cc: , "'Tim O'Riordan'" date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 08:54:53 +0100 from: "Rosie Cullington" subject: Governance for Sustainability to: , , , "Kate Brown" , "Neil Adger" , , "Mike Hulme" , "Tim O'Riordan" , "Andy Jordan" , "Andrew Lovett" , "Andy Jones" , "Adrian Martin" , "Alan Bond" , "Chris Foxall" , "Dick Cobb" , "Elaine Colk" , "Ian Bateman" , "Iain Lake" , "Matt Cashmore" , "Nick Pidgeon" , "Peter Simmons" , "Robin Haynes" , "Kerry Turner" , "Simon Gerrard" , "Trevor Davies" Dear Friends You may recall I put in a bid under the University's New Professional Initiative, for a possible Chair and Programme in Governance for Sustainability. The aim was not just to establish UEA as a lead institution in this area. It was also designed to create a core of joint research support amongst social scientists in the wider arena of governance. I have just hear from the Vice-Chancellor that there is no money in the NPI for this position, and that it is unlikely that there will be any new move in the NPI direction for at least 18 months. This is a setback. But I hope we can still be positive about establishing a network of interested researchers in this theme. So I hope that it may be possible to maintain a dialogue on this general topic. As many of you know, I am organising a workshop on this theme as part of the Zuckerman week on Friday 5 September. Many of you have been invited to that. If anyone else would like to come, please let me know. The workshop will be held in the ZICER Seminar Room at 10.00 on Friday 5 September. A copy of the programme is attached. In addition, Brian Salter and I would like to establish a governance network across the university. To this end he has suggested a regular seminar on the topic. The first one is scheduled for Monday 24 November at 17.00 (in a room to be agreed). Ted Tapper of the University of Sussex will talk of the politics of governance and the RAE. I will also summarise the main findings of the 5 September workshop. We would be grateful if you would keep this date in your diaries. We will give you more details in due course. If you know of any colleague who also might be interested, please also let me know. Best wishes Tim O'Riordan (t.oriordan@uea.ac.uk) *********************************** Rosie Cullington Faculty Secretary School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ UK Tel. +44 1603 592560 Fax. +44 1603 591327/507714 Email. r.cullington@uea.ac.uk Office Hours - 0830-1630 GMT/BST *********************************** Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\Programme.doc"