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Dear Critters, This is a reminder for the following call for papers part of the 2016 ISA Forum. Submissions from geographers and other disciplines are more than welcome. The deadline is September 30, 2015. Third ISA Forum of Sociology, Vienna, Austria, July 10-14, 2016. www.isa-sociology.org/forum-2016 <http://www.isa-sociology.org/forum-2016> *Climate Change, Capitalism, Geoengineering* *Session Organizer: *J.P. Sapinski, University of Victoria, Canada and University of Oregon, USA, [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> It is now widely admitted that the global elite has failed to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions after nearly 25 years of international negotiations. In the last few years, a growing number of voices have started to advocate, albeit very reluctantly, that climate geoengineering needs to be seriously considered to avoid the most catastrophic consequences of global warming. Interest in the topic has grown rapidly, as numerous research initiatives have formed and mechanisms for a legitimate governance of geoengineering research and implementation are being actively sought. However, the critical voice of political economy is still marginal in this crucial discussion, and the context of capitalism’s reliance on fossil fuels to support unfettered capital accumulation is all but absent from debates. This session addresses many of the questions that are left out of the discussion, such as: What is the relationship between capitalism and climate geoengineering? Is geoengineering a necessary consequence of capitalism or can it be avoided in an ecologically modernized regime of ‘green’ capitalism? Where does geoengineering fit in capital accumulation circuits? Can it potentially provide a new source of corporate profit, or is it simply a desperate attempt at safeguarding the conditions of accumulation? Within a capitalist framework, what kind of governance arrangements would ensure that geoengineering truly serves to ‘buy more time’ to reduce emissions, and is not used as a spatio-temporal technological fix to allow emissions to keep growing unabated? Abstracts must be submitted on-line before September 30, 2015 24:00GMT: _https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2016/cfp.cgi_ -------------------------------------------------- About RC02 - Economy and Society: RC02 is a committee of the International Sociological Association. It has for goals to promote the development of the theory and practice of the sociology of economic life and to unite the professional qualities, social consciousness and experience of its members for work on the problems of the sociology of economic activities throughout the world. The complete list of sessions organized under RC02 - Economy and Society is available at: _www.isa-sociology.org/forum-2016/rc/rc.php?n=RC02 <http://www.isa-sociology.org/forum-2016/rc/rc.php?n=RC02>_ ----------------------------------------------------- Jean Philippe Sapinski SSHRC Post-doctoral fellow Department of Sociology University of Oregon, USA Visiting Research Fellow Center for Global Studies University of Victoria, BC Office: UVic, Sedgewick C192 Email: [log in to unmask] Web: uoregon.academia.edu/JPSapinski ----------------------------------------------------- Eadem mutata resurgo