ESF 2012 - Tracing Social Inequalities in Environmentally-Induced Migration

The conference 2012, titled ?Tracing Social Inequalities in Environmentally-Induced Migration“, concentrates on the societal backgrounds of this interplay and is meant to integrate a social inequalities perspective into current debates.
Social inequalities between world regions, countries, geographical regions, organizations, groups and categories of people involved in environmental and climate-induced migration constitute the core thematic focus, because not all actors are equally vulnerable to climate and environmental change and environmentally-induced migration. Differential susceptibilities and capabilities to cope with environmental change on local, national and global scales depend rather on resource inequalities, power inequalities and status inequalities. Differences in vulnerability are a result of and reproduced by the unequal impacts actors have upon politics and society and the material and immaterial resources at their disposal.
The conference 2012 is meant to shed light on the role of social inequalities in environmentally-induced migration and the mechanism of its reproduction. It is carried out in cooperation with the special research area of the Bielefeld University “From Heterogeneities to Inequalities” (CRC 882), the research project ?Exils Climatiques: Gérer les déplacements des populations dues aux phénomènes climatiques extrêmes” (GICC-EXCLIM) and the COST Action IS1101 on Migration and Climate Change. The organizers of this year’s conference are J. Schade, T. Faist, C. Vlassopoulos, A. Baldwin. and F. Gemenne. The event takes place from 9-13th of December 2012 at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Bielefeld.
CONCEPT NOTE/CALL
DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING PROPOSALS: July 01, 2012.
As slots for short talks are limited we strongly recommend considering to apply additionally or alternatively for the poster session.
For application and registration please visit this: http://www.esf.org/index.php?id=7769
For further questions please contact:
Allegra Roccato (ESF/organisational matters): AROCCATO-AT-esf.org, or
Dr. Jeanette Schade (UniBi/matters of content): envimig-esf-AT-uni-bielefeld.de