The Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) has the pleasure of inviting you to a Global Economy Monday Seminar and Book Launch on:
Governing Through Standards: Origins, Drivers and Limitations
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 15.00-17.00
Danish Institute for International Studies
Main Auditorium
Strandgade 71, ground floor, 1401 Copenhagen K
Background
Governing Through Standards – rather than through law and regulation – is one of the central trends that has emerged in industrialized countries since the 1980s. Governing Through Standards: Origins, Drivers and Limitations (Palgrave MacMillan, 2011), edited by DIIS Senior Researchers Stefano Ponte, Peter Gibbon and Jakob Vestergaard, shows how and why standards are used as governance tools, how they are internally governed, and what effects they have in the real world. An interdisciplinary group of scholars examines standards in banking and accounting, quality management and organizational social responsibility, and sustainability standards. Applying theoretical frameworks within political economy and governmentality studies, the contributors analyze how governing through standards differs from other types of regulation. Finally, they shed light on the origins and drivers behind standards and the limitations of using standards as a governance tool.
A presentation of the book will be followed by discussant interventions by Professor Grahame Thompson and Professor Laurids Lauridsen [TBC].
Speakers
Grahame Thompson, Professor, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Peter Gibbon, Senior Researcher, DIIS
Jakob Vestergaard, Senior Researcher, DIIS
Stefano Ponte, Senior Researcher, DIIS
Lone Riisgaard, Project Researcher, DIIS
Programme
15.00-15.05 Welcome
Nanna Hvidt, Director, DIIS
15.05-15.45 Governing Through Standards
Stefano Ponte, Senior Researcher, DIIS
Peter Gibbon, Senior Researcher, DIIS
Jakob Vestergaard, Senior Researcher, DIIS
Lone Riisgaard, Project Researcher DIIS
15.45-16.00 Discussant Interventions
Grahame Thompson, Professor, The Open University,
Milton Keynes, UK
16.00-16.30 Open Discussion
16.30-17.00 Reception
Chair: Nanna Hvidt, Director, DIIS
Practical Information
The seminar will be held in English.
Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use below online registration form no later than Wednesday, 26 October 2011 at 12.00 noon. |
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