For those of you doing research with public policy implications, the following conference may be of interest to you.
Best wishes,
Nicole Darnall
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Call for Proposals: Papers, Panel and Roundtables
28th Annual Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management Research Conference
November 2-4, 2006
Madison, WI
Deadline: March 10
APPAM is a preeminent venue for the presentation and discussion of applied public policy & management research, attracting more than 1,000 participants for 150+ sessions across three days of meetings.
The environmental program of APPAM is encouraging researchers to submit paper proposals, and especially panel proposals, related to environmental policy & management. While APPAM encourages presentations on a broad range of public policy issues, the environmental program is encouraging papers that address the appropriate design of public policies that reduce organizational inefficiency and increase environmental improvements; industry efforts to "self-regulate" their environmental impacts, lessons regarding effective implementation or management of voluntary environmental programs at the local or national level; assessments of NGO alliances with regulators and/or corporations, analyses related to environmental justice and evaluations of the effect of redistributional programs that affect environmental protection; and the merit and effectiveness of stakeholder engagement in environmental issues.
Paper proposals require a 400 word abstract. Panel proposals require a separate abstract for each paper within that panel. In addition, panels usually should include no more than 3 papers, a chair, and a maximum of 2 discussants. Roundtable proposals should include no more than 4 participants plus a chair/moderator. APPAM strongly encourages proposals that include practitioners in substantive roles and otherwise are inclusive of diversity in the field.
All proposals for the 2006 APPAM conference are due by 11:59 p.m. E.T. on Friday, March 10. Decisions regarding acceptance and rejection of papers/panels are to be announced in late June/early July 2006. For additional information visit www.appam.org.