2015
November 30-December 11, 2015
Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) held in Paris, France. Side event on "The Importance of Social Science Research for Understanding Climate Change Induced Migration" co-organized by Universität Hamburg (CLISEC/CliSAP). Presentation by Jürgen Scheffran and participation by Janpeter Schilling. More information about the event can be found here and here. The event contributed to an article in Nature.
November 27, 2015
Release Event for the World Future Council Report on the Nuclear-Climate Nexus, held in Geneva, Switzerland. Presentation by lead author Jürgen Scheffran. The program is available here.
November 20-22, 2015
"Migration – Frieden – Human Security" conference of the Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler (VDW) at University of Göttingen, Germany. Presentation by Jürgen Scheffran on Climate Change and Migration. The program is available here at here.
November 7, 2015
Science Slam at the Lange Nacht des Wissens held in Hamburg, Germany. Participation by Janpeter Schilling. More information about the event can be found here.
November 7, 2015
Roundtable on "How to Become a Climate Scientist" at the Lange Nacht des Wissens held in Hamburg, Germany. Participation by Janpeter Schilling. More information about the event can be found here.
November 2-3, 2015
International conference on “Planetary Security: Peace and Cooperation in Times of Climate Change and Global Environmental Challenges” at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands. Moderation of the Working Group on Food Security by Jürgen Scheffran. The conference program can be found here.
October 29, 2015
CLISEC / C4 meeting, held in Hamburg, Germany. Presentation by IFSH/CLISEC visiting scientist Christian Webersik on Contextualising the climate change, migration and conflict nexus: evidence from the Maldives and Lakshadweep. Christian Webersik is an Associate Professor at the Department of Global Development and Planning at the University of Agder in Norway.
October 1-6, 2015
Deutscher Kongress für Geographie (German Congress for Geography) held in Berlin, Germany. Presentations and sessions by CLISEC members Jürgen Scheffran, Michael Link, Jasmin S.A. Link, Janpeter Schilling, Tobias Ide and Christian Alwardt. More information about the conference can be found here.
September 21-25, 2015
Conference of the Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft (DVPW) held in Duisburg, Germany. Presentations by CLISEC members Jürgen Scheffran, Michael Brzoska, Sarah Nash and Janpeter Schilling. More information about the conference can be found here.
September 16-17, 2015
COST Workshop on "Climate Justice in Environmental Migration: Human Rights and the Ways Forward", held in Thessaloniki, Greece. Presentation by Sarah Nash on “Climate Change and Human Mobility in the Run-up to the COP21: Where is Climate Justice?”. More information can be found here.
August 17-21, 2015
Conference of the International Geographical Union (IGU), held in Moscow, Russia. Poster presentation and discussion by Muhammad Abid. Further information about the conference can be found here.
July 23, 2015
CLISEC / C4 meeting, held in Hamburg, Germany. Presentation by CLISEC visiting scientist Xiaoqing Song on changes in land use and rural livelihoods in the Pearl River Delta. Xiaoqing's profile can be found here.
July 15, 2015
Presentation of the report on the first European Transdisciplinary Assessment of Climate Engineering (EuTRACE) in Berlin. Panel participation by Jürgen Scheffran. Further information can be found here and here.
July 13, 2015
Humboldt German–Israeli Roundtable Sustainability and Peace-Building at the Freie Universität Berlin. Presentations by Tobias Ide on “Water conflict or water cooperation” and Jürgen Scheffran on “Sustainable peace in the energy-water-climate nexus in the Middle East”. The program of the roundtable can be found here. Further information can be found here.
July 9, 2015
Conference recognising 60 years of the Russell-Einstein Manifest, held in Berlin, Germany. Presentation by Jürgen Scheffran on "Science and Peace". More information about the event can be found here.
July 7-10, 2015
Climate Engineering Research Symposium, held in Berlin, Germany. Oral and poster presentations by Jürgen Scheffran and Michael Link. More information about the event can be found here.
June 29-July 1, 2015
International Conference on Human Migration and the Environment: Futures, Politics, Intervention, held in Durham, United Kingdom. Presentations and sessions chaired by several CLISEC members, including Michael Brzoska, Giovanna Gioli, Katharina Heider, Sarah Nash, Elina Marmer, Jürgen Scheffran and CLISEC guest scientist Henri Myrttinen. Further information about the conference can be found here.
June 25-26, 2015
Workshop on Critical Perspectives on Human Mobility in Times of Crisis. The workshop is held in Hamburg, Germany and organized by Christiane Fröhlich and Giovanna Gioli with support from CliSAP. Several CLISEC members give presentations. Further information about the event can be found here.
June 24-27, 2015
21st Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), held in Helsinki, Finland. Poster presentations by Mostafa Shaaban on "Economic Impact Assessment of Desertec in Terms of GDP" and Kesheng Shu. Further information can be found here.
June 15-17, 2015
Energy, Water and Climate Change (EWACC) Building Bridges Conference, held in Nicosia, Cyprus. Presentation by Jürgen Scheffran on “Sustainable Development Challenges in the MENA Region”. Poster presentation by Mostafa Shaaban on "An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Renewable Energy Deployment in MENA Deserts on CO2 Emission Reduction". Further information about the conference can be found here and here (PDF).
June 8-10, 2015
ISA Human Rights Joint Conference in The Hague, Netherlands. Presentation and discussion by Sarah Nash. Further information about the conference can be found here.
June 7-14, 2015
Energy, Water and Climate Change (EWACC) Young Scholars' Forum, held in Nicosia, Cyprus. Presentations by Jürgen Scheffran on "Climate-related economics and social sciences" and "Climate change and security risks: From conflict to cooperation". Further information about the event can be found here.
May 28-29, 2015
Conference Climate Change and Security in Turkey: Challenges and Opportunities held in Anaka, Turkey. Presentation on Conflicts and Security Risks of Climate Change in the Mediterranean Region by Jürgen Scheffran. Further information about the conference can be found here.
May 6-9, 2015
Conference of the Arbeitskreis Geographie der Meere und Küsten in Hamburg, Germany. Organisation by Michael Link and inputs by other CLISEC members. Further information about the Arbeitskreis Geographie der Meere und Küsten can be found here.
April 13, 2015
Annual Meeting of the Senioren-Akademie Lübecker Bucht e.V. in Travemünde, Germany. Presentation by Janpeter Schilling.
March 16-18, 2015
Third Global Science Conference on Climate Smart Agriculture in Montpellier, France. Poster presentation and discussion by Muhammad Abid. Further information about the conference can be found here.
March 16, 2015
Conference Klima – Wandel im Gipfeljahr 2015 in Hamburg, Germany. Moderation of the panel on Bottom Up oder Top Down: Weltbürgerbewegung und Weltklimapolitik – ein Zusammenspiel? by Jürgen Scheffran. Further information about the conference can be found here.
February 13, 2015
6th Workshop Wege aus der Gewalt in Hamburg, Germany. Presentation by Janpeter Schilling and Jürgen Scheffran.
January 14, 2015
Panel discussion "Wie der Klimawandel Konflikte anheizt: Ein Fachgespräch zur Post-2015-Agenda" in Bonn, Germany, with panelist Janpeter Schilling. Further information can be found here and the clip can be found here.