CBEES and ESDGS seminars on Environmental Science and Development

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES) & Environmental Science and Development Graduate School at Södertörn University College (ESDGS)

CBEES and ESDGS seminars on Environmental Science and Development: The seminar series is arranged in collaboration between CBEES and the Environmental Science and Development Graduate School (ESDGS). The seminars are focussed on presenting and discussing current research on environmental issues and sustainable development in the Baltic Sea Region and are open to a wide academic audience. Seminar presentations are given both by invited Swedish and international experts as well as by researchers based at Södertörn University. At the end of each semester a seminar with presentations by PhD candidates from Södertörn University is arranged.

The seminars will be given in English.

Seminar leader & contact: Michael Gilek, Research Leader at CBEES and Director of ESDGS, michael.gilek@sh.se

 

Spring term 2010

Program (pdf)

14 January: China in the World and the World in China - from Population Policy to Migration

Marina Thorborg, Södertörn University
When? Thursday 14 January, 13.00-14.00
Where? Södertörn University, room MA456

 

28 January: Chemical Risks in Textiles

Magnus Boström, Södertörn University
When? Thursday 28 January, 13.00-14.00
Where? Södertörn University, room MA648

 

11 February - Internal Seminar

 

12 February: Natural Resource Management and Development in Tanzania

Prof. Yunus Mgaya, University of Dar es Salaam, and Prof. Kari Lehtilä, Södertörn University

Professor Yunus Mgaya is a Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Dar es Salaam and  Dean of the Faculty of Aquatic Sciences. He also heads the Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute and holds many other important regional research and policy posts in this field. He has worked not only on coastal marine issues but also more generally on key issues facing natural resources management in Tanzania and has published extensively in local and international journals.

When? Friday, February 12, 14.00-15.30

Where? Room ME 552, Södertörn University, Campus Flemingsberg
 

25 February: The seminar has been cancelled (postponed to 11 March).

 

11 March: The Science-Policy Interface in European Fisheries Management: Stakeholder Participation and the Integration of Knowledge

Sebastian Linke, Göteborg University

When? Thursday 11 March, 13.00-14.00

Where? Södertörn University, room MA 755

25 March: Does the Dose Make the Poison? - Pharmaceuticals (EDCs) in the Marine Envi-ronment

Kasia Smolarz, Södertörn University

When? Thursday, 25 March, 13.00-14.00

Where? Södertörn University, room MC227

15 April: Metagovernance of Ecological Food - The Swedish Action Plan 2010 for Increased Organic Production

Åsa Vifell, Södertörn University

When? Thursday 15 April, 13.00-14.00

Where? Södertörn University, room MA231

20 May: Localised and Sustainable Agri-food Systems in Times of Rural Changes, Perspectives from Spain and Greece

Prof. E. Aguilar, Sevilla University, Spain  and Dr. T. Anthopoulou, Panteion University, Greece

When? Thursday 20 May, 13.00-15.00

Where? Södertörn University, room MC213  

 

10 June: Presentations of PhD Candidate Projects in Environmental Science

When? Thursday 10 June, 10.00-15.00

Where? Södertörn University, room MD521