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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 [...]

Call for papers – 6th International Conference on Population Geographies

By Adam Dennett - Last updated: Thursday, December 23, 2010

Tweet14- 17 June 2011, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden Deadline for abstract submission 20th of February 2011 We are happy to invite you to the Sixth International Conference on Population Geographies, to be held at the University Campus in Umeå, Sweden June 14th to 17th. Although designed for geographers, contributions are welcome from those who would not [...]

PopGRG sponsored sessions at the RGS-IBG 2011 International Conference

By Dr Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Thursday, October 28, 2010

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

Anglo-Irish Population Conference 12-13 MAY 2010

By Dr Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Friday, March 19, 2010

TweetANGLO-IRISH POPULATION CONFERENCE 12-13 MAY 2010 Contemporary Labour Migration: National and International Perspectives Hosted by NUI Galway under the auspices of the Population Geography Research Group of the RGS-IBG and Population Commission of the International Geographical Union Papers are invited for an Anglo-Irish population conference on Labour Migration. Whilst there is a focus on Ireland and [...]

Anglo-Irish Population Conference, 12-13 May, 2010

By Daniel James Lewis - Last updated: Tuesday, February 16, 2010

TweetThe Anglo-Irish Population Conference, under the auspices of the Population Geography Research Group of the RGS-IBG and Population Commission of the International Geographical Union, will take place on 12-13 May, 2010. The theme this year is:  Contemporary labour migration: national and international perspectives to be held at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Papers are [...]

BSPS Conference – 13-15 September 2010 – Call for Papers

By Daniel James Lewis - Last updated: Tuesday, February 16, 2010

TweetThe 2010 BSPS Conference will be held at the University of Exeter from 13-15 September. Preliminary abstracts of papers – which may be in the form of declarations of intent- are invited. These abstracts are to be of a maximum of 250 words in length with a provisional title. The deadline for submission is 30th [...]

HGRG call for papers – RGS-IBG 2010.

By Daniel James Lewis - Last updated: Thursday, December 17, 2009

TweetThe Health Geography Research Group (HGRG) of the RGS have announced a call for papers for a number of sessions due to take place in the coming year’s annual Royal Geographcial Society- Institute of British Geographers conference. The sessions cover the following themes: Healthy Countrysides?: exploring geographies of rural health Healthy Places Geographies of (dis)ability, [...]

PopFest 2010: Call for Papers

By Daniel James Lewis - Last updated: Friday, December 11, 2009

TweetThe annual PopFest conference, a conference specifically open to postgraduates from all disciplines across the social sciences studying any aspect of population, has announced a call for papers for its 2010 conference in St. Andrews. Full details of the programme are still to be confirmed but will include: parallel sessions running over three days, poster [...]

Special Edition of Espace, Populations, Sociétés (December 2010)

By Daniel James Lewis - Last updated: Monday, November 16, 2009

TweetA call for papers has been issues for a Special Edition of Espace, Populations, Sociétés (December 2010). Espaces, Populations, Sociétés is an interdisciplinary and international journal, and has published original contributions in French, English and Spanish since 1983. Espaces, Populations, Sociétés is a thematic journal, with each issue focussing on a specific topic. In this [...]

Fertility and poverty: micro and macro linkages. Call for papers.

By Daniel James Lewis - Last updated: Tuesday, October 20, 2009

TweetThe University of Southhampton are hosting a workshop on ‘fertility and poverty: micro and macro linkages’ from 28th to 29th January 2010. Papers are being invited that address the following: i) New evidence on the linkages between fertility and poverty (at both macro and micro levels) ii) Barriers to contraceptive use and safe abortion amongst [...]