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Call for papers – International Journal of Population Research, Special Issue on Transnational Migration

By Adam Dennett - Last updated: Monday, November 28, 2011

TweetIn the field of International migration, transnational migration is now widely accepted as a new form of global mobility that is accompanying globalization’ s many dynamic dimensions. As a significant social, economic and political feature of our ‘runaway world’ this ‘transnational turn’ and its associated social systems, behaviors and consequences has received considerable attention both [...]

Call for papers – Modelling for Policy

By Adam Dennett - Last updated: Tuesday, November 15, 2011

TweetRGS – IBG Annual International Conference 3 – 5 July 2012 University of Edinburgh Session Title: Modelling for Policy This session aims to bring together researchers to report on progress in diverse types of modelling that has direct impacts on a variety of policy domains.  We encourage the submission of papers that present novel use [...]

CALL FOR SESSIONS RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2012

By Adam Dennett - Last updated: Tuesday, October 25, 2011

TweetPopulation Geography Research Group RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2012 – University of Edinburgh -  3rd to 5th July 2012 The Population Geography Research Group (PopGRG) is seeking to sponsor 12 sessions at the 2012 RGS-IBG Annual Conference. PopGRG session sponsorship was oversubscribed in 2011, and the number of sessions at the 2012 conference will be more limited. We are therefore seeking proposals for high quality sessions, with innovative [...]

Call for Papers – Third Biannual British-Irish Population Conference 18th -19th April 2012

By Adam Dennett - Last updated: Thursday, October 20, 2011

TweetCALL FOR PAPERS Population Geography: Inter-Generational Patterns and Processes   Third Biannual British-Irish Population Conference 18-19 April 2012 Hosted by Queen’s University Belfast under the auspices of the Population Geography Research Group of the RGS-IBG Papers are invited for a British-Irish population geography conference on inter-generational patterns and processes.  Whilst there is a focus on [...]

Highly Skilled Migration in the 21st Century: Call for Papers

By Adam Dennett - Last updated: Tuesday, October 18, 2011

TweetHIGHLY SKILLED MIGRATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY Middlesex University, Hendon Campus, London, NW4 4BT. Location: http://www.mdx.ac.uk/aboutus/Location/hendon/index.aspx 24th and 25th May 2012 Research in the field of migration has tended to focus on the multifarious international diasporas of the poor and the powerless. Taking important new research in the field of intra-European highly-skilled migration as its [...]

Lecturer in Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing, University of Leeds – School of Geography

By Adam Dennett - Last updated: Thursday, August 11, 2011

TweetLecturer in Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing University of Leeds – School of Geography   Reference Number ENVGE0017 Faculty / Service Environment Staff Category Academic Grade University Grade 8 Contract Type Ongoing Full Time / Part Time Full Time Location Leeds – Main Campus   Job Summary   This post is available from 31 [...]

Showcasing UK Administrative Data: Innovative Research Methods and Modes of Access

By Adam Dennett - Last updated: Friday, June 24, 2011

TweetThe ESRC’s Administrative Data Liaison Service will be holding a one day conference to highlight the power of administrative data using examples of current or completed research. The event will also provide an opportunity to explore the future for administrative data as a research resource, including new and developing mechanisms for accessing data. I am [...]

Population Geography Research Group (PGRG) dissertation prizes

By Adam Dennett - Last updated: Tuesday, May 24, 2011

TweetPGRG DISSERTATION PRIZES 2011 “Joanna Stillwell Undergraduate Dissertation Prize” This prize is named in memory of the daughter of Professor John Stillwell of the University of Leeds. Joanna, who was a geography graduate from the University of Sheffield, died in 2004.  The Population Geography Research Group has set up three prizes (£100 for first prize; [...]

Open data workshop – University of Nottingham

By Adam Dennett - Last updated: Friday, May 20, 2011

Tweet## Open Government: Open Data,  Open Source and Open Standards [http://punkish.org/opengov/index.html] You are invited to attend a workshop titled [Open Government: Open Data, Open Source and Open Standards][og] organized jointly by [Dr. Hanif Rahemtulla][hr], Horizon Digital Economy Research and [Puneet Kishor][pk], Creative Commons. The workshop will be held in conjunction with the annual [Open Source [...]

FREE Open Data Master Classes

By Adam Dennett - Last updated: Tuesday, April 26, 2011

TweetFollowing the unprecedented success of the first series, Horizon Digital Economy Research, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), OS GeoVation in partnership with Esri UK and The National Institute of Continuing Adult Education (Niace) is proud to announce a second series of FREE one-day Open Data Master Classes. These classes will reach a wide cross section [...]