envecon 2008: Applied Environmental Economics Conference

 

The UK Network of Environmental Economists (UKNEE) is pleased to announce that envecon 2008: Applied Environmental Economics Conference will take place on Friday 14th March 2008, at The Royal Society in London.

 
Now in its 6th year, this one-day conference will bring together environmental economists from public and private sectors, academia and consultancy to share results of recent research and to discuss issues relevant to the practical application of environmental economics in the UK and elsewhere.
 
By creating a mutual platform for those who commission work and those who undertake it, the conference aims to contribute to the effective use of environmental economics for environmental policy and management, as well as influence the research agenda.
 
Call for papers
 
Papers are invited under a series of general themes:
 
  1. Energy and climate
  2. Ecosystem services and biodiversity - including the creation of markets for ecosystem services
  3. Market based instruments
  4. Green accounting and measures of productivity
  5. Economic valuation: testing the theory
  6. Happiness and wellbeing research
 
Under themes 1 and 2 papers on diverse applications of environmental economics, including cost-benefit analysis and appraisal, inter-temporal decision-making, market-based instruments, political economy and economic valuation, will be considered.
 
Papers in themes 3 and 4 are not limited to a particular sector and/or environmental media.
 
Theme 5 relates to applications of economic valuation, where in addition to developments in methods, topics such as attitudes towards environmental risk and presenting complex issues in stated preference studies are of particular interest.
 
Papers in theme 6 are encouraged to contrast this emerging research area with the topics and issues considered in themes 1 to 5.
 
All Papers should display academic rigour and should show evidence of practical application. We are interested in showcasing papers that have policy relevance and have in fact been used in decision-making by the public and/or private sectors. Papers however do not have to be unique applications of new theory. Evidence-based policy benefits from repeated applications.
 
Abstracts should be submitted by the 11th January 2008 to uknee@eftec.co.uk. Papers for presentation will be selected by the Scientific Committee.
 
Abstracts should cover 2 sides of A4, in 12 point font, double spaced. They should convey information on the economic theory tested; context of the practical application (actual and/or potential); and theoretical and/or empirical results.