The Population Geography Research Group (PGRG) provides a forum for population geographers to present and discuss the latest findings of research in the sub-discipline through its conference and publication activities, to debate relevant theoretical, philosophical and methodological issues, and to consider policy dimensions, both in the UK and internationally.
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MRS Conference – European Geodemographics

By Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Friday, February 20, 2009

Market Research Society (MRS) Conference
European Geodemographics
One-day conference on Wednesday 1 April 2009
at the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI).
Economic, cultural and political boundaries are blurring.  As more organisations begin to operate globally, it is essential for them to consider how to accurately define their target markets and communicate
with people from a wide range of cultural and [...]

PhD studentships in Demography – Univ. of Southampton

By Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Thursday, February 19, 2009

Division of Social Statistics, School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton

Applications are invited for PhD studentships in demography and in social statistics in the Division of Social Statistics, University of Southampton. These are ESRC quota awards that may be on a 1+3 or +3 basis, i.e. funding for a 1-year MSc in Demography or in [...]

PhD studentships in Population studies at LSE

By Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Monday, February 16, 2009

The Population Cluster at the London School of Economics has three 1+3/+3 ESRC quota studentships to start in Autumn 2009.
Applications are invited in the following areas:

Anthropological demography
Demographic modelling
Demography and public health
Evolutionary demography
Family demography and gender

The Population Cluster is a thriving group of 6 academics working on population issues from a variety of disciplinary and methodological [...]

Radical Statistics 2009 Conference

By Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Monday, February 16, 2009

Radical Statistics Group – Annual Conference and AGM, 2009
An Aging Society: Are We Prepared?
Saturday March 7, 2009
Oxford Institute of Aging
Manor Road Building
(Adjacent to St Catherine’s College, Manor Road)
Oxford OX1 3UQ
Registration, 9:30-10:00 am

The programme includes papers on topics such as:
- Use of demography
- Ethnicity
- Family Support
- Health
- Pensions
- Policy Making
- Effective Interventions
Registration is from £20 and [...]

Call for papers – Are We Too Many? Sustainability and Population Politics

By Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Monday, February 9, 2009

In-Spire Journal of Law, Politics and Societies
www.in-spire.org
Are We Too Many? Sustainability and Population Politics
In-Spire, the postgrad-led journal of law, politics and societies, calls for contributions for a special issue for on-line publication in summer 2009. We are looking for original academic articles that critically engage with the question of sustainability and population politics or one [...]

POPFEST 2009 – Call for papers

By Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Friday, February 6, 2009

We would like to draw your attention to Popfest 2009, the 17th annual conference of postgraduate students in Population-related studies. Popfest 2009 will be taking place from the 2nd July to the 4th of July 2009, and will be hosted by the Population At LSE research students at the London School of Economics and Political Science [...]

Chair in Spatial Analysis and Policy – Univ. of Leeds

By Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Friday, February 6, 2009

Chair in Spatial Analysis and Policy
School of Geography, University of Leeds
The School of Geography, rated sixth in the 2008 RAE Ranking, is seeking applications from individuals of international standing who will complement and strengthen existing expertise in the Centre for Spatial Analysis and Policy (CSAP), one of the School’s research clusters, in any of the [...]