CALL FOR PAPERS
REMOTE REGIONS/ NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS
WESTERN REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETINGS

The forty-sixth annual meeting of the Western Regional Science Association will be held in Newport Beach, California at the Hyatt-Regency Newport Beach. The conference will begin on Wednesday afternoon February 21 with a special Opening Session and Reception. Paper sessions will be scheduled Thursday through Saturday, February 22-24, 2007.

For information, see http://www.u.arizona.edu/%7Eplane/NewportCall.pdf

IASCP Discussion Forum

As part of the redesign of the IASCP website, we have implemented an online message board for IASCP members. Registration is free, and after registering members may discuss IASCP conferences, new publications, commons research, or any other topic related to the study of the commons. This would be an excellent forum for authors to post information about new and upcoming publications. The forum may be accessed by clicking on the Discussion Forum link in the navigation bar on the left of this page.

Call for Papers/Abstracts/Submissions
5th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities January 12 - 15, 2007 Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu Hawaii, USA - Submission Deadline: August 23, 2006

Sponsored by:
Asia-Pacific Research Institute of Peking University University of Louisville - Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods

Web address: http://www.hichumanities.org
Email address: humanities@hichumanities.org

The 5th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities will be held from January 12 (Friday) to January 15 (Monday), 2007 at the Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. The conference will provide many opportunities for academicians and professionals from arts and humanities related fields to interact with members inside and outside their own particular disciplines. Cross-disciplinary submissions with other fields are welcome. Performing artists (live dance, theater, and music) interested in displaying their talents will be accommodated whenever possible.

Call for Outline Proposals
Funding initiative for multidisciplinary research - TECT: The Evolution of Cooperation and Trading - DEADLINE Thursday 8 June

Following agreement with funding bodies in Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, France (CNRS, IRD), Germany (MPIs) , Hungary (OTKA), Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States (NSF), the European Science Foundation is launching a first Call for Outline Proposals for collaborative research projects (CRPs) to be undertaken within the EUROCORES program “TECT”.

The Programme will run for three to four years (2007-2010/11), depending on regulations of the participating funding bodies. It includes national research funding, as well as support for networking and dissemination activities currently provided by the ESF. The Programme aims to support high quality multidisciplinary research.

More information is available here

New Publications:

1. Managing the Commons, IASCP 2004 Post-Conference Publications, edited by L. Merino and J. Robson.
2. Water Rights Reform: Lessons for Institutional Design edited by B. Bruns, C. Ringler, and R. Meinzen-Dick.
3. Renegotiating the Commons by Graham Marshall.
4. The book of abstracts from the 10th Biennial IASCP Conference in Oaxaca Mexico is available for purchase. Contact Michelle Curtain at iascp.indiana.edu for ordering information.

Positions Available:

1. University of Victoria, Chair in Culture & Ecosystems at Risk

Other Announcements:

1. Ecology & Society Award, Deadline July 2006