Announcements
Outcome of the breakout groups during the SEM section meeting in Leiden
31 Jul 2023 in
Socio-Economic Metabolism (Metabolism)
During the section meeting at the ISIE Leiden conference, which about 40 of our members attended, we organized a world café with four topics: the Beijing section meeting in 2024, the next steps for our section, the links to other sections of the ISIE, and data. Here, we briefly report the...
Feedback and input solicited: Collection of good practice examples for traceability and reproducibility industrial ecology research
25 May 2023 in
Socio-Economic Metabolism (Metabolism)
Dear colleagues,
Numerous groups across the world are working on their research workflow to improve the traceability of assessments and the reproducibility of results. This includes documentation, archiving, and tracing of data sources, data processing, the different assessment or model calculation...
Session 14: >>EU Critical Raw Materials Act<< of the Perpetual Online Conference of the Socioeconomic Metabolism Section
29 Apr 2023 in
Socio-Economic Metabolism (Metabolism)
The next session of the Socioeconomic Metabolism section's Perpetual Online Conference is up!We want to invite you to attend an upcoming online session of the ISEM SEM Perpetual Online Conference on the proposed Critical Raw Materials Act of the European Union.The proposed act is a...
Online seminar on Sustainable Development Beyond Green Growth
28 Apr 2023 in
Socio-Economic Metabolism (Metabolism)
We know that a ‘greening’ of current economic practices will not suffice to achieve global sustainability targets, such as limiting global warming to well below 2°C and eradicate poverty. A growing body of literature shows that we need to transform not only our energy system and...
Pre-Announcement on SEM Section Perpetual Online Conference on the EU Critical Raw Materials Act
31 Mar 2023 in
Socio-Economic Metabolism (Metabolism)
Dear members of the International Society for Industrial Ecology,
We are pleased to pre-announce an upcoming online session on the Critical Raw Materials Act of the European Union, which will be part of the ISIE SEM Perpetual Online Conference. The session aims to explore the scientific and...
Advertisement for elective track “Sustainability Assessment and Transformation” (M.Sc. level) at the University of Freiburg, Germany.
29 Mar 2023 in
Socio-Economic Metabolism (Metabolism)
Dear students, dear colleagues, dear programme coordinators,
please check out our master level elective track “Sustainability Assessment and Transformation”. The track is part of the M.Sc. Environmental Sciences at the University of Freiburg, Germany. The M.Sc. is a full time, two years...
5th anniversary of the industrial ecology open online course (IEooc)
20 Feb 2023 in
Socio-Economic Metabolism (Metabolism)
Dear colleagues,
The Industrial Ecology Open Online Course (IEooc) is a collection of online material that documents and explains the core industrial ecology concepts, methods, data, and applications. It serves as guide to new industrial ecology researchers by enabling them to conduct...
Online seminar on Rebound effects of renewable energies and circular economy
30 Jan 2023 in
Socio-Economic Metabolism (Metabolism)
How can rebound effects of sustainable development strategies be measured and mitigated?
Learn more about the emerging research community on this topic in an online seminar, organised by Dr. Johan Vélez from Industrial Ecology Freiburg.
Time: 12-14 (CET), Thursday, February 9, 2023
Link...
Abstract submission to 2023 ISSST conference (June 13-15) still possible
30 Jan 2023 in
Socio-Economic Metabolism (Metabolism)
The International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST) organizes its 2023 conference between June 13 and 15 in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. In 2017, this conference was jointly organized with the ISIE biannual conference in Chicago.
The organizing committee asked to inform the...
Session 13: >>Sustainable use of forest biomass<< of the Perpetual Online Conference of the Socioeconomic Metabolism Section
18 Jan 2023 in
Socio-Economic Metabolism (Metabolism)
The next session of the SEM section's Perpetual Online Conference is up!
Forest biomass is drawing attention in terms of carbon neutrality which includes circular use of wood products, sustainable forest management and carbon sink in cities.
Although the importance of forest biomass as a...
Free online Peer Review training workshop for early career researchers (March 14, 2-5pm CET)
16 Jan 2023 in
Socio-Economic Metabolism (Metabolism)
Dear ISIE members, A free training and certification program for peer review has been launched by IOP Publishing, the publisher of Environmental Research Letters and other relevant journals in our fields, with the goal of assisting early career researchers (starting approximately from 3rd year...
Update of the Industrial Ecology Open Online Course (IEooc)
02 Aug 2022 in
Socio-Economic Metabolism (Metabolism)
The Industrial Ecology Open Online Course (IEooc), available under http://www.teaching.industrialecology.uni-freiburg.de/ has now more than 45 exercises and tutorials.
Newly added:
Exercise on the energy service cascade and stock-flow-service nexus (IEooc_Background1_Exercise1)
Global Warming...