Last call for papers for the MOPAN 2012 conference!

MOPAN 2012 Conference

Last call for papers

(submission deadline extended until February 3)

www.mopan2012.wur.nl

19th Annual Conference on Multi-Organisational Partnerships,
Alliances and Networks

“Multi-actor collaboration in an uncertain and ambiguous world”

July 2-4, 2012, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Confirmed keynote speakers

Prof. Barbara Gray, Pennsylvania State University

Prof. Rob van Tulder, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Dr. Steve Waddell, NetworkingAction/Bocconi University

Call for papers

The MOPAN conference series focusses on partnerships, alliances and networks between any combination of business actors, civil society actors and governmental actors. We invite papers and other contributions (symposia, workshops, games, videos, …) related to the conference theme or one of the thematic tracks outlined below. Please outline your contribution in an abstract of maximum 500 words and send it to mopan2012@wur.nl, indicating whether you submit it to the general conference or to one of the thematic tracks.

Track 1. Dealing with frame diversity in collaborative water governance 

Track 2. Towards Version 2.0 of Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives: Rethinking business-NGO- government relationships in governing sustainable production of global commodities 

Track 3. Power in multi-stakeholder processes for development 

Track 4. Facilitating resilience in multi-actor collaboration 

Track 5. Innovation networks: self-organization and adaptive management 

Track 6. Stakeholder involvement in the United Nations 

Track 7. Network dynamics 

Track 8. Complexity leadership and sustainable development 

Track 9. Multi-actor pilot projects and policy experiments 

Track 10. Global Action Networks

Track 11. Still Joining up? Health partnerships, collaborations, networks and integrations