Call for Papers: "Trends and Future of Sustainable Development", 9-10 June 2011, Tampere 

 

1st Call for Papers:

 

 

The 13th International Conference organized by Finland Futures Research Centre and Finland Futures Academy at University of Turku will deal with the dimensions of a sustainable future.

Sustainable development is an actual theme on local, regional and global scales and requires multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral cooperation. Environmentally, socially and economically sustainable development can only be achieved by encouraging knowledge sharing and cooperation between various sectors and decision makers. The decision made today shapes our future.

The methods of futures studies include tools for describing possible, probable and desirable variations of the present and drafting possible images of the future. By looking at the variety of different possibilities, we can come closer to shaping the future – rather than predicting it. Future studies offer valuable tools to understand and shape the development of our societies. This conference aims to bring together the best experts from the fields of Futures Studies and Sustainable Development and let the scientific community to interact with policymakers and representatives of companies. By developing images of alternative futures, the goal of the conference is to give new viewpoints and novel ideas to decision-makers to assist them towards more feasible decisions and a sustainable development.

 

Consistent with standard practice, each submitted abstract will receive a minimum of three reviews. Please, submit the abstract no later than 15 January 2011 via e-mail to address: conference2011@tse.fi. The subject of the email should be “Conference 2011 abstract”. For more details, please visit our website www.futuresconference.fi/2011.

 

All accepted conference papers will be published in the conference proceedings. A selection of these papers will be published as a special issue of the International Journal Progress in Industrial Ecology (PIE) following the journal’s usual review procedure. Some of the papers may also be published in Finland Futures Research Centre’s publication series. The official conference language for all papers and presentations is English.

 

More up-to-date information will appear on the conference website. For further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at conference2011@tse.fi.

 

We look forward to seeing you in Tampere in June 2011!