Green Economics Institute 16th Annual Conference Opening 1 Day event

Opening Day of Green Economics Institutes 16th Annual

2 week Conference in Oxford

The opening day will be held at St Hugh's College University of Oxford. After a 2 year absence we meet again in person.

It will introduce the ideas for the rest of the 2 weeks.

The event will feature a call for papers, speakers and books and book chapters reflecting on all matters of social, environmental and economic justice as well as the new environment of international relations and IT and tech.

It will include health, peace, privacy, and personal pyschology and mental health. Food farming and finance and much more besides.

The conference will prepare for our COP27 delegation and present the latest climate finance and science status as well as the latest biodiversity issues to coincide with the United Nations Biodiversity conferences and IPBES in which we have delegations.

The conference also features our work for the United Nations on intersectionality issues and access and inclusion and our on going long term work on gender.

For all of the above please email us at [email protected] to apply to submit papers, workshops, speaker panels, discussion subjects and ideas for this wonderful event.

The overall conference timetable schedule is as follows:

Day 1 31st August 2022 at St Hugh's College, University of Oxford

Day 2 -4 3rd -6th September 2022 at The Research Centre, Christchurch College, University of Oxford

Days 5 September 9th h 2022 at Mansfield College, University of Oxford- It will also feature a tribute to Volker Heinemann our co founder who sadly passed away during the height of the covid pandemic. The tribute will take place during the event on 9th September 2022

Days 6 and 7, 10th and 11th September Mansfield College event may include a 2 day summer school look at inclusion and diversity in the environmental movement.

Days 8, 9,10 September 12th 13th 14th at Earth Spirit Centre, Lockyers Farm, near Glastonbury, Somerset- for an immersive green experience with the latest green tech and life style examples in a beautiful peaceful relaxing environment of our stunning education centre and the 19th 20th and 21st and 22nd for a lovely re- set and re- energizing -retreat and relaxation centred few days immersed in nature after a difficult 2 years for everyone.

Each event can be booked separately or together. Early tickets are now available via eventbrite.

Call for Papers

Summer Conference Call for Papers.

Our Second ever blue sky thinking conference 1 day symposium

St Hughes College, University of Oxford. Wednesday 31st August 2022

This symposium conference explores the philosophy of our changing world and tries to find threads and pointers to a better future.

The conference will feature live link ups with different parts of Africa, Bhuttan , China and other regions of the world to share different perspectives and ensure we get a full range of human experience.

It will focus on:

Inspiration, leadership and human development- what does it mean caring sharing supporting each other?

Physical and human geography and social and environmental justice

Economics- of all kinds -

Human development and anthropology- our futures

Economics and trade and international relations

Technology and smart futures- IT and Data and democracy challenges

Truth understanding narratives -the hidden fears about the future driving a non truth world- the attractiveness of liars and deceivers and scammers- why do we follow them?

Story telling in an age of deceipt - how history and futures are bound up together

Refugees-mobility- climate displacements migration etc

The role of war and violence in human evolution -

Finance -new financial landscapes- climate finance and biodiversity and environmental issues- pollution, deforestional, deadzones in the sea- amazonian depletion -the race for the poles and the race for space, Bitcoin block chain and non conventional financial futures and regulations.

Can there be a just transition ?

Climate science - biodiversity loss- the figures- the earths vital signs

The Sustainable Development Goals- the facts and figures- where are we now?

Life style changes needed in the 21st century and the planning implications for cities- rural areas and other dwellings. Transport habitation

Gender issues and how they are the solution-The stats

Any other issues relevant to future life on earth in all its forms and earth systems.

The conference will take the form of 1 day of symposiums- with a stimulating scene setting and challenging presentation followed by group work and debate. The aim being to come up with original perspectives and solutions to todays problems. Each presenter is asked to come up with a short paper and if possible a short PPT to enable participants to follow new argumentation.

The participants are expected to be global -some people will come in via zoom and some will be in the room.

There will be a book or books from the conference papers ( previous books from our conferences can be seen at www.geibooks.org.uk and also a special issue of the academic journal and possibly academic proceedings too- so it is hopped that participants may get at least 3 citations from the event.

We are also looking for good research projects and all submissions will be assessed for suitability.

Programme will include

Day 1

Session 1

Introduction and scene setting and overarching narrative presentations - where are we now and how did we get here and how do we get out of here? and move on successfully as a species?

Session 2 Presentations and debate

Break into smaller groups for working on solutions

Lunch

Session 3 Presentations and debate

Session 4 Presentations and debate

Session 5 Presentations and debate - Next steps from today and symposium and planning publications

Evening tours and walks round Oxford

Common Dinner in Oxford Style Restaurant together

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Please book your tickets here: and please send your ideas for sessions and presentations to [email protected] -

All sessions need to be applied for- with a short 300 word explanation.

The conference team will advise if its accepted and then you will be advised about a slot for presentation. Please suggest your idea and also 3 questions you would like participants to consider as the debate part of the session. Some sessions will have 1 presenter and other may have up to 3 in total to offer contrasting perspectives.

We are also looking for good research projects and all submissions will be assessed for suitability. Some of these will then also be invited to our research conference in September at Christchurch College, University of Oxford.

Host or Publisher Green Economics Institute