Within the research project ´Chameleon – Adapting Energy and Transport to Climate Change´, the University of Oldenburg and the Institute for Ecological Economy Research offers a 3-days Workshop on Barriers of Adaptation to Climate Change.
The aim of the workshop is to enhance conceptual and empirical insights into barriers to adaptation by synthesizing current knowledge from diverse disciplinary research streams. Key simularities and
differences between barriers are to be identified. A fruitful exchange and synthesis of perspectives helps to generate practical knowledge, interdisciplinary to promote the research agenda both on an individual and a broader scale.
The workshop aims at adding to the understanding of barriers to adaptation by especially addressing the following questions:
- How can barriers to adaptation be conceptualized and analyzed?
- How do barriers differ between different actors (political, economic, and societal) and scales?
- What political, institutional and organizational strategies are suitable for overcoming these barriers?
Specific research themes
We invite theoretical and conceptual contributions from current research, not restricted to, but particularly on, the following issues:
- Economic, financial and technical barriers to climate change adaptation
- Institutional, governance and organizational barriers to climate change adaptation
- Cognitive, social and cultural barriers to climate change adaptation
- Barriers to processes of decision making in long-term (environmental and societal) changes
- Societal challenges in adaptation processes on different scales
- Approaches to conceptualizing, diagnosing and generalizing barriers
- Strategies, policies and measures to overcome identified barriers.
For empirical findings on adaptation challenges, we welcome case studies on barriers to adaptation:
- Utilities and supply sectors such as energy, water, transport, waste, etc.
- Sectors or areas that rely on or deal with long-living infrastructure.
Participants: 35 researchers (both Postdocs and PhDs)
Deadline for Application: March 10th, 2012 (extended abstract)
Deadline for Registration: June 15th, 2012
Deadline for Full Paper: August 15th, 2012
Workshop fee: €150 (includes accommodation, full board, and social event)
