President’s Letter

A Message From The President Of ISEE

The ISEE was founded in 1989. Its presidents have been Bob Costanza, Dick Norgaard, John Proops, Charles Perrings, Joan Martinez-Alier, Peter May and now John Gowdy. The president-elect for 2010-11 is Bina Agarwal. Other members of the Board are Kathryn Davidson, Richard B. Howarth, Roldan Muradian and Matthias Ruth.

The ISEE is organized into different Regional Societies (United States USSEE, Canada CANSEE, European Union ESEE, India INSEE, Australia and New Zealand ANZSEE, Brazil (Eco-Eco), Argentina and Uruguay ASAUEE, Russia RSEE and Africa ASEE.

Much more information is given in www.ecoeco.org. This is a transdisciplinary scientific society. We are very interested also in practical issues, such as economic-environmental policies and conflicts. Our common identity rests, as you know, in our view of the economy as a system that cannot be understood by itself because it is embedded in wider social and physical systems.

You may have chosen to subscribe to the ISEE journal, “Ecological Economics” (editor, Richard B. Howarth). It is available through electronic access and by a supplemental paper version if you made that choice. Your subscription is for a full year starting 1 January to 31 December. Instructions for accessing the electronic version of the Journal will be sent to you after you join or renew. The paper journal will take 4-6 weeks for the delivery.

Your membership also grants you other benefits, such as lower registration fees at ISEE and Regional Societies’ conferences.

Sincerely,

John Gowdy
Economics Department
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
USA