Repositioning Europe in an era of global transformation
15th - 17th September, 2010
Europahaus, Vienna. Austria
Aims
The first decade of the 21st century has been characterised by a significant enlargement of the European Union, a financial and economic crisis marking the end of a sustained, yet imbalanced, period of growth, significant shifts in the relative economic weight of different parts of the world (rise of the BRICs for example) and increasing concern about the sustainability of modern styles of life. These trends imply a repositioning of European urban and regional economies and a deepening of cross border relations with countries in the wider European periphery. The conference addresses the implications of this realignment for Europe, its cities, regions and people.
Specifically, the conference will address: how creative cities and regions can be established and sustained in a time of financial crisis and intensified competition, how European regional economies and societies are affected by widening trade relations and cross border cooperation, how to ensure that inequality and exclusion, unresolved during a period of growth, are not marginalised further in a period of recession and recovery; and how to theorise and devise new development trajectories that are economically and environmentally sustainable and inclusive.
To address these questions the Editors propose the following broad themes but also welcome papers that cut across or go beyond those specified:
- Global Competitive Pressures and Regional Realignment
- Changing Global Divisions of Labour and Regional Development
- Financial/Economic Crisis and the Restructuring of Cities and Regions
- Surviving/ Living through the Crisis / Uneven Impact of the Recession
- European Borders and Boundaries, Inclusion, Exclusion and Identity
- Geographical Peripherality and Regional Development
- Creativity and Sustainability
- Economic and Environmental Sustainability in Cities and Regions
- Constructing Creative Cities and Regional Advantage
- Gender, Diversity, Difference, Inclusions and Exclusion
- Urban Change, Vernacular Cosmopolitanisms and Creative Subcultures
- Mobility and Migration
- Theories, Methods and Models of Development in an era of transformation
Pleanary Speakers include
Ron Boschma (Urban and Regional Research Centre Utrecht)
Mick Dunford (University of Sussex)
Costis Hadjimichalis (Harokopio University)
Merje Kuus (University of British Columbia)
Frank Moulaert (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Andreas Novy (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration)
Speakers from the City Hall in Vienna
Organisation
The conference will be held at the Europahaus which is located just inside the western city limits of Vienna and surrounded by a beautiful 6 hectare park (http://www.europahauswien.at/veranstaltungszentrum/index.htm)
Full Package includes
- Conference Fee
- 3 nights en-suite Bed & Breakfast (15th, 16th & 17th September)
- Welcome reception / dinner on Wednesday evening
- Lunch and tea / coffee breaks on Thursday and Friday
- Buffet dinner in Vienna’s City Hall on Thursday
- Closing reception / Conference dinner on Friday
Room Type
- Single room - £410.00 (price per person)
- Shared Double room - £370.00 (price per person)
- Shared Twin room - £370.00 (price per person)
- Shared Triple - £350.00 (price per person)
Day Rates
- Tea / coffee breaks, lunch, conference fee - £70.00 for 1 day / £120.00 for 2 days
- Buffet Dinner in Vienna’s City Hall on Thursday - £30.00
- Closing reception/Conference dinner on Friday - £40.00
Proposals for papers
A one-page abstract should be sent by 31st March, 2010 to:
Kathy Wood
Department of Geography
Durham University
Durham DH1 3LE
UK
email: kathy.wood@durham.ac.uk
Fax +44 (0)191 3341801
All proposals will be refereed and acceptance of papers will be confirmed. Final papers will be required electronically by 1st August, 2010
- Booking Form (last modified: 2 February 2010)
- Payment Form (last modified: 2 February 2010)
- 8th EURS Final Programme (last modified: 9 September 2010)