MUSE Sustainability & Environment Conference

SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT HERE

Dear University of Michigan Colleague,

On behalf of the MUSE Organizing Committee*, you are cordially invited to participate in the 2019 Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment (MUSE) Conference, to be held February 21-22, 2019, on campus at the Rackham Building.

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 2019 MUSE Conference will consist of interdisciplinary lectures, research presentations, panel discussions, a poster session, pre-conference 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 discussions following presentations will engage participants at all career stages in structured conversation about emerging developments and debates in cross-disciplinary research topics.

Please consider participating in the 2019 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. Please provide 3-4 keywords indicating the specific themes or sub-fields to which your work contributes.

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 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 8. 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.

Many thanks to our sponsors: School for Environment and Sustainability, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Erb Institute | Business for Sustainability, Rackham Graduate School, Industrial & Operations Engineering, Political Science, and English Language & Literature.

Sincerely,

*MUSE Organizing Committee:

Jennifer Carman (School for Environment and Sustainability)

Sara Goto (School for Environment and Sustainability)

Brent Heard (School for Environment and Sustainability)

Katie Hummel (English Language & Literature)

Theo Kulczycki (Public Policy & Economics)

Michael Lerner (Political Science)

Tom Logan (Industrial & Operations Engineering)

Nicole Ryan (Mechanical Engineering, School for Environment and Sustainability)

Tim Williams (Industrial & Operations Engineering)

Emily Yang (Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering)