panel proposals

[Regina Axelrod]

Dear Colleagues:
Miranda Schreurs and I would like to propose the following panels for ISA  2014. Please respond if you would like to participate to r...@adelphi.edu.

Thanks for your interest,
Regina Axelrod

Panel 1:  End of the Nuclear Renaissance? Nuclear Politics Post-Fukushima

 Dreams of a nuclear energy resurgence in light of the Fukushima disaster may be waning.  What are the reasons some states choose to leave the nuclear path while others continue with it? What are the global and domestic concerns that are linked with the policy choices of states? How are states realigning their energy policies post-Fukushima (if at all)? This panel will address the future of nuclear energy looking both at those countries that are shifting away from it and toward alternative energy sources and those that are continuing along the nuclear path.

Panel 2:  The Ethics of Energy Policy

This panel seeks to address the ways in which ethical questions are or can be tied to energy policy. What are the ethical dilemmas associated with different forms of energy and how are they being dealt with in national and international policies? This panel welcomes papers that look at these questions from either comparative or international perspectives.