117 Environmental problems, natural disasters, and socio-technical risks

Wednesday, August 1, 2012: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
OB 303 (Faculty of Economics)

RC24 Environment and Society (host committee)

Language: English
Session Organizer:
Raymond MURPHY, University of Ottawa, Canada
Chair:
Matthias GROSS, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany
Environmental concerns in Brazil, China, Africa and Australia (Oral)
Leila FERREIRA, Campinas State University, Brazil; Lucia da Costa FERREIRA, Campinas State University, Brazil; Omar THOMAZ, Campinas State University, Brazil

Ontological politics in practice: Understanding antagonistic framings of GMOs, science, and the public in flanders
Michiel DE KROM, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), Social Sciences Unit, Belgium; Joost DESSEIN, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), Social Sciences Unit, Belgium; Nathalie ERBOUT, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), Social Sciences Unit, Belgium

Interpersonal trust and disasters: The case of Chile's 2010 earthquake
Francisca DUSSAILLANT, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile; Eugenio GUZMAN, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile, Chile