Petition to alternate in-person and virtual US political science conferences

[Harrison, Kathryn]

Dear Colleagues,

 

I belong to a new organization called Political Scientists for Sustainability which seeks to promote environmentally responsible practices in our profession.  We have crafted a petition that calls on the four largest U.S. political science associations – APSA, MPSA, SPSA, and WPSA – to adopt a four-year trial of alternating between in-person and fully online conferences, in order to lower the climate harms of our activities and make conferences more inclusive.

 

You can read the petition here: http://www.sustainablepolisci.org/flylessconnectbetter.html

 

We also provide a supporting document with more detailed information and discussion:http://www.sustainablepolisci.org/petition-supplement.html

 

If you agree with the petition, please consider adding your signature here:http://www.sustainablepolisci.org/flylessconnectbetter.html.  Please feel free to share it with friends and colleagues who you think might be interested in signing it.

  

If you have any questions, please ask.  Anticipating one question – you do not need to be a member of APSA to sign, though you will see that there is question before you sign asking whether you’ve ever been a member.  One advantage of virtual conferences that we highlight is inclusivity in many forms, including making it easier for colleagues from distant countries to participate. 

 

Thank you for considering signing the petition.

 

Kathy

 

Kathryn Harrison

Professor of Political Science

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, BC

Canada V6T 1Z1

Tel: 604 822-4922

 

I work on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil Waututh peoples. 

 

 

 

 

Kathryn Harrison

Professor of Political Science

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, BC

Canada V6T 1Z1

Tel: 604 822-4922

 

I work on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil Waututh peoples.