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Call for Papers: The Geography of Economic Evolution

Wed, 09/10/2008 - 10:28 — admin

Call for Papers, AAG 2009 Special Session
Co-Sponsored by The Industrial Geographer and the Economic Geography Specialty Group

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The Geography of Economic Evolution
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Call for papers: 5th East Asian regional converence in alternative geography (EARCAG)

Wed, 09/10/2008 - 10:19 — admin

Fourth Call for Papers

5th EAST ASIAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE IN ALTERNATIVE GEOGRAPHY (EARCAG)

“Post-Globalization and East Asia”

13-16 December 2008, Seoul, Korea
Extension of Registration Deadline to “30 September 2008”

Conference Website: http://www.kaser.or.kr/2008EARCAG

Lund University: Two positions as post doc at the faculty of Social Science

Tue, 09/09/2008 - 14:46 — admin

Two positions as post doc at the faculty of Social Science

The faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University announces two openings.

One position as post doc in the following research field:
Social and Economic Geography, webpage, http://www.keg.lu.se/eng/index.aspx

One position as post doc in the following research field:
Social Work, webpage, http://www.soch.lu.se/o.o.i.s/15649

The application should include

RB’s Fourth International Conference on Women’s Issues in Transportation

Wed, 09/03/2008 - 11:33 — admin

10/27/2008 - 12:32
10/30/2008 - 12:32
America/Los Angeles

RB’s Fourth International Conference on Women’s Issues in Transportation

Sponsored by: The Federal Highway Administration, the United Kingdom Department for Transport, and the University of California, Berkeley

Conference dates: October 27-30, 2009
Venue: The Beckman Center in Irvine, California
Conference Hotel: The Marriott Newport Beach Hotel

Call for Abstracts: RB’s Fourth International Conference on Women’s Issues in Transportation

Wed, 09/03/2008 - 11:31 — admin

RB’s Fourth International Conference on Women’s Issues in Transportation

Sponsored by: The Federal Highway Administration, the United Kingdom Department for Transport, and the University of California, Berkeley

Conference dates: October 27-30, 2009
Venue: The Beckman Center in Irvine, California
Conference Hotel: The Marriott Newport Beach Hotel

Background

EGRG Secretary

Tue, 09/02/2008 - 15:05 — admin

The EGRG AGM took place during last week's RGS-IBG Annual Conference - the minutes will be available shortly on the EGRG website.

At the meeting, Mia Gray (University of Cambridge) stood down after three years as EGRG secretary. I am sure we would all like to thank Mia for her hard work over that period.

Funded NSF-IGERT Traineeships in Applied Biodiversity Science at Texas A&M University

Tue, 09/02/2008 - 09:32 — admin

Funded NSF-IGERT Traineeships in Applied Biodiversity Science at Texas A&M University, with a focus on Latin America

Participating faculty in ten departments at Texas A&M University would like to encourage prospective doctoral students to apply to the Integrated
Graduate Education and Research (IGERT) Traineeship "Applied Biodiversity Science: Bridging Ecology, Culture and Governance in Latin America."

RSA first Seminar on Creative Industries and the Regions

Mon, 09/01/2008 - 15:47 — admin

09/24/2008 - 16:44
09/25/2008 - 16:44
Europe/London

The final programme of the first seminar of the Regional Studies Association Research Network on Creative Industries and the Regions is now online.

http://gg-svr7.geog.soton.ac.uk/staff/rcn/cregions/subpages/SeminarSerie...

The first seminar of the network Creative Economy in the Regions: Methodological Approaches and Measuring and Understanding the Issues will take place at the University of Southampton on the 24th-25th of September 2008

Ph.D. Studentship in Economic Geography at Clark

Thu, 08/28/2008 - 09:48 — admin

Ph.D. Studentship in Economic Geography at Clark

The Graduate School of Geography at Clark University (Worcester, Mass., USA) is announcing a 3-year Ph.D. studentship in Economic Geography. We seek students who are interested in pursuing careers as economic geographers, and intend to write doctoral dissertations that engage with current debates in economic geography. Preference is given to candidates who focus on one or more aspects of global economic change.

Call for papers, AAG 2009; The market reconsidered

Thu, 08/28/2008 - 09:33 — admin

THE 'MARKET' RECONSIDERED

Las Vegas, USA 22nd-29th March 2009
http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/2009/index.htm

Organisers:

  • Christian Berndt, Institut für Humangeographie, Goethe-Universitaet, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Andrew Jones, School of Geography, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
  • Peter Lindner, Institut für Humangeographie, Goethe-Universitaet, Frankfurt, Germany

With the rise of globalized neoliberal capitalism, there has been a progressive marketization of almost very facet of life. Neoliberal discourse has increasingly established a hegemonic conception of markets as the most effective and progressive mechanism for delivering economic growth and
prosperity in the global economy.

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