Green politics post grad fest

Well I still do a bit of academia but am a bit sceptical of the RAE and the enclosure of academic articles...why write for an academic journal that cannot be down loaded gratis on the web...any way moan over...if you are a green politics post grad this may be of interest....


Apologies for cross-posting. We would be grateful if you would
please forward this message to postgraduate students who may be interested.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS MONDAY 12 MAY.

European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
Green Politics Standing Group

Summer School on Environmental Politics and Policy

7 - 18 July 2008

Keele University, United Kingdom

The Summer School will give 20 PhD students or new postdoctoral
researchers working in the field of environmental politics
the opportunity to exchange teaching and research ideas with colleagues
from other universities and research institutes.

Teaching is organised across five themes:
- Green political theory
- International relations of the environment
- Environment and global political economy
- Green movements and parties
- Public policy and the environment

Ten taught sessions will be led by experts from European, Australian and
North American universities.
Please see the programme on our website for speakers and topics.

http://www.keele.ac.uk/research/lpj/ecprsumschool/index.htm

Deadline for applications is 12 May. Information on how to apply is
available on the website (see above url) or please contact the
Summer School convenor:
Dr. Sherilyn MacGregor s.macgregor@pol.keele.ac.uk


many thanks.

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Dr. Sherilyn MacGregor
SPIRE: School of Politics, International Relations & Philosophy
Keele University
Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG
United Kingdom