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Reminder: ETH PhD Academy "Managing Carbon Constraints" (Deadline Nov. 15, 2006)

  • 1.  Reminder: ETH PhD Academy "Managing Carbon Constraints" (Deadline Nov. 15, 2006)

    Posted 11-02-2006 18:02
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    Reminder: Call for Papers: ETH PhD Academy for Sustainability and Technology,
    "Managing Carbon Constraints", February 23-27, 2007 (Application Deadline: Nov. 15, 2006)

    Dear colleagues,

    with this mail we would like to remind you of the call for papers (abstracts) to the first ETH PhD Academy for Sustainability and Technology - "Managing Carbon Constraints" - from February 23-27, 2007, in Switzerland (ETH Zurich). The aim of the academy is to promote excellent PhD research in the fields of Carbon Market Development, Risk Management and Carbon Constraints, Clean Technologies and Innovation. Four days of the curriculum will focus on improving the research design and methodology of participants' PhD projects. On the final day we will discuss the topic with leading business representatives. Feedback will be given by peers and our distinguished faculty:

    Ans Kolk (University of Amsterdam)
    Andrew J. Hoffman (University of Michigan)
    Volker Hoffmann (ETH Zurich)

    The academy is being supported by HOLCIM, the Swiss National Science Foundation, the WBCSD and oikos foundation. The deadline for submission of abstracts is Nov 15, 2006. PhD candidates will be informed about acceptance by December 1 st, , 2006. Final papers must be submitted by January 22, 2007. For a comprehensive call for papers, please visit

    http://www.sustec.ethz.ch/education/PhD_Academy/Academy07 <http://www.sustec.ethz.ch/education/PhD_Academy/Academy07>
    or download the call at http://www.sustec.ethz.ch/education/PhD_Academy/Academy07/Academy_Call07.pdf <http://www.sustec.ethz.ch/education/PhD_Academy/Academy07/Academy_Call07.pdf>

    We welcome your applications and thank you for distributing this information to interested PhD candidates.

    Best wishes
    Volker Hoffmann

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    Prof. Dr. Volker Hoffmann
    Group for Sustainability and Technology
    Dept. for Management, Technology, and Economics
    ETH Zurich
    8092 Zurich, Switzerland

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