CHESS Young Scholars Conference 2015 — Responding to China’s Environmental Crisis: Interdisciplinary ApproachesAnna Holzmann, Thomas Immervoll, Josef Falko Loher, Julia Christine Marinaccio, Benjamin Steuer und and Prudence Willats

ASIEN – Nr. 140 (2016) pp. 135–37

University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, February 27–28, 2015

The research network on China and the Environment in the Social Sciences (CHESS) was founded at the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Vienna, in 2013 as a forum for postgraduate students with research interests relating to the environment in China. As the group’s inaugural event, the CHESS Young Scholars Conference 2015 took place on February 27–28 at the University of Vienna. Altogether 37 young scholars and academics from across the globe took part in the conference. The two conference days featured five panel sessions and two keynote speeches. Each panel was also provided with a highly-qualified discussant who offered individual feedback to every panellist. The detailed conference programme can be accessed at http://chess.univie.ac.at/chess-young-scholars-conference-2015/program2/. Apart from laying the foundation for fruitful collaborations, the conference also functioned as a forum for talented young scholars to present their views and approaches to China’s pending environmental crisis from various disciplinary angles.