THEMES

Emerging Theories and Methods in Sustainability Research (THEMES): Marie Curie Summer Schools

A series of four Marie Curie funded Summer Schools in Emerging Theories and Methods in Sustainability Research will be organised by leading universities across Europe. The topics for the summer schools are: Analysing Complexity (Barcelona 2006), Institutional Analysis of Sustainability Problems (Bratislava 2007), Methods and tools for environmental appraisal and policy formulation (Lisbon 2008), Integrated analysis of complex adaptive systems (Brighton 2009). Perspectives from ecological economics form an important basis for the series. The Norwegian University of Life Sciences by Arild Vatn coordinates the series.

The second THEMES summer school - Institutional Analysis of Sustainability Problems - will be organised by Tatiana Kluvankova-Oravska, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia, 18-29 June 2007. Open for application till February 28, 2007.

The third THEMES summer school - Methods and tools for environmental appraisal and policy formulation - will be organised by Paula Antunes, New University Lisbon, Portugal, 26 May - 06 June 2008.

The fourth THEMES summer school - Integrated analysis of complex, adaptive systems’ - will be organised by Andy Stirling and Sigrid Stagl, University of Sussex, UK, 15-26 June 2009.

The first THEMES summer school - Analysing Complexity - was organised by Joan Martinez-Alier, The Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, 07 -17 June 2006.