Archives by Tag 'place'
Migrant transnationalism, integration and place – call for papers (RGS-IBG 2010)
We would like to invite abstracts for papers to be presented at a panel we propose for inclusion in the 2010 conference of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). The panel theme is migrant transnationalism, integration and place.
MIGRANT TRANSNATIONALISM, INTEGRATION AND PLACE
SESSION ABSTRACT:
This session aims to explore the intersections between migrants’ transnational engagements and integration [...]
HGRG call for papers – RGS-IBG 2010.
The 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, (ill) health, emotion and [...]
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 [...]