Call for Papers: Strategies for Solving Global Crises. The Financial Crises and Beyond

The Institut für Völkerrecht und Europarecht and the Institute of Political Science of the Universität Göttingen, in cooperation with the Göttingen Journal of International Law, have issued a call for papers for a junior scholars workshop on "Strategies for Solving Global Crises. The Financial Crises and Beyond." Here's the call:

The recent, ongoing crisis of the world financial system, but also other global problems such as climate change or the spread of weapons of mass destruction have highlighted the susceptibility of a globalized world to equally globalized crises.

In October 2009, an interdisciplinary workshop held at the Georg-August-University Göttingen will explore the phenomenon of global crises both theoretically and empirically. In particular the workshop will use the global financial crisis as paradigm to analyze different strategies for preventing and solving global crises, ranging from international approaches to regional initiatives and action taken on the national level.

Conference Organization

The workshop will be held in English and include four working panels as well as one concluding panel. The papers presented at the workshop will be published together with a conference report in a special issue of the Göttingen Journal of International Law (GoJIL). Welcome are papers with a theoretical (analytical/normative), as well as an empirical focus.

Panel 1: Dynamics of global phenomena: Actors and Processes before and during global crises

Panel 2: Analyses of prevention and solution strategies for global crises

Panel 3: The role of international law: Obstacle to or instrument for solutions to global problems?

Panel 4: Beyond the financial crisis: Theoretical models for global crises

The panels are prospective. All papers dealing with the general topic of the workshop are welcome and suggestions for alternative panels are encouraged.

Submissions of Papers

This call for papers is addressed in particular to scholars of international law, international politics and economics, but scholars from adjacent disciplines are explicitly encouraged to also submit papers of relevance to the general topic.

The workshop will focus on junior scientists ranging from the doctoral to the post-doctoral level. Interested scholars shall send their abstracts in English (up to 400 words) until 26 June 2009 to: Roman.Goldbach@sowi.unigoettingen.de and Joern.Mueller@jura.uni-goettingen.de.

Selected participants will be notified by 12 July 2009 and are expected to submit their full papers by 20 September 2009. The length of the final papers should not exceed 7,000 words.

Conference Attendance and Registration

Authors of accepted papers are expected to attend all conference sessions (a small number of additional participants may attend by invitation only). There is no registration fee for scholars presenting their papers.

Accommodation and Travel Arrangements

Funds for travel expenses and accommodation (especially for international scholars) are available in a limited amount. Details on travel arrangements and accommodation will be provided to the selected participants in due time.

Contact details and further information may be found here.

We are looking forward to your submission.