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Dear All,

I would like to draw your attention to the second annual Environmental Politics and Governance conference,
which in 2016 will be held in Gerzensee, Switzerland (the first EPG conference was organised by Aseem Prakash in Seattle in June of this year (http://depts.washington.edu/envirpol/?page_id=280).

Best wishes,

Thomas (also on behalf of my co-organizers Liliana Andonova, Karin Ingold, and Katja Michaelowa)
ETH Zurich


Call for Papers

2nd Annual Conference on
Environmental Politics & Governance

16 - 19 June 2016
Gerzensee, Switzerland: http://www.seminarhotelgerzensee.ch/en/home.html

Organized by:
ETH Zurich, Institute of Science, Technology and Policy (ISTP)
EAWAG (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology)
University of Zurich, Institute of Political Science
The Graduate Institute, Geneva
Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS),! ETH Zurich and University of Zurich
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern


Dear Colleagues:

ETH Zurich, EAWAG, the University of Zurich, The Graduate Institute, and the Oeschger Centre for Climate
Change Research will host the 2nd annual conference on Environmental Politics & Governance in Gerzensee,
Switzerland, 16– 19 June 2016. The deadline for submitting paper proposals is November 3, 2015.

Objectives:
The 2016 conference builds on the success of the 2015 conference in Seattle
(http://depts.washington.edu/envirpol/?page_id=280). These annual conferences aim to showcase outstanding
scholarship on Environmental Politics & Governance, provide a venue for scholars to present their research,
strengthen their network, and shape future Environmental Politics & Governance research across the social
sciences via theoretically informed, methodologically rigorous empirical work. We hope that ! this and
subsequent conferences will motivate Environmental Po! litics & Governance scholars to advance theoretical
insights, work with generalizable theories, and use appropriate empirical methods and data.

The 2016 Environmental Politics & Governance conference will be held at the Gerzensee conference facility of
the Swiss National Bank. It is located in beautiful rural surroundings near the Swiss capital Bern:
http://www.seminarhotelgerzensee.ch/en/home.html.


Logistics:
The Environmental Politics & Governance conferences provide a venue for intensive and high quality
interactions. Consequently, the steering committee has decided to limit the size of the conference to about 30
papers. As in the 2015 conference, paper proposals will be reviewed and selected by the steering committee
(see below) via a double-blind review process.

There is no conference fee. Further, food and accommodation expenses for one author per accepted paper will
be covered by the sponsors.

Note: Conference organizers will not cover travel costs: participants are responsible for making their own
travel arrangements.

Participants should plan on arriving by late afternoon on Thursday, June 16, 2016 and leave on the morning of
Sunday, June 19, 2016. Commitment to attend the conference for its entire duration is essential.

Submission Process:
Paper proposals should consist of electronic submission of a Word document with a cover page listing authors,
affiliations, and contact information; and a detailed abstract of 1,000 words that outlines the research question,
theory, data and methods along with the contributions to the evolving field of Environmental Politics &
Governance. We will consider work-in-progress only. Please DO NOT submit published, forthcoming, or accepted work.

To submit your paper proposal, please go to the Environmental Politics & Governance 2016 conference website:
http://www.ib.ethz.ch/conference.html

Time Line:
1. Proposal submission deadline : November 3, 2015.
2. Notification of paper acceptance: January 30, 2016.
3. Arrival in Gerzensee: the afternoon of Thursday, June 16, 2016
4. Conference begins: evening of June 16, 1016
5. Organized panels: Friday, June 17 and Saturday June 18, 2016
6. Conference ends: the morning of Sunday, June 19, 2016

International Steering Committee

Conference Co-Chairs
Liliana Andonova, The Graduate Institute, Geneva
Thomas Bernauer, ETH Zurich
Karin Ingold, EAWAG
Katharina Michaelowa, University of Zurich

Members
Arun Agrawal, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Xun Cao, Pennsylvania State University
Ashwini Chhatre, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
Stephen Dovers, Australian National University
Andreas Duit, Stockholm University
Riley Dunlap, Oklahama State University
Adrienne Heritier, EUI Florence
Jon Hovi, University of Oslo
Robert Keohane, Princeton University
! David Konisky, Indiana University, Bloomington
Vally Koubi, ETH Zurich
Wai-Fung (Danny) Lam, University of Hong Kong
Mark Lubell, UC Davis
Peter May, University Washington, Seattle
Helen Milner, Princeton University
Ronald Mitchell, University of Oregon
Matthew Potoski, UC Santa Barbara
Aseem Prakash, University of Washington, Seattle
Detlef Sprinz, PIK, Potsdam
Hugh Ward, University of Essex


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Prof. Dr. Thomas Bernauer
Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) and
Institute of Science, Technology and Policy (ISTP)
Building: IFW C.45.1 (http://g.co/maps/6y9ba)
Haldeneggsteig 4 /Weinbergstrasse
CH-8092 Zurich, SWITZERLAND
thbe0520@ethz.ch; www.ib.ethz.ch
+41 44 632 6771 (direct) or +41 44 632 63 85 (secretariat) phone; +41 44 632 1289 fax
Skype: bernauerthomas