Universitätsvorlesung 20 Jahre Tschernobyl - Freie Universität Berlin

Universitätsvorlesung "20 Jahre Tschernobyl"

Ulrich Abram Rudolf K. Achazi Hartwig Berger Hartmut Graßl Gehard de Haan Bärbel Höhn Claudia Kemfert Peter Kuhbier Philip Kunig Felix Chr. Matthes Lutz Mez Michael Müller Josef Göppel Sebastian Pflugbeil Ulrike Röhr Astrid Sahm Karl Sperling Karl A. Theis Dagmar Vinz Nicholas Watts Ludger Wöste Hans-Joachim Ziesing		Dr. Nicholas Watts Department of Applied Social Sciences London Metropolitan University E-mail: n.watts@londonmet.ac.uk.

	Vortrag am 14.11.2005: Einstellungen zur Kernenergie im EU-Vergleich: Klaffen Eliten und Öffentlichkeit wieder auseinander?

	Biografisches
	Dr. Nicholas Watts FRSA is Principal Lecturer in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at London Metropolitan University, and convenes the University’s Environmental Policy Group. Education: Universities of Keele (BA Hons Psychology and German), Surrey (PG Dip in Russian, MSc in Environmental Psychology) and the Freie Universität Berlin (D.Phil. in Political Science: Environmentalism in Comparative Perspective). Teaching: Universities: Surrey; West of England (UWE); California at Davis, Freie Universität Berlin. Visiting Fellow: Max Planck Institute for Education and Human Development (Berlin), University of Strathclyde (Government), University of Lancaster (Centre for Study of Environmental Change), University College London (Hon. Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment – CSERGE). Affiliations: Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CHEC): Governing Board, Executive Committee, Education Advisor. Member, CHEC delegation to the WSSD and Head of the CHEC delegation to the Mauritius International Meeting. UK Council for Graduate Education, Executive Committee (1994-2004).

	Aktivitäten
	Forschungsschwerpunkte
	His teaching and research are in the fields of environment- and energy-related attitudes and behaviours, environmental politics and policy, with a particular concern for equity and environment and for mobilisation in new social movements, including the environmental and anti-nuclear movements. He is presently engaged in developing a CHEC international collaborative project ‘SEASCAPE’ for capacity analysis and development for Small Island Developing States, and continuing work on sustainable energy policy, including analysis of the proposal to revive the nuclear energy option.

	Publikationen
	Recent Conference papers and research reports: 2005 Academic Monitoring Report, CARRA (Carbon Assessment and Reduction in Regeneration Areas), EU Life Project. 2004 (July)" ‘Strukturiert’ Promovieren in Grossbritannien. Politische Rahmenbedingungen und Institutionelle Reaktionen." Paper prepared for the conference Promovieren nach Bologna und Berlin. Die Internationalisierung und Strukturierung des Promotionsprozesses im europaeischen Kontext. Eine Arbeitstagung der Hans-Boeckler-Stiftung in Kooperation mit der Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft, Berlin, 2-3 July [Presentation to be published in proceedings of conference.] 2004 “Multi-level Governance and Sustainable Development of Small Island States (SIDS) in the Caribbean. Progress on the Barbados Plan of Action, with examples from Belize, Cuba and St Kitts and Nevis.” Paper prepared for the 29th Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association, St Kitts, 1-4 June 2004, Panel: Environmental Policy and the Sustainability of Caribbean Small Island Developing States. 2004 (with Simon Goldsmith) “Greening the UK University. The London Metropolitan Example.” 4th February 2004, paper presented at conference Universidad 2004 La Habana, Cuba. 2004 “SEASCAPE. Environmental Policy Capacity Assessment in Commonwealth Small/Island Developing States and in the Wider Caribbean” Prepared for the Universidad 2004 congress, Havana, Cuba, 2-6 February 2004 2003 (October) CARRA (Carbon Assessment and Reduction in Regeneration Areas) Baseline Survey of Peabody Residents -Environmental Attitudes and Behaviours. Report to EU Life Programme 2003 “Recent developments in the UK research and higher education landscape and their impact on development of young academic careers” Paper presented at 12th DAKS workshop, Darmstadt, 2 October 2003 “Wissenschaftlerkarrieren: Neue Aspekte der Personalentwicklung in Fachbereichen” [Summary to be published in DAKS bulletin] 2003 “Industry-Academia Relations and International Mobility. Creating and reinforcing (multiple) pathways for the development of the researcher’s career “Presentation prepared for Conference “International mobility: present situation and future prospects”, Trieste, Italy, 13-14 October 2003, Conference Center, AREA Science Park [Powerpoint presentation published on conference CD-Rom] 2003 (May) “Human Ecology Perspectives from Johannesburg [World Summit on Sustainable Development] – The Summit: Bringing Human Ecology Back In” in Human Ecology, 20: 41-42 2002 (24-27 March ) International Studies Association, New Orleans 'Chernobyl – Analysing the Consequences: Competing Epistemic Communities and the Nuclear Phase-Out.' (with Lutz Mez) in BISA-sponsored session ‘International Influences on Environmental Policy in Europe’ at, 2002 2001 “Introduction: Identifying and Meeting the Changing Challenges” Prepared for the UK Council for Graduate Education Conference on International Postgraduate Students University of North London/ London Voluntary Resource Centre 26 October 2001 2001 (September) European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Canterbury, UK: Panel 3B : The Transformation of Environmentalism (Chair: Christopher Rootes, University of Kent at Canterbury).Paper ’Institutionalisation, issue shift and escalation: from ecological modernisation to global contestation.’ 2001 (September) American Political Science Association, San Francisco, Panel 11-37 The Politics of Environmentalism (Chair: Howard Warshawsky, Roanoke College), Paper ‘The Political Greening of Europe: Trajectories in Environmental Policy and Politics 1980-2000’ 2001 (August) Policy Studies Organisation 25th Anniversary Panel Sessions, Environmental Policy Panel. Short Paper on the future of environmental policy research. 2001 (April) European Consortium for Political Research, Grenoble, Workshop 'Greens in Power: Government Formation, Policy Impacts and the Future of Green Parties'. Paper: 'Carrion Calls and Carry-On Politics. Paradoxes, dilemmas and knowledge gaps in assessing the impact of Greens in Power.' 2000 (April) European Consortium for Political Research, Copenhagen,. Workshop Environmental Organisations: A comparative Assessment.' Paper 'The Effects of Political and Economic Opportunity Structures on Strategy and Organisation of the Environmental Movement 1980-2000: Britain and Germany Compared.' 1999 (December) Keynote address, German Research Council Symposium on the Reform of German Higher Education, Berlin: 'Lessons from the British Experience.' 1996 (November) Keynote address, Annual Conference of Canadian Association of Graduate Schools, 'Trends in UK Recruitment of Overseas Postgraduate Students.' Recent Book and Journal Publications: In preparation: Guest Editor, Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, Special Issue on Biodiversity Policy in the Caribbean, publication end 2005/beginning 2006 --------------------"SEASCAPE. Environmental Policy Capacity Assessment in Commonwealth Small/Island Developing States and in the Wider Caribbean", for submission to Global Environmental Politics, 2005 ---------------------"Chernobyl – Analysing the Consequences: Competing Epistemic Communities and the Nuclear Phase-Out." With Lutz Mez, for submission to Energy Policy 2005 ---------------------"UK Higher Education Policy and Research Careers" (working title) for submission 2005 2005 “Progress on WSSD – raising the profile of the Commonwealth” Chapter in Commonwealth Ministers’ Reference Book 2005, forthcoming. 2003 (May) “Human Ecology Perspectives from Johannesburg [World Summit on Sustainable Development] – The Summit: Bringing Human Ecology Back In” in Human Ecology, 20: 41-42 1999 “The Hare and the Tortoise: Dead in the Heat?” in Politics and the Life Sciences Vol xx :xx Richardson, J.J. and N.S.J. Watts (1999) [1985] 'National Policy Styles and the Environment. Britain and West Germany Compared', IIUG dp 85-16. Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, 46pp. Reprinted in W. Rudig (Ed) Environmental Policy (Series: The International Library of Comparative Public Policy Ed B Guy Peters) Cheltenham:Edward Elgar Watts, Nicholas and Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith (1999) [1981] 'Postmaterial Values and Environmental Policy Change', in Dean E. Mann (ed) Environmental Policy Formation: The Impact of Values, Ideology and Standards, Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, pp.29-42. Reprinted in W. Rudig (Ed) Environmental Policy (Series: The International Library of Comparative Public Policy Ed B Guy Peters) Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Watts, Nicholas (Ed.) (1999) The International Postgraduate: Challenges to British Higher Education. London: UK Council for Graduate Education (Author of Chapter 1. Introduction: 9-13, Chapter 2. Recruitment Data: 14-22, and Chapter 7. Emergent Trends and Recommendations: 62-71.) Watts, Nicholas, Abdul Ghafoor-Ghaznawi, David Hall and John Smyth (Eds.) (1997) Cities and Sustainability London: Commonwealth Human Ecology Council

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