1st TURKISH-GERMAN FRONTIERS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM
“Changing Climate – Changing Lives”
26 – 29 November 2015
İstanbul, Turkey
»Final program«
Thursday, 26 November
during the day
Individual arrival of German and Turkish participants
until 8:00 p.m.
Registration and check-in
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Session Coordination Meeting
(OC 2015 members and speakers only)
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7:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception and Opening Dinner
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NN, Koç University
NN, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Daniel Grütjen, Stiftung Mercator
Friday, 27 November
from 6:30 a.m.
Breakfast
Restaurant
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks
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NN, Koç University
Kerstin Krellenberg, Organizing Committee 2015
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
SESSION I - CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON
NATURAL SYSTEMS
Organizers: Patricia Ramey-Balci & Annette Kolb
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The Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources
and Its Consequences for Human Well-being
Barış Yılmaz, Celal Bayar University
Will ocean acidification and warming affect European
Societies?
Felix C. Mark, Alfred Wegener Institute Bremerhaven
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Coffee break
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11:00 – 12:30 p.m.
Continuation of SESSION I
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Changes in Freshwater Ecosystems Due To Climate
Change And Potential Adaptations
Arda Özen, Çankırı Karatekin University
European pollinators suffer from climate change in
many ways
Oliver Schweiger, Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research Halle
12:30 p.m.
Group photograph of all participants
tba
12:40 – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch
Restaurant
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
SESSION II - CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOCIAL
PRESSURES
Organizers: NN & Kerstin Krellenberg
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Transformative psychology? Psychological
determinants of prevention behavior facing climate
risks and the inaccuracy of the information deficit
model
Torsten Grothmann, University of Oldenburg
Strengthening the resilience of cities in the light of
climatic and societal change
Jörn Birkmann, University of Stuttgart
3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Coffee break
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4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Continuation of SESSION II
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Possible population mobility scenarios between
Southeast Europe and Anatolia following the Last ice
Age
Onur Özbek, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University
The Late Early Bronze Age Regional Catastrophe in
the Ancient Near East: Climatic Change and the
Collapse of a Socio-Economic System
Tevfik Emre Şerifoğlu, Bitlis Eren University
5:30 – 7:00 p.m
Free time
7:00 – 09:30 p.m.
Dinner
Restaurant
from 6:30 a.m.
Breakfast (separate table for OC 2015 + 2016)
Restaurant
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
SESSION III - ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE
Organizers: Baris Karapinar & Katrin Rehdanz
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Saturday, 28 November
Developing Quantitative Measures for Fair Allocation
of Emission Reduction Responsibilities and
Capabilities across Countries
İzzet Arı, Ministry of Development
The Effect of Building Energy Retrofits on Daily
Heating Time
Martin Achtnicht, Leibniz Institute of Ecological
Urban and Regional Development Dresden
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Coffee break
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11:00 – 12:30 p.m.
Continuation of SESSION III
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The impact of climate change on Costs of Food and
people exposed to hunger at subnational scale
Anne Biewald, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact
Research
Impacts of Climate Change on Turkish Agriculture and
Adaptation Strategies
Gökhan Özertan, Boğaziçi University
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Presentation of Koç University and Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Lunch
2:30 p.m.
Cultural tour
7:00 p.m.
Dinner at a local restaurant
9:00 p.m.
Transfer to hotel
Restaurant
Sunday, 29 November
until 12:00 p.m.
Check-out
from 6:30 a.m.
Breakfast
Restaurant
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
SESSION IV - GLOBAL GOVERNANCE OF
CLIMATE CHANGE
Organizers: Gonca Ongan & Markus Lederer
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The Politics of International Climate Treaty
Negotiations
Semra Cerit Mazlum, Marmara University Research
Center for International Relations
Power Constellations in the International Climate
Regime
Thomas Hickmann, Potsdam University
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Coffee break
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11:00 – 12:30 p.m.
Continuation of SESSION IV
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“You can crush us, you can bruise us but you’ll have
to answer too…”: Contentious politics of climate
justice in a warmer world
Ethemcan Turhan, Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı
University
Righteous Climate Policies: Exploring Institutional
Inter-linkages between the Human Rights and the
Climate Regime
Andrea Schapper, Technische Universität Darmstadt /
University of Stirling
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Concluding Discussion & Closing Remarks
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Bariş Karapinar, Organizing Committee 2015
NN, Stiftung Mercator
Katja Hartmann, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Ahmet Icduygu, Koç University
1:30 p.m.
Farewell lunch
Restaurant
The conference program for all participants ends here.
2:30 p.m.
TUGFOSS 2016 Organizing Committee Meeting
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6:30 p.m.
Dinner for OC 2016 members
Restaurant