Deadline and
Important Dates
- Online registration starts : August 15, 2023
- Last date for abstract submission : October 10, 2023
- Notification of Acceptance of Abstract : October 10, 2023
- Online registration Closes : October 15, 2023
Focus
About the host institute
The International Centre for Polar Studies (ICPS),
a new initiative at the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, is a Polar Cooperation Centre of both science and social sciences. The Centre was formed as a result of continuous interaction with the National Centre for Polar Sciences, the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. ICPS supports a multilevel strategic approach for attaining environmentally and socially responsible development in the polar regions.
Introduction
The rapid changes in polar ecosystem have ecosystemic,
socio- political and governance implications. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the melting glaciers, disappearing sea ice, and thawing permafrost in the Arctic have led to predominantly negative impacts, on food security, water resources, water quality, infrastructure, transportation, tourism, and recreation. The socio-cultural and human geographical implications, often with indigenous dimensions, are complex.
India’s stakes in the Poles have grown after proclaiming its Arctic policy & enunciating the Antarctica law in 2022, India’s Arctic Policy aims to enhance the country’s cooperation with the rapidly transforming Arctic region. The policy also seeks to combat climate change and protect the environment in the region, which is warming three times faster than the rest of the world.
ICPS is hosting a conference that stretches on scientific, social & diplomatic frames in the polar region. The conference aims to highlight the research in alignment with the critical international relationship in the Arctic, Antarctic and the third pole- Himalayan region in the arena of socio-economic, political, anthropologic, ethnographic and traditional knowledge.
The International conference will put emphasis on climate change and the politics of climate change, cryospheric science, geopolitics of the polar region as well as environmental governance. Anthropology of polar life and relationship will pay critical attention to human/non human ecologies. further we explore the interdisciplinary dimensions of polar technologies, blue economy as well as the contexts of pollution in the region.
EPR-2023 also aims to bring eminent researchers and scientists working in the diverse Polar region of the Arctic, Antarctic, Southern Ocean and the Himalayas to a common ground. This event will also provide a platform for Early Career Researchers to interact and exchange their research ideas, findings and experiences. The EPR 2023 aims to
Collaborating
Institutes
- NCPOR, Goa
- School of Environmental Sciences, MGU
- School of International Realtions and Politics, MGU
- Inter University Centre for Social Science Research and Extension, MGU
- CUSAT- NCPOR Centre for Polar Sciences
For more details
Contact Us
Dr. Mahesh Mohan
Convener, EPR – 2023
Joint Director, ICPS
School of Environmental Sciences
Mahatma Gandhi University
Priyadarshini Hills P.O., Kottayam,
Kerala, India – 686 560
- +91 9447871596
- epr23.mgu@gmail.com
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