Review Panel
This site informs about the review process for the 2007 Amsterdam
Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change.
The call for papers has been closed on 1 October 2006. We have
received 370 abstracts -- much more than expected -- submitted by
colleagues from more than fifty countries. All abstracts have been
under review by our International Review Panel.
The review system for the 2007 Amsterdam Conference worked as follows:
- All abstracts were evaluated independently and anonymously by five reviewers, allotted on a random basis. Cf. below for an alphabetical list of reviewers.
- Abstracts were ranked on a scale from 5 points (highly appropriate for the conference/strong approval) to 1 point (not appropriate/rejection).
- Based on the five grades that we received for each abstract from our review panel, we calculated an average grade for every abstract, and then ranked all 370 abstracts accordingly. To the extent possible, we also took written comments from reviewers into account, and we specifically looked at abstracts where evaluators have differed by more than 2 points.
- We accepted the best 185 abstracts of all submitted, thus ensuring an acceptance rate of 50%.
The 2007 Amsterdam Conference International Review Panel
| Name | Institute |
| Prof. Frank Alcock | New College of Florida |
| Prof. Steinar Andresen | Fridtjof Nansen Institute |
| Prof. Bas Arts | Wageningen University |
| Dr. Marjolein van Asselt | University of Maastricht |
| Dr. Karin Bäckstrand | Lund University |
| Prof. Frank Biermann | Vrije Universiteit, IVM |
| Dr. Joop de Boer | Vrije Universiteit, IVM |
| Prof. Hans Bressers | University of Twente |
| Prof. Tom Brewer | Georgetown University |
| Prof. Erwin Bulte | University of Tilburg |
| Mr. Per-Olof Busch | Freie Universität Berlin |
| Mr. Alexander Carius | Adelphi Research |
| Dr. Jennifer Clapp | University of Waterloo |
| Prof. Daniel Compagnon | Sciences Po Bordeaux |
| Dr. Elizabeth DeSombre | Wellesley College |
| Dr. Klaus Dingwerth | Universität Bremen |
| Dr. Lorraine Elliott | Australian National University |
| Dr. Robert Falkner | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| Dr. Peter Feindt | University of Hamburg |
| Dr. Victor Galaz | Stockholm University |
| Prof. Thomas Gehring | Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg |
| Prof. Andrea Gerlak | Columbia University |
| Prof. Pieter Glasbergen | University of Utrecht |
| Ms. Nicolien van der Grijp | Vrije Universiteit, IVM |
| Dr. Aarti Gupta | Wageningen University |
| Prof. Tamar Gutner | American University |
| Dr. Alex Haxeltine | University of East Anglia |
| Prof. Richard Howarth | Dartmouth College |
| Mr. Eduard Interwies | InterSus - Sustainability Services |
| Dr. Klaus Jacob | Freie Universität Berlin |
| Dr. Andrew Jordan | University of East Anglia |
| Mr. Helge Jörgens | German Advisory Council on the Environment |
| Prof. John Kirton | University of Toronto |
| Dr. Louis Lebel | Chiang Mai University |
| Prof. David Levy | University of Massachusetts |
| Prof. Marc Levy | Columbia University, CIESIN |
| Prof. Pim Martens | Maastricht University, ICIS |
| Prof. James Meadowcroft | Carleton University |
| Prof. Ronald B. Mitchell | University of Oregon |
| Prof. Arthur Mol | Wageningen University |
| Dr Andreas Nölke | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| Prof. Sebastian Oberthür | Free University Brussels |
| Prof. Henk Overbeek | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| Prof. Claudia Pahl-Wostl | University Osnabrück |
| Dr Philipp Pattberg | Vrije Universeit Amsterdam, IVM |
| Dr. Arthur Petersen | Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency |
| Prof. Simone Pulver | Brown University |
| Prof. Ortwin Renn | Universität Stuttgart |
| Dr. G. Kristin Rosendal | Fridtjof Nansen Institute |
| Prof. Miranda Schreurs | University of Maryland |
| Dr. Heike Schroeder | University of California |
| Prof. Paul van Seters | University of Tilburg |
| Prof. Bernd Siebenhüner | University of Oldenburg |
| Dr. Jon B. Skjærseth | Fridtjof Nansen Institute |
| Dr. Detlef Sprinz | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research |
| Dr. David Tabara | University of Barcelona, IEST |
| Prof. Stacy Vandeveer | University of New Hampshire |
| Prof. Jake Werksman | New York University School of Law |
| Prof. Wouter Werner | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| Dr. Jorgen Wettestad | Fridtjof Nansen Institute |
| Prof. Oran Young | University of California |
| Mr. Fariborz Zelli | University of East Anglia |
| Prof. Bastiaan Zoeteman | Globus, University of Tilburg |