Call for Thematic and Policy Sessions

Deadlines for Submissions

December 23, 2019 - Policy Sessions

January 31, 2020 - Thematic Sessions

There will be two types of pre-organised sessions at EAERE 2020 for which proposals are now invited.

(1) POLICY SESSIONS aim to advance the use of environmental and resource economics to support policy-making and to provide a forum of exchange between policy-makers and academics. Sessions are expected to be of interest to a broad audience of research economists. They will typically be formatted as short presentations followed by panel/roundtable discussions. Papers are not required. The Programme Committee will select a limited number of proposed Policy Sessions based on significance and originality. The Policy sessions will also run in parallel in much the same way as regular Parallel Sessions.

(2) THEMATIC SESSIONS aim to highlight current research on a subject in environmental and resource economics. Thematic sessions will consist of three to four papers connected by a unifying theme. The individual contributions are expected to be of very high quality, both with respect to the scientific content of the paper and the presentation. The Programme Committee will select a limited number of proposed Thematic Sessions based on scientific quality and originality. The proposed papers for these sessions will undergo the normal refereeing process; only papers that are approved will be included in the programme. The thematic sessions will run in parallel in much the same way as regular Parallel Sessions.

Policy Sessions

To propose a Policy Session, please send an email with "Policy Session" in the subject line to programme-eaere2020@hu-berlin.de.

In your email, include the following information:

• Proposed title of the Policy Session
• Name(s) of the Policy Session's organiser(s)
• A short description of the theme and its relevance to environmental or natural resource economists
• For each participant a one paragraph bio and a brief description of their expertise  
• Each participant in the Policy Session contributes a short statement to the proposal about their contribution to the session.

RULES for POLICY SESSIONS

• Policy Session organiser(s) must commit to attend EAERE 2020 and to chair their Session.
• Policy Session organiser(s) are responsible for ensuring that the session contributors are aware of and follow the rules below.
• There are no earmarked financial resources to support Policy Sessions. However, policy-makers contributing to a Policy Session qualify for free access to EAERE 2020 on the day of their session. No further access or discounts on registration fees can be provided. All nominated participants of Policy Sessions are to be registered by May 10, 2020.
• The deadline for the submission of proposals is December 23, 2019.
• Notification of the decision by the Programme Committee is scheduled for January 14, 2020.

Thematic Sessions

To propose a Thematic Session:

1. submit all papers to be included via the conference website (choose session type: Thematic Session). The papers will go through the regular review process. Paper submission will open on October 14, 2019.
2. send an email with “Thematic Session” in the subject line to programme-eaere2020@hu-berlin.de. 

In your email, include the following information:

• Name(s) of the Thematic Session's organiser(s)
• Proposed title of the Thematic Session
• A short description of the theme and an explanation how the papers are connected and how they jointly relate to the theme.
• Title, author names, and a 100-word abstract for EACH of the papers included in the session (make sure that paper titles and authors are consistent with the website submissions)

RULES for THEMATIC SESSIONS

• Thematic Session organiser(s) must commit to attending EAERE 2020 and to chairing the specific Thematic Session.
• Thematic Session organiser(s) are also fully responsible for ensuring that the session contributors are aware of and follow the rules below.
• There are no earmarked financial resources to support Thematic Sessions. All nominated participants in a Thematic Session have to pay the EAERE conference registration fees.  All nominated participants of Thematic Sessions are to be registered by May 10, 2020. 
• If a Thematic Session is not approved, any accepted papers will be included in the Parallel Sessions.
• The deadline for the submission of proposals for Thematic Sessions via email AND paper submissions via conference website is January 31, 2020.
• Notification of the decision by the Programme Committee is scheduled for April 6, 2020.

Programme Committee Co-Chairs    

Klaus Eisenack, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Carolyn Fischer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Maria Loureiro, University of Santiago de Compostela

Local Organising Committee Chair

Georg Meran, Technische Universität Berlin

Further Information