Conference Schedule

 

17 May 2010

 

Arrival at Venue of the Conference

 

18 May 2010

 

08:00 Breakfast

 

09:00 Welcome Speeches

  • Dr. Schlagheck, "Wolfsburg" Conference Centre
  • Prof. Ulrich Radtke, Principal of the University Duisburg-Essen
  • Dr. Rupert Antes, Executive Director of Haniel Foundation

 

09:20 Introduction

  • Prof. Dieter Grunow , Institute of Political Science, University Duisburg-Essen
  • Prof. Thomas Heberer, Institute for East Asian Studies, University Duisburg-Essen
  • Prof. Li Huibin, Vice-director Institute of the China Center of Comparative Politics and Economics, Beijing

 

09:45 Coffee Break


Session I: Ecological Governance

Chair: Thomas Heberer

10:15

  • Andreas Oberheitmann: China and a new Post-Kyoto Regime of International Climate Governance based on Cumulative per Capita CO2-Emission Rights

  • Li Huibin: Ecological Rights and Ecological Justice: The Structure of Organization and
    Governance

  • Li Yitian: Earthquake in Sichuan and Ecological Reconstruction: A Dialectic Tension between Chinese Political System and Environmental Protection

11:45 Discussion

 

12:30 Lunch Break

 

Session II: Ecological Implementation Problems

Chair: Dieter Grunow

14:00

  • Ran Ran: Is the Environmental Policies Implementation Failure in China Challenging Party-State Legitimacy?
  • Thomas Heberer / Anja Senz: Administrative Constraints of Implementing Environmental Policies at the Local Level in China
  • Huan Qingzhi: Regioanl Supervision Centers for Environmental Protection in China

 

15:30 Discussion

 

16:00 Coffee Break


16:30

  • Arthur Mol: Information Disclosure and Risk Management
  • Niels Thevs: Water Allocation in the Tarim Basin under Water Scarcity in Xinjiang, China - Decision Structures and Adaptations on the Local Level

 

17:30 Discussion

 

18:30 Dinner

 


19 May 2010

 

08:00 Breakfast

 

Session III: Participation

Chair: Arthur Mol

09:00

  • Lin Zhen: Public Participation in Eco-Civilization Construction
  • Liu Xianbing: Environmental Activisms of Firm's Neighbouring Residents: An Empirical Study in China
  • Wu Xiaohong: Public Participation in Implementation of Environmental Protection in the Rural Areas in China

 

10:30 Coffee Break


10:45 Discussion

 

11:30 

Miranda Schreurs: Comparitve Views on Environmental Politics in the US, Germany and East Asia: Some BAsic Convergences and Divergences


12:00 Discussion

 

12:30 Lunch Break

 

Excursion

14:00

  • City Adminiatration of Duisburg
  • Peter Greulich, City Director of Duisburg
  • Process and Struktures of Local Environmental Administration in Duisburg

 

15:30

  • HKM Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann, Steel Enterprise: Guided Tour over the Factory Site

 

18:00 

  • Haniel Museum: Exploring the Industrialisation Process in the Ruhr Area

 

19:00 Dinner at Haniel Casino on Invitation of Haniel Foundation

 


20 May 2010

 

8:00 Breakfast


Session IV: Environmental Governance Comparison

Chair: Liu Rensheng

09:00

  • Dieter Grunow: Comparing EP- Policy Fields and their Administrative Logics
  • Liu Rensheng: Ecological Governance in China
  • Philip Schepelmann: Development and Implementation of Environmental Governance in Germany

 

10:30 Coffee Break

 

10:45 Discussion

 

11:30

Horst Pomp: The Role of German NGOs in Local and Regional Environmental Policy Activities

 

12:00 Discussion

 

12:30 Lunch Break


14:00 Reimbursement of Chinese Participants


15:00 Concluding Discussion / Publication

 

17:30 Reception at Home of Heberer Family

 

19:00 Farewell Dinner

 

 

21 May 2010

 

8:00 Breakfast


10:00 Departure of Participants

 

 

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