Dear colleagues,


We are inviting you to participate in the 4th international Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption on "Transforming Production and Consumption: Bridging Sustainability Research with Policy and Practice."

Co-hosted by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Dates: Wed26 - Sat 29 June 2019 in Hong Kong.
https://grf-spc.weebly.com/


The Call for Contributions is now open!
We welcome Paper, Poster, Workstudio and Session proposals.
Deadline: 21 January 2018
https://grf-spc.weebly.com/hong-kong-call-for-contributions.html



This conference actively explores the following four themes for research and practice:
Theme #1: Asian Perspectives and Priorities in SCP
Theme #2: Imagining Sustainable Futures and Transforming Cultures
Theme #3: Sustainable Lifestyles and Livelihoods
Theme #4: Smart, Circular, Sustainable Urbanization
We are also exploring these themes through a number of cross-cutting topics: politics and democracy, civic engagement and knowledge transfer, gender, and social justice.



A full description of the conference can be found here:
https://grf-spc.weebly.com/hong-kong-2019.html


The GRF conference is also an opportunity to interact with policymakers and practitioners including the SWITCH to Green Initiative.



We warmly welcome you to Hong Kong to strengthen the community of researchers and practitioners engaged in research on the worldwide transition to sustainable production and consumption systems.



Apologies for any cross-posting and please email grfspc2019@gmail.com <mailto:grfspc2019@gmail.com>with any questions.



We look forward to receiving your proposals and to seeing you in Hong Kong!



All the best,
Steven R. McGreevy (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)
srmcgreevy@chikyu.ac.jp <mailto:srmcgreevy@chikyu.ac.jp>
Midori Aoyagi-Usui (Center for Social & Environmental Systems Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies)
aoyagi@nies.go.jp <mailto:aoyagi@nies.go.jp>
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Key dates
Session and Work Studio proposal deadline: 21 January 2019
Paper and Poster Abstract submission deadline: 21 January 2019
Notification of acceptance of submissions: 18 February 2019
Registration opens - early bird: 18 February 2019 - 1 April 2019
Provisional conference program 28 February 2019
Registration deadline for presenters: 19 April 2019
Full paper and poster submission deadline: 2 June 2019
Conference (Hong Kong): 26-29 June 2019




Steven R. McGreevy
Associate Professor
FEAST Project
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN)
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