CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - EXIOPOL SUMMER SCHOOL
EXIOPOL SUMMER SCHOOL on
Environmental Accounting: Externality Valuation and Input-Output Tools
for Policy Analysis
Venice, July 11th - 17th, 2010
http://www.feem-project.net/exiopol/
Deadline for applications: April 1st, 2010
The 2010 Exiopol Summer School will take place from the 11th to the 17th of July at the VIU campus on the Island of San Servolo, in Venice, located just in front of St. Mark' Square. The theme of this Summer School is "Environmental accounting: externality valuation and Input-Output tools for policy analysis".
Policy makers are increasingly searching for tools that allow them to address economic, social and environmental problems in an integrated framework, consistent with a sustainable development framework which is driving much of the thinking of public policy. At the micro level researchers employ valuation methods to develop estimates of the value of environmental goods and services, so that decisions in this domain can be informed by the costs and benefits of environmental changes. But many policy decisions need to be taken not at the micro level of the plant or local community, but at the level of the state, region or even the Union. While there are many tools for making such decisions in the economic sphere, including the use of input-output matrices, the same is not true for the environmental sphere. The ‘scaling up’ from the micro to the macro is being addressed by the FP6 EXIOPOL Integrated Project. Taking advantage of the research experience of this IP, the Summer School, presents and discusses the up-to-date bottom-up externality valuation methods and top-down Environmentally Extended Input Output tools. .
FACULTY and LECTURE TOPICS
Prof. Tim Taylor, University of Bath, UK
Methodological advances in exernality valuation.
Prof. Stale Navrud, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
A value transfer protocol and comparison of value transfer techniques for biodiversity/ecosystem services valuation.
Dr. Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Italy
Valuing biodiversity services.
Dr. Mikael Skou Andersen, NERI, Aarhus University, Denmark or Rainer Friedrich, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Impact pathway methods and application to agriculture and health risks valuation.
Dr. Arnold Tukker, TNO Built Environment and Geosciences, Innovation and Environment, The Netherlands
Introduction to EE IO.
Dr. Reinout Heijungs or Ir. Arjan de Koning, Institute of Environmental Science (CML), University of Leiden, The Netherlands
Relation between LCA, SFA, EE IO and impact assessment methods.
Dr. Frederik Neuwahl, European Commission - Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), Spain
Examples of uses of EE IO with hands-on exercises.
Prof. Jan Oosterhaven or Dr. Dirk Stelder, Univeristy of Groningen, The Netherlands
Multi-regional EE IO / EE IO and and trade with various examples a.o. using the IRIOS software.
ADMISSION AND SCHOLARSHIPS
The Summer School is targeted to postgraduate students. Admission is conditional on the presentation by each student of his/her doctoral work; therefore PhD students who want to apply normally need to be advanced in their PhD to have produced at least one substantive chapter, but not to have completely finished their thesis.
Given the highly interactive activities planned at the Summer School, the number of participants is limited to 20. There is no participation fee. All applicants can apply for a scholarship.
For further information on application and funding please access the EXIOPOL Summer School Website at: http://www.feem-project.net/exiopol/scheda.php?ids=45 or contact the Summer School Secretariat.
Summer School Secretariat
Ms. Angela Marigo and Ms. Ughetta Molin Fop
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
exiopol@feem.it
http://www.feem-project.net/exiopol/
