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[10/21 2001 ]

PLENARY SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS

There will be two plenary roundtables sessions. One plenary session will include the Presidential Session of “Back to the Roots of Environmental Sociology” by former and current Presidents of RC 24, IRSA and JAES and one additional plenary session on the conference theme of “New Directions for Environmental Sociology in the Twenty-First Century.”

Presidential Session:
Back to the Root of Environmental Sociology

Convener:

H.Mitsuda (Bukkyo University)

Presenters:

G.Szell (the first President, International Sociological Association, WG)

F.Buttel (President, International Sociological Association, RC24)

R.Dunlap (the first President, International Sociological Association, RC24)

F.Vanclay (President, International Rural Sociological Association)

H.Funabashi (Hosei University)

Georgy Szell was the President of the Environment and Society Working Group. Riley Dunlap was the first President of RC 24 “Environment & Society” (1994-98). Frederick Buttel has been and will be the　RC 24 President from 1998-2002. Frank Vanclay is the President of International Rural Sociology Association from 2000.

Plenary Session II:
New Direction for Environmental Sociology in the New MillenniumCoverner:

H.Torigoe(University of Tokyo)

Presenters:

G.Spaargaren (University of Wageningen, The Netherlands)

H. Haberl (Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies of Autrian University)

R.Bullard(Clark Atlanta University)

S.Patel(University of Pune)

P.Dickens(University of Cambridge)

K.Hasegawa(Tohoku University)

　

Convener and Presenter: Under Negotiating
[10/22 2001 ]

WORKSHOPS

The bulk of the conference will be devoted to workshops. Likely workshop topics will be as follows:

Workshop 1: Theoretical Development in Environmental Sociology

Organizers:

K.Tominaga (Emeritus professor of the University of Tokyo)

F.Buttel (The University of Wisconsin)

Workshop 2: Environmental Attitudes and Green-lifestyle

Organizers:

R.Terada (Tsuru University)

R.Dunlap (Washington State University)

Workshop 3: Greening of Modern Society: Transforming Industrial Networks in Global Market

Organizers:

K.Ueta (Kyoto University)

G. Sppargaren (Wageni9ngen University)

Workshop 4: Grassroots Environmentalism in the Globalizing World

Organizers:

S. Patel (University of Pune)

R. J. Burdge (Western Washington University)
[10/23 2001 ]

WORKSHOPS

Workshop 5: Global Environmental Politics: the Role of Institutions, andIntergovernmental, and Non-Governmental Organizations

Organizers:

M.Deguchi (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies )

J. Broadbent(University of Minnesota)
Jim Dratwa(FNRS, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium; Ecole des Mines
de Paris, France; Harvard University, USA)

Workshop 6: Green Communication and the New Media in the Information Revolution

Organizers:

K.Shoji (the University of Tokyo)

P.Dickens(University of Cambridge)

Workshop 7: Comparison of Environmental Sttitude in Asia


Organizers:

T.Otsuka (Institute for Global Environmental Strategies)

T.Rambo (Kyoto University)

(Joint session sponsored by Institute for Global Environmental Strategies)

There will be workshop topics covering a wide range of issues concerning "New directions for environmental sociology in the twenty-first century. "Each workshop will have two organizers who will play the lead role in formulating the workshop program. Workshops will include both contributed papers and papers solicited by the workshop chairs. Those who submit contributed papers should identify the workshop for which their paper is intended. The full list of workshops and organizers will be available on the conference web-site.
　 　
　

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