On December 10-11, members of the Cosmo-Climate ERC project group led by the late Professor Ulrich Beck gathered at Munich for the final Cosmo-Climate workshop. This included a presentation about EARN and future prospects for research cooperation between Asia and Europe through the network.
AGENDA Cosmo-Climate Workshop, 10-11 December 2015, Munich ___________________________________________________________________ Thursday, 10 December 2015 9:15-9:45: Welcome and Introduction/Discussion – Stephan Lessenich 9:45-13:00: Session 1: Work Package 1/Empirical Research and Work Package 2/Cosmopolitan Theory Development Case Study: ¡®Communicating Global Risks – Climate Change Communication and New Roles of Journalists as Cosmopolitan Actors¡¯ – Ingrid Volkmer, Zhifei Mao, Kasim Sharif, Sun-Jin Yun and Kuei Tien Chou Case Study: ¡®Ulrich Beck¡¯s Cosmopolitan Sociology¡¯ – Svetla Marinova and Albert Gröber 11:15-11:30 Coffee Break Case Study: ¡®Security in the 'Cosmopolitised' World: Reading Obama's National Security Strategy with Beck¡¯ – Sabine Selchow PhD study: ¡®Calculating Solidarity¡¯ – Ian Gray 13:00-14:00 Lunch 14:00-16:15: Session 2: Methodological Cosmopolitanism Sub-project 1: ¡®¡°Google Baby¡±: Reproductive Technology and Cosmopolitanized Descent¡¯ – Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim Sub-project 2: ¡®Cosmopolitized Nations¡¯ – Daniel Levy Sub-project 3: ¡®Politics of Certification¡¯ – Julia S. Guivant Sub-project 4: ¡®South America and Cosmopolitization¡¯ – Ana María Vara 16:15-16:30 Coffee Break 16:30-17:30 Reflections on the Day ______________________________________________________________ 9:00-11:00: Session 3: Europe-Asia Research Network (EARN) Sang-Jin Han, Young-Hee Shim, Sae-Seul Park ¡®Emancipatory Catastrophism and Cosmopolitan Solidarity in East Asia¡¯ – Young-Hee Shim ¡®Who are Cosmopolitan Actors in East Asia? A Look at the Fukushima Disaster and the Issue of Nuclear Power Plant¡¯ – Sang-Jin Han ¡× Discussion ¡× What are the concrete steps to strengthen the Asia-Europe-Network beyond the ERC-project? ¡× What possibilities are there? Who has which extra resources? ¡× Who is interested in linking up with whom? 11:00-11:15 Coffee Break 11:15-13:00: Session 4: ¡®Cosmopolitan Research, Cosmopolitan Data and Cosmopolitan Organisation¡¯ – Legacy Building Organisation and Institutionalization of ¡®Methodological Cosmopolitanism¡¯ ¡× ERC-deadlines, deliverables etc. ¡× Who is responsible for what? ¡× Internal communication ¡× External communication ¡× Website ¡× Future Research 13:00-14:30 Lunch and Coffee The workshop will end after lunch |