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Social Institutions & Sustainability" Symposium

  • 1.  Social Institutions & Sustainability" Symposium

    Posted 06-10-2015 10:09
    Abstracts (up to 500 words MAXIMUM) are due June 15, 2015, for "Social Institutions & Sustainability" Symposium

    Wayne State University is hosting an interdisciplinary research symposium on September 11, 2015, in Detroit, MI (USA), on the theme of "Social Institutions & Sustainability," and we invite you to submit 500-word abstracts for the same. The deadline for submission is June 15, 2015, and authors of selected abstracts will be notified by July 1. Please email your submitted abstracts to ssf@wayne.edu. 

    Scope of the Conference:

    We define "social institutions" broadly-to include formal organizations that set societal agendas (e.g., government agencies, corporations, local and international nonprofits, media, community groups), and institutionalized best practices of the contemporary social order (e.g., governance, due diligence, scientific rigor, risk management). We encourage research that examines how existing social institutions may both restrict and enable the scope of sustainability; how they may be transformed by sustainable practices leading to newer, more adaptable institutions; and how sustainable solutions to specific environmental and social problems have been facilitated by incorporating social components into their approach. Submissions may be from a variety of academic disciplines, such as (but not limited to): sociology, political science, communication, economics, psychology, cultural studies, geography, engineering, health, law, history, literature, and fine arts. Theoretical and empirical papers (quantitative and/or qualitative) are welcome, along with performance pieces.

    In conjunction with this research symposium, Critical Sociology journal will host an interdisciplinary Special Issue on the theme of "Social Institutions & Sustainability." Extended abstracts (up to 750 words) are invited for the journal, due September 1, 2015. A detailed call for papers for the special issue will be forthcoming.

    Thank you, and feel free to contact Rahul Mitra if you have any questions, at rahul.mitra@wayne.edu

    Rahul Mitra, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
    Wayne State University
    585 Manoogian Hall
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    Andrew J. Hoffman
    Director, Erb Institute
    Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
    Ross School of Business/SNRE
    University of Michigan
    701 Tappan Street, R4390
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109
    P: 734.763.9455
    E: ajhoff@umich.edu

    Administrative Assistant: Shelly Whitmer
    E: sjmoore@umich.edu; P: 734.647.4516

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