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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 [...]

Minority Internal Migration in Europe Conference

By Adam Dennett - Last updated: Monday, July 18, 2011

TweetUniversity of Manchester, UK September 5th-7th 2011 Register now and find more information at http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/events/mim/. Places are limited (50 delegates) so early registration is recommended. This conference will bring together leading scholars from across Europe to present original findings on the internal migration of immigrants/ethnic minorities. We invite you to attend the event and join in discussions that [...]

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 [...]

Minority Internal Migration in Europe Conference

By Adam Dennett - Last updated: Thursday, May 19, 2011

TweetSeptember 5th-7th 2011 Minority Internal Migration in Europe Conference University of Manchester, UK This conference will be a gathering of researchers interested in the internal migration of immigrants/ethnic minorities and will bring together leading scholars from across Europe to present original findings. We invite you to attend the event and join in discussions that aim [...]

BSPS sponsored workshops

By Adam Dennett - Last updated: Monday, February 14, 2011

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

By Adam Dennett - Last updated: Thursday, February 3, 2011

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

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

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 [...]

RGS-IBG Session on Diversity in transitions to adulthood and implications for residential mobility

By Dr Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Monday, January 17, 2011

TweetRGS-IBG Annual Conference 2011 London, 31st August to 2nd September CALL FOR PAPERS Diversity in transitions to adulthood and implications for residential mobility Convenors: Nissa Finney (University of Manchester) and Naomi Tyrrell (University of Plymouth) Sponsored by the Population Geography Research Group and the Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Research Group Migration has long [...]