Archives by Tag 'geography'
Lectureship in Social Science for Medical Humanities, Durham
The position of Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Social Science for Medical Humanities is available at the University of Durham. The post is a joint appointment by the Department of Geography and Centre for Medical Humanities in Durham, with the first 3.5 years being based in the Centre for Medical Humanities and thereafter a permanent position in [...]
Lecturer in Quantitative Human Geography
Lecturer in Quantitative Human Geography (Fixed-term)
Department: Department of Geography, University of Sheffield
Ref No: R07432
Closing Date: 11th August, 2009
Salary: £36,532 – £43,622 per annum
Summary: The appointee will cover teaching in quantitative areas of Human Geography, pursue an independent research agenda, contribute to departmental administration, and the expanding range of Masters teaching. The [...]
ESRS Congress – Re-inventing the rural
RE-INVENTING THE RURAL: BETWEEN THE SOCIAL AND THE NATURAL
XXIII European Society for Rural Sociology (ESRS) congress
Vaasa, Finland 17-21 August 2009
Rural areas and people in Europe stand at a crossroads, caught between global and local flows and processes. The ESRS Congress will address this critical moment through the following five key themes:
1. Mobilities and Stabilities in [...]
Conference on Migration, Community and Ethnicity
Conference on Migration, Community and Ethnicity
University of Manchester, 2 April 2009
Bookings are now open for a one-day conference on Migration, Community and Ethnicity on Thursday 2 April 2009 at the University of Manchester. There is an excellent programme of topics and speakers:
Rob Ford, CCSR
British attitudes towards immigrants and ethnic minorities: education, generational change and the [...]
Well-being and Place – Int’l Conference, Durham
Well-being and Place: an International Conference
7th -9th April 2009, Durham University, United Kingdom
*Places are still available at this conference- registration deadline extended to 28th February 2009*
Keynote speakers
Andrew Simms, Policy Director, New Economics Foundation
Professor Tim Blackman, Director, Wolfson Research Institute, Durham University
Overview
Over the last ten years the targets of policy have expanded beyond the purely material [...]
Call for Papers: National Social Maps
Call for Papers: National Social Maps
Contributions are invited to a special edition of the Journal of Maps devoted to National Social Maps. The broad theme is mapping of value added social data covering a whole country. We are interested in maps which show clear and distinct socio-geographic patterns, we are especially interested in:
The mapping of [...]
RGS Session: Migration, Mixing and Ethnic Integration
CALL FOR PAPERS
Migration, Mixing and Ethnic Integration
A session of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual Conference
Manchester, 26-28th August 2009
Sponsored by the Population Geography Research Group and the ESRC Understanding Population Trends and Processes (UPTAP) programme
To offer a paper to the session, submit your details (name, institution, email address) and an abstract (max. 250 words) [...]
Chair in Spatial Analysis and Policy – Univ. of Leeds
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 [...]