"Institutional, territorial and evolutionary perspectives on biotechnology"
Seminar and workshop at CIRCLE and the Department of Social and Economic
Geography, Lund University, Sweden, November 7-8, 2007
Biotechnology is often considered the next big wave of technological
change, fuelling the emergence of high-tech industries. Its core
application comprises the medical and health care sectors but applications
across many different industrial fields can be identified. Examples of
emerging niches of biotech are new (functional) food technologies,
environmental and industrial processes, bio-fuels and a range of other
applications in the intersection of science and industry. Owing to its
generic nature and wide applicability in various industries, biotechnology
has made an attractive appeal to policy-makers as a potential vehicle for
economic growth and high value-added job creation. For reasons like these,
the technology has also gained increased attention in the economic and
social sciences during the last couple of decades. In this seminar
different (social) scientific perspectives on biotechnology and related
industries and applications are presented and discussed.
Attendance is free of charge, but we would like you to register by sending
an e-mail to bjorn.asheim@keg.lu.se no later than Nov 4.
Schedule
Wednesday Nov 7, at the Department of Social and Economic Geography,
Geocentrum I, Room 128, Sölvegatan 10, Lund
15.00-15.15: Bjørn Asheim, Lund University, Sweden: Welcome. Presentation
of CIRCLE and introduction to the seminar
15.15-16.00: Maryann Feldman, University of Georgia, USA: Organizational
legacy and firm performance – a study of Scandinavian biotech
16.00-16.45: Finn Valentin, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark: The role
of venture capital in developing bio-clusters – a cross-country comparison
16.45-17.00: Coffee break
17.00-17.45: Fiorenza Belussi and Silvia Sedita, University of Padua,
Italy: The hybrid structure of the life science cluster of Emilia Romagna -
between technological specialisation and related varieties
17.45-18.30: Christian Zeller, University of Bern, Switzerland: The
billion dollar mice – rivalry and cooperation in a technological area
18.30 - Buffet and refreshments on the 5th floor
Thursday Nov 8, at CIRCLE/LUCIE, MNO-Huset, Sölvegatan 16, Lund
09.00-09.45: Phil Cooke, Cardiff University, UK: Clean technologies and
the future of cities
09.45-10.30: Stian Nygaard, Lund University, Sweden: Co-evolution of
technology, markets and institutions: the case of fuel cells and hydrogen
technology in Europe
10.30-11.15: Astrid Szogs, Lund University, Sweden: The role of
institutions in the emergence of regenerative medicine and tissue
engineering
11.15-11.30: Coffee break
11.30-12.15: Lars Coenen, Lund University, Sweden: Biotechnology as a
platform technology - the variegated adoption of biotechnology in
different industrial contexts
12.15-13.00: Meric Gertler, University of Toronto, Canada
13.00- Lunch (sandwiches)
Additional information:
If you arrive early on Wednesday you are welcome to take part in this PhD
defence: "Sites and Modes of Knowledge Creation: On the Spatial
Organization of Biotechnology Innovation" by Jerker Moodysson. Discussant:
Phil Cooke. The defence takes place on Nov 7, 10.15-12.00, at the
Department of Social and Economic Geography, Lund University.
Welcome!
/Bjørn Asheim
Friday, 26 October 2007
Regeneration Institute Public Seminar: Matthew Watson, 12th December
*Regeneration Institute Public Seminar*
'Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble': The Political Economy of Brown's Britain
Dr Matthew Watson, University of Warwick
Wednesday 12th December, 5.00pm
Committee Rooms 1 and 2, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff University, Cardiff
________________________________________________________________________
The title 'bubble, bubble, toil and trouble' provides a surprisingly telling characterisation of the political economy of New Labour. According to Matthew Watson, this has four primary features: (i) bubble one - continual attempts to inflate the housing market bubble still further; (ii) bubble two - ongoing attempts to manage the effects of the bursting of the tech-stock bubble; (iii) toil - the intensification of the work process as a means of prefiguring the move towards a system of asset-based welfare; and (iv) trouble - storing up potential sources of economic contradiction for the future. These features rely on the reconstitution of the economic agent as financialised subject, but at the same time the pro-cyclical activities of financialised agents introduce a pathology of weakness into the structures of the British economy.
Matthew Watson is Reader in Political Economy in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick. His two most recent books are both with Palgrave Macmillan, one entitled 'Foundations of International Political Economy' (2005), and the other entitled 'The Political Economy of International Capital Mobility'
(2007).
Drinks reception 5.00pm - Seminar Starts 5.30pm
****If you wish to attend or have any further queries, please contact Nicola Milsom on milsomn@cardiff.ac.uk or Becca Edwards on edwardsrs1@cardiff.ac.uk. Alternatively, please call the Regeneration Institute on 029 208 76014****
'Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble': The Political Economy of Brown's Britain
Dr Matthew Watson, University of Warwick
Wednesday 12th December, 5.00pm
Committee Rooms 1 and 2, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff University, Cardiff
________________________________________________________________________
The title 'bubble, bubble, toil and trouble' provides a surprisingly telling characterisation of the political economy of New Labour. According to Matthew Watson, this has four primary features: (i) bubble one - continual attempts to inflate the housing market bubble still further; (ii) bubble two - ongoing attempts to manage the effects of the bursting of the tech-stock bubble; (iii) toil - the intensification of the work process as a means of prefiguring the move towards a system of asset-based welfare; and (iv) trouble - storing up potential sources of economic contradiction for the future. These features rely on the reconstitution of the economic agent as financialised subject, but at the same time the pro-cyclical activities of financialised agents introduce a pathology of weakness into the structures of the British economy.
Matthew Watson is Reader in Political Economy in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick. His two most recent books are both with Palgrave Macmillan, one entitled 'Foundations of International Political Economy' (2005), and the other entitled 'The Political Economy of International Capital Mobility'
(2007).
Drinks reception 5.00pm - Seminar Starts 5.30pm
****If you wish to attend or have any further queries, please contact Nicola Milsom on milsomn@cardiff.ac.uk or Becca Edwards on edwardsrs1@cardiff.ac.uk. Alternatively, please call the Regeneration Institute on 029 208 76014****
'Peripatetic Practices': a workshop on walking
'Peripatetic Practices': a workshop on walking
This one-day interdisciplinary workshop in central London aims to
address different ways of thinking through and about the practice of
walking. For the workshop we are keen to receive papers which address
walking as a topic or a mode of social research. Themes to be addressed
in the workshop include; walking in urban and rural environments;
walking as ethnographic practice; researching contemporary walkers and
walking behaviour; walking as a form place making and mode of embodied
knowledge; walking as a mode of travel and walking as a leisure
activity.
Discussants:
Professor Tim Cresswell (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Professor Tim Ingold (University of Aberdeen)
Dr John Wylie (University of Exeter)
This event will be held on Monday 31st March 2008 at Bedford Square,
Gower Street, London WC1E (detailed programme to follow)
Please send abstracts of no more than 200 words to both Hannah
Macpherson (Hannah.Macpherson@rhul.ac.uk) and Jennie Middleton
(Jennie.Middleton@rhul.ac.uk) by 31st October 2007.
This one-day interdisciplinary workshop in central London aims to
address different ways of thinking through and about the practice of
walking. For the workshop we are keen to receive papers which address
walking as a topic or a mode of social research. Themes to be addressed
in the workshop include; walking in urban and rural environments;
walking as ethnographic practice; researching contemporary walkers and
walking behaviour; walking as a form place making and mode of embodied
knowledge; walking as a mode of travel and walking as a leisure
activity.
Discussants:
Professor Tim Cresswell (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Professor Tim Ingold (University of Aberdeen)
Dr John Wylie (University of Exeter)
This event will be held on Monday 31st March 2008 at Bedford Square,
Gower Street, London WC1E (detailed programme to follow)
Please send abstracts of no more than 200 words to both Hannah
Macpherson (Hannah.Macpherson@rhul.ac.uk) and Jennie Middleton
(Jennie.Middleton@rhul.ac.uk) by 31st October 2007.
CFP: CITIES AND URBAN REGIONS OF LATIN AMERICA
Call for papers 2008 AAG Meeting Boston
Session: CITIES AND URBAN REGIONS OF LATIN AMERICA
Please contact one of the Co-Organizers:
Joel Outtes, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, email:
Outtes@uol.com.br
Betty Smith, Eastern Illinois University, email:
besmith@eiu.edu
We invite participants for a session on urban topics
in Latin America to take place at the annual meeting
of the AAG in Boston, April 15-19, 2008. (www.aag.org)
Contact us if interested. Papers might explore, but
not be limited to:
Economic restructuring and its spatial impacts
Changing urban morphology
Housing
Population density
Transnational linkages
Urban hierarchies
Historic city centers
Urban historical geography
Ethnic neighborhoods
City planning in Latin America
Criminality
Informal sector
Metropolitan transportation
Urban environmental problems
Social conflicts
Participatory budgets and city planning
Urban social movements
Urban social geography
The International Planning Movement
International planning institutions in Latin America
After registering for the conference at
http://aag.org/annualmeetings/2008/registration.htm
and submitting your abstract for a paper session,
forward a copy of the abstract and your PIN number to:
Betty Smith, Eastern Illinois University, email:
besmith@eiu.edu
Session: CITIES AND URBAN REGIONS OF LATIN AMERICA
Please contact one of the Co-Organizers:
Joel Outtes, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, email:
Outtes@uol.com.br
Betty Smith, Eastern Illinois University, email:
besmith@eiu.edu
We invite participants for a session on urban topics
in Latin America to take place at the annual meeting
of the AAG in Boston, April 15-19, 2008. (www.aag.org)
Contact us if interested. Papers might explore, but
not be limited to:
Economic restructuring and its spatial impacts
Changing urban morphology
Housing
Population density
Transnational linkages
Urban hierarchies
Historic city centers
Urban historical geography
Ethnic neighborhoods
City planning in Latin America
Criminality
Informal sector
Metropolitan transportation
Urban environmental problems
Social conflicts
Participatory budgets and city planning
Urban social movements
Urban social geography
The International Planning Movement
International planning institutions in Latin America
After registering for the conference at
http://aag.org/annualmeetings/2008/registration.htm
and submitting your abstract for a paper session,
forward a copy of the abstract and your PIN number to:
Betty Smith, Eastern Illinois University, email:
besmith@eiu.edu
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Environmental Planning
MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES
Graduate School of the Environment (GSE)
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Environmental Planning
(Full-time (continuing))
Ref. 3880
The Division of Environmental and Life Sciences has an international
reputation in environmental studies. This appointment is associated with
the Graduate School of the Environment (GSE), a department within the
Division, which offers postgraduate programs in environmental studies,
environmental planning, environmental management, environmental education,
sustainable development and wildlife management. The department also has
a growing and vibrant higher degree research program focused on its multi-
disciplinary strengths.
The appointee will contribute to the teaching of postgraduate units in
environmental planning as well as other areas in environmental studies;
supervise postgraduate students; conduct research; contribute to the
administration, organisation and promotion of the School; and will provide
leadership for the environmental planning program which is accredited by
the Planning Institute of Australia. Applicants with a strong record of
teaching and research in any area of environmental planning are encouraged
to apply, however the GSE is particularly interested in the following
areas of expertise in line with the strengths of its Master of
Environmental Planning program:
• Urban and regional planning for sustainable development
• Planning for climate change (adaptation and mitigation)
• Environmental planning and environmental economics
Applicants are invited to set out their plans in research over the next
three to five years, and should also comment on innovative teaching and
learning strategies which they may wish to pursue.
Essential Selection Criteria: A relevant doctoral degree or equivalent
research experience; an active research program in a relevant area,
showing evidence of research as demonstrated by publications, competitive
grants and other forms of professional recognition; demonstrated capacity
for inspirational teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels;
demonstrated capacity to effectively teach local and international
students; eligible to become a member of the Planning Institute of
Australia.
Desirable Selection Criteria: Experience in environmental planning
practice; potential for innovative collaboration with existing strengths
in the Department and Division; experience in program management, in
advising students, and in on-line delivery and other flexible learning
approaches; demonstrated research links with industry.
Additional Essential Selection Criteria for Senior Lecturer: Demonstrated
research links with external organisations, including government and
industry; experience in teaching and convening tertiary level programs in
environmental planning (or urban and regional planning), local planning
practice, community participation in planning, and/or sustainable urban
development.
Additional Desirable Selection Criteria for Senior Lecturer: Practical
experience outside tertiary education in environmental planning (or urban
and regional planning), and/or local planning practices; professional
contributions and achievements in planning.
Enquiries: Professor Peter Nelson on (02) 9850 6958 or e-mail
peter.nelson@mq.edu.au
The position is available on a full-time (continuing) basis from January
2008 and may be subject to probationary conditions, although alternative
flexible terms (part-time or job-share arrangements) may be considered.
The application should state clearly if there is a preference for part-
time or other employment terms. Selection criteria must be addressed in
the application.
Package (Lecturer (Level B)): From $81,682 pa, including base salary
$69,022 to $81,847 pa, annual leave loading and 17% employer’s
superannuation.
Package (Senior Lecturer (Level C)): From $99,896 pa, including base
salary $84,413 to $97,239 pa, annual leave loading and 17% employer’s
superannuation.
Applicants should indicate the level for which they are applying, or
whether they wish to be considered for both levels.
The appointment is currently governed by the terms of the Macquarie
University Enterprise Agreement 2006-2009. The successful applicant will
be offered the choice of an Australian Workplace Agreement.
Please visit http://www.jobs.mq.edu.au to apply online. Closing Date 9
November 2007.
Equal Employment Opportunity is a University Policy
___________________________________________________________________
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES
Graduate School of the Environment (GSE)
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Environmental Planning
(Full-time (continuing))
Ref. 3880
The Division of Environmental and Life Sciences has an international
reputation in environmental studies. This appointment is associated with
the Graduate School of the Environment (GSE), a department within the
Division, which offers postgraduate programs in environmental studies,
environmental planning, environmental management, environmental education,
sustainable development and wildlife management. The department also has
a growing and vibrant higher degree research program focused on its multi-
disciplinary strengths.
The appointee will contribute to the teaching of postgraduate units in
environmental planning as well as other areas in environmental studies;
supervise postgraduate students; conduct research; contribute to the
administration, organisation and promotion of the School; and will provide
leadership for the environmental planning program which is accredited by
the Planning Institute of Australia. Applicants with a strong record of
teaching and research in any area of environmental planning are encouraged
to apply, however the GSE is particularly interested in the following
areas of expertise in line with the strengths of its Master of
Environmental Planning program:
• Urban and regional planning for sustainable development
• Planning for climate change (adaptation and mitigation)
• Environmental planning and environmental economics
Applicants are invited to set out their plans in research over the next
three to five years, and should also comment on innovative teaching and
learning strategies which they may wish to pursue.
Essential Selection Criteria: A relevant doctoral degree or equivalent
research experience; an active research program in a relevant area,
showing evidence of research as demonstrated by publications, competitive
grants and other forms of professional recognition; demonstrated capacity
for inspirational teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels;
demonstrated capacity to effectively teach local and international
students; eligible to become a member of the Planning Institute of
Australia.
Desirable Selection Criteria: Experience in environmental planning
practice; potential for innovative collaboration with existing strengths
in the Department and Division; experience in program management, in
advising students, and in on-line delivery and other flexible learning
approaches; demonstrated research links with industry.
Additional Essential Selection Criteria for Senior Lecturer: Demonstrated
research links with external organisations, including government and
industry; experience in teaching and convening tertiary level programs in
environmental planning (or urban and regional planning), local planning
practice, community participation in planning, and/or sustainable urban
development.
Additional Desirable Selection Criteria for Senior Lecturer: Practical
experience outside tertiary education in environmental planning (or urban
and regional planning), and/or local planning practices; professional
contributions and achievements in planning.
Enquiries: Professor Peter Nelson on (02) 9850 6958 or e-mail
peter.nelson@mq.edu.au
The position is available on a full-time (continuing) basis from January
2008 and may be subject to probationary conditions, although alternative
flexible terms (part-time or job-share arrangements) may be considered.
The application should state clearly if there is a preference for part-
time or other employment terms. Selection criteria must be addressed in
the application.
Package (Lecturer (Level B)): From $81,682 pa, including base salary
$69,022 to $81,847 pa, annual leave loading and 17% employer’s
superannuation.
Package (Senior Lecturer (Level C)): From $99,896 pa, including base
salary $84,413 to $97,239 pa, annual leave loading and 17% employer’s
superannuation.
Applicants should indicate the level for which they are applying, or
whether they wish to be considered for both levels.
The appointment is currently governed by the terms of the Macquarie
University Enterprise Agreement 2006-2009. The successful applicant will
be offered the choice of an Australian Workplace Agreement.
Please visit http://www.jobs.mq.edu.au to apply online. Closing Date 9
November 2007.
Equal Employment Opportunity is a University Policy
___________________________________________________________________
Thursday, 25 October 2007
Regional Studies Association Winter Conference
Registration is now open for the following Regional Studies Association Conferences:
Regional Studies Association Winter Conference
"Transport, Mobility and Regional Development"
Friday 23rd November 2007, London, UK
Further Details: http://www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk/events/future.asp
Register Here: https://www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk/ei/getdemo.ei?id=4&s=_3B00W8K8Z
Student Conference 2007
"City Regions: Balancing Growth with Sustainability"
Thursday 6th December 2007, University of Manchester, UK
Further Details: http://www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk/events/future.asp
Register Here: https://www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk/ei/getdemo.ei?id=5&s=_31W0YA59K
Regional Studies Association Winter Conference
"Transport, Mobility and Regional Development"
Friday 23rd November 2007, London, UK
Further Details: http://www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk/events/future.asp
Register Here: https://www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk/ei/getdemo.ei?id=4&s=_3B00W8K8Z
Student Conference 2007
"City Regions: Balancing Growth with Sustainability"
Thursday 6th December 2007, University of Manchester, UK
Further Details: http://www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk/events/future.asp
Register Here: https://www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk/ei/getdemo.ei?id=5&s=_31W0YA59K
Health profile of England 2007
Health profile of England 2007 is available from the DH at the URL below.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsStatistics/DH_079716
This is what the DH has to say about the health profile.
" The Health Profile of England is intended to be of use to public service
professionals and officials within the local community - such as local
councillors and primary care trust directors of public health -who are in a
position to exert influence over the planning, commissioning, procurement
and delivery of public health programmes. But the document will also be of
interest to a much wider audience - anyone with an interest in the profile
of health and health determinants in this country".
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsStatistics/DH_079716
This is what the DH has to say about the health profile.
" The Health Profile of England is intended to be of use to public service
professionals and officials within the local community - such as local
councillors and primary care trust directors of public health -who are in a
position to exert influence over the planning, commissioning, procurement
and delivery of public health programmes. But the document will also be of
interest to a much wider audience - anyone with an interest in the profile
of health and health determinants in this country".
JRF Findings: Providing Gypsy and Traveller sites
** Just published on the Joseph Rowntree Foundation website:
* Providing Gypsy and Traveller sites: contentious spaces
This study provides up-to-date advice and examples of how Gypsy
and Traveller sites in England are being developed as an integral
part of overall housing provision.
http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/housing/2142.asp
* Providing Gypsy and Traveller sites: contentious spaces
This study provides up-to-date advice and examples of how Gypsy
and Traveller sites in England are being developed as an integral
part of overall housing provision.
http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/housing/2142.asp
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Comparing models of housing with care for later life
** Just published on the Joseph Rowntree Foundation website:
* Comparing models of housing with care for later life
This comparative study examines different models of housing with
care for older people in England.
http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/housing/2158.asp
* Comparing models of housing with care for later life
This comparative study examines different models of housing with
care for older people in England.
http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/housing/2158.asp
JRF Findings: The impact of heavy cannabis use on young people
** Just published on the Joseph Rowntree Foundation website:
* The impact of heavy cannabis use on young people's lives
Looking at 100 heavy cannabis users aged 16-25, this study
explores what how they define 'heavy' cannabis use and how their
usage affects their lives.
http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/2116.asp
* The impact of heavy cannabis use on young people's lives
Looking at 100 heavy cannabis users aged 16-25, this study
explores what how they define 'heavy' cannabis use and how their
usage affects their lives.
http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/2116.asp
CFP: CITIES AND URBAN REGIONS OF LATIN AMERICA
Call for papers 2008 AAG Meeting Boston
Session: CITIES AND URBAN REGIONS OF LATIN AMERICA
Please contact one of the Co-Organizers:
Joel Outtes, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, email: Outtes@uol.com.br
Betty Smith, Eastern Illinois University, email: besmith@eiu.edu
We invite participants for a session on urban topics in Latin America to
take place at the annual meeting of the AAG in Boston, April 15-19, 2008.
(www.aag.org) Contact us if interested. Papers might explore, but not be
limited to:
Economic restructuring and its spatial impacts
Changing urban morphology
Housing
Population density
Transnational linkages
Urban hierarchies
Historic city centers
Urban historical geography
Ethnic neighborhoods
City planning in Latin America
Criminality
Informal sector
Metropolitan transportation
Urban environmental problems
Social conflicts
Participatory budgets and city planning
Urban social movements
Urban social geography
The International Planning Movement
International planning institutions in Latin America
After registering for the conference at
http://aag.org/annualmeetings/2008/registration.htm and submitting your
abstract for a paper session, forward a copy of the abstract and your PIN
number to:
Betty Smith, Eastern Illinois University, email: besmith@eiu.edu
Session: CITIES AND URBAN REGIONS OF LATIN AMERICA
Please contact one of the Co-Organizers:
Joel Outtes, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, email: Outtes@uol.com.br
Betty Smith, Eastern Illinois University, email: besmith@eiu.edu
We invite participants for a session on urban topics in Latin America to
take place at the annual meeting of the AAG in Boston, April 15-19, 2008.
(www.aag.org) Contact us if interested. Papers might explore, but not be
limited to:
Economic restructuring and its spatial impacts
Changing urban morphology
Housing
Population density
Transnational linkages
Urban hierarchies
Historic city centers
Urban historical geography
Ethnic neighborhoods
City planning in Latin America
Criminality
Informal sector
Metropolitan transportation
Urban environmental problems
Social conflicts
Participatory budgets and city planning
Urban social movements
Urban social geography
The International Planning Movement
International planning institutions in Latin America
After registering for the conference at
http://aag.org/annualmeetings/2008/registration.htm and submitting your
abstract for a paper session, forward a copy of the abstract and your PIN
number to:
Betty Smith, Eastern Illinois University, email: besmith@eiu.edu
Seminar "New-Build Gentrification: forms, places and processes"
Dear colleagues,
You will find as an attached file the programme of an international seminar on the question of
new-build gentrification.
You will find more information at this link:
http://www2.unine.ch/maps/page20307.html
KInd regards
Patrick RΘrat
Institute of geography
University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
You will find as an attached file the programme of an international seminar on the question of
new-build gentrification.
You will find more information at this link:
http://www2.unine.ch/maps/page20307.html
KInd regards
Patrick RΘrat
Institute of geography
University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
Tuesday, 23 October 2007
Royal Society of Medicine Conference 16th November 2007
Royal Society of Medicine Conference 16th November 2007
Meeting of the Epidemiology & Public Health Section
Waste – a public health issue
Friday 16 November 2007
Max Rayne Lecture Theatre, The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
RSM contact:
Phil McShane
Academic Department, Royal Society of Medicine,
1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE
Tel: (+44) (0) 20 7290 3942 Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7290 2989
Email: epidemiology@rsm.ac.uk
Chair: Giovanni Leonardi
Council Member
9.30 am Registration, tea and coffee
10.00 am Public health management of waste
Jenny Griffiths, Consultant in Public Health
10.40 am The ecological footprint of waste
Ecological footprint studies in London/Liverpool
Speaker, tbc
11.20 am Tea and coffee
11.40 am Models of human exposure to chemicals and other hazards in the vicinity of landfills
Richard Mohan, Health Protection Agency
12.20 pm Epidemiological evidence of adverse health effects for populations near landfills
Lars Jarup, Imperial College
1.00 pm Lunch
2.00 pm Odours from waste sites and the implications for Public Health
Helen Smethurst, health Protection Agency
2.40 pm A decision analysis framework for minimising health hazards of urban pollution: the example of waste
Zaid Chalabi, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
3.20 pm Completion of evaluation forms
3.30 pm The NHS, the patient, procurement and sustainability
Paul Durrands, Senior Commercial Adviser, NHS south Central
4.10 pm Close of meeting
CPD: 5 credits
Non-Fellow: £45
Fellow: £20
Associate: £20
Trainee - Fellow: £10
Student: £10
Student Members: £5
Trainee: £15
Book on-line at: www.rsm.ac.uk/epidemiology
Meeting of the Epidemiology & Public Health Section
Waste – a public health issue
Friday 16 November 2007
Max Rayne Lecture Theatre, The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
RSM contact:
Phil McShane
Academic Department, Royal Society of Medicine,
1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE
Tel: (+44) (0) 20 7290 3942 Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7290 2989
Email: epidemiology@rsm.ac.uk
Chair: Giovanni Leonardi
Council Member
9.30 am Registration, tea and coffee
10.00 am Public health management of waste
Jenny Griffiths, Consultant in Public Health
10.40 am The ecological footprint of waste
Ecological footprint studies in London/Liverpool
Speaker, tbc
11.20 am Tea and coffee
11.40 am Models of human exposure to chemicals and other hazards in the vicinity of landfills
Richard Mohan, Health Protection Agency
12.20 pm Epidemiological evidence of adverse health effects for populations near landfills
Lars Jarup, Imperial College
1.00 pm Lunch
2.00 pm Odours from waste sites and the implications for Public Health
Helen Smethurst, health Protection Agency
2.40 pm A decision analysis framework for minimising health hazards of urban pollution: the example of waste
Zaid Chalabi, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
3.20 pm Completion of evaluation forms
3.30 pm The NHS, the patient, procurement and sustainability
Paul Durrands, Senior Commercial Adviser, NHS south Central
4.10 pm Close of meeting
CPD: 5 credits
Non-Fellow: £45
Fellow: £20
Associate: £20
Trainee - Fellow: £10
Student: £10
Student Members: £5
Trainee: £15
Book on-line at: www.rsm.ac.uk/epidemiology
Monday, 22 October 2007
The Space of Democracy and the Democracy of Space
The Space of Democracy and the Democracy of Space
In recent decades there has been an intense focus upon how we can, and should, understand the ‘space of democracy and the democracy of space’. Of course this question is not new, but what could be called the ‘spatial turn’ in academia, shows that globalisation brings spatial interconnections and flows to the fore, whilst throwing open the idea of fixed boundaries and borders. We have moved away from the assumption that space can be regarded as a pre-given background or even container of political life. Today, emphasis is placed upon the spatial circulation of people, passions, new social movements, technosciences, media and information; and how these contribute to situated political action in given, empirical contexts. But this spatial turn also throws up thorny tensions as to what will count and work as democratic practice today. Given that spatial flows and interconnections are now forgrounded in debate, how should we understand some of the central tensions which characterise democracy today; between ‘territorial and post-territorial politics’, ‘citizenship as everyday practice and the reassertion of statism’, ‘representation and participation’ and ‘being affected by an issue and the right to participate in it’.
The emerging "Space of Democracy and the Democracy of Space" network explores such questions. It involves around 400 academics globally, working across the disciplines of political philosophy, politics, planning, geography, anthropology, science and technology studies, sociology and development studies. We are presently concentrating upon establishing institutional sites, in different geographical locations, for the network to operate through. Once established, these will eventually take conversations through the different disciplines via academic workshops, academic journals, public debates, the general media and website interfaces, for example.
This will take place under the direction of Jonathan Pugh. We would also like to acknowledge the significant assistance of the special advisors, Noortje Marres, Chantal Mouffe, Doreen Massey and Oliver Moss. Some of those who have actively signed up to take part in events so far include Tony Benn, David Chandler, Bernard Crick, Andy Dobson, Anthony Giddens, David Featherstone, John Forester, Frank Furedi, Maarten Hajer, David Howarth, Patsy Healey, Will Hutton, Tim Ingold, Uma Kothari, Scott Lash, Nina Laurie, Oliver Marchart, Phil McNaughton, Chantal Mouffe, Susan Owens, Jonathan Pugh, Steve Rayner, Jenny Robinson, Uma Kothari, Richard Sennett, AbdouMaliq Simone, Joe Smith, Yannis Stavrakakis, Deborah Thien, Nigel Thrift, Francoise Verges, Hilary Wainwright, Sarah Whatmore, Steve Hinchliffe, Clive Barnett, Liza Griffin, Jim Martin, David Oswell, Oren Yiftachel, Daniela Korbas Magal, Nina Laurie, Jean Hillier, Terrell Carver, Deborah Thien, and Sandra Halperin. We also operate through a long-term public debating forum, The Great Debate; putting on debates involving college students and members of the general public in the North East of England in particular.
Previous and forthcoming events….
Newcastle University – 19th May, 2006
“The Space of Democracy and the Democracy of Space: Debating (de)territorial governanceâ€. With Professor David Chandler (Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster), Dr Caspar Hewitt (Newcastle University) and Dr Jonathan Pugh (Newcastle University). Sponsored by The Great Debate.
Harvard University – 2nd April, 2007
Dr Jonathan Pugh (Newcastle University)
“The Space of Democracy and the Democracy of Space: conversations with architects and plannersâ€. Sponsored by Harvard University and The British Council (US Branch).
Cornell University – 6th April, 2007
Dr Jonathan Pugh (Newcastle University)
“The Space of Democracy and the Democracy of Space: The Claim of International Developmentâ€. Sponsored by Cornell University and the British Council (US Branch).
Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD) seminar – 15th May, 2007
Dr Jonathan Pugh (Newcastle University)
“The Space of Democracy and the Democracy of Spaceâ€. Sponsored by CSD.
Newcastle University - 25th June, 2007 (in association with The Great Debate)
“The Space of Democracy and the Democracy of Space: The New Politics of Climate Changeâ€
Debating with Professor Steve Rayner (Director: James Martin Institute, University of Oxford; Professor Phil Macnaghten (Director: Institute for Hazard and Risk Research, Durham University); and Dr Joe Smith (School of Social Sciences, Open University). Sponsored by Newcastle City Council, the Economic and Social Research Council’s Science in Society Programme and the Royal Town Planning Institute (Northern Branch).
Annual Conference of the Institute of British Geographers/ Royal Geography Society – 30th August, 2007.
“The Space of Democracy and the Democracy of Space: Critical Territorial Politicsâ€
Debating with Sir Bernard Crick, Hilary Wainwright (Editor, Red Pepper), Professor David Chandler (Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster), Tony Benn and Professor Sarah Whatmore (University of Oxford). Sponsored by the Barry Amiel and Norman Melburn Trust, the RGS-IBG Participatory Geographies Working Group and ESRC.
Newcastle University, 12th October, 2007
“Space-time and the politicalâ€. With Professor Doreen Massey (Open University), Professor Chantal Mouffe (Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster), Professor Tim Ingold (University of Aberdeen), Dr Noortje Marres (Goldsmiths, University of London) and Professor David Howarth (University of Essex). Sponsored by the ESRC.
Newcastle University, 11th January, 2008
“The Space of Democracy of Planningâ€
Debating with Professor John Forester (Cornell), Professor Patsy Healey (Newcastle University), Professor Susan Owens (University of Cambridge) and Professor Maarten Hajer (Universiteit van Amsterdam). Sponsored by the ESRC.
Newcastle University, 21st January, 2008
‘Authority, Democracy and Human potential’
Workshop with Professor Richard Sennett (LSE/MIT) and Professor Frank Furedi (University of Kent). Sponsored by The Great Debate.
March 2008: Special session at the Centre for the Study of Invention and Social Process (CSISP) Goldsmiths University on “The Space of Democracy and the Democracy of Space: Technology and Democracyâ€. Organised by Dr Noortje Marres and sponsored by CSISP.
If you are interested in these, or any of the other events associated with this developing network, please contact Jonathan.Pugh@ncl.ac.uk.
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Thinking about the state: symposium November 21st
Symposium
Thinking about the state: continuities and change
2pm Wednesday 21st November 2007 (room eb-g.18)
The School of Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies
Docklands Campus
University of East London
A symposium to mark the publication of The Modern State: Theories and Ideologies by Erika Cudworth, Tim Hall & John McGovern. The Symposium will be followed by a reception at 5pm (room eb-g.18)
Peter Burnham (Warwick) ‘The indispensability of state theory’
Valerie Bryson (Huddersfield) ‘Welfare states, gender and time’
David Runciman (Cambridge) 'The liberty of the moderns vs the liberty of the post-moderns'
Valerie Bryson is Professor of Politics and Director of the Centre for Democracy and Governance at the University of Huddersfield. She is author of Feminist Debates: Issues of Policy and Practice (1999), Feminist Political Theory (2003), Gender and the Politics of Time (2007) and is co-author (with G. Blakeley) of Contemporary Political Concepts (2002) and Class and Other Four Letter Words: Classic Concepts of the Left (2005).
Peter Burnham is Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick. He is the author of The Political Economy of Post War Reconstruction (1990), The Remaking of the Post-War World Economy: Robot and British Policy Making in the 1950s (2003) and is co-author of Global Restructuring: State Capital and Labour (2006) along with A. Bieler, W. Bonefeld and A. Morton.
David Runciman is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the Department of Politics, in the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Pluralism and the Personality of the State (1997); ‘Sovereign Debt and Private Creditors: New Legal Sanction or the Enduring Power of States?’ (with Helen Thompson), New Political Economy, 11, 4 (2006) and The Politics of Good Intentions: History, Fear and Hypocrisy in the New World Order (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006).
All welcome - no need to pre-book
Campus and transport information: http://www.uel.ac.uk/about_uel/why_uel/docklands.htm
Cyprus DLR station is immediately adjacent to the campus. Room EB.G.18 (East Building, Ground Floor, Room 18) is on the ground floor of the main building situated to your left as you enter the main square from Cyprus station.
For any further information contact Jeremy Gilbert j.gilbert@uel.ac.uk
Global Migrations Lecture at The Open University
Colleagues,
May I draw your attention to the following event, to which you are invited, at The Open University:
CCIG/CRESC
The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA
Wednesday 31 October 2007
'Global Migrations and Stratification: Considerations of Gender and Class'
Keynote Lecture
Eleonore Kofman
(Professor of Gender, Migration and Citizenship, Middlesex University)
17.30 - Berrill Lecture Theatre
Wine Reception to follow
This event is part of the CCIG and CRESC Workshop 'Migrations, Mobilities, Citizenship: Dialogues across Boundaries', 31 October 2007 organised by Nicola Yeates and Umut Erel.
NB - This lecture will not be webcast or recorded
If you would like to attend the lecture please contact Sarah Batt, Research Centre Secretary by e-mail
mailto:socsci-ccig-events@open.ac.uk or telephone 01908 654704.
May I draw your attention to the following event, to which you are invited, at The Open University:
CCIG/CRESC
The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA
Wednesday 31 October 2007
'Global Migrations and Stratification: Considerations of Gender and Class'
Keynote Lecture
Eleonore Kofman
(Professor of Gender, Migration and Citizenship, Middlesex University)
17.30 - Berrill Lecture Theatre
Wine Reception to follow
This event is part of the CCIG and CRESC Workshop 'Migrations, Mobilities, Citizenship: Dialogues across Boundaries', 31 October 2007 organised by Nicola Yeates and Umut Erel.
NB - This lecture will not be webcast or recorded
If you would like to attend the lecture please contact Sarah Batt, Research Centre Secretary by e-mail
mailto:socsci-ccig-events@open.ac.uk
CFP: Urban-environmental reconfigurations: making cities and citizens through neoliberal and environmental politics
Apologies for cross listing
Urban-environmental reconfigurations: making cities and citizens through neoliberal and environmental politics
Call for papers: Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston
April 15-18, 2008.
Organizers: James McCarthy, Penn State; Kevin Ramsey, University of Washington
Major urban reconfigurations are always crucibles of contemporary politics. In the current era, neoliberalism and environmentalism are among the most prominent political problematics evident in and contested through reworkings of urban spaces and polities. Moreover, they are often linked: for instance, previously dominant narratives such as environmental justice often cast urban residents as potential victims of environmental ills and the state as responsible for protecting them from (inequitable) harm, while more recent discourses are likely to cast residents, or entire communities, as agents with the moral capacity and responsibility to transform their own social and environmental conditions through voluntary actions. Similarly, the production of environmental amenities has become a significant feature of inter-urban competition in an era of devolved governance and competition. Such shifts raise questions about the proper role for the state in cultivating and privileging particular subjectivities, the differential capacity of residents for participating in such transformations, and the politics implicit in these cultural and environmental projects.
In this session, we invite participants to present work on urban reconfigurations that speak to these or related issues.
Potential paper topics might include, but are not limited to:
• Urban infrastructure and environment
• Community (re)development
• Urban environmental engineering
• Connections between urban and environmental politics and social movements
• The naturalization of urban politics
• Urban political ecologies
Expressions of interest and/or abstracts (250 words or less) should be sent to James McCarthy (jpm23@psu.edu) and Kevin Ramsey (kramsey@u.washington.edu)
New textbook: Research Methods in Urban and Regional Planning.
Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce our new book published by Springer -
Research Methods in Urban and Regional Planning. The book addresses
four major areas of planning methods: demographic analysis, economic
analysis, land use analysis, and transportation analysis. Devoting a
section to each of these four topics, the authors describe how to
effectively gather, analyze, and present the information to a wide
range of audiences. The authors provide sufficient conceptual and
theoretical background of principles and working mechanisms behind
various methods. Additionally, to facilitate understanding and
application of this material, the authors have included hands-on
exercises.
The book is divided into eight chapters: Chapter 1 introduces planning
research methods; Chapter 2 describes the "three-step approach" of
transforming data into constructive information which can be used to
guide decision making; Chapter 3 reviews the fundamentals of
demographic analysis and then presents the most important population
projection models; Chapter 4 focuses on the widely used analytical
approaches built upon the concept of economic base analysis; Chapter
5 introduces the fundamentals of input-and output analysis; Chapter 6
looks at different aspects of land classification and land use
analysis; Chapter 7 provides an overview of the terms of
transportation analysis and the travel demand forecast model; and
Chapter 8 describes hands-on exercises that reemphasizes the
connections between the four sections of planning analytical methods.
Please use the following link to the book.
http://www.springer.com/west/home/geography/human+geography?SGWID=4-40420-22-173706120-0
We have been asking the publisher to lower the price and welcome your
suggestions. Please feel free to contact us at xinhao.wang@uc.edu or
rainer.vomhofe@UC.Edu.
Xinhao Wang and Rainer vom Hofe
School of Planning
University of Cincinnati
We are pleased to announce our new book published by Springer -
Research Methods in Urban and Regional Planning. The book addresses
four major areas of planning methods: demographic analysis, economic
analysis, land use analysis, and transportation analysis. Devoting a
section to each of these four topics, the authors describe how to
effectively gather, analyze, and present the information to a wide
range of audiences. The authors provide sufficient conceptual and
theoretical background of principles and working mechanisms behind
various methods. Additionally, to facilitate understanding and
application of this material, the authors have included hands-on
exercises.
The book is divided into eight chapters: Chapter 1 introduces planning
research methods; Chapter 2 describes the "three-step approach" of
transforming data into constructive information which can be used to
guide decision making; Chapter 3 reviews the fundamentals of
demographic analysis and then presents the most important population
projection models; Chapter 4 focuses on the widely used analytical
approaches built upon the concept of economic base analysis; Chapter
5 introduces the fundamentals of input-and output analysis; Chapter 6
looks at different aspects of land classification and land use
analysis; Chapter 7 provides an overview of the terms of
transportation analysis and the travel demand forecast model; and
Chapter 8 describes hands-on exercises that reemphasizes the
connections between the four sections of planning analytical methods.
Please use the following link to the book.
http://www.springer.com/west/home/geography/human+geography?SGWID=4-40420-22-173706120-0
We have been asking the publisher to lower the price and welcome your
suggestions. Please feel free to contact us at xinhao.wang@uc.edu or
rainer.vomhofe@UC.Edu.
Xinhao Wang and Rainer vom Hofe
School of Planning
University of Cincinnati
Thursday, 18 October 2007
JRF Findings: The use and impact of dispersal order
** Just published on the Joseph Rowntree Foundation website:
* The use and impact of dispersal orders
This study explores the implementation and impact of dispersal
orders, and highlights implications for policy.
http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/housing/2135.asp
* The use and impact of dispersal orders
This study explores the implementation and impact of dispersal
orders, and highlights implications for policy.
http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/housing/2135.asp
Wednesday, 17 October 2007
Launch of Nuffield Council on Bioethics report
The ethics of public health
Launch of Nuffield Council on Bioethics report
13th November 2007
10:00-13:00
One Great George Street, Westminster , London SW1P 3AA
How and when should the government intervene in our lives to help us be healthy? Some people object to the 'nanny state' - they want to be left to make their own lifestyle choices. Others think that the government should do more to tackle problems such as childhood obesity and the binge drinking culture. And what are the responsibilities of the food and drinks industry?
At this seminar, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics will publish its latest report 'Public health: ethical issues', which considers the obligations of governments, individuals and others in improving the health of the population. Members of the Working Party that produced the report, chaired by Lord Krebs, will outline their recommendations for policy makers in four areas - alcohol and smoking, infectious diseases (including surveillance and vaccination), obesity, and fluoridation of water.
Speakers will include:
Lord Krebs Kt FRS FMedSci (Chair)
Principal, Jesus College, University of Oxford
Professor Tom Baldwin
Department of Philosophy, University of York
Ms Julia Unwin CBE
Director, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York
Professor Roger Brownsword
Centre for Medical Law and Ethics, King's College London
Professor Jonathan Montgomery
School of Law, University of Southampton, and Chair, Hampshire Primary Care Trust
Professor Anne Johnson FMedSci
Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School
Professor Christine Godfrey
Department of Health Sciences, University of York
Copies of the report will be available at the seminar. Admission is free but places should be reserved in advance. If you would like to attend, or for more information, please send your name, affiliation (if applicable) and email address (or postal address) to: bioethics@nuffieldbioethics.org or Tel: +44 (0)20 7681 9619.
For further information see: www.nuffieldbioethics.org
Launch of Nuffield Council on Bioethics report
13th November 2007
10:00-13:00
One Great George Street, Westminster , London SW1P 3AA
How and when should the government intervene in our lives to help us be healthy? Some people object to the 'nanny state' - they want to be left to make their own lifestyle choices. Others think that the government should do more to tackle problems such as childhood obesity and the binge drinking culture. And what are the responsibilities of the food and drinks industry?
At this seminar, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics will publish its latest report 'Public health: ethical issues', which considers the obligations of governments, individuals and others in improving the health of the population. Members of the Working Party that produced the report, chaired by Lord Krebs, will outline their recommendations for policy makers in four areas - alcohol and smoking, infectious diseases (including surveillance and vaccination), obesity, and fluoridation of water.
Speakers will include:
Lord Krebs Kt FRS FMedSci (Chair)
Principal, Jesus College, University of Oxford
Professor Tom Baldwin
Department of Philosophy, University of York
Ms Julia Unwin CBE
Director, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York
Professor Roger Brownsword
Centre for Medical Law and Ethics, King's College London
Professor Jonathan Montgomery
School of Law, University of Southampton, and Chair, Hampshire Primary Care Trust
Professor Anne Johnson FMedSci
Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School
Professor Christine Godfrey
Department of Health Sciences, University of York
Copies of the report will be available at the seminar. Admission is free but places should be reserved in advance. If you would like to attend, or for more information, please send your name, affiliation (if applicable) and email address (or postal address) to: bioethics@nuffieldbioethics.org
For further information see: www.nuffieldbioethics.org
Meeting of the Epidemiology & Public Health Section
Meeting of the Epidemiology & Public Health Section
Waste - a public health issue
Friday 16 November 2007
Max Rayne Lecture Theatre, The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
RSM contact:
Phil McShane
Academic Department, Royal Society of Medicine,
1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE
Tel: (+44) (0) 20 7290 3942 Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7290 2989
Email: epidemiology@rsm.ac.uk
Chair: Giovanni Leonardi
Council Member
9.30 am Registration, tea and coffee
10.00 am Public health management of waste
Jenny Griffiths, Consultant in Public Health
10.40 am The ecological footprint of waste
Ecological footprint studies in London/Liverpool
Speaker, tbc
11.20 am Tea and coffee
11.40 am Models of human exposure to chemicals and other hazards in the vicinity of landfills
Richard Mohan, Health Protection Agency
12.20 pm Epidemiological evidence of adverse health effects for populations near landfills
Lars Jarup, Imperial College
1.00 pm Lunch
2.00 pm Odours from waste sites and the implications for Public Health
Helen Smethurst, health Protection Agency
2.40 pm A decision analysis framework for minimising health hazards of urban pollution: the example of waste
Zaid Chalabi, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
3.20 pm Completion of evaluation forms
3.30 pm The NHS, the patient, procurement and sustainability
Paul Durrands, Senior Commercial Adviser, NHS south Central
4.10 pm Close of meeting
CPD: 5 credits
Non-Fellow: £45
Fellow: £20
Associate: £20
Trainee - Fellow: £10
Student: £10
Student Members: £5
Trainee: £15
Book on-line at: www.rsm.ac.uk/epidemiology
Waste - a public health issue
Friday 16 November 2007
Max Rayne Lecture Theatre, The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
RSM contact:
Phil McShane
Academic Department, Royal Society of Medicine,
1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE
Tel: (+44) (0) 20 7290 3942 Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7290 2989
Email: epidemiology@rsm.ac.uk
Chair: Giovanni Leonardi
Council Member
9.30 am Registration, tea and coffee
10.00 am Public health management of waste
Jenny Griffiths, Consultant in Public Health
10.40 am The ecological footprint of waste
Ecological footprint studies in London/Liverpool
Speaker, tbc
11.20 am Tea and coffee
11.40 am Models of human exposure to chemicals and other hazards in the vicinity of landfills
Richard Mohan, Health Protection Agency
12.20 pm Epidemiological evidence of adverse health effects for populations near landfills
Lars Jarup, Imperial College
1.00 pm Lunch
2.00 pm Odours from waste sites and the implications for Public Health
Helen Smethurst, health Protection Agency
2.40 pm A decision analysis framework for minimising health hazards of urban pollution: the example of waste
Zaid Chalabi, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
3.20 pm Completion of evaluation forms
3.30 pm The NHS, the patient, procurement and sustainability
Paul Durrands, Senior Commercial Adviser, NHS south Central
4.10 pm Close of meeting
CPD: 5 credits
Non-Fellow: £45
Fellow: £20
Associate: £20
Trainee - Fellow: £10
Student: £10
Student Members: £5
Trainee: £15
Book on-line at: www.rsm.ac.uk/epidemiology
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
Centre for Urban Theory, Swansea University: Seminar Series 2007-8
Centre for Urban Theory
2007–8
07-11-07 Prof.
20-11-07 Dr Neal Alexander (Trinity College Carmarthen) Mapping Junkspace: Ciaran Carson’s Urban Cartographies 12.00, N226a,
04-12-07 Prof. Dave Clarke (
16-01-08 Prof. John Lovering (
29-01-08 Dr Hilary Stanworth (
12-02-08 Prof. Judith Phillips (
26-02-08 Dr. Andrew Law (
Organizer: Dr Richard G. Smith, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, Associate Director of the Centre for Urban Theory, Department of Geography, School of Environment & Society, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP. Email: r.g.smith@swan.ac.uk; Tel: 01792 602558
Capital's push as 'premier' city
Capital's push as 'premier' city
A five-year plan to promote Cardiff from a "first division" city to the "premier division" has been unveiled. An economic strategy drawn up by Cardiff Council says the capital should be competing with successful European cities like Dublin and Prague by 2012.
It aims to establish the city as an international business location and build on its reputation for quality of life and sporting and cultural events.
But the report stresses Cardiff must improve transport systems to succeed.
| | HAVE YOUR SAY It has a world class stadium.....The city needs a bit of a tidy up, and some decent advertising. Ifancyapint |
Mark Stephens, Cardiff Council's executive member for economic development and finance, said: "The strategy provides a platform to move Cardiff forward on many fronts and sets out a long term vision for the city.
"It will enable us to position Cardiff as a competitive European capital city."
The report - Competitive Capital - says current developments in the city, including the St David's 2 shopping centre, the new Cardiff City stadium and the Sports Village in Cardiff Bay, will bring future investment to the capital and its surrounding regions.
It identifies opportunities for the city over the next five years, including events such as the Ashes Test in 2009 and the Ryder Cup in 2010.
The report also says there is an opportunity too for a second phase of regeneration in Cardiff Bay.
"As the waterfront matures, it is important to provide a continued programme of action to ensure the bay further develops as a vibrant business and leisure destination," it says.
According to the report, Cardiff experienced the highest percentage increase in total employment of any of the UK core cities, such as Liverpool and Manchester, with an increase of 26.9% between 1998 and 2004.
| | CITY CHALLENGES To increase the competitiveness of Cardiff as a leading international capital city To become a widely recognised international business location that encourages growth and innovation in thriving sectors To create a highly skilled and qualified workforce To tackle deprivation and regenerating local communities To ensure that Cardiff has a modern, world-class transport infrastructure To build on Cardiff's reputation as a "quality of life" city Source: Competitive Capital, the Cardiff Economic Strategy 2007-2012 from Cardiff Council |
It also says it has a highly skilled workforce which outperforms the national average.
The city's size - "small and compact in design" - is also a plus point, with the report noting that "there is growing evidence of the future will be the smaller cities - those with human scale and a closer relationship to the natural environment".
Expansions
But the report highlights a number of problems the city must overcome to reach its full potential.
These include a shortage of office space and the absence of an international business park, although there are hopes this could be addressed by 2012.
One of the main problems identified is the "polarisation of skills" between Cardiff and the south Wales valleys which needs to be addressed.
However, it says as many households in the capital are living below the poverty line than in Merthyr and Blaenau Gwent put together.
Deprivation
The reduction of this deprivation, particularly in inner city areas like Butetown, Grangetown and Riverside, is a "critical factor" in Cardiff's future success, the report concluded.
The report also says that with 70,000 commuters to the city, and traffic growing at 2.5% year, Cardiff is facing "considerable pressure" on the existing road network and public transport.
An over-reliance on the private car and associated heavy commuting between the valleys and coastal belt has added to growing pressure on the city's transport infrastructure, it stated.
The city needs to develop an efficient integrated public transport and "real alternatives" to the car by 2012, but is "facing huge challenges," the report said.
Russell Goodway, the former leader of Cardiff Council and current chief executive of the city's Chamber of Commerce, said transport was the key to ensuring the capital continues to improve.
"We can build a superlative capital but it needs to spread out to the regions," he said.
"There's some antagonism towards Cardiff as they [the regions] see it getting everything. We need to ensure they feel part of that success and that they benefit from that success. That's what a capital city does. Improving transport is the way to do that."
The report also raises concern at links to Cardiff International Airport, with "under-utilisation and under-capacity" needing to be addressed.
The report pulls together various studies, including a review of the city's economic competitiveness by Professor Michael Parkinson, of the European Institute of Urban Affairs.
Call for Papers: Emotion, Space and Society
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Call for Papers
EMOTION, SPACE AND SOCIETY
For more information: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/locate/emospa
Online submission: http://ees.elsevier.com/emospa/
-----------------------------------------------------------
New Journal for 2008!
Emotion, Space and Society provides a forum for interdisciplinary
debate on theoretically informed research on the emotional
intersections between people and places. The journal aims are
conceived to encourage investigations of feelings and affect in
various spatial and social contexts, environments and landscapes.
Questions of emotion are relevant to a variety of disciplines, and
submissions will be sought from across the full spectrum of the
humanities and social sciences.
Submissions will investigate the multiplicity of spaces and places
that produce and are produced by emotional and affective life,
representing an inclusive range of theoretical and methodological
engagements with emotion as a social, cultural and spatial phenomenon.
The launch of this journal represents a unique and timely opportunity
to explore exciting new ways to think about natures, cultures and
histories of emotional life.
Contributions are anticipated from authors who call upon and develop
issues emerging from work on emotion from feminist, geographical,
historical, philosophical, psychotherapeutic, sociological,
anthropological, political and other disciplinary perspectives and
from the spatial turn in cultural theory.
The journal also has obvious connections with the recent resurgence of
interest in the importance of 'everyday' life as a social category and
with interactions between place, identity and felt values.
The journal will publish research articles, review articles, and a
variety of shorter opinion and editorial pieces designed to stimulate
debate, together with book reviews and book review essays. Innovative
presentational formats are encouraged.
For possible publication in 2008, submissions to Emotion, Space and
Society MUST BE RECEIVED BY JANUARY 15, 2008.
EDITORS, Emotion, Space and Society
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Dr. Joyce Davidson, Queen's University, Canada
joyce.davidson@queensu.ca
Dr. Liz Bondi, University of Edinburgh, UK
liz.bondi@ed.ac.uk
Dr. Elspeth Probyn, The University of Sydney, Australia
elspeth.probyn@arts.usyd.edu.au
Dr. Mick Smith, Queen's University, Canada
ms24@post.queensu.ca
Call for Papers
EMOTION, SPACE AND SOCIETY
For more information: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/locate/emospa
Online submission: http://ees.elsevier.com/emospa/
-----------------------------------------------------------
New Journal for 2008!
Emotion, Space and Society provides a forum for interdisciplinary
debate on theoretically informed research on the emotional
intersections between people and places. The journal aims are
conceived to encourage investigations of feelings and affect in
various spatial and social contexts, environments and landscapes.
Questions of emotion are relevant to a variety of disciplines, and
submissions will be sought from across the full spectrum of the
humanities and social sciences.
Submissions will investigate the multiplicity of spaces and places
that produce and are produced by emotional and affective life,
representing an inclusive range of theoretical and methodological
engagements with emotion as a social, cultural and spatial phenomenon.
The launch of this journal represents a unique and timely opportunity
to explore exciting new ways to think about natures, cultures and
histories of emotional life.
Contributions are anticipated from authors who call upon and develop
issues emerging from work on emotion from feminist, geographical,
historical, philosophical, psychotherapeutic, sociological,
anthropological, political and other disciplinary perspectives and
from the spatial turn in cultural theory.
The journal also has obvious connections with the recent resurgence of
interest in the importance of 'everyday' life as a social category and
with interactions between place, identity and felt values.
The journal will publish research articles, review articles, and a
variety of shorter opinion and editorial pieces designed to stimulate
debate, together with book reviews and book review essays. Innovative
presentational formats are encouraged.
For possible publication in 2008, submissions to Emotion, Space and
Society MUST BE RECEIVED BY JANUARY 15, 2008.
EDITORS, Emotion, Space and Society
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Dr. Joyce Davidson, Queen's University, Canada
joyce.davidson@queensu.ca
Dr. Liz Bondi, University of Edinburgh, UK
liz.bondi@ed.ac.uk
Dr. Elspeth Probyn, The University of Sydney, Australia
elspeth.probyn@arts.usyd.edu.au
Dr. Mick Smith, Queen's University, Canada
ms24@post.queensu.ca
Research Vacancy at LSE
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
LSE, Department of Management, Operational Research group
Fixed-term for 2 years + 1
Salary: £24,220-£28,057
We are pleased to invite applications for the post of Research Assistant
within the research team at LSE working on the Quest for Quality and
Improved Performance (QQuIP) project, a major five-year, £2.5 million
research initiative supported by The Health Foundation and launched in
July 2005.
We are seeking to appoint a researcher who has an outstanding academic
record including a postgraduate degree. The post is for two years in the
first instance with the possibility of extension to a third year and of
registering to work on a PhD part time.
The post-holder will be responsible for disease modelling with the
objectives of estimating the global impacts of selected interventions in
terms of their costs and reductions in the burden of disease in
populations. This will involve examination of evidence from clinical
literature, identifying sources of data, developing models and
contributing to reports and papers.
Further information are available at
www.lse.ac.uk/collections/recruitment/jobsAtLSE/CurrentVacancies.htm#RES/07
/02
A full application pack can be obtained at www.lse.ac.uk/jobsatLSE. If you
cannot download the pack, email hr.recruit.res@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955
6737 quoting reference RES/07/02.
Closing date for receipt of applications is: 2 November 2007.
LSE, Department of Management, Operational Research group
Fixed-term for 2 years + 1
Salary: £24,220-£28,057
We are pleased to invite applications for the post of Research Assistant
within the research team at LSE working on the Quest for Quality and
Improved Performance (QQuIP) project, a major five-year, £2.5 million
research initiative supported by The Health Foundation and launched in
July 2005.
We are seeking to appoint a researcher who has an outstanding academic
record including a postgraduate degree. The post is for two years in the
first instance with the possibility of extension to a third year and of
registering to work on a PhD part time.
The post-holder will be responsible for disease modelling with the
objectives of estimating the global impacts of selected interventions in
terms of their costs and reductions in the burden of disease in
populations. This will involve examination of evidence from clinical
literature, identifying sources of data, developing models and
contributing to reports and papers.
Further information are available at
www.lse.ac.uk/collections/recruitment/jobsAtLSE/CurrentVacancies.htm#RES/07
/02
A full application pack can be obtained at www.lse.ac.uk/jobsatLSE. If you
cannot download the pack, email hr.recruit.res@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955
6737 quoting reference RES/07/02.
Closing date for receipt of applications is: 2 November 2007.
Monday, 15 October 2007
Territories Reimagined: International Perspectives
Territories Reimagined: International Perspectives
A psychogeography festival in Manchester, 19th - 22nd June 2008
For details see: http://trip2008.wordpress.com/
For details see: http://trip2008.wordpress.com/
Planum Newsletter - Special News - October 2007
Planum Newsletter - Special News - October 2007
NEWS by PLANUM
The online magazine and international network dedicated to urban planning,
territorial development and architecture
http://www.planum.net/menu.php
1. Conferences, Workshops and Exhibitions
2. Deadline reminder
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1. CONFERENCES, WORKSHOP and EXHIBITIONS
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Interreg IIIC - Progresdec:
Final meeting LAMCODE - Landscape Management for Countryside Development
15th/16th October 2007
Asti
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=943
------------------------------------------------------
GROW People - Planet - Profit: Mainstreaming sustainability across regions
Conference
18th Oct 2007
Diamant Conference Centre, Brussels
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=945
------------------------------------------------------
La civiltà dei superluoghi, notizie dalla metropoli quotidiana
Mostra multimediale, incontri, spettacoli
13 ottobre-7 novembre 2007
Bologna
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=923
------------------------------------------------------
Planertag 2007 - Hauptsache Gewerbegebiet
18./19. Oktober 2007
Heffterhof
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=927
------------------------------------------------------
Maxmising the value of industrial heritage in historic towns: restoration,
regeneration & reuse
English Historic Towns Forum
17-19 October 2007
Thistle Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=934
------------------------------------------------------
Approaching the City
Two-day Conference and Open Forum Discussion
1st and 2nd November 2007
Sheffield
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=866
------------------------------------------------------
Urbact Berlin Conference
Berlin conference
4, 5 and 6 November 2007
Berlin
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=911
------------------------------------------------------
Cooperation is the future! New perspectives for retail development
4th Transnational Retail Forum and Final Conference
8/9-11-2007
Bremen/Osterholz-Scharmbeck
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=929
------------------------------------------------------
Economy of Fascination at "Thematic Production of Post-modern Urban
Landscapes"
International symposium
November 8 to 10, 2007
Heidelberg
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=940
------------------------------------------------------
Urbanpromo 2007
Urban and territorial marketing event
21-24 November 2007
Venezia, Istituto Veneto di Lettere, Scienze ed Arti, Palazzo Franchetti
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=936
------------------------------------------------------
Participatory democracy from the local to the global level : for what sort
of development ?
The Rhône-Alpes Regional Council
10-11-12 December 2007
Grenoble, Valence, Saint-Etienne and Lyon
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=931
------------------------------------------------------
Mediacity - Situations, Practices and Encounters
MEDIACITY Conference 2008
18-19th January 2008
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=903
------------------------------------------------------
A Suburban World? Global Decentralization and the New Metropolis
International conference
Reston, Virginia, USA
April 6-8, 2008
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=764
------------------------------------------------------
Planning Theory and Practice
Journal publication
Planning Theory and Practice aims to provide a focus for the development of
theory and practice in spatial planning and to encourage the development of
a spatial dimension in other areas of public policy.
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=928
------------------------------------------------------
Urban Research & Practice - UK
New Journal Urban Research & Practice for 2008
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=845
------------------------------------------------------
Climate Change 2007 - Mitigation
Fourth Assessment Report
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=944
------------------------------------------------------
2. DEADLINE REMINDER
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2008 IPHS book prizes
Conference in January 2008
Chicago
Call for nominations
Deadline for receipt of submissions for the next prize: 31 October 2007
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=935
------------------------------------------------------
Looking beyond one's nose - Russia planning, policies and institutions for
integration
2nd Aesop Young Academics Meeting
St. Peterspurg, Russia
February 6-8, 2008
Deadline for abstract submission: October 25, 2007
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=930
------------------------------------------------------
Urban Development and Reconstruction
Master's course
Venezia, 2007-2008
Application deadline 6nd November 2007
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=933
------------------------------------------------------
Intelligent Public Transport Systems
Call for Papers - International conference
2 to 3 April 2008
Amsterdam
Abstracts should be submitted no later than 31 October 2007
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=942
------------------------------------------------------
Revitalization of the Riverine Front of Oporto in the Zone of Priority
Intervention
International contest for ideas
Porto, Portugal
Deadline for submission: October 31st 2007
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=919
------------------------------------------------------
Critical Geographies of Education
Call for Papers, AAG Boston 2008
Deadline for sending a notice of interest: October 24
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=941
------------------------------------------------------
Planum - The online magazine and international network dedicated to urban
planning, territorial development and architecture
http://www.planum.net/menu.php - ISSN 1723-0993
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Contact staff@planum.net if you wish:
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NEWS by PLANUM
The online magazine and international network dedicated to urban planning,
territorial development and architecture
http://www.planum.net/menu.php
1. Conferences, Workshops and Exhibitions
2. Deadline reminder
------------------------------------------------------
1. CONFERENCES, WORKSHOP and EXHIBITIONS
------------------------------------------------------
Interreg IIIC - Progresdec:
Final meeting LAMCODE - Landscape Management for Countryside Development
15th/16th October 2007
Asti
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=943
------------------------------------------------------
GROW People - Planet - Profit: Mainstreaming sustainability across regions
Conference
18th Oct 2007
Diamant Conference Centre, Brussels
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=945
------------------------------------------------------
La civiltà dei superluoghi, notizie dalla metropoli quotidiana
Mostra multimediale, incontri, spettacoli
13 ottobre-7 novembre 2007
Bologna
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=923
------------------------------------------------------
Planertag 2007 - Hauptsache Gewerbegebiet
18./19. Oktober 2007
Heffterhof
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=927
------------------------------------------------------
Maxmising the value of industrial heritage in historic towns: restoration,
regeneration & reuse
English Historic Towns Forum
17-19 October 2007
Thistle Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=934
------------------------------------------------------
Approaching the City
Two-day Conference and Open Forum Discussion
1st and 2nd November 2007
Sheffield
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=866
------------------------------------------------------
Urbact Berlin Conference
Berlin conference
4, 5 and 6 November 2007
Berlin
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=911
------------------------------------------------------
Cooperation is the future! New perspectives for retail development
4th Transnational Retail Forum and Final Conference
8/9-11-2007
Bremen/Osterholz-Scharmbeck
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=929
------------------------------------------------------
Economy of Fascination at "Thematic Production of Post-modern Urban
Landscapes"
International symposium
November 8 to 10, 2007
Heidelberg
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=940
------------------------------------------------------
Urbanpromo 2007
Urban and territorial marketing event
21-24 November 2007
Venezia, Istituto Veneto di Lettere, Scienze ed Arti, Palazzo Franchetti
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=936
------------------------------------------------------
Participatory democracy from the local to the global level : for what sort
of development ?
The Rhône-Alpes Regional Council
10-11-12 December 2007
Grenoble, Valence, Saint-Etienne and Lyon
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=931
------------------------------------------------------
Mediacity - Situations, Practices and Encounters
MEDIACITY Conference 2008
18-19th January 2008
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=903
------------------------------------------------------
A Suburban World? Global Decentralization and the New Metropolis
International conference
Reston, Virginia, USA
April 6-8, 2008
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=764
------------------------------------------------------
Planning Theory and Practice
Journal publication
Planning Theory and Practice aims to provide a focus for the development of
theory and practice in spatial planning and to encourage the development of
a spatial dimension in other areas of public policy.
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=928
------------------------------------------------------
Urban Research & Practice - UK
New Journal Urban Research & Practice for 2008
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=845
------------------------------------------------------
Climate Change 2007 - Mitigation
Fourth Assessment Report
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=944
------------------------------------------------------
2. DEADLINE REMINDER
------------------------------------------------------
2008 IPHS book prizes
Conference in January 2008
Chicago
Call for nominations
Deadline for receipt of submissions for the next prize: 31 October 2007
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=935
------------------------------------------------------
Looking beyond one's nose - Russia planning, policies and institutions for
integration
2nd Aesop Young Academics Meeting
St. Peterspurg, Russia
February 6-8, 2008
Deadline for abstract submission: October 25, 2007
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=930
------------------------------------------------------
Urban Development and Reconstruction
Master's course
Venezia, 2007-2008
Application deadline 6nd November 2007
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=933
------------------------------------------------------
Intelligent Public Transport Systems
Call for Papers - International conference
2 to 3 April 2008
Amsterdam
Abstracts should be submitted no later than 31 October 2007
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=942
------------------------------------------------------
Revitalization of the Riverine Front of Oporto in the Zone of Priority
Intervention
International contest for ideas
Porto, Portugal
Deadline for submission: October 31st 2007
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=919
------------------------------------------------------
Critical Geographies of Education
Call for Papers, AAG Boston 2008
Deadline for sending a notice of interest: October 24
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=941
------------------------------------------------------
Planum - The online magazine and international network dedicated to urban
planning, territorial development and architecture
http://www.planum.net/menu.php - ISSN 1723-0993
European Community project funded by Ten Telecom in the year 2000
Contact staff@planum.net if you wish:
- to publish articles, essays, reports about urban policies, master plans,
urban planning project management
- to send announcements about upcoming events, projects, workshops
- to become a Planum partner for disseminating E.U. funded project
If you are looking for a window in this newsletter, through which to promote
your special event or your firm, become a Planum guest and reach more than
22.000 planners around the world!
http://www.planum.net/services/services.html
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