Student paper award: AAG 2009

The Developing Areas Specialty Group (DASG) is seeking papers for the 2009 Student Paper Competition. An award in the amount of $200 will be provided to a graduate student (M.A. or Ph.D.) who provides a single-authored, original paper dealing with development studies, development geography, or geographic research in a developing country. The paper needs to be presented at the AAG Annual Meeting but does need to be part of a DASG-sponsored session. Paper submissions will be evaluated by three Directors of the specialty group and the winner will be announced in advance of the Annual Meeting. In order to be considered, students need to send an electronic copy of their paper by March 1st to Brian King, DASG Chair at bhk2@psu.edu.

Job

The following position is currently being advertised at Macquarie University (Australia).

Lecturer in Human Geography Urban/Population Geography

More information here: http://www.es.mq.edu.au/humgeog/

Post-Doc

Announcement for 1-2 positions as RESEARCHER / POST-DOC on the topic of DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS at The Dahmén Institute.

The announced position is for half time or full time employment at the Dahmén Institute, with placement in Gothenburg and localities at the University of Gothenburg. The position is initially limited to one year, with possibilities of extension.

For further information, please contact Annika Rickne, Associate Professor and Director of Research at the Dahmén Institute: annika.rickne@dahmeninstitutet.se.

For the Dahmén Institute: http://www.dahmeninstitutet.se/

Research seminars - 'Places with People'

A new series of eight research seminars addressing the theme of ‘Places withPeople’ will start on the 29 October 2008.

Professor Tim Butler (King’s CollegeLondon) will open the series with a presentation entitled: Gentrification in EastLondon.

Date: 29 October 2008
Time: 12.30pm - 1.30pm
Venue: C-Scaipe debating chamber
Kingston University London


For further details:
e-mail: Dr Silvia Gullino s.gullino@kingston.ac.uk
Telephone: +44(0)20 84177177

Lecture series

Reflexive Methodology - a lecture series on doing qualitative, post-positivist research

Featuring:

• Prof. Andrew Sayer, on critical realism (12-14 November 2008)
• Dr. Mike Crang, on doing ethnography (25-28 November 2008)
• Prof. Annemarie Mol, on actor-network theory (5-6 February 2009)
• Prof. Jacob Torfing, on post-structural discourse theory (16-20 March 2009)

For details see: www.ru.nl/socgeo/humboldt

Nobel Prize

Paul Krugman won the Nobel Prize. Even though many economic geographers call his theories geographical economics, due to its firm rooting in traditional economics, it is still good that work on the intersection between space and the economy has been granted this award. Congratulations!

Call for papers - EU Cohesion Policy Workshop

EU Cohesion Policy: Research Opportunities and Policy Challenges

Friday 5 December 2008, 10am-5pm

European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde

EU Cohesion policy accounts for over 35 percent of the EU budget. The negotiation and implementation of policy involves multiple tiers of institutions, as well as the private and voluntary sectors. The institutional/policy contexts and relationships have evolved over time, potentially requiring previous assessments of Europeanisation and multi-level governance to be re-evaluated. The 2006 revision of the Cohesion policy Regulations aims to promote sustainable development, innovation and employment, opening the way to explore how these objectives are implemented in practice. The policy is also central to debates on EU budget reform, with fundamental questions being asked about its performance, governance, policy coordination and evaluation. This creates significant opportunities to advance research in different disciplines, as well as interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research. Against this background, the EPRC is organising a workshop to discuss ongoing research, exchange ideas, explore new opportunities for collaborative research and establish a network of researchers on Cohesion policy.

http://www.eprc.strath.ac.uk/eprc

Job

Human geography vacancy at University of Wisconsin-Madison

http://geoguwmadison.wordpress.com/

Communities of Practice: Community, Economic Creativity, and Organization

Edited by Ash Amin and Joanne Roberts

'Communities of practice', like 'social capital' and 'networks', is an idea that has been widely adopted in the social sciences, particularly in discussion of innovation and creativity. This book evaluates the concept and its uses, and will be an essential guide for students and researchers.