CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: “Rewilding the City” 2024 AUN-EEC Conference on Ecological Education and Culture

The ASEAN University Network on Ecological Education and Culture (AUN-EEC), housed at the Ateneo Institute of Sustainability, in partnership with the AUN Thematic Network on Sustainable Cities and Urban Development (AUN-SCUD) housed at the Center for Sustainable Infrastructure Development, is organizing its 5^th annual AUN-EEC Conference on Ecological Education and Culture. 

The conference for the year 2024 has the theme “Rewilding the City”, which alludes to the pivotal role of cities, especially in Southeast Asia, in ecological education as they navigate the tensions of culture and modernity and environment and economy. The conference will feature speakers from ASEAN universities discussing urban sustainability within their respective spheres of influence. 

In line with this, the conference is now open for abstract submissions for the following thematic areas:

1. Cities as a pedagogical space (i.e., in formal teaching, informal learning, activities of student organizations)
2. Ecological issues in the city (ex.: subsidence, haze, traffic, and mobility)
3. Smart cities, urban resilience, and sustainability

The conference welcomes submissions from students, faculty, staff, NGOs, LGUs, local champions, and other professionals. Authors of accepted abstracts may submit their full manuscript for publication in the Special Issue of CSID Journal of Infrastructure Development (peer-reviewed, DOAJ-indexed).

We request interested parties to take note of the following pertinent information regarding abstract submission:

• Download the abstract template: https://bit.ly/2024AUNEEC-AbstractTemp
• Submit abstracts to this form: https://bit.ly/2024AUNEECConference-AbstractSubmit
• Abstract submission deadline: 1 July 2024 (Monday)
• Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by 15 July 2024 (Monday). 

The conference registration fee will be minimal at PHP200 / 4 USD for individuals affiliated with AUN-EEC and/or AUN-SCUD member institutions (including Ateneo de Manila University) and PHP500 / USD10 for AUN-EEC and/or AUN-SCUD non-members.

Should you have questions or concerns, you may contact the conference secretariat at aun.eec@ateneo.edu. You may also reach us via:

• Conference website: https://bit.ly/auneec2024conference
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aun.eec 
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ADMU.AIS 

This conference is being co-organized by the ASEAN University Network on Ecological Education and Culture (AUN-EEC) housed at the Ateneo Institute of Sustainability (AIS) and the ASEAN University Network on Sustainable City and Urban Development (AUN-SCUD) housed at the Center for Sustainable Infrastructure Development, Universitas Indonesia.