Call for contributions of case studies concerning social inclusion in policies of biodiversity protection, urban agriculture, clean energy and environmental justice. Deadline June 10.

The First International Conference of the Society of Sociologists from Romania to be held between 2-4 December in Cluj-Napoca, Romania will host an environmental sociology session.

Call for applications for the European Sociological Association Summer School 2010 - Academic Journal Writing Workshop for PhD students.

The Environmental Policy Group (in cooperation with the sub-department of Environmental Technology) offers a position for a PhD student.

ISCTE - Institute University Lisbon (www.iscte.pt), in collaboration with CPADA – The Portuguese Confederation for the Environment Protection Associations (www.cpada.pt), is organising a global conference on the theme of Corporate Governance, Innovation and Environmental and Social Responsibility – GIRA© 2010. The global conference aims to convene a broad range of academic researchers, industrialists, policy makers, business leaders, other practitioners and civil society representatives to review the state of policy and practice in the broad field of protection of the environment, sustainable development and the economy, corporate ethics and social responsibility, as we look forward into a potentially turbulent 21st Century.

A special issue on the missing pillar of sustainability is guest edited by Magnus Boström. Potential contributors are invited to submit a 500-word abstract by March 1, 2010.

The German Sociological Society's Section on Environmental Sociology and the Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology at the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ are pleased to announce the Second German Environmental Sociology Summit in Leipzig (Germany) from November 5-7, 2009.

The aim of the Coping with Uncertainty conference is to discuss implications of uncertainty at science-policy interfaces connected with environmental, social and economic risks in the Baltic Sea Region.

The Comparative Education Review invites papers for a special 2010 issue on environmental education entitled Educators and the Environment: World Lessons for a Sustainable World.

International Mini-conference in St. Petersburg, April 18-19, 2009 organised by Centre for Independent Social Research, Russia; University of Umeo, Sweden; University of Joensuu, Finland about globalization and localization of natural resource governance.