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Dear all, Due to the on-going strikes in UK Universities, the deadline for abstracts has been extended to Friday 9th March. If you are interested in submitting an abstract, please see full details below. Please also note that the DSA Council, the host institution, GDI and also the Journal of Development Studies have made significant funds available for postgraduate researchers, early career researchers and participants based at institutions in the global south - if you are interested in accessing these funds, please email the Conference organisers directly: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> All the best, Sam ________________________________ From: STADDON Sam Sent: 09 February 2018 20:14 To: [log in to unmask] Cc: BARNES Clare; [log in to unmask] Subject: CFP DSA 2018: Examining inequalities in contexts of environmental degradation Apologies for cross-posting... Dear All Please find below a CFP for the 2018 Development Studies Association Annual Conference for a session entitled ‘Examining inequalities in contexts of environmental degradation’. Please note, the deadline for submissions is 5th March 2018. All the best, Clare, Paola and Sam -- Call for Papers Development Studies Association Annual Conference University of Manchester, 27-29th June 2018 Session: EXAMINING INEQUALITIES IN CONTEXTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION (Session B3) Convenors: Clare Barnes and Sam Staddon (University of Edinburgh) and Paola Ballon (University of Oxford) Chair: Fiona Nunan (University of Birmingham) Processes of environmental degradation in the Global South, such as land use change in forests or coastal ecosystems, overfishing, groundwater exploitation or climate change, can create or reinforce social, cultural, political and/or economic inequalities. Likewise, multifaceted inequalities in societies from individual or group levels up to national scales, can influence the form and outcomes of environmental degradation. The relationship between inequalities and environmental degradation can be mediated by institutions; policies; macro, meso and micro social and political processes; the uneven presence of state and non-state actors etc. It becomes especially important to analyse these complex interwoven processes in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, as policies and practices could demand trade-offs between reducing inequality and halting degradation, or indeed create win-wins. This panel welcomes papers which examine aspects of the complex interrelationships between multifaceted inequalities, both vertical and horizontal or group-based, and environmental degradation and/or access to natural resources, or governance initiatives and practices which directly or indirectly affect such relationships. Various frameworks could be employed such as environmental justice, law, political ecology, political economy, economics or institutional analyses. Group-based inequalities could be assessed among ethnic, racial, and communal groups in an integral effort to understand its linkages, causes and consequences with environmental degradation. The panel will create a space for dialogue between scholars and practitioners exploring these questions using different frameworks and with diverging theoretical or empirical foci. The panel is organised by the DSA Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change Study Group. ** To propose a paper for this session, please do so through the DSA online system (click on the ‘Propose paper’ tab near the bottom of the page) Please note, proposals CANNOT be submitted by email to the convenors: https://www.nomadit.co.uk/dsa/dsa2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6366 Proposals should contain your paper title, an abstract of up to 300 words, and your name(s), institution(s) and email address(es). We looking forward to hearing from you! The deadline for submissions is the 5th March 2018 --- Dr Sam Staddon ESRC Global Challenges Research Fund Fellow Lecturer in Environment & Development School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh G22e, Drummond Library, Drummond Street, EH8 9XP. +44 (0)131 6502269 http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/homes/sstaddon Some of my papers: Staddon (2017) Reflecting on personal and professional energy stories in energy demand research<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629617301846> Staddon, Nightingale & Shrestha (2015) Exploring participation in ecological monitoring in Nepal's community forests<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/environmental-conservation/article/div-classtitleexploring-participation-in-ecological-monitoring-in-nepalandaposs-community-forestsdiv/93C1C08EFF8CDEA492A3A2F62B45AF0B> Staddon, Nightingale & Shrestha (2014) The social nature of participatory ecological monitoring<http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08941920.2014.905897>