CFP for Panel on Methodologies for Multiple Scales in Earth Systems Governance
Kimberly R. Marion Suiseeya
Call for Papers for Panel Proposal for Earth Systems Governance 2020 in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sept. 15-17, 2020.
Proposed Panel: Methodologies for Multiple Scales in Earth Systems Governance
Abstract: Scale is a defining feature of Earth Systems Governance research. Referring to the “spatial, temporal, quantitative, and analytical dimensions used to measure and study phenomena,” scale is something that not only complexifies efforts to address global environmental challenges but also complicates empirical investigations into ongoing problems (Termeer et al 2010, 28). Questions of scale are also tightly connected to disciplinary approaches (e.g., individual minds - cognitive science, small groups - sociology, local community/municipality - political science), requiring interdisciplinary research designs for the study of multi- and cross-scale governance processes. This panel explores methodologies for examining the temporal, geographic, jurisdictional, and other scales involved in ESG. How can and do scholars connect complex phenomena across multiple scales? What do effective research designs look like and how does this translate into impactful research for global environmental change? This panel will bring together early career and senior scholars to explore how questions about the past and the future can be studied; how the relational dynamics between people and place evolve across geographic scales; and what it would mean to unbound studies of Earth Systems Governance from temporal and jurisdictional scales. The panel aims to push conceptual and methodological boundaries around scale in Earth Systems Governance while also providing practical insights for those new to the field.
We seek papers that specifically seek to advance knowledge of multi-scalar empirical phenomena through a methodological lens. Please submit an abstract of up to 400 words to Kim Marion Suiseeya (kimberly...@northwestern.edu) and Manjana Milkoreit (mmil...@purdue.edu) by January 5, 2020.
Additional information on the conference is available at: http://earthsystemgovernance.net/bratislava2020/call-for-papers/
All the best,
Kim and Manjana
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Kimberly R. Marion Suiseeya, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Environmental Policy and Culture Program
Northwestern University
Website: https://sites.northwestern.edu/suiseeya/
Office Hours: https://calendly.com/kimberly-marion/
The Northwestern campus sits on the traditional homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa as well as the Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations. It was also a site of trade, travel, gathering and healing for more than a dozen other Native tribes and is still home to over 100,000 tribal members in the state of Illinois. I also recognize Northwestern University’s historical relationship with the Cheyenne and Arapaho. These lands continue to carry the stories of these Nations, their forced removal, and their struggles for survival and recognition. As a scholar, I have a responsibility to acknowledge both the Peoples as well as the histories of dispossession that have allowed for the growth of this institution. By reflecting on these histories, I hope to actively address the role that my university has played in shaping them.