Dear all,
Please find below details of the annual ‘PopFest’ event to be hosted in 2010 by
The University of St. Andrews, along with a call for papers. The event is
supported by the Bristish Society for Population Studies, University of St.
Andrews School of Geography and Geoscience and the University of Dundee
(Geography, School of Social and Environmental Science).
We would be extremely grateful if you would consider passing on details of this
event to those you feel would be interested, please accept our apologies for
any cross posting. For full details (along with a downloadable call for papers
document) please visit www.popfest.org.uk
**WHAT IS POPFEST?**
PopFest is a celebration of the many applications and contexts of Population
Studies. It is open to postgraduates from all disciplines across the social
sciences studying any aspect of population providing a supportive and
stimulating environment for students to meet, present their work and exchange
ideas. It is well established, having been organised by postgraduate students
for the last eighteen years, and is this year hosted over three days by the
University of St. Andrews on the beautiful East coast of Scotland
PopFest is a great opportunity for postgraduate researchers at all stages to
meet other students in the same area, practise presentation skills and get
useful feedback from peers. You may share your work through either a short
presentation followed by questions, and/ or a poster session. Even if you do
not give a presentation of your work, PopFest will give you a feeling for the
research being conducted by others and allow you to make valuable contacts
for the future.
Full details of the programme are still to be confirmed but will include: parallel
sessions running over three days, poster presentations, keynote speaker
addresses, and this year will offer an innovative panel session, allowing with
contributors drawn from a range of backgrounds (e.g. public sector and
charity) showing how aspects of population studies might be applied in different
contexts.
**CALL FOR PAPERS**
The first call for papers has now been made, and is open to all postgraduate
researchers engaged in the study of human populations from any social science
discipline. Submissions for works-in-progress or completed reports are all
welcome.
Themes might include, but are certainly not limited to:
*Health and populations
*Migration
*Reproductive and sexual behaviour
*Social participation and active citizenship
*Fertility and contraception
*Childhood and youth
*Innovative data uses and methodological approaches in population studies
Oral presentations will be 15 minutes long with 5 minutes for questions. There
will also be one dedicated poster session.
**FIND OUT MORE**
For full details of the event including a downloadable call for papers, submission
guidelines, how to register, how to arrange accommodation, travel information,
information about the area and details of the organising committee, please
visit: www.popfest.org.uk
You can also register for email updates about the event, and contact us
directly with any questions via [log in to unmask]
We hope to hear from you soon!
The PopFest 2010 organising committee.
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