'The Social Dynamics of Neighbourhood’
Postgraduate and Early Career Symposium
23rd May 2011
Centre for Housing Research
University of St Andrews
There is a belief that local neighbourhoods impact the lives of those that live within them; a relationship extensively explored in the literature on neighbourhood effects. However, there is increasing acknowledgment that the behaviour of residents also changes the character of their neighbourhoods and it is on this second proposition that this symposium takes its focus. The rhetoric of the UK government’s ‘Big Society’ aims to move the control of the neighbourhood increasingly into the hands of local communities and it is therefore ever more important to understand how social change can alter this local arena. Aspects of this social change have been explored throughout the social sciences for many years through discussions of social capital, social inclusion and community cohesion amongst other topics, but the re-examination of topics such as these at the local scale is vital in the current policy climate.
Confimed plenary speaker:
Ade Kearns, Professor of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow
and Principal Investigator on the GoWell Programme
Attendance is FREE and both lunch and tea/coffee will be provided
Offers of workshop papers are invited (title plus an abstract of 200 words) and should be sent to:
Alice Oldfield ([log in to unmask])
Centre for Housing Research, University of St Andrews
The Observatory, Buchanan Gardens, St Andrews, KY16 9LZ
OFFERS OF PAPERS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED BY FRIDAY APRIL 22nd 2011
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