Policy Workshop: Public Attitudes and Environmental Policy in Canada and Europe – February 8, 2013
Policy Workshop: Public Attitudes and Environmental Policy in Canada and Europe – February 8, 2013
The CANADA-EUROPE TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUE is pleased to invite you to a policy workshop on
PUBLIC ATTITUDES AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
IN CANADA AND EUROPE
DATE: FEBRUARY 8 (Friday), 2013
LOCATION: Room 608, Robertson Hall, Carleton University, OTTAWA
This international workshop will feature experts from Canada, Europe, and the US who will examine public attitudes toward environmental policy in a comparative context. Presentations will include analysis of cross-national survey research data on environmental attitudes based on the International Social Survey Programme; the Canadian survey is run by Carleton’s Survey Centre. The conference will place attitudes in Canada in a comparative context, particularly in relation to European attitudes. The speakers will also explore mechanisms through which public attitudes may (or may not) have an impact on government policy; these include vehicles such as elections and political party activity.
The draft workshop program and the registration form are available at http://canada-europe-dialogue.ca/public-attitudes-and-environmental-policy-in-canada-and-europe. Public registration will be accepted until February 4th (Monday). Please note that the registration can be closed before February 4th if capacity has been reached. The workshop is free of charge; a complimentary lunch will be provided to registered attendees.
9:00- 10:15 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS
“ Canada and Europe: The Environmental Context and the Policy Environment”
MIRANDA SCHREURS, Director, Environmental Policy Research Center, Free
University Berlin
10:15 Break
10:30 PANEL 1: PUBLIC OPINION ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN CANADA AND EUROPE (THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL
SURVEY PROGRAM–ISSP)
TOM W. SMITH (National Opinion Research Center and University of Chicago) “Public Attitudes towards Climate Change and Other Global Environmental Issues across Time and Countries, 1993-2010”
HEATHER PYMAN and JON PAMMETT (Carleton University Survey Centre) “Trends in Environmental Opinion over Three ISSP Surveys 1993-2000-2010”
MARKUS HADLER (Marshall University) “Environmental Action over Three ISSP surveys”
JOAN DEBARDELEBEN (Carleton University) “Environmental Consciousness and Economic Development: Some East-West Comparisons”
12:30 LUNCH (complimentary for registered attendees)
1:30 PANEL 2: POLITICAL ACTORS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION
JON PAMMETT (Carleton) and LAWRENCE LEDUC (University of Toronto) “The Environment as an Election and Referendum Issue in Canada and Europe”
RUSSELL DALTON (University of California, Irvine) “European Political Parties and the Environment”
SUSAN HARADA and KATHRYN O’HARA (Carleton University) “Canadian Political Parties and the Environment”
3:00 Break
3:15 PANEL 3: GENERAL DISCUSSION OF ISSUES RAISED IN PRESENTATIONS BY ALL PANELISTS.
4:15 Closing Remarks
The Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue (www-canada-europe-dialogue.ca) is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Reseach Council of Canada under its Strategic Knowledge Clusters program.
Marcel Sangsari
Publications and Liaison Officer
Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue (CETD)
Carleton University
Tel.: (613) 520-2600 ext. 3117
marcel_sangsari@carleton.ca
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