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Highly Skilled Migration in the 21st Century: Call for Papers
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
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
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
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
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
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 [...]
BSPS sponsored workshops
TweetA two-day part-BSPS funded interdisciplinary workshop on childbearing and evolutionary theory will take place in St John’s College, Oxford between March 31st and April 1st 2011. BSPS members are cordially invited to apply to participate. There are a limited number of places available. Registration is free but participants will be expected to pay for travel, [...]
2011 RGS-IBG Conference Sessions Sponsored by PGRG
TweetThe PopGRG is sponsoring the following sessions at the forthcoming RGS-IBG Conference 31st August – 1st September. Please follow the links below for individual CFPs and instructions for expressions of interest. (Re-)Imagining ‘Return Migration’: Language, concepts and contexts (deadline 4/2/2011) Session convenor(s): Anastasia Christou (University of Sussex), Madeleine Hatfield (Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)) This session responds to [...]
Call for papers for themed sessions at the 6th International Conference on Population Geographies
TweetThe IGU Commission on Population Geography plans once again to sponsor and actively promote some themed sessions at the bi-annual international population conference to be held in Umeå, Sweden in 2011. The Commission proposes three themed sessions linked to the commission’s core interests in ‘Population and Difference’ and ‘Population and Vulnerability’. A. Population and Difference [...]
Call for papers – special sessions at the European Colloquia on Quantitative and Theoretical Geography
Tweet2th – 5th September 2011 – Harokopio University of Athens, Greece Special sessions: A. Quantitative methods in health geography B. Networking the World: Concepts, methods, data Deadline for abstracts – March 30th 2011 More details can be found here: http://gisc.gr/ecqtg11/CallForPapers.htm