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Sustainability as a Concept of the Social Sciences

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Guests

Project participants Henry Acselrad Economics Henri Acselrad is Professor at the Institute for Urban and Regional Planning (IPPUR) of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He is director of the research project "Environment, Economics and Politics ­ new institutionalities in regulating socio­environmental conflicts" at CNPq (National Council for Scientific Research) and served as co­ordinator of the "Environment and Democracy Program" of the Brazilian Institute for Social and Economic Analysis (IBASE) and served as a consultant for NGO's in Brazil and Latin America. He is editor of Environment and Democracy, IBASE, Rio de Janeiro 1992 and co­author of Ecologia ­ Direito do Cidadao, Rio de Janeiro 1993. Prof. Henri Acselrad IPPUR/UFRJ Rua Conde Afonso Celso, 71 apt. 201 BR 22461­060 Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil Phone: ++55­21­286 6453 Fax: ++55­21­230 4046 e­mail: henri@novell.ippur.ufrj.br Egon Becker Physics Egon Becker is Professor for theory of science and sociology of higher education at the Dept. of Educational Sciences of the University of Frankfurt, and co­founder of the Institute for social­ecological research (ISOE) in Frankfurt. Currently, his fields of research are conceptual and methodological aspects of interdisciplinary social­ecological research and ecology and development. He is member of the scientific advisory council for the German Foundation for International Development and of the advisory council for the social sciences of the German UNESCO­committee, co­author of Risiko Wissenschaft, Frankfurt 1993 and author of "Global Ecology and Global Society" in E. Deutscher et al. (eds.), Development Models and World Views, Bonn 1996. Prof. Egon Becker Dept. of Educational Sciences University of Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 31 60325 Frankfurt Germany Phone: ++49­69­7982­3810 Fax: ++49­69­777 341 e­mail: e.becker@em.uni­frankfurt.de Tatjana Bochkareva Geography Tatjana Bochkareva is head of the Expert Association for Urban and Regional Development URBEX. Her fields of research include environmental change in coincidence with regional and local/urban development in Russia, and issues of development and sustainability in connection with social transformation. She was coordinator of the Russian Federation Committee on "Urban Ecology" direction within the MAB Program (MAB11/UNESCO) and served as a consultant for regional/urban planning projects in the former USSR. Tatjana Bochkareva is co­author of Global Change: Geographical Approaches / A joint USSR­USA project, Arizona Press: Tucson 1991. Dr. Tatjana Bochkareva Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Sciences Staromonetmy per. 29 Moskow 109 017 Russian Federation Phone: ++7­095­238 8277 Fax: ++7­095­292 6511: Box 5961 e­mail: urbrussia@glas.apc.org Rosi Braidotti Philosophy Rosi Braidotti is Professor at the Faculty of Literature at the University of Utrecht where she directs the graduate programme in Women's Studies. Her research interests include feminist philosophy, and feminist approaches to sustainable development. She served as a consultant on policy­making in the field of women's studies with UNESCO and INSTRAW (United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women) and is co­ordinator of NOISE (Network of Interdisciplinary Women's Studies in Europe), a EC­sponsered intra­university students and teachers exchange programme. Rosi Braidotti is co­editor of Women, the Environment and Sustainable Development, London 1994. Prof. Rosi Braidotti Women's Studies Department University of Utrecht Kromme Nieuwegracht 29 NL­3512 HD Utrecht The Netherlands Phone: ++31­30­253 6125 Fax: ++31­30­253 6695 e­mail: rosi.braidotti@let.ruu.nl Nazli Choucri Political Science Nazli Choucri is Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her major areas of interest are international politics and the global environment (with a focus on conflict among nations), and international political economy. She has worked extensively on resource and technology issues with particular reference to the world energy markets and technology exchanges and collaboration. Current research interests focus on glocal sustainability issues, with an emphasis on development, population, resources, and environment. Consultancy activities include Special Advisor UNDP and advisor of the National Institue of Health (NIH). She is member of the Science Board of the Santa Fe Institute, General Editor for The International Political Science Review and editor of Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses, MIT Press, 1993. Prof. Nazli Choucri Dept. of Political Science MIT E53­493 Cambridge MA 02139 USA Phone: ++1­617­253­6198 Fax: ++1­617­258­7989 e­mail: nchoucri@mit.edu Margrit Eichler Sociology Margrit Eichler is Professor at the Dept. of Sociology in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University Toronto. Her research focuses on sociology of the family, gender inequality, feminist research methods in sociology, environmental sociology and gender. She was president of the CSAA (Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association). Publications include Towards a Non­Sexist Sustainable City, Garamond Press, 1995. Prof. Margrit Eichler Dept. of Sociology in Education Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto OISE/UT 252 Bloor Street West Toronto, Ontario M5S IV6 Canada Phone: ++1­416­923­6641 Fax: ++1­416­926­4751 e­mail: meichler@oise.utoronto.ca John M. Gowdy Economics John Gowdy is Professor of the Dept. of Economics at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY where he is director of the Ph.D. Program in Managerial Economics. His research interest focuses currently on ecological economics including economic valuation of biodiversity and environmental theory and policy, input output analysis of energy and resource use, vertically integrated productive measures, evolutionary models of economic change. He is member of the Association for Evolutionary Economics, the International Society for Ecological Economics and of the editorial advisory board of Ecological Economics. Publications include Coevolutionary Economics: Economy, Society and Environment, Kluwer: Boston, 1994; co­author of Economic Theory for Environmentalists, St. Lucies Press 1995. Prof. John M. Gowdy Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dept. of Economics Troy, NY 12180­3590 USA Phone: ++1­518­276­6387 Fax: ++1­518­276­4871 e­mail: Lgowdy@aol.com Ramachandra Guha Social Ecology Ramachandra Guha was professorial fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Studies, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi and is now working as a full­time author and columnist. His research focuses on environmental history (esp. India and South­Asia) and social ecology. He is editor for a monograph series on Social Ecology and Environmental History (Oxford University Press) and co­author of The Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India, Delhi and Berkley 1992. Dr. Ramachandra Guha 22­A Brunton Road Bangalore, 560025 India Phone: ++91­80­5599433 Fax: ++91­80­5550487 e­mail: ram@ces.iisc.ernet.in Paulina Makinwa­Adebusoye Demography Prof. Paulina Makinwa­Adebusoye is director in the Social Development Department of the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) where she is head of the Population Research Unit. Areas of research include population and development, women's health, familiy planning, and international migration. She is consultant to UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank and numerous other national and international institutions and co­editor of Women's Position and Demographic Change in sub­Saharan Africa, IUSSP 1995. Prof. Paulina Makinwa­Adebusoye Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research P.M.B. 5, U.I., Post Office Oyo Road, Ojoo Ibadan Nigeria Phone: ++234­02­810­1298 Fax: ++234­02­810­1148 or ++234­1­269 1746 (UNDP Lagos) Joan Martinez­Alier Economics Joan Martinez­Alier is Full Professor at the Dept. of Economics and Economic History at the Autonomous University, Barcelona. Research interests include ecological economics, ecological distribution conflicts, and economy, environment and environmental movements, focusing on Europe (West/South) and Latin America. He is member of the Int. Society of Ecological Economics and of the editorial advisory board of Ecological Economics and of Capitalism, Nature, Socialism. Publications include Ecological Economics: energy, environment and society, Oxford 1987 and co­author of Varieties of Environmentalism, London (in preparation). Prof. Joan Martinez Alier Dept. of Economics and Economic History Autonomous University 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona Spain Phone: ++34­3­5811200 Fax: ++34­3­5812012 e­mail: alier@cc.uab.es Robert Paehlke Political Science Robert Paehlke is Professor of Environmental Politics and Policy at the Dept. of Political Studies and Environmental and Resource Studies Program, Trent University. He served as a consultant on environmental issues for the Science Council of Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Ontario Round table on Environment and Economy and is co­editor of the encyclopedia Conservation and Environmentalism, New York 1995. Prof. Robert Paehlke Dept. of Political Studies and Environmental and Resource Studies Program Trent University Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7B8 Canada Phone: ++1­705­748­1730 Fax: ++1­705­748­1715 e­Mail: rpaehlke@trentu.ca Carlos Reboratti Geography Carlos Reboratti is Professor at the Institute of Geography, University of Buenos Aires and Director of Master in Environmental and Territorial Policies. Research interests include migration and rural development (esp. in Argentina and Brasil) and land­use and biodiversity conservation. He is author of "Población, biodiversidad y uso de la tierra en la Argentina", in G. da Fonseca et al. (eds.), Abordagens Interdisciplinares para a Coservacao da Biodiversidade e Dinamica do Uso da Terra no Novo Mundo, (Interdisciplinary approaches to biodiversity conservation and land use dynamics in Third World Countries), Belo Horizonte 1995. Prof. Carlos Reboratti Institute of Geography University of Buenos Aires Puan 480, p. 3 (1406) Buenos Aires Argentina Phone: ++54­1­432­0218/0334/0606/1883 Fax: ++54­1­432­0121 Michael Redclift Sociology Michael Redclift is Professor of Rural Sociology in the Environmental Section of Wye College. University of London. His research interests include environmental management and sustainable resource use in developing countries, food policies and sustainable development in Europe, global environmental change. He was Research Director of the ESRC Global Environmental Change Programme of the European Union. Publications include Sustainable Development: exploring the contradictions, London 1987 and Strategies for Sustainable Development: local agendas for the Southern hemisphere, Wiley 1994 (co­editor). Prof. Michael Redclift University of London, Wye College Wye, Ashford Kent TN 25 5AH Great Britain Phone: ++44­1233­812­401 Fax: ++44­1233­812­855 e­mail: M.Redclift@wye.ac.uk Ignacy Sachs Economics Prof. Ignacy Sachs is socio­economist specialized in development at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris. He is director of doctoral studies concerned with comparative research on development and head of the Research Center on Contemporary Brazil. He served as UNESCO adviser for the preparation of the World Summit on Social Development and is co­editor of Global Ecology: Transition Strategies for the Twenty­first Century, London New Jersey, 1993 and of Brazilian Perspectives of Sustainable Development of the Amazon Region, Pantheon 1995. Prof. Ignacy Sachs C.R.B.C., École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales 54 Boulevard Raspail 75270 Paris cedex 06 France Phone: ++33­1­4954 2085 Fax: ++33­1­4548 8353 or ++33­1­4544 9311 e­mail: isachs@ehess.fr Rusong Wang Systems Ecology Prof. Rusong Wang is Director of the Dept. of Systems Ecology of the Research Center for Eco­Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sceinces, Beijing. His main fields of research are urban and regional ecological planning and sustainability indices. Rusong Wang participated in the Cooperative Ecological Research Project (CERP) on ecological sound development in China supported by UNESCO, China and Germany. He is general secretary of the Ecological Society of China and of the Commission for Sustainable Development of the Chinese Society of Science and Technology for Social Development. He published on "Sustainability Indicators in China: A Theoretical and Practical Concern" and is co­editor of Wealth, Health and Faith: Sustainability Studies in China, China Environmental Press: Beijing 1996. Prof. Rusong Wang Dept. of Systems Ecology Research Center for Eco­Environmental Sciences (RCEES) Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 19 Zhong­guan­cun Road Haidian Beijing 100080 China Phone.: ++86­10­6256 1872 Fax: ++86­10­6256 2775 e­mail: wangrs@sun.ihep.ac.cn Carol Werner Psychology Carol Werner is Professor of Psychology at the University of Utah. A main line of her research in the field of environmental psychology are the relationships of physical environment and behaviour. She is co­editor of Home Environments: Human Behavior and the Environment, New York 1985, and co­author of "The physical environment and cross­cultural psychology" in D. Gorlitz et al. (eds.), Handbook of Cross­cultural Psychology, Needham Heights (in press). Prof. Carol Werner University of Utah Dept. of Psychology Salt Lake City Utah, 84112 USA Phone: ++1­801­581­8938 Fax: ++1­801­581­5841 e­mail: carol.werner@m.cc.utah.edu Guests Lothar Brock Political Science Lothar Brock is Professor at tht Dept. of Social Sciences, University of Frankfurt, and part time research director at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (HSFK/PRIF). Fields of research include peace theory, North­South relations (including protection of human rights), "environmental security", and interamerican relations. Prof. Lothar Brock Dept. of Social Sciences University of Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 31 60325 Frankfurt Germany Phone: ++49­69­7982 2877 Fax: ++49­69­7982 8460 e­mail: brock@soz.uni­frankfurt.de Marina Fischer­Kowalski Social Ecology Marina Fischer­Kowalski is Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Ecology at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research and Continuing Education, Vienna. A main focus of her research are conceptual and methodological aspects of social ecology. She is chairperson of Greenpeace Austria and organizer of the section "society and environment" for the European Conference of Sociology. She is author of "Society's Metabolism: On Childhood and Adolescence of a Coming Conceptual Star" in M. Redclift et al. (eds.), International Handbook of Environmental Sociology, London (in print). Dr. Marina Fischer­Kowalski Dept. of Social Ecology Institute for Interdisciplinary Research and Continuing Education of the Universities Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Vienna Seidengasse 13 A­1070 Wien Austria Phone: ++43­1­526 7501 Fax: ++43­1­523 5843 e­mail: marina.fischer­kowalski@univie.ac.at Hisayoshi Mitsuda Sociology Hisayoshi Mitsuda is Professor of Environmental Sociology at Bukkyo University, Kyoto. Executed joint studies were "Adirondack Landowner Survey in New York", "Joint Study of Sustainable Regional Development Strategies in Japan and their Transferability to Bulgaria" and some field studies in China and North Korea. He is one of the founders of Envionmental Sociology in Japan and active in the environmental movement for preserving the endangered owl and old growth tree in Hokkaido Island, Japan. Publications include Environmentalism and Sustainable Development in Bulgaria, Osaka 1994. Prof. Hisayoshi Mitsuda Department of Sociology Bukkyo University Kyoto 603 Japan Phone: ++81­75­721­4037 Fax: ++81­75­721­7488 e­mail: a52940@sakura.kudpc.kyoto­u.ac.jp or mitsuda@bukkyo­u.ac.jp Shalini Randeria Social Anthropology Shalini Randeria received a Ph.D. in ethnology at the University of Oxford and is currently working with the Institute of Sociology, Free University of Berlin. Her fields of research are cultural anthropology, political anthropology, population policy and sociology of development. Her present research focuses on 'Legal pluralism: Gender, Community and Justice'. She served as an activist of and as a consultant for NGO's for human rights and women's empowerment in India and is author of "The crisis of developmentalism: some remarks on culture, political process and population policies", in E. Deutscher et al. (eds.), Development Models and World Views, Bonn 1996. Dr. Shalini Randeria Institute of Sociology Free University, Berlin Westfälische Str. 34 10709 Berlin Germany Phone: ++49­30­8921178 Fax: ++49­30­85002139

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