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

The School of Geography and Centre for Spatial Analysis and Policy (CSAP) at Leeds University, would welcome applications from individuals of (or with potential of) international standing who will complement and strengthen existing expertise in any of the following areas: demography and population geography; regional science and spatial economics; quantitative social policy (including health, deprivation, education and crime); geocomputation.

You will be developing or will already have an impressive track record of achievement within the broad area of spatial analysis and policy and be prepared to conduct innovative research of international significance through funded research projects, produce high quality publications, supervise postgraduate research students and teach students at all levels.

Lecturer – University Grade 8 (£36,532 – £43,622 p.a.)

Senior Lecturer – University Grade 9 (£44,930 – £52,086 p.a.)

Reader – University Grade 9 (£44,930 – £56,916 p.a.)

Informal enquiries to Professor John Stillwell, tel: +44 (0)113 343 3315, email: j.c.h.stillwell@leeds.ac.uk or Professor Adrian Bailey,  tel: +44 (0)113 343 3322, email: a.j.bailey@leeds.ac.uk .

Applications and more info: http://hr.leeds.ac.uk/jobs/ViewJob.aspx?CId=4&JId=651

The Centre de recherche en démographie et sociétés at Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium) is hosting the 2009 Quetelet Seminar on ‘Population Policies in Europe and in North America’ from the 18th to 20th of November 2009.

The 2009 Quetelet Seminar will be devoted to population policies, those already implemented or to be implemented, in industrialized countries, and more specifically in Europe (including Russia) and in North America. The conference will be structured as both a theoretical reflection on population policies – their aims, their fields of action – and as a presentation of case-studies. Empirical studies will mainly concern policies that support having children, policies for ageing and migration policies. Contributions in other fields of application of population policies are also encouraged.

The call for papers will be open until the 17th of August, and can be submitted to: isabelle.theys@uclouvain.be

Further details in attachment here.

The Centre for Migration Policy Research (CMPR) at Swansea University has been awarded funding by the ESRC to host a series of one-day seminars which aim to increase understanding of the migrant experience.

The first seminar in the series was held in April and explored the links between micro-level understanding of ‘the migrant experience’ and macro-level theories and trends from an inter-disciplinary perspective.

The next seminar is entitled Understanding difference: the role of gender, age, class and race in shaping ‘the migrant experience‘ and will provide an opportunity to reflect on the various dimensions of identity that impact on experiences of migration, as well as the implications of these differences, and the intersectionality between them, for policy and practice.

The seminar will take place at Swansea University on Thursday 9th July 2009 from 9.30am – 5pm.

Seminar details and programme, questions, and if you would like to attend this seminar please email migration@swansea.ac.uk by 20th June. Places are limited to 45 participants. There are a number of travel bursaries available for migrants and postgraduate researchers who would like to participate.

Centre for Migration Policy Research (CMPR) Seminar

‘Is there a ‘migrant experience?’

Swansea University on Tuesday 21st April from 9.30-5pm

The Centre for Migration Policy Research (CMPR) at Swansea University has recently been awarded an ESRC grant to host a series of one-day seminars which aim to increase understanding of the migrant experience (details attached). The idea for the series has arisen from a concern to ensure that the evidence on which policy making in the areas of asylum and migration is based includes evidence about the experiences of the principle actors in the migratory process; namely asylum seekers, refugees and migrants themselves, and the families and communities of which they are a part.

I am writing to invite you to the first seminar, which is entitled ‘Is there a ‘migrant experience’?’ The seminar will take place at Swansea University on Tuesday 21st April from 9.30-5pm. The aim of this seminar is to explore the links between micro-level understanding of ‘the migrant experience’ and macro-level theories and trends from an inter-disciplinary perspective. The programme for the event and a formal letter of invitation are attached.

I very much hope you might be able to come to Swansea. As the number of places is limited I would be grateful for a response by 27th March. We are also keen to ensure that postgraduate researchers are able to participate in the seminar series and have a number of travel bursaries available. Please feel free to pass this invitation on to anyone who you think might be interested.

Best wishes

Heaven

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Dr Heaven Crawley
Director, Centre for Migration Policy Research
School of the Environment and Society
Swansea University
Singleton Park
Swansea
WALES, UK
SA2 8PP

Tel: +44 (0)1792 602409
Email: <mailto:h.crawley@swansea.ac.uk>h.crawley@swansea.ac.uk
Website: <http://www.swansea.ac.uk/cmpr>www.swansea.ac.uk/cmpr

Oxford Institute of Ageing Spring School
‘The Multi-disciplinary Toolkit for Global Ageing’
University of Oxford
19-23 April 2009

Deadline for registrations: 2 April 2009
Download the updated brochure here:
http://www.ageing.ox.ac.uk/system/files/SpringSchoolBrochure2009.pdf

This four day school will address concepts and tools in demography, bio-demography, bio-medical research and practice, economics, sociology, health and policy. Special emphasis will be placed on developing methodological skills, both from quantitative and qualitative perspectives. Additional opportunities for networking and informal discussion will be provided through poster sessions and workshops.

Costs for participation:
£550 (without accommodation)
£800 (including 4 nights B&B).

Places are limited, and registration will close on 2 April 2009.
For more information on the School and registration details please go to:
http://www.ageing.ox.ac.uk/education/spring-school
or email to: angelika.kaiser@ageing.ox.ac.uk .

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 includes lunch.
Student rate available at £15.

More information is available including programme, speakers’ abstracts, booking form, social events & travel at
http://www.radstats.org.uk/conf2009/

Queries and bookings to admin@radstats.org.uk

The Radical Statistics Group was formed in 1975 as part of the radical science movement associated with the establishment of the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science (BSSRS). The researchers and statisticians who started Radstats shared a common concern about the political implications of their work and an awareness of the actual and potential misuse of statistics. Members of Radical Statistics believe that statistics can be used to support radical campaigns for progressive social change.