia@uv.es

Session 4: Temas de actualidad en el medio y la sociedad I | Current issues of environment and society I

Saturday, September 6, 2008, 11:30-13:30
(session in Spanish)
Chair: Ignacio Lerma, Universidad de Valencia, Spain, Ignacio.Lerma@uv.es

Session 5: Temas de actualidad en el medio y la sociedad II | Current issues of environment and society II

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 15:30-17:30
(session in Spanish)
Chair: Ignacio Lerma, Universidad de Valencia, Spain, Ignacio.Lerma@uv.es

Session 6: Sustainable global food markets: facing new challenges

Friday, September 5, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chair: Julia Guivant, Universidade Federal de Santa Catalina, Brazil,
juguivant@uol.com.br

Session 7: Ecological restoration, adaptation, and environmental change

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Chair: Matthias Gross, The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany, matthias.gross@ufz.de

Session 8: Environment in the information age

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Chair: Arthur Mol, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, Arthur.Mol@wur.nl

Session 9: Environmental attitudes and behaviors. Part I

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chair: Riley Dunlap, Oklahoma State University, USA, riley.dunlap@okstate.edu

Session 10: Environmental attitudes and behaviors. Part II

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 18:00-20:00
Chair: Riley Dunlap, Oklahoma State University, USA, riley.dunlap@okstate.ed

Session 11: Environmental justice and ecological debt

Friday, September 5, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chairs: Michael Redclift, King's College, UK and David Manuel Navarrete, Spain, michael.r.redclift@kcl.ac.uk

Session 12: Science, technology, and risk

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 18:00-20:00
Chair: Eugene Rosa, Washington State University, USA, rosa@wsu.edu

Session 13: Ecological risk: local to global

Friday, September 5, 2008, 18:00-20:00
Chairs: Nick Pidgeon, Cardiff Universty, UK, PidgeonN@cardiff.ac.uk, and Eugene Rosa, Washington University, USA, rosa@wsu.edu

Session 14: Community and natural resources

Saturday, September 6, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Chair: Stewart Lockie, Central Queensland University, Australia, s.lockie@cqu.edu.au

Session 15: Public participation in environmental monitoring

Saturday, September 6, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Chairs: Steven Yearley, University of Edimburgh, UK, steve.yearley@ed.ac.uk and Maria Eugenia Rodrigues, University of Minho, Portugal, eugenia@ics.uminho.pt

Session 16: Democratizing knowledge, democratizing power. Part I

Saturday, September 6, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Chair: Luigi Pellizzoni, University of Trieste, Italy, PellizzoniL@sp.units.it

Session 17: Democratizing knowledge, democratizing power. Part II

Saturday, September 6, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chair: Luigi Pellizzoni, University of Trieste, Italy, PellizzoniL@sp.units.i

Session 18: Environmental organization for a sustainable future

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Chair: SeeJae Lee, Catholic University, South Korea, seejaelee@catholic.ac.kr

Session 19: Environmental movements in a global economy

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Chair: Hellmuth Lange, University of Bremen, Germany, lange@artec.uni-bremen.de

Session 20: Social responses to environmental problems

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chair: Louis Lemkow, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain, louis.lenkow@uab.cat

Session 21: Environmental identities, environmental literacy and processes of public knowledge building

Monday, September 8, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Chair: Tim O'Riordan, University of East Anglia, t.oriordan@uea.ac.uk

Session 22: Further environmental debates

Monday, September 8, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Chair: Mercedes Martínez Iglesias, University of Valencia, Spain, Mercedes.Martinez@uv.es

Session 23: Climate, water scarcity and the new social institutions

Monday, September 8, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Chair: Brian Gareau, University of California, USA,
bgareau@ucsc.edu

Session 24: New environmental analyses, the state, the market, and community

Monday, September 8, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Chair: Ralph Matthews, The University of British Columbia, Canada,
Ralph.matthews@ubc.ca

Session 25: Business Meeting

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 13:30-14:30

Joint Session 1: The ‘Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy’: Critical perspectives

Saturday, September 6, 2008, 18:00-20:00
Joint Panel of RC02, Economy and Society, RC24 Environment and Society and RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology
Chair: Les Levidow, The Open University, UK, l.levidow@open.ac.uk

Joint Session 2: Leisure, tourism and environment. Part I

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Joint Session of RC13 Sociology of Leisure and RC24 Environment and Society
Chairs: Arthur P.J. Mol, Wageningen University, Netherlands, arthur.mol@wur.nl and Scott North, Osaka University, Japan, north@hus.osaka-u.ac.jp
 

Joint Session 3: Leisure, tourism and environment. Part II

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Joint Session of RC13 Sociology of Leisure and RC24 Environment and Society
Chairs: Raymond Murphy, University of Ottawa, Canada (RC24) rmurphy@uottawa.ca and Jaap Lengkeek, University of Wageningen, Netherlands (RC50 Tourism)  jaap.lengkeek@wur.nl and Jan te Kloeze, WICE, Netherlands (RC50) jan.tekloeze@wur.nl