Biennial Conferences of the USSEE

The U.S. Society for Ecological Economics plans a national conference every two years (alternating with the International Society's Biennial Conference) highlighting the latest research and education initiatives in ecological economics, and bringing together an interdisciplinary group of academics and practioners to analyze society's most pressing social and environmental problems, and design the solutions for a sustainable future.

Sixth Biennial Conference

The 2011 conference of the USSEE will be held at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, June 26-29, 2011. The conference theme is “Building a Green Economy,” and abstracts will be accepted through the deadline date of January 31, 2011. For more information, visit the conference website at https://www.msu.edu/~ussee.

Fifth Biennial Conference

The 2009 conference of the USSEE was held at American University in Washington, DC on June 1-3. The conference theme was "Science and Policy for a Sustainable Future", and included presentations by Paul Anastas, Dayna Baumeister, Herman Daly, Bill McKibben, and Pavan Sukhdev. For a full conference agenda and presentation abstracts, please visit the 2009 conference web site at: http://www.ussee.org/conference09/.

Fourth Biennial Conference

The 2007 conference of the USSEE was held at Pace University in New York City, June 23-27. The conference theme was "Creating Sustainability within Our Midst," and included presentations by David Orr, Robert Costanza, Mathis Wackernagel, Eban Goodstein, and Almaz Terrefe. The full conference agenda and presentation abstracts are available as a PDF.

Third Biennial Conference

The 2005 conference was organized by Earth Economics in Tacoma, Washington on June 20-23 and built around the theme "Forging Solutions: Applying Ecological Economics to Urgent Problems". The conference included keynote addresses by Mathis Wackernagel of the Global Footprint Network (and winner of the 2005 Herman Daly Award) and Atossa Soltani of Amazon Watch, as well as dozens of breakout sessions and workshops aimed at addressing current and actual economic and environmental problems. Workshops were designed to have attendees assist local NGOs in applying ecological economics to address pressing challenges, including watershed management, marine ecosystem assessment, legal and citizen action on toxics, and global trade and finance reform. The conference program and sessions schedule are available as PDFs.

Second Biennial Conference

The 2003 conference was co-organized by the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics of the University of Vermont, and the Department of Economics of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and held May 22-24 in Saratoga Springs, New York. Conference highlights included keynote addresses by James Howard Kunstler and Juliet Schor, 45 paper and poster sessions including over 140 presentations, and the awarding of the inaugural Herman Daly Award to David Batker of Earth Economics. Conference program and abstracts are available as a PDF.

Inaugural Conference

Duluth, Minnesota
July 11-13, 2001