Dear Colleagues,
The Society and Environment Research Group and the Political Economy
Institute at the University of Manchester are pleased to announce and
invite you to the Hallsworth Conference entitled "Financialisation and
the Environment: The Implications of the Global Financial Crisis for
Environmental Governance." The conference will be held 15-16 April at
the University of Manchester.
The questions the conference will address include the following:
- How, to what extent and in what ways has money capital has come to
drive environmental outcomes in different economic and social sectors?
- What are the implications of financial crisis for these modes of
market-led environmental governance?
- What role can and should the financial sector play in the provision
of environmental goods?
- What are the implications for global justice and environmental
sustainability of different financial regimes in environmental
governance?
Confirmed speakers at the conference include: Ulrich Brand (University
of Vienna), Patrick Bond (Centre for Civil Society, Durban), Larry
Lohmann (Cornerhouse), Joan Martínez Alier (Autonomous University of
Barcelona), Sam Randalls (University College London), Leonardo
Sakamoto (Member of Brazilian Comission for the Eradication of Slave
Labour and NGO Repórter Brasil), Christian Zeller (University of
Salzburg)
More information and the booking form can be found at:
http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/disciplines/politics/events/hallsworth/
Please see the attached posters and please circulate to all those who
might be interested!
Best,
Lisa Ficklin
Ph.D. Candidate
Geography
University of Manchester
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