Archives by Tag 'population'
Anglo-Irish Population Conference, 12-13 May, 2010
The 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 invited, [...]
BSPS Conference – 13-15 September 2010 – Call for Papers
The 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 [...]
PopFest 2010: Call for Papers
The 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 presentations, keynote [...]
Workshop: Exploring population and health trends – the ONS Longitudinal Study
The University of Surrey are hosting a workshop on the ONS longitudinal study specifically geared towards exploring population and health trends.
Workshop: Exploring population and health trends – the ONS Longitudinal Study
Time: 14.00-16.30
Date: Friday, 22 January 2010
Venue: Room 46AD03, The University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH
The Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study (LS) offers a [...]
Special Edition of Espace, Populations, Sociétés (December 2010)
A 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 special issue [...]
Position in Human Geography at Victoria University, Wellington NZ
Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand is looking for a population / economic geographer for the post of lecturer / senior lecturer in human geography.
The successful candidate will hold a PhD in Human Geography, or closely related discipline and will have an internationally-recognised publication record as well as a proven track record of high quality [...]
Population Specialty Group List Serve
The the Population Specialty Group (PSG) of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) has decided to revive their PSG listserve which is located at San Diego State University under the supervision of John Weeks.
The intent of the PSG listserve is to communicate with as broad a population community as possible, and complement the existing PSG [...]
Britain’s population time-bomb: The challenges and opportunities of an ageing society
The Royal Geographical Society (RGS), on Tuesday 16 June at 19.00, are hosting a discussion entitled:
“Britain’s population time-bomb: The challenges and opportunities of an ageing society”
Britain’s 17 million baby boomers are fast approaching retirement age, with over 65’s now outnumbering under 16’s for the first time. What are the challenges and opportunities that this presents [...]
LSE Seminar: Population, Education and Development
“Population, Education and Development: Addressing the Interactions”
LSE Population Research Seminar
Speaker: Prof. Wolfgang Lutz
Leader, World Population Program
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Chair: Prof. Mike Murphy, Professor of Demography, LSE
Abstract:
Education is a key determinant if international development. This Seminar
presents new projections of populations by age, sex and four levels of
educational attainment for more than 120 countries and [...]
BSPS Annual Conference 2009
BSPS Annual Conference 2009 – The University of Sussex, 9-11 September.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 2009 BSPS Conference will be held at the University of Sussex, from 9-11 September. The University campus is at Falmer, just outside Brighton. All Conference sessions will be held on site, where Conference catering and accommodation will also be available.
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/BSPS/annualConference/2009_Callforpapers.htm
There will be [...]