Tuesday, October 3

Call for Abstracts: MUSE Conference


SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT HERE
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Dear University of Michigan Colleague,

On behalf of the MUSE Organizing Committee*, you are cordially invited to participate in the 2018 Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment (MUSE) Conference, to be held February 14–15, 2018, on campus at the Michigan League.

The annual flagship event of the MUSE Initiative, the MUSE Conference provides a unique venue for sharing research, building new connections, and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration among all members of the University of Michigan community engaged in the broad range of sustainability and environment-related research. We welcome the involvement of U-M graduate students, as well as University leadership, faculty, and research fellows from all disciplines, including those in arts, humanities, engineering, and natural and social sciences.

The 2018 MUSE Conference will consist of interdisciplinary lectures by speakers including Susan Scotti Parrish, author of The Flood Year 1927: A Cultural History, and Claire Vaye Watkins, author of Gold Fame Citrus, as well as panel discussions, a poster session, network- and skill-building workshops, and a public keynote address and reception at Zingerman’s Greyline event space.

Participants will have opportunities to present both preliminary and final research findings. Thematic facilitated workshops will engage participants at all career stages in structured collaboration and discussion about emerging developments and debates in cross-cutting research topics.

Please consider participating in the 2018 MUSE Conference by submitting a short abstract. Abstracts on topics related to sustainability and environment may include (but are not limited to) human behavior, environmental history, policymaking and governance, corporate social and environmental responsibility, public health, built environment and infrastructure, land use, energy, water, climate, and ecosystems. Themed interdisciplinary sessions will be designed once abstracts have been reviewed by a selection committee. We encourage submissions to present either specific research outcomes or broader themes related to your research interests.

Both oral and poster presentation opportunities are available. Short-form oral presentations may be used to share preliminary results or brief research summaries, while longer presentations allow for more depth. When submitting an abstract, you may also opt-in to facilitate a workshop discussion and/or be considered for a brief Up-goer 5-style presentation at the public reception (explaining your research using the “ten hundred” most-used English words).

The deadline for abstract submission is Thursday, November 9. Please submit your abstract here. For more information, please go to our conference website: http://muse-initiative.umich.edu/conference/.

For questions concerning the MUSE Initiative, the MUSE Conference, or your abstract submission, please write to muse-conference@umich.edu. Please feel free to pass this invitation along to colleagues that you think might be interested.

Sincerely,
*MUSE Organizing Committee:
Katie Browne (School for Environment and Sustainability)
Jennifer Carman (School for Environment and Sustainability)
Sara Goto (School for Environment and Sustainability)
Brent Heard (School for Environment and Sustainability)
Michael Lerner (Political Science)
Tom Logan (Industrial & Operations Engineering)
Lizz Ultee (Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering)
Matt Villeneuve (History)
Tim Williams (Industrial & Operations Engineering)
Emily Yang (Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering)