Conference travel emissions and how to reduce them (Stijn van Ewijk)

In this post, Stijn van Ewijk writes about the environmental impact of academic conference travel, options for reducing emissions, and priorities for post-COVID conferencing.

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Multiplying Connections, Cutting Carbon: An experiment in multi-site, digitally linked, flightless conferencing (Joshua King)    

In this post the future of conferences is explored using the experiences of the “Ecology and Religion in Nineteenth-Century Studies” Conference, Sept. 18-21, 2019

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A participant at the Baylor University location raises a question during a panel digitally shared between universities in the US and UK

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Conference research – the state of the art (Judith Mair)

In this post Judith Mair reflects back on the field of conferences research five years after the publication of her ground-breaking book “Conferences and Conventions: A Research Perspective”

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Conference locations and sustainability aspirations: Towards an integrative framework (Fabian Wenner, Freke Caset & Bart de Wit)

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