International Dialogue on Science and Practice in Sustainable Development: Linking Knowledge with Action

Linking knowledge and action for Sustainable Production and Consumption Systems
(The SPACES Dialogue)
23-27 January 2007, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Dialogues on Science and Practice in Sustainable Development aims to foster effective collaborations between scientists and practitioners to advance the practice of sustainable development, through knowledge sharing and promoting national, regional, and international actions and implementation.

As we planned for a first Dialogue we received feedback that, contrary to our expectations, there is not a general demand for broad, multi-sectorial, international “dialogue” between science and practice, but rather a more modest interest among some practitioners and scholars for more focused dialogues on specific problems in which they are engaged. For this reason we re-designed what was planned as a large and broad conference event into smaller more focused dialogues. Two are now planned in emerging areas of sustainability science : Sustainable Production and Consumption Systems (SPACES) and Vulnerability and Resilience in Practice (VARIP).  

The SPACES Dialogue on "Linking knowledge and action for sustainable production and consumption systems" will take place on the same dates and at same venue as the originally planned wider dialogue event: 23 - 27 January 2007, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

The Dialogues on Science and Practice in Sustainable Development are organized under the auspices of:

• the Initiative of Science and Technology for Sustainability (ISTS)
• the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) and
• the Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI);
• hosted by the Unit for Social and Environmental Research (USER),
  Chiang Mai University, Thailand.