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<div>The 2008 ENHR Conference will be held in Dublin from <strong>6th- 9th July</strong> and is being organised by University College Dublin School of Applied Social Science and The Centre for Housing Research. The conference theme is
<strong>Shrinking Cities, Sprawling Suburbs, Changing Countrysides.</strong> 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.
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<div>Deadline for submission of abstracts - February 29th 2008<br>Deadline for submission of papers – May 30th 2008</div>
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<p>The 2008 ENHR Housing Conference will be held in University College Dublin, Ireland. The theme of the conference is <em>Shrinking Cities, Sprawling Suburbs, Changing Countrysides. </em></p>
<p>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.
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<p>There will be a number of plenary sessions, some of which will be in the form of panel discussions. Confirmed participants include: </p>
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<li>Andrew Beer, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
<li>Chris Paris, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
<li>Ivan Tosics, Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary
<li>Sasha Tsenkova, University of Calgary, Canada
<li>Mary Corcoran, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland
<li>Mari Vattovaara, University of Helsinki, Finland
<li>Tony Fahey, University College Dublin, Ireland
<li>Montserrat Pareja Eastaway, University of Barcelona, Spain
<li>Nick Gallant, University College London, England </li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></ul>
<p>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.
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<p>The winner of the first Bengt Turner Award will also be announced at the conference. </p>
<p>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. </p></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
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