EEPSEA Annual Conference 2020

Event Information

Date:
Wednesday 9 December — Friday 11 December, 2020
Location:
Partially Virtual

The 2020 Annual Conference of the Economy & Environment Partnership for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) will be partial-virtually organized between December 09 and 11 in 2020 to discuss about transdisciplinary approaches into environmental economics and management issues in the Southeast Asia.

In addition to research topics that apply the tools of economics in the analysis of policy-relevant environmental challenges on climate change and related issues in Southeast Asia, participants will have an opportunity to discuss various issues related adaptation, mitigation and strategies toward an inclusive green development, including policy instruments, future scenarios, transition management, international cooperation and regime at this Annual Conference.

Keynote speakers

Anne-Sophie Crépin, Beijer Institute

Anne-Sophie Crépin is member of the Strategic Advisory Committee at the Stockholm Resilience Centre and the deputy director of the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics. Her research links scientific theories about the Anthropocene, regime shifts and economic dynamic, focuses on the interplay between economic incentives, ecosystem regime shifts, policy and human behaviour. Crépin holds a PhD in Economics from the Department of Economics at Stockholm University.

Vic Adamovicz, University of Alberta

Vic Adamowicz is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta. He obtained his BSc and MSc from the University of Alberta (1981, 1983) and his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1988. His research has integrated the environment into economic analysis, focused on the valuation of environmental amenities and ecosystem services and the incorporation of environmental values into economic analysis – with applications to forestry, water quality, air quality, endangered species and agriculture. His research also involves the analysis of choice behavior with applications to food demand, recreation, and environmental quality.

Eren Zink, Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok

Dr. Eren Zink is currently the First Secretary and Research Advisor at the Embassy of Sweden, Bangkok, Thailand. Before traveling far from the West to Southeast Asia, Eren had worked as Senior Researcher, Coordinator and Director of Advanced Studies in Cultural Anthropology at the Uppsala University then Research Advisor for Sida Headquarter in Stockholm, Sweden. Eren Zink got a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Uppsala University of Sweden. Since 2000 he has actively researched, written on, and worked with scientists from developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. His primary research interests are science studies, political ecology, environmental conservation, economic anthropology, international development, and media studies.

Organizational arrangement

While the COVID-19 pandemic prevents researchers to travel abroad, EEPSEA provides domestic travel sponsorship for participants from Vietnam and Thailand to their venue meetings in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) or in Khon Kaen (Thailand). For the other countries, you are invited to join the online conference.

Registration for the event is available at www.eepseapartners.org/annual-conference

Agenda

  • Day 1: December 09
    • 13:40 - 14:00 Opening ceremony
    • 14:00 - 14:45 Keynote speech “Economics to deal with abrupt ecosystem change from local to global scales” (Dr. Anne-Sophie Crepin, Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics)
    • 14:45 - 15:00 Break
    • 15:00 - 16:30 Parallel sessions 1
      • Session 1A: Climate 1
      • Session 1B: Fishery and Water
      • Session 1C: Environment and Development

         

  • Day 2: December 10
    • 14:00 - 14:45 Keynote speech “Research that makes a difference for environmental and human well-being: A funder’s perspective” (Dr. Eren Zink, Swedish Embassy in Bangkok)
    • 14:45 - 15:00 Break
    • 15:00 - 16:30 Parallel sessions 2
      • Session 2A: Pollution and Health
      • Session 2B: Tourism, ecosystem services

         

  • Day 3: December 11
    • 08:00 - 08:45 Keynote speech “The lessons learned from COVID-19 for environmental economists" (Dr. Vic Adamowicz, University of Alberta)
    • 08:45 - 09:00 Break
    • 09:00 - 10:30 Parallel sessions 3
      • Session 3A: Valuation
      • Session 3B: Climate 2
    • 10:30 - 10:35 Closing remarks
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