Hi there
Apologies for cross-posting, but list members might be interested in the final detailed programme for the Regional Studies Association UK conference this November, and a conference on migration in December.
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Paul
WINTER CONFERENCE 2008
Working Regions
Friday 28 November 2008
London Voluntary Sector Resource Centre
356 Holloway Road London N7 6PA
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
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08:45 Coffee and registration
09:15 Introduction and welcome
Professor David Bailey, Chair RSA and University of Birmingham
Plenary session 1 (Seminar 2&3)
Chair: Professor David Bailey, University of Birmingham, UK
09:20 Labour, Agency and Regional Success
Dr Andy Cumbers, University of Glasgow, UK
09:50 Immigrant Workers in London
Professor Jane Wills, Queen Mary, UK
10:20 The North – South Divide
Professor Danny Dorling, University of Sheffield, UK
10:50 Coffee break
11:15 Morning workshops
1315 Lunch
14:15 Afternoon workshops
16:15 Coffee break
Plenary session 2
Chair: Dr Andy Cumbers, University of Glasgow, Scotland
16:40 Changing Labour Markets in a Changing Economy
Alexandra Jones, Programme Director, Ideopolis Programme, The Work Foundation
17:10 Questions
17:30 Close
Academic Workshop Sessions – Draft
This may be subject to change
Workshop 1
RELATIONS BETWEEN EMPLOYMENT AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
(i) Morning session (11:15hrs) – Room: Meeting Room 1
Chair: tbc
Employers’ Survival: Which Europeans Are The Best Job Creators?
Emilio Congregado, Jose Maria Millan and Concepcion Roman, University of Huelva, Spain
Jobtrainer – Results From An Implementation Study Of A Labour Market Project In Objective 2 Regions Of Western Germany
Philip Fuchs, Institute For Employment Research (IAB), Germany
Foreign Labour And Regional Restructuring: Growth And Productivity Effects Of Foreign Labour In The Danish Regions
Peter Sandholt Jensen and Torben Dall Schmidt, University Of Southern Denmark, Denmark
(ii) Afternoon session (14:15hrs) – Room: Meeting Room 1
Chair: tbc
The Effects Of Labour Migration On Regional Economic Performance In The Czech Republic
Zuzana Bednarikova and Frantisek Nohel, Institute Of Agricultural Economics And Information, Czech Republic
Regional Imbalances And Market Potential In Brazil
Pedro Vasconcelos Amaral, Mauro Lemos, Rodrigo Simoes and Flavis Chein, Federal University Of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Self-Employment And The Verdoorn’s Law : Robustness And Asymmetries
Emilio Congregado, Concepcion Roman, Monica Carmona and Antonio A Golpe, University of Huelva, Spain
Workshop 2
UNEMPLOYMENT, WORKLESSNESS AND REGIONAL EMPLOYABILITY
(i) Morning session (11:15hrs) – Room: Meeting Room 2
Chair: tbc
Challenges In Evaluating Labour Market Policy Outcomes: The Example Of City Strategy
Anne Green, Chris Hasluck and Duncan Adam, Institute For Employment Research, University of Warwick, UK
Tackling Concentrated Worklessness: Integrating Governance And Policy Across And Within Spatial Scales
David Etherington, David North and Stephen Syrett, Middlesex University, UK
Worklessness: The Need For A City Approach
Faiza Shaheen, Centre for Cities, UK
Addressing Worklessness – A Local Approach
Graham Senior and Stephen Brookes, EKOS Limited
(ii) Afternoon session (14:15hrs) – Room: Meeting Room 2
Chair: tbc
Unemployment Persistence And Economic Duality In Greece: A Sectoral And Regional Analysis
Vassilis Monastiriotis, London School of Economics, UK
Accounting For Regional Differences In Employment, Unemployment And Inactivity: An Analysis Of Three Sub-Periods Using The Labour Force Survey
Philip Murphy, David Blackaby, Paul Latrielle, Nigel O’Leary and Peter Sloane, Swansea University, UK
The `Discouraged Worker Effect´ Controversy Reconsidered: Time-Dependence And Employment-Status
Emilio Congregado, Antonio A Golpe, University of Huelva and Andre van Stel, EIM, Spain
Workshop 3
MIGRATION, MOBILITY AND LOCAL LABOUR MARKET SEGMENTATION
(i) Morning session (11:15hrs) – Room: Meeting Room 3
Chair: tbc
The Characteristic Of Polish Labour Mobility After The Accession To The European Union
Renata Orlowska, Univeristy Of Gdansk, Institute Of International Business, Poland
Migrant Workers In North-East Scotland
Liliana Hiris and Eleonor Pashayeva, The Robert Gordon University, UK
(ii) Afternoon session (14:15hrs) – Room: Meeting Room 3
Chair:
Migration And Recent Local Labour Market Change
David Owen, University of Warwick, UK
Determinants Of Interregional Migration In Italy: A Panel Data Analysis
Ivan Etzo, University Of Cagliari, Italy
A Common Australian and New Zealand’s Labour Market Under CER In The Context Of Globalisation
Krystyna Zoladkiewicz and Renata Orlowska, University of Gdansk, Poland
Workshop 4
POVERTY, EXCLUSION AND LABOUR MARKET ACCESS
(i) Morning session (11:15hrs) – Room: Meeting Room 4
Chair: tbc
Scan Statistics For The Localization Of Hot Spots Of Urban Poverty
Carmelo Maria Torre, Silvestro Montrone, Massimo Bilancia and Paola Perchinunno, Politecnico Di Bari, Spain
Regenerating Local Labour Markets: Addressing Young Women's Economic Exclusion
Karen Escott and Lisa Buckner, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Poverty, Exclusion And Labour Market Access: Some Practitioners’ Views
Lesley Kelly and Linda Juleff, Napier University, UK
Who Is Working For Cornwall? Testing Perceptions Of Outsider Bias In The Cornish Public Sector Labour Market
Joanie Willett, University Of Exeter, UK
(ii) Afternoon session (14:15hrs) – Room: Meeting Room 4
Chair: tbc
The Spatial Dimension Of Social Capital
Roel Rutten and Frans Boekema, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Examining The Link Between Plant Closure, Unemployment And Disability Benefits: Consigned To The Scrap Heap? An Australia-UK Comparison
Alex de Ruyter, Andrew Beer and David Bailey, University of Birmingham, Andrew Beer, Flinders University, Australia
An Exploration Of The Mortality Of Jobseeker’s Allowance Claimants In Britain
Sue Easton, University Of Sheffield, UK
Nice Non-Work If You Can Get It: Housing Tenure, Household Wealth And Labour Market Disengagement In The UK
Tony Gore, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Workshop 5
COMMUTING, MOBILITY AND THE CHANGING REGIONAL LABOUR MARKET
(i) Morning session (11:15hrs) – Room: Meeting Room 5
Chair: tbc
Redundancies And Pathways To Re-Employment In A Restructuring Economy: The Case Of MG Rover In The West Midlands.
Caroline Chapain and David Bailey, University of Birmingham, UK
The Central Role Needed For Employment Location In The New Integrated Regional Strategies
Alan Townsend, University of Durham, UK
Invisible Businesses: The Characteristics Of Home-Based Businesses In The United Kingdom
Colin Mason, Sara Carter and Stephen Tagg, University of Strathclyde, UK
The Service Role Of Rural Towns - Employment And Enterprise Trends in Service Sectors
Robert L Newbery, Centre for Rural Economy, University of Newcastle and Andrew License, TBR Economics
(ii) Afternoon session (14:15hrs) – Room: Meeting Room 5
Chair: tbc
The Relationship Between Commuting Distance And Settlement Size In Britain
Tony Champion and Mike Coombes, University of Newcastle, UK
Self-Containment And Commuting Patterns In South East England As Indicators For The Changing Shape Of The Regional Labour Market
Arno Schmickler and Michal Mravinac, South East England Development Agency, UK
Inter-Regional Labour Mobility And Returns To Migration
Mikaela Backman and Lina Bjerke, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden
Temporary Contracts in the Public Sector: Explicative Factors in Different Spanish Regions
Marcos Fernandez Gutierrez, University of Cantabria, Spain
Workshop 6
ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICY AND REGIONAL OUTCOMES
(i) Morning session (11:15hrs) – Room: Conference Hall
Chair: tbc
Regional Differences In Following Active Labour Market Policy In Poland
Joanna Hofman, Ministry Of Regional Development, Poland
Regional Labour Markets And The Cultural-Economic Geography Of Flexwork
Roos Piipers, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Contrasting Rural Employment Problems Across The EU
Kinga Kerekes, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania and Andrew Fieldsend, University of Plymouth, UK
Unequal Voice of BME Network in Regional Economic Development
Leslie C Budd, Open University, UK
Workshop 7
DECENT WORK, PROGRESSIVE REGIONALISM AND LOCAL LIVING WAGES
(ii) Morning session (11:15hrs) – Room: Seminar Room 2
Chair: tbc
Precariousness Of Employment And Regional Disparities: An Analysis Of The Labour Market Status Of Mgrover Workers 3 Years After Closure
Alex De Ruyter, David Bailey and Gill Bentley, Birmingham Business School, UK
Care And Aging Communities: Revisiting Trajectories To Enable Social Cohesion
Emma Allen and Beth Cook, University of Newcastle Australia
Challenging The Orthodoxy In Regional Development: A Social Economy Perspective
John Mawson, University of Warwick, UK
The Impact Of Improved Pay And Working Conditions On Low-Paid Hospital Workers In Manchester
Vincent Pattison, Brooks World Poverty Institute, UK
Quick and simply to register on-line:
https://www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk/ei/getdemo.ei?id=7&s=_2SW0ME3ZD
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Regional Studies Association Conference 2008
Monday 1st December 2008
GO-EAST - Cambridge
Migration and Migrant Workers in the UK and an Enlarged European Union
Migration is a perennial issue for many communities and regions in this country and elsewhere. For nations and regions such as Scotland, Ireland, the North of England out-migration has been an important area of research and public concern for many years. Conversely, for other parts of the UK, and especially London and the South East, immigration has been the dominant item on the demographic agenda.
Recent times, and the period since EU enlargement in 2004 in particular, have seen a much changed picture across the UK and some other parts of Europe. Against the background of a growing economy, almost full employment and an ageing and declining population, there have been substantial movements of people from the A8 (Accession countries) to many rural and northern regions, with almost all moving directly into jobs. Migrant workers have been attracted especially to the agriculture, food processing and hospitality sectors, which are often under-researched and difficult to analyse because of data problems.
This conference brings together a collection of academics, policy advisors and practitioners to discuss the role and impacts of migrant workers on communities and regions. They have a wealth of experience between them and each has been involved in conducting studies on migrant workers in different parts of the country. They offer perspectives from academia and practice, from the rural, urban and regional, and from all aspects of the economic and social spectrum.
An important dimension of this conference will be to promote dialogue between students (especially those on postgraduate and research programmes) and practitioners in local and central government, NGOs and other relevant organisations. The debate on immigration and migrant workers is often highly charged and lacking in an unbiased evidence-base; this event promises to be different and to provide the opportunity to consider impacts and needs, data and analysis in a challenging but constructive environment.
Speakers:
· Tony Champion, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, “Demographic Impacts: A Geographical Perspective?”
· Anne Green, University of Warwick, “Issues for Local and Regional Economic Development and Policy”
· Jill Rutter, ippr “Britain's Immigrants: An economic profile”
· Mike Danson, University of the West of Scotland, “A Different Sort of Migration? How Recent Migration Has Benefitted The Periphery”
· Bob Rowthorn, University of Cambridge, “Labour markets”
· Chris Kolek/Jean Scott, Commission of Rural Communities Whitehall office, “Impact of migrant workers on rural communities”
Prices:
· £25 Full-time RSA member students Regional Studies Association offers territorial membership pricing
· £35 Full-time students (non-RSA members) and a 20% discount on membership prices if you join at, before
· £99 RSA-members or during a conference. You can join as you register and benefit
· £125 Non-RSA members from the lower conference fee.
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