Keynote Speakers on Ageing and Population Decline – 7th International Conference on Population Geographies, Groningen, The Netherlands, 25-28 June 2013
Keynote Speakers on Ageing and Population Decline – 7th International Conference on Population Geographies, Groningen, The Netherlands, 25-28 June 2013
Dear Colleagues,
We proudly announce two Keynote Speakers for the 7th International Conference on Population Geographies:
Professor Sarah Harper – “Rethinking Global Ageing”
Professor Harper is Director of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing.
Dr. Cristina Martinez-Fernandez – “The impact of demographic change on local labour markets: lessons from the Netherlands and OECD countries”
Dr. Martinez is Senior Policy Analyst at the OECD, located in Paris.
We would also like to remind you that the deadline for the submission of abstracts is January 25th, 2013. You will be notified about acceptance by March 1st, 2013.
We welcome papers from all fields of population geographies. In particular, we welcome papers for the special sessions on the following topics (more information on the ICPG 2013 website):
- Population Decline
- Healthy Ageing
- Global Population Growth, Environmental Change and Migration
- Highly Skilled Migration between the Global South and North
- Arctic Population Geography: Migration in and out of the Circumpolar North
- Internal Migration of Graduates and Regional Labour Market
For more information and abstract submission, please visit our website.
Conference website:
www.rug.nl/research/ursi/events/icpg2013/international-conference-on-population-geographies
Conference e-mail address: icpg2013@rug.nl
All the best,
The organizing team: Clara Mulder, Ori Rubin, Hans Elshof, Daniel Herbers, Eva Kibele, Kim van Dam