Conference Announcement:
ESF-LiU Conference on THE RIGHT TO THE CITY: NEW CHALLENGES, NEW ISSUES
Dates: 11-15 October 2008
Location: Klosterhotel, Vadstena, Sweden
Programme and applications: accessible online at www.esf.org/conferences/08264
Chair: Professor Bernard Jouve, Universite de Lyon, FR
Co-chair: Dr. Mark Purcell, University of Washington, US
Deadline for applications: 6 June 2008
Grants: some grants are available for young researchers to cover the conference fee and travel
costs.
Further information: www.esf.org/conferences/08264 or Ms. Anne Blondeel-Oman (ablondeel@esf.org)
Thursday, 1 May 2008
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Health and society events - Cardiff University
The usual H&S meeting will be replaced this month by the Third Julian Tudor-Hart Lecture.
See details below
Lecture which will be given by Professor George Davey Smith, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology,
University of Bristol. The lecture is entitled 'Chance, choice and collective risk: why we need more
impersonal medicine'
Date: Wednesday 14th May 2008
Time: 5:30pm for wine reception, 6:00pm for lecture
Venue: Committee Rooms, Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University
Lecture Summary:
Epidemiologists (among others) have successfully identified some modifiable risk factors for
disease, but
there has been dissatisfaction regarding the ability to accurately characterise the prognosis or
risk status of
individuals. The apparent promise of personalised medicine, particularly when based on
pharmacogenomics,
offers to transform practice in this regard. This lecture will suggest that this is fundamentally
misguided, given
that we can only truly understand group- level, rather than individual- level, risk. Evidence from
behavioural
genetics, epidemiology, developmental science and detective novels will be mobilised to support
this position.
The lecture will conclude that, far from needing more personalised medicine, ensuring that those
who could
benefit (impersonally) from effective treatments receive them is the major task for any effective
and equitable
health service today.
For more information and a booking form (if you 've not booked already) please contact Lorelei
Simon at CISHE on the details below.
Tel: 029 2087 9609
Email: CISHE@cardiff.ac.uk
or through the website: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/cishe
The following research group meeting will be on June 11th at 4pm in Room -1.72 in the Glamorgan
Building. We are happy to welcome two speakers:
Professor Marcus A. Doel (Head of the School of the Environment and
Society, Swansea University)
Professor Frances Rapport (Head of the Qualitative Research Unit,
School of Medicine, Swansea University)
The title of their presentation is:
"Bio-photographic study of community pharmacy workspace and practice"
Drinks and nibbles to follow.
Many thanks
Eva Elliott
(Convenor of the Health and Society Research Group)
Eva Elliott
RCUK Academic Fellow
Cardiff Institute of Society, Health and Ethics
School of Social Sciences,
Cardiff University
53 Park Place
Cardiff
UK
CF10 3AT
Tel: 029 2087 9138
E-mail: elliotte@cf.ac.uk
CISHE website: www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/cishe
WHIASU website: www.whiasu.wales.nhs.uk
See details below
Lecture which will be given by Professor George Davey Smith, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology,
University of Bristol. The lecture is entitled 'Chance, choice and collective risk: why we need more
impersonal medicine'
Date: Wednesday 14th May 2008
Time: 5:30pm for wine reception, 6:00pm for lecture
Venue: Committee Rooms, Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University
Lecture Summary:
Epidemiologists (among others) have successfully identified some modifiable risk factors for
disease, but
there has been dissatisfaction regarding the ability to accurately characterise the prognosis or
risk status of
individuals. The apparent promise of personalised medicine, particularly when based on
pharmacogenomics,
offers to transform practice in this regard. This lecture will suggest that this is fundamentally
misguided, given
that we can only truly understand group- level, rather than individual- level, risk. Evidence from
behavioural
genetics, epidemiology, developmental science and detective novels will be mobilised to support
this position.
The lecture will conclude that, far from needing more personalised medicine, ensuring that those
who could
benefit (impersonally) from effective treatments receive them is the major task for any effective
and equitable
health service today.
For more information and a booking form (if you 've not booked already) please contact Lorelei
Simon at CISHE on the details below.
Tel: 029 2087 9609
Email: CISHE@cardiff.ac.uk
or through the website: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/cishe
The following research group meeting will be on June 11th at 4pm in Room -1.72 in the Glamorgan
Building. We are happy to welcome two speakers:
Professor Marcus A. Doel (Head of the School of the Environment and
Society, Swansea University)
Professor Frances Rapport (Head of the Qualitative Research Unit,
School of Medicine, Swansea University)
The title of their presentation is:
"Bio-photographic study of community pharmacy workspace and practice"
Drinks and nibbles to follow.
Many thanks
Eva Elliott
(Convenor of the Health and Society Research Group)
Eva Elliott
RCUK Academic Fellow
Cardiff Institute of Society, Health and Ethics
School of Social Sciences,
Cardiff University
53 Park Place
Cardiff
UK
CF10 3AT
Tel: 029 2087 9138
E-mail: elliotte@cf.ac.uk
CISHE website: www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/cishe
WHIASU website: www.whiasu.wales.nhs.uk
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
MANCHESTER, MAY 15TH 'ECONOMY, NATURE, SPACE'
MANCHESTER, MAY 15TH 'ECONOMY, NATURE, SPACE'
The full programme is now available for the RGS-IBG Economic
Geography Research Group Annual Symposium on Thursday May 15th. See
http://www.egrg.org.uk/symposium2008.html
Highlights include:
Professor Richard Walker, University of California-Berkeley
--The Chinese Road to Capitalism--
Dr Marcus Power, University of Durham
--New African Choices? The economics and geopolitics of Chinese
engagement with African development--
Dr Daniel Buck, University of Oxford
--The Ecology Question--
Professor Diana Liverman, University of Oxford
--Offsets in the carbon economy--
Professor David Gibbs, University of Hull
--Prospects for an Environmental Economic Geography--
Professor Erik Swyngedouw, University of Manchester
--Impossible/Undesirable Sustainability and the post-political condition--
The event is open to all. Please circulate widely. To help us plan
numbers, pls register by sending a simple e-mail to Jason Beery
(jason.beery@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk). We should note that the
EGRG has introduced a registration fee of £25 for the Annual
Symposium, payable by those who draw a salary. This can be paid in
advance (by mailing a cheque, payable to EGRG, to the organisers at
the address below) or in person on the 15th.
ON WEDNESDAY 14TH, the EGRG will be holding its annual
Post-Graduate Symposium. We now have an excellent line up of
post-graduate papers (details to be posted on the EGRG website
shortly). This is also an open event - for which there is no charge
- and we look forward to welcoming you. If you intend to come for both
the 14th and 15th, let us know if you would like to receive
information on nearby accommodation.
Gavin Bridge and Jason Beery
School of Environment and Development
University of Manchester
Manchester
M13 9PL
The full programme is now available for the RGS-IBG Economic
Geography Research Group Annual Symposium on Thursday May 15th. See
http://www.egrg.org.uk/symposium2008.html
Highlights include:
Professor Richard Walker, University of California-Berkeley
--The Chinese Road to Capitalism--
Dr Marcus Power, University of Durham
--New African Choices? The economics and geopolitics of Chinese
engagement with African development--
Dr Daniel Buck, University of Oxford
--The Ecology Question--
Professor Diana Liverman, University of Oxford
--Offsets in the carbon economy--
Professor David Gibbs, University of Hull
--Prospects for an Environmental Economic Geography--
Professor Erik Swyngedouw, University of Manchester
--Impossible/Undesirable Sustainability and the post-political condition--
The event is open to all. Please circulate widely. To help us plan
numbers, pls register by sending a simple e-mail to Jason Beery
(jason.beery@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk). We should note that the
EGRG has introduced a registration fee of £25 for the Annual
Symposium, payable by those who draw a salary. This can be paid in
advance (by mailing a cheque, payable to EGRG, to the organisers at
the address below) or in person on the 15th.
ON WEDNESDAY 14TH, the EGRG will be holding its annual
Post-Graduate Symposium. We now have an excellent line up of
post-graduate papers (details to be posted on the EGRG website
shortly). This is also an open event - for which there is no charge
- and we look forward to welcoming you. If you intend to come for both
the 14th and 15th, let us know if you would like to receive
information on nearby accommodation.
Gavin Bridge and Jason Beery
School of Environment and Development
University of Manchester
Manchester
M13 9PL
ESRC SEMINAR SERIES: GENTRIFICATION AND SOCIAL MIX
ESRC SEMINAR SERIES
GENTRIFICATION AND SOCIAL MIX
2008-2009
Organisers: Tim Butler and Loretta Lees (King's College London); Gary
Bridge and Tom Slater (University of Bristol)
Brief Description:
'Social mix' has long been a planning/policy objective, and a sign of a
healthy, liveable urban area, but the concept has recently come under fire
from academics researching gentrification, especially for being too
one-sided - it is mostly in low-income and/or working-class neighbourhoods
where social mix is to be achieved through an influx of wealthier and/or
middle-class residents. Very rarely is social mix planned for wealthier
neighbourhoods, which raises questions about the motivations and the
politics behind the concept. Furthermore, what kind of social mixing
actually takes place in gentrifying neighbourhoods? Despite a significant
amount of research taking place that addresses these issues, there has been
no organised debate/interaction between researchers and practitioners, and
this seminar series proposes to bring people together to discuss these
issues in depth.
THE 2008 SEMINARS:
SEMINAR 1 (King's College London) MAY 22ND AND 23RD 2008
CHAIR:
Loretta Lees (King's College London)
PAPERS:
Jonny Aspen (Oslo University)
Paul Cheshire (London School of Economics)
Eric Clark (Lund University)
Mark Davidson (University of Western Sydney)
Chris Hamnett (King's College London)
Mike Savage (University of Manchester)
DISCUSSANTS:
Clare Colomb (Bartlett, University College London)
Kirsteen Paton (University of Glasgow)
SEMINAR 2 (University of Bristol) SEPTEMBER 25TH AND 26TH 2008
CHAIR:
Gary Bridge (University of Bristol)
PAPERS:
Marie-Helene Bacque (Université d’Evry Val d’Essonne)
Edmond Preteceille (Sciences Po, Paris)
Damaris Rose (INRS, University of Quebec)
Kate Shaw (University of Melbourne)
Justus Uitermark (University of Amsterdam)
Matthieu van Criekingen (Free University, Brussels)
DISCUSSANTS:
David Webb (University of Newcastle)
TBA
----------------------
Dr. Tom Slater
Centre for Urban Studies,
University of Bristol,
8 Priory Road
Bristol BS8 1TZ
U.K.
Tel: +44 (0)117 331 0808
Fax: +44 (0)117 954 6756
http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/research/cus/staff/slater.shtml
http://members.lycos.co.uk/gentrification
GENTRIFICATION AND SOCIAL MIX
2008-2009
Organisers: Tim Butler and Loretta Lees (King's College London); Gary
Bridge and Tom Slater (University of Bristol)
Brief Description:
'Social mix' has long been a planning/policy objective, and a sign of a
healthy, liveable urban area, but the concept has recently come under fire
from academics researching gentrification, especially for being too
one-sided - it is mostly in low-income and/or working-class neighbourhoods
where social mix is to be achieved through an influx of wealthier and/or
middle-class residents. Very rarely is social mix planned for wealthier
neighbourhoods, which raises questions about the motivations and the
politics behind the concept. Furthermore, what kind of social mixing
actually takes place in gentrifying neighbourhoods? Despite a significant
amount of research taking place that addresses these issues, there has been
no organised debate/interaction between researchers and practitioners, and
this seminar series proposes to bring people together to discuss these
issues in depth.
THE 2008 SEMINARS:
SEMINAR 1 (King's College London) MAY 22ND AND 23RD 2008
CHAIR:
Loretta Lees (King's College London)
PAPERS:
Jonny Aspen (Oslo University)
Paul Cheshire (London School of Economics)
Eric Clark (Lund University)
Mark Davidson (University of Western Sydney)
Chris Hamnett (King's College London)
Mike Savage (University of Manchester)
DISCUSSANTS:
Clare Colomb (Bartlett, University College London)
Kirsteen Paton (University of Glasgow)
SEMINAR 2 (University of Bristol) SEPTEMBER 25TH AND 26TH 2008
CHAIR:
Gary Bridge (University of Bristol)
PAPERS:
Marie-Helene Bacque (Université d’Evry Val d’Essonne)
Edmond Preteceille (Sciences Po, Paris)
Damaris Rose (INRS, University of Quebec)
Kate Shaw (University of Melbourne)
Justus Uitermark (University of Amsterdam)
Matthieu van Criekingen (Free University, Brussels)
DISCUSSANTS:
David Webb (University of Newcastle)
TBA
----------------------
Dr. Tom Slater
Centre for Urban Studies,
University of Bristol,
8 Priory Road
Bristol BS8 1TZ
U.K.
Tel: +44 (0)117 331 0808
Fax: +44 (0)117 954 6756
http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/research/cus/staff/slater.shtml
http://members.lycos.co.uk/gentrification
SOCSI SOCIAL THEORY SYMPOSIUM - Cardiff University
SOCSI SOCIAL THEORY SYMPOSIUM
Thursday, May 15th , 2008
Schedule
10.15 a.m. Welcome
Session One : 10.30 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.
Actors' and Analysts' Categories and the Politics of Sociological Research
Professor Harry Collins
11.15 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. Q/A
Session Two : 11.30 a.m. – 12.15 p.m.
The Future of Morality
Professor Ralph Fevre
12.15 p.m. – 12.30 p.m. Q/A
12.30 p.m. – 1.30 p.m. Break
Session Three: 1.30 p.m. – 2.15 p.m.
Subjectivity
Professor Valerie Walkerdine
2.15 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. Q/A
Session Four: 2.30 p.m. – 3.15 p.m.
Time for Social Theory
Professor Barbara Adam
3.15 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. Q/A
3.35 p.m. CLOSE
Council Chamber, Glamorgan Building, CarDIFF SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Queries: HousleyW@Cardiff.ac.uk
Thursday, May 15th , 2008
Schedule
10.15 a.m. Welcome
Session One : 10.30 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.
Actors' and Analysts' Categories and the Politics of Sociological Research
Professor Harry Collins
11.15 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. Q/A
Session Two : 11.30 a.m. – 12.15 p.m.
The Future of Morality
Professor Ralph Fevre
12.15 p.m. – 12.30 p.m. Q/A
12.30 p.m. – 1.30 p.m. Break
Session Three: 1.30 p.m. – 2.15 p.m.
Subjectivity
Professor Valerie Walkerdine
2.15 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. Q/A
Session Four: 2.30 p.m. – 3.15 p.m.
Time for Social Theory
Professor Barbara Adam
3.15 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. Q/A
3.35 p.m. CLOSE
Council Chamber, Glamorgan Building, CarDIFF SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Queries: HousleyW@Cardiff.ac.uk
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