[Tps] TPS/ECPR Policy Network - 2008 European Network for Housing Research Conference

[Navdeep Mathur]

http://www.enhr2008.com/

  *SAVE THE DATE *
 The 2008 ENHR Conference will be held in Dublin from *6th- 9th July* and is
being organised by University College Dublin School of Applied Social
Science and The Centre for Housing Research. The conference theme is *Shrinking
Cities, Sprawling Suburbs, Changing Countrysides.* The conference will
address various issues relevant to this overarching theme in both urban and
rural locations. Plenary sessions will address current debates on topics
such as balancing regional development, urban and rural development,
socio-spatial segregation, new suburban communities, the role of immigration
and tourism, developments in post socialist societies, as well as issues
which are specific to rural areas.

 *DATES FOR YOUR DIARY *
 Deadline for submission of abstracts - February 29th 2008
Deadline for submission of papers – May 30th 2008


The 2008 ENHR Housing Conference will be held in University College Dublin,
Ireland. The theme of the conference is *Shrinking Cities, Sprawling
Suburbs, Changing Countrysides. *

The conference will address various issues relevant to this overarching
theme in both urban and rural locations. Plenary sessions will address
current debates on topics such as balanced regional development, urban and
rural development, sociospatial segregation, new suburban communities, the
role of migration and tourism, developments in post socialist societies, as
well as issues which are specific to rural areas.

There will be a number of plenary sessions, some of which will be in the
form of panel discussions. Confirmed participants include:

   - Andrew Beer, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
   - Chris Paris, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
   - Ivan Tosics, Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary
   - Sasha Tsenkova, University of Calgary, Canada
   - Mary Corcoran, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland
   - Mari Vattovaara, University of Helsinki, Finland
   - Tony Fahey, University College Dublin, Ireland
   - Montserrat Pareja Eastaway, University of Barcelona, Spain
   - Nick Gallant, University College London, England

There will be a wide range of workshops held during the conference. A call
for workshop papers will be made towards the end of this year. The closing
date for submission of abstracts is 29 February 2008 and for submission of
papers is 30 May 2008.

The winner of the first Bengt Turner Award will also be announced at the
conference.

To coincide with the conference, a New Researchers' Colloquium will be held
in Jordanstown, Northern Ireland from Friday 4 July to Sunday 6 July 2008.

http://www.enhr2008.com/
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