Call for papers: UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference, Belfast 2008

Call For Papers

Sustainability, Space and Social Justice: The UK-Ireland Planning Research
Conference.
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY, Belfast, 18-20th March 2008
http://www.qub.ac.uk/prc2008belfast/

Papers are invited for the UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference,
providing an opportunity for leading national and international planning
scholars to present and debate current issues in planning research in a
multidisciplinary and supportive environment.

Although the conference includes tracks papers on all aspects of planning
research, the event will has a special theme of Sustainability, Space and
Social Justice. Each of these concepts presents a separate challenge for
the field of planning, yet the ability to address them in an integrated
and coherent way is central to the very concept of planning and is a
challenge that runs deep in the history and ideology of the discipline.
These important issues will provide a framework for the more general
discussions on the future of planning practice and research at the
conference and will particularly be addressed by the high profile speakers
that will address the plenary sessions of the conference. Confirmed key
note speakers include Dr. Julian Agyeman (Tufts University), Prof. Susan
Owens (Cambridge University) and Frank McDonald (The Irish Times).

The Call for Papers is open until 15th December 2007 and contributions are
invited under the following tracks:

1. Inclusion, diversity and social justice
2. Urban and rural regeneration
3. Governance, policy and spatial planning.
4. Sustainable cities and the challenge of climate change
5. Planning, accessibility and transportation
6. Planning education and skills
7. Rural planning, the countryside and wildlife
8. Urban and rural design and the built heritage

Submitted papers will be peer reviewed by a panel of leading researchers
in each of these fields.

The organisers are also keen to encourage proposals for themed sessions
and these should be submitted no later than 30th November.

For further details, see http://www.qub.ac.uk/prc2008belfast/ or contact
the organisers at prc2008@qub.ac.uk