Announcements
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...
July 21st Session 12: Scenarios for low material demand and material caps - Modelling approaches and policy relevance
04 Jul 2022 in
Socio-Economic Metabolism (Metabolism)
Join us for the 12th session of the ISIE Online Perpetual Conference!
"Scenarios for low material demand and material caps - Modelling approaches and policy relevance"
Economic growth, urbanisation and the transition to renewable energies drive material consumption. Due to the huge environmental...
Call for ISIE-SEM 2024 conference hosts
26 May 2022 in
Socio-Economic Metabolism (Metabolism)
Dear colleagues,
The board of the Socio-Economic Metabolism section of the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE-SEM) is calling for expressions of interest to host the ISIE-SEM 2024 conference. This conference series is the most important one in our field. It is a platform...
Jan. 26th: 10th Session of ISIE-SEM Perpetual Conference; The physical triple bottom-line: Balancing the stock dynamics of people, products, and planet
12 Jan 2022 in
Socio-Economic Metabolism (Metabolism)
January 26th, 2022
The physical triple bottom-line: Balancing the stock dynamics of people, products, and planet
While the socio-economic metabolism community has so far focused mainly on describing stocks and flows of matter and energy in the anthroposphere, i.e., the built environment, other...
Save the date for the ISIE-SEM 2022 conference in Vienna, 19-21 September 2022
05 Nov 2021 in
Socio-Economic Metabolism (Metabolism)
After a long absence from physical conferences due to the Corona pandemic, we are happy to announce that the 14th ISIE Socio-Economic Metabolism section conference will take place in Vienna from 19-21 September 2022. The ISIE-SEM conference entitled “Transforming socio-economic metabolism in...
May 27th: 9th Session of ISIE-SEM Perpetual Conference: Progress in modelling the socio-economic metabolism - combining material flow principles and input-output analysis
18 May 2021 in
Socio-Economic Metabolism (Metabolism)
Dear SEM Section members,
In collaboration with the IO section, we are happy to announce the 9th session of the ISIE Socioeconomic Metabolism Section perpetual online conference: “Progress in modelling the socio-economic metabolism - combining material flow principles and input-output...
April 28th: 8th Session of ISIE-SEM Perpetual Conference: Socio-economic Metabolism and Oceans
15 Apr 2021 in
Socio-Economic Metabolism (Metabolism)
Dear SEM-Section members,
We are happy to announce the 8th session of the ISIE Socioeconomic Metabolism Section perpetual online conference: “Socio-economic Metabolism and the Oceans”
Societies depend on the oceans to fulfill many human needs, including the need...