1st Draft of Call for Papers   

for the 13th International Conference of
Finland Futures Research Centre and Finland Futures Academy


TRENDS AND FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

9-10 June 2011, TAMPERE, FINLAND

The 13th International Conference organized by Finland Futures Research Centre and Finland Futures Academy at Turku School of Economics will deal with the indicators and dimensions of a sustainable future. It will be the final conference of SMILE-project (Synergies in Multi-scale Inter-Linkages of Eco-social systems), which has been funded by EU 7th Framework Programme. The consortium of SMILE project is formed by various research organizations focusing on the different dimensions of sustainability: Finland Futures Research Centre (coordinator), Parthenope University of Naples (Italy), Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain), Free University of Amsterdam (Netherlands), Institute for Economic Forecasting (Romania), The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (UK) and Statistics Finland.


TOPICS OF INTERESTS

Contributions are solicited in (but not limited to) the following topical areas:

• Integrated tools for analyzing different aspects of sustainable development: complex tools for managing of complex systems and problems.
• Sustainability performance indicators (environmental, social and/or economic) and measurement systems
• Policy recommendations and suggestions for decision-making in terms of sustainability
• Interpreting the decomposed factors as drivers either advancing or threatening sustainability
• Analyzing contributing factors behind the changes in different dimensions of sustainability with different time scales and different spatial coverages
• The trade-offs and synergies between different aspects of sustainable development
• Specific Case Studies

KEY JOURNAL AUDIENCES

• Academics and researchers interested in future studies and various aspects of sustainable development
• Research and Development Managers
• Representatives of governmental and municipal organizations
• Strategic planners

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

Deadline for abstract submission: December 31, 2010
Notification of Acceptance: January 31, 2011
Deadline for submission of full papers: May 20, 2011

REVIEW PROCESS

Papers will be reviewed by their abstracts (max. 200 words). Abstracts should contain paper title and the body of the paper, with author names, affliations and contact information. Consistent with standard practice, each submitted paper will receive a minimum of three reviews. Scientific board that will evaluate the abstracts is formed by PhD Richard Aspinall, Professor Mario Giampietro, Professor Jyrki Luukkanen, Professor Peter Nijkamp, Professor Sergio Ulgiati and PhD Jarmo Vehmas.

Final papers should be original, unpublished and not more than ten single-spaced pages with minimum font size of 12 pt. Papers should be submitted in .doc or .rtf format, and should only contain the paper title and the body of the paper, with author names and affliations. Final papers should be sent to the conference secretariat one week before the conference.

All 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.

REGISTRATION FOR THE CONFERENCE
 

Conference Fees

	Standard fee until March 31, 2011	Late fee from April 1, 2011
Full Fee	400 euros	500 euros
Reduced Fee (Graduate and post-graduate students)	150 euros	250 euros

Registration fee includes: admission to sessions and workshops, conference materials, all lectures, lunches and refreshments on both days, evening event (VAT 0%)


VENUE

The conference will be held at the University of Tampere. The main campus of the University of Tampere is close to the Tampere city centre, some ten minutes’ walk from the railway station. Further information: www.uta.fi.


FURTHER INFORMATION

If you have questions concerning the scientific program or any other matter, please send an e-mail to conference2011[at]tse.fi.