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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HGRG call for papers – RGS-IBG 2010.

By Dan - Last updated: Thursday, December 17, 2009

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 [...]

ESRS Congress – Re-inventing the rural

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

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 [...]