CALL FOR PAPERS

  Innovative Perspectives on Population Mobility:

Mobility, Immobility and Well-being

2^nd-3^rd July 2012

Hosted by the University of St Andrews

under the auspices of the Population Geography Research Group (RGS-IBG) and the ESRC Centre for Population Change

The ESRC Centre for Population Change (CPC) and the RGS-IBG Population Geography Research Group invite contributions for a conference on innovative perspectives on population mobility. This conference will be held in St. Andrews on 2^nd and 3^rd July 2012.

Population mobility is one of the key components of demographic change in contemporary Western societies. Given the strong links between mobility and spatial processes in housing and labour markets, the current economic crisis and rapidly rising levels of ethnic diversity provide impetus for looking afresh at how we conceptualise and investigate population mobility. Motivations for moving arise from an entangled mix of economic and non-economic factors. Understanding why people move and the (un)intentional consequences of mobility therefore requires consideration of perceptions of subjective wellbeing, as well as economic gain.

Increasingly diverse household structures and more complex life course trajectories (across educational, employment and housing ‘life careers’) make it ever more important to understand migration events and the impacts of moving within the context of long-term individual and household biographies. Furthermore, understanding how the outcomes of mobility vary for different social groups and across different geographical spaces is also of value.  Developing new longitudinal techniques and harnessing new sources of data on migration decision-making and behaviour are therefore key mechanisms to help understand the new geographies of mobility. As Western populations age, understanding why people do not move and the consequences this immobility could have for individuals, households and geographical regions is also of great policy relevance.

The conference will have two strands. The first strand will showcase and critically discuss the principle findings of the first three years of the ESRC’s Centre for Population Change research programme, with particular reference to population mobility and well-being (mainly focussed on UK-based research using a range of secondary datasets such as the BHPS). Rapporteurs will evaluate and critique a range of innovative research undertaken under this multi-disciplinary programme.

The second strand, which is the focus of this call for papers, invites other researchers (such as members of the RGS PGRG) to present papers on a range of new approaches to the study of population mobility, immobility and wellbeing, as well as on other innovative concepts or data sources relevant to analysing mobility. International case studies will be particularly welcome. Contributions in this strand could address (but are not limited to) the following topics:

1)    Population mobility and human wellbeing

2)    New data sources and techniques to analyse mobility decision-making behaviour

3)    Population (im)mobility in times of economic uncertainty

Abstracts of 100-200 words should be submitted to Rory Coulter, Department of Geography and Sustainable Development, School of Geography and Geosciences, University of St Andrews: e-mail <rcc28@st-andrews.ac.uk> by 29th February 2012.  Notification of abstract acceptance will be acknowledged by email by 8^th March 2012. Rory Coulter and Allan Findlay <amf21@st-andrews.ac.uk> are also happy to answer any questions about the meeting.

Further Particulars: The St Andrews meeting is timed to fit with the RGS Annual Conference, being held in Edinburgh 3-5th July 2012. The St Andrews conference session on Tuesday 3rd July will finish in time to allow those delegates who wish to travel to Edinburgh to arrive for afternoon sessions on 3rd July. Registration and details about booking accommodation (in New College, St Andrews) will be circulated in early March.

September 5^th-7^th 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 to shape the agenda of European research on the residential mobility, and integration, of minority groups.

The conference will be intentionally small (around 50 delegates) with a registration fee of around £40. Five postgraduate bursaries of up to £100 each will be available for accommodation/travel expenses, sponsored by the RGS-IBG Population Geography Research Group.

Further information will be available at www.ccsr.ac.uk/events/mim and will be circulated in July 2011 when conference registration opens.

Please address any enquiries to the organisers: Nissa Finney (Nissa.Finney@manchester.ac.uk) and Gemma Catney (g.catney@qub.ac.uk)

This event is sponsored by:

• The Royal Geographical Society (RGS-IBG) Population Geography Research Group (http://popgeog.org/)
• The ESRC UPTAP Programme (www.uptap.net)
• CCSR at the University of Manchester (www.ccsr.ac.uk)

Following 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 of people (i.e. individuals, communities, grassroots organisations, NGOs to civil servants and professionals) who will benefit from a greater understanding of the opportunities around open data as well as providing them with the tools and techniques needed to use and analyse a range of Open Datasets relevant to them; for example, school census data, crime statistics and transportation data.

The Open Data Master Classes combine theory and practical sessions given by guest lecturers within the fields of government, academia and business. The Master Classes will provide participants the opportunity to use and harness Open Datasets from various government departments and public sector organisations including; Higher Education, Health Care, Transport and Environment. Participants will learn a range of techniques from data collection and processing to data analysis and map visualisation. The content of the Master Classes is suitable for a wider spectrum of participants with various levels of IT experience, although some familiarity with web browsing and Microsoft Excel is assumed.

The Open Data Master Classes form part of a series of classes starting in June 2011 at the following institutions:

Swansea University on the 1st June 2011 – www.opendatamasterclassswansea.eventbrite.com

The University of Manchester on 16th June 2011 – www.opendatamasterclassmanchester.eventbrite.com

The University of Nottingham on 24th June 2011 – www.opendatamasterclassnottingham.eventbrite.com

Newcastle University on 11th July 2011 – www.opendatamasterclassnewcastle.eventbrite.com

The University of Reading on 21st July 2011 – www.opendatamasterclassreading.eventbrite.com

We will be able to offer each master class to 30-40 participants with the exception of Newcastle University which will be limited to 26 participants. We have secured use of purpose built facilitates within each university including state-of-the-art lecture theatres and computer rooms.

If you require any further information please contact Dr. Hanif Rahemtulla, Horizon Digital Economy Research at the University of Nottingham [hanif.rahemtulla@nottingham.ac.uk]

A 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, food and accommodation (although we can arrange accommodation at St John’s College on your behalf). The cost of a package of overnight accommodation and meals at the college will be around £100, although participants are welcome to make their own arrangements.

If you wish to apply to participate, please e-mail a short statement of your professional interests to anna.rotkirch@socres.ox.ac.uk by 18.2.2011. Please indicate in the email that you are a member of BSPS. We will notify you of acceptance by 25.2.2011.

The workshop is organised by the Oxford Centre for Population Studies and the research project “Reproductive behaviour in contemporary societies”. It has received funding by St John’s College, the Kone Foundation, the Galton Foundation and the British Society for Population Studies.

IAOS Conference 2011: Belfast, Northern Ireland 17-19 August 2011 “The Demography of Ageing and Official Statistics”

An International Association for Official Statistics conference will be held in Belfast, Northern Ireland between 17th and 19th August 2011. The theme of the conference will be “The Demography of Ageing and Official Statistics”. The conference will consist of 12 invited speakers. Amongst others confirmed speakers include

Dr Richard Suzman: Director of Social Research at United States National Institute on Aging – Keynote Speaker

Professor James Banks: Research Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies, London Professor David Canning: Professor of Economics and International Health, Harvard University Dr. George Leeson: Deputy Director of the Oxford Institute of Ageing, University of Oxford Professor Nico Keilman:  Professor of Economics, University of Oslo and Editor of Demographic Research Journal Professor Brendan Whelan: Professor of Gerontology, Trinity College Dublin and Director of The Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing

On-line registration for the conference will open in March and the cost will be around £200GBP. If you wish to be put on the conference mailing list or require further details please e-mail: IAOS2011@dfpni.gov.uk

Population Footprints 25-26 May 2011,

The Mermaid Conference Centre, London EC4V 3DB

1st Announcement & Call for Poster Abstracts

www.populationfootprints.org

We would like to bring to your attention this major UCL and Leverhulme Trust symposium on human population growth and global carrying capacity to be held in London on Wednesday 25 & Thursday 26 May 2011. The symposium will aim to provoke debate on themes often regarded as simply too controversial and difficult to be tackled through rational analysis, with sessions addressing:

• The likely causes and effects of both northern and southern population migration in the 21st century
• The most appropriate public policy responses to projected changes in population dynamics, and common ground for meaningful dialogue
• The most important determinants of population growth and how to prepare for it
• How paradigms of gender and sexual rights should be developed to meet the challenges
• The medium term implications of different global patterns in ageing
• The ‘fair’ and sustainable level of carbon emission for each person

The themes will be discussed by an impressive list of internationally renowned speakers from universities, NGOs and civil societies, multinational and government agencies. You are invited to register your interest through the website www.populationfootprints.org as soon as possible. If you know of networks or organisations to which this event would be of interest please do let us know, or pass on this email.

We are asking for registration of interest by 28th January 2011. The deadline for submission of abstracts for posters is 21st February. We are offering three full scholarships (travel, accommodation and conference fee) to the best three poster submissions from the global south and three full scholarships from the UK. To ensure active involvement outside the UK, we will award at least two grants to local agencies in Africa and South Asia to host a meeting of local experts, advocates and researchers and the conference will be ‘streamed’ live, with a Twitter feed to encourage participation from outside the Hall. The live streaming will be available globally to anyone registering on the site at the time of the symposium, and the Twitter feed is available to all. We look forward to your involvement with Population Footprints 2011.

With best wishes

Claire Lister, Event Coordinator

On behalf of the UCL Institute for Global Health and the Symposium Organising Committee

I C H Events, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH

Phone: 020 7905 2232 Fax: 020 7831 6902

Email: claire@ichevents.com www.ichevents.com

UCL GLOBAL MIGRATION NETWORK SYMPOSIUM

Prof. Douglas Massey (Princeton University)

Post-Modern Segregation in the United States: Patterns, Causes, and Consequences in the 21st Century

Discussant: Prof. Ceri Peach (University of Oxford / University of Manchester)

13 January 2011 – 17:30-19:00 (followed by reception)

Venue: Darwin Lecture Theatre,  UCL Darwin Building,  Malet Place,  London, WC1E 7JG [Map]

Book your place: The event is free to attend but booking is required. Please book at:http://migrationsymposia.eventbrite.com/

Abstract:

Residential segregation in the United States was historically arranged so that most whites had little or no contact with racial-ethnic minorities, especially Blacks. Since the 1970s segregation levels, in the case of African Americans, have declined while for other groups, such as Hispanics and Asians, segregation has not increased despite the large growth experienced in their population sizes. However, Massey argues that as racial-ethnic segregation has slowly but steadily moderated, new forms of residential differentiation have emerged, mainly along income and education levels. Socio-economic segregation is not only on the rise, but set in the context of the housing boom and bust over the last two decades this has had important and unforeseen consequences for social inequalities. Anti-density zoning laws and sub-prime predatory loan practices have increased Black residential segregation in US metropolitan areas by reducing the quantity of affordable housing in white jurisdictions and concentrating foreclosures in Black neighborhoods. In this talk, Massey explains how “Post-Modern Segregation” is shaping new urban patterns of socio-spatial difference while perpetuating and exacerbating racial and class inequality in the United States.

Speaker:

Professor Douglas Massey is Henry G Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Massey’s research focuses on international migration, race and housing, discrimination, education, urban poverty, stratification and Latin America, especially Mexico. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society, he is also the current president of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. He is a member of the Committee on National Statistics of the National Research Council and the Immigration Advisory Board of the Russell Sage Foundation and is co-editor of the Annual Review of Sociology.

Prof. Douglas Massey’s homepage

Workshop on geo-referencing, geo-demographics, postcodes and classifications

University of Cardiff,  18 February 2011

Census.ac.uk are hosting a free workshop at the University of Cardiff for anyone working or studying in UK academia. This workshop will introduce participants to the use of postcodes and other area classifications, including the commercially-used Mosaic data and the ONS Output Area Classification.

The workshop will also demonstrate how to produce maps using these classifications, and will include hands-on exercises. The workshop will cover the use of postcode directories for the more advanced queries such as linkage of historical postcodes and census data. There will be an opportunity during the lunch-break and afternoon session to discuss specific classification/postcode/mapping queries with the experts.

For more information and booking:
http://www.esds.ac.uk/news/eventdetail.asp?id=2672

The Population Geography Research Group (PopGRG) invites proposals for sessions at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference in London, 31^st August-3^rd September 2011.

The conference theme is the geographical imagination.

Sessions may take the form of presented papers, panels, practitioner forums, discussions or workshops.  Innovative sessions and formats are encouraged.

Sessions are 1 hour 40 minutes long.   Most sessions will contain five 20-minute presentations which include time for questions, or four 20-minute presentations with discussion and questions at the end.  Interactive short papers sessions (5 to 10 min presentations with plenary discussion at the end) usually accommodate up to 8 papers.

To apply for a PopGRG sponsored session, please forward your proposal (max. 350 words), the name of the session convenor(s), and the session format (e.g. panel, paper session, discussion) to Joanna Sage (j.sage:lboro.ac.uk) by Friday 26^th November 2010.

Teaching Quantitative Methods in Social Science

Royal Statistical Society, Errol St, London.

Wednesday 27^th October 2010

This workshop style meeting takes advantage of the visit to the UK by Professor Chris Wild (Univ. of Auckland) and colleagues who have undertaken pathbreaking work in using visual methods to teaching key statistical concepts to new learners. Chris will be joined by colleagues from Lancaster Postgraduate Statistics Centre and the Economic and Social Data Service who will showcase some of the web resources available to help in teaching QM, and the challenge of developing statistical literacy in students. There will also be a presentation on the forthcoming ESRC web portal for QM teaching. ESRC’s new Chief Executive, Professor Paul Boyle, will start the day off with a review of ESRC’s efforts in quantitative methods.

This event is free to staff in higher education teaching quantitative methods in social science, but places are limited and prior registration required. A light buffet lunch will be provided.

To register for this event send an email with ‘QM Teaching workshop’ in the subject of the email to the address below. Please indicate your name, subject area and institution.

john.macinnes@ed.ac.uk