Regulating access to (open) resources

28.11.2023

From the “tragedy of the commons” to overtourism

Tuesday, 28 November 2023Dachgeschoß (top floor) JURIDICUMSchottenbastei 10-16, 1010 Vienna

09:00 – 09:10 Words of Welcome

09:10 – 11:00 Session I (Institutional Solutions to the Open-Access-Problem & More)

  • Prof. DDr. Peter Lewisch (Department of Criminal Law, Center for Economic Analysis of the Law, University of Vienna): Preventing the collapse of open-access resources: The role of institutional governance regimes.
  • Prof. Dr. Hans-Bernd Schäfer (Bucerius Law School, Hamburg): The systematic weakness of law and policy in combating high but uncontoured harms
  • MCF Dr. Dorothee Mischkowski (University of Leiden and MPI Collective Goods Bonn): Sustainability by Agreement? An experimental approach.

    Discussion

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:15 Session II (Special Session with Johan Eliasch)

  • Johan Eliasch (President FIS, CEO Head NV): Let´s protect the rainforest, but how? On the key role of indigenous people and local communities. A video life-interview with Johan Eliasch with general Q & A to follow.

    Discussion

12:15 – 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 – 15:00 Session III (Overtourism: Concepts, Data, and Proposals)

  • Prof. Dr. Egon Smeral (Modul University, Vienna, School of Tourism): Overtourism is back
  • Prof. Dr. Gideon Parchomovsky (Hebrew University and Penn State University Law School): Overtourism: A Law and Economics Perspective
  • Prof. Dr. Bruno Frey (University of Basel and CREMA): Overtourism, an unorthodox proposal.

    Discussion

15:00 – 15:20 Coffee Break

15:20 – 16:45 Session IV (Tourism vs Overtourism: Case studies)

  • Prof. Dr. Ebrahim Afsah (University of Copenhagen, Law School): Mitigating the Environmental and Social Impact of Over-Tourism in Nepal through Incentivization, Dispersion and Taxation
  • Karma Choden, MLS (Jigme Singye Wangschuck School of Law, Bhutan): The Bhutanese Approach to Sustainable Tourism.

    Discussion

16:45 Farewell – End of the Conference

Academic head of program: Univ.-Prof. DDr. Peter Lewisch

The conference is free of charge.
Registration at sekretariat.lewisch@univie.ac.at Confirmation required