Climate, Environment and Energy
22 June- 3 July 2009, Bergen-Norway
www.bsrs.no
The second edition of the Bergen Summer Research School is dedicated to the theme of Climate, Environment and Energy. We offer 6 doctoral/research courses, several plenary lectures, and 5 plenary roundtable debates structured around the following concepts: “Mitigation, Adaptation, Responsibilities and Opportunities”, with special attention to the current “energy challenges”, innovation coming from the private sector, and opportunities for poor and vulnerable groups. The program aims to promote dialogue across academic disciplines, the private sector, government, civil society organizations and to raise awareness and incentives for all those sectors. It offers truly interdisciplinary approaches.
6 Parallel PhD-Research Courses
Ø Course 1: Cooperating on Climate Change (Economics, Environmental economics, NHH). Course leaders: Gunnar Eskeland, Helge Drange, Rognvaldur Hannesson and Leif Sandal
Ø Course 2: Approaches to Past Climate (Cultural History, Archaeology, Anthropology, Unifob Global, UiB). Course Leaders: Tore Sætersdal, Randi Håland and Per Ditlef Kristoffersen
Ø Course 3: Doing Mixed Methods Research on Climate Interacting with Poverty, Health and Culture (Health promotion, Hemil, UiB). Course leaders: Maurice Mittelmark, Gro Lie and Elisabeth Fosse
Ø Course 4: Psychological and Social Science Perspectives on Climate Change (Psychology, Public Policy, Political Science, DICE-Lab, System Dynamics Group, UiB). Course leaders: Gisela Böhm (coordinator), Daniel Hanß, Tom Backer Johnsen, Erling Moxnes
Ø Course 5: Impact of Climate Change on Marine and Terrestrial Resources (Natural Sciences: Oceanography, Geophysics, Biology, Meteorology, Climate Research, UiB).
Ø Course 6: Framing Climate Change: Ethics, Vulnerability and Poverty (sociology, human geography, environmental studies, political science, development ethics, and philosophy). Course leaders: Asuncion Lera St.Clair and Karen O’Brien (UiB-UiO)
5 Plenary Roundtable Debates
Ø Climate Change, Environment and Energy: Perspectives on Poverty and the Poor
Ø Successful Solutions to Our Generation’s Energy Crisis
Ø Climate Change, Environment and Energy: The Role of Politics and the Media
Ø Critical Debate on Alternative Energies
Ø Philosophy of Science and Ethical Issues Related to Climate Change, Energy and Environment
For full information please visit our website at
www.bsrs.no
BSRS Secretariat
University of Bergen
PO Box 7800
N-5020 BERGEN
Phone: + 47-5558-9739
E-mail: gdc@uib.no