Please see an invitation to attend the three environment events from Professor Winnifred Louis.
All events are being held in hybrid mode at the University of Queensland in November prior to SASP-ACPID 2023. Please note that you will need to click through separately to register for each.
Network of Environmental Social Scientists forum: Envisioning a Net Zero World
9am to 2:30pm Tuesday Nov 21st
University of Queensland City Campus Rm 0M14 Teaching Suite
308 Queen St., Brisbane (in person places are limited) – or watch over Zoom
RSVP by 12th November
Presenters include: Dr Rebecca Colvin, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU; Prof Matthew Hornsey, UQ Business School; Prof John Quiggin, School of Economics, UQ; Dr Saphira Rekker, UQ Business School; A/Prof. Simon Smart, School of Chemical Engineering, UQ; Dr Jennifer Yarnold, Centre for Policy Futures, UQ
The Environment in Queensland
9am to 12 noon Monday November 20th; catered lunch 12-1pm
University of Queensland City Campus Rm 0M14 Teaching Suite
308 Queen St., Brisbane(in person places are limited) – or watch over Zoom
The event is being co-hosted by The Wilderness Society and The Commons Social Change Library, as well as the Social Change Lab in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland. Our aim for the event is to connect with interested parties to share plans for developing research to progress action to protect the environment in Queensland, and to present some relevant data on environmental attitudes and action that we have collected in a large-scale survey of Queenslanders. RSVP: online registration form by 9am Monday 13 November.
Environmental Early Career Scholars’ Interdisciplinary Forum
1pm to 2:30pm Monday November 20th
University of Queensland City Campus Rm 0M14 Teaching Suite
308 Queen St., Brisbane
We are pleased to invite all interested early career researchers (incl Masters students, PhD students, post-doctoral research fellows, and others < 8 years post PhD) to apply for inclusion in our event showcasing “Early career scholars’ research for the Environment in Queensland in 2023”. The event is being co-hosted by The Wilderness Society and The Commons Social Change Library, as well as the Social Change Lab in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland. Our aim is to profile the research from scholars across Queensland using a poster format.
Application details
If interested, please block out the date in your diary and register your interest in applying and/or attending via our online registration form. The event is invitation only, but if you are a scholar or student of the environment, or a community group with relevant research, please reach out via email at to express interest in the event and for us to approve your application. Approved attendees will be sent the information to upload their posters by 9am November 10. Applicants will be notified of approval by November 13.
What presenters will submit:
A one page PDF in portrait orientation (not landscape orientation), A4 size, with minimum 10 point font, which includes your name and affiliation, and a description of research, by 9am November 10. It must meet all criteria for consideration. Posters will be peer reviewed by an interdisciplinary panel. Your poster does not need to follow a conventional intro / method /results / discussion format, though this format is very welcome. People in the humanities for example may like to present a narrative summary structured differently. Any clear and compelling 1 page presentation of research by early career scholars meeting the criteria above will be considered.
What we will judge:
We will approve no more than 30 posters, prioritising: diversity of disciplines; diversity of universities; clarity for an interdisciplinary audience; scientific and community interest; empirical data are preferred to theory or planned research; Queensland focus of research preferred to elsewhere.
Then what?
1) We will print your poster in A2 and display it on the day (you can keep after); 2) you will be expected to come to the event in person and talk to people informally about your work; 3) your poster in its A4 format will be included in the handbook for the “Environment in Queensland” event in the morning from 9am to 1pm (advertised separately), which you are welcome but not expected to also attend.
Date: Monday November 20, 2023
Time: The early career research event will run from 1-2:30pm.
You may also like to come to the “Environment in Queensland in 2023” event from 9am-1pm (incl morning tea and lunch at 12-1pm), advertised separately above.
Location: Room 0M14 Teaching Suite, UQ Brisbane City, 308 Queen Street. In person attendance is expected for the early career scholars whose work is featured. However if you are from more than 2 hrs away, we will consider your poster even if you cannot attend.
The room will have the posters printed and displayed on panel boards, and you will stand near your poster and chat to people about your work, during a 1.5 hr session. As well as the other ECRs, there could be some mid- and late-career scholars, as well as community groups or policy-makers – we are not quite sure who will turn up.