Hi, Syracuse University is orgainzing a strand of the ‘Environments by Design: Health, Wellbeing and Place’ virtual conference, December 2021. Please share the call. Details on the specific Syracuse strand is available on the website.


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ENVIRONMENTS BY DESIGN

A unique collaboration between Syracuse University (USA), Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden), Northumbria University (UK), and the Italian Society for the Sociology of Health (Italy). 

Place: Virtual 
Dates: 01-03 December, 2021


Abstracts: 25 June, 2021 (Round One)   |   05 Nov, 2021 (Round Two)

https://architecturemps.com/design-health


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DISCIPLINES:
Sociology | Public Health | Urban Design | Architecture | Mental Health | Environmental Psychology


THEMES:
See the conference webpage for full details of each university / institutional theme. Examples include: housing and health; spatial inequalities in the city; accessibility by design and more.


PUBLISHERS: 
Books, Proceedings and journal articles with: Routledge | UCL Press | Cambridge Scholars Publishing | Vernon Press | Libri Publishing 


ORGANISERS: 
Syracuse University (USA), Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden), Northumbria University (UK), Italian Society for the Sociology of Health (Italy). Hosted by AMPS


FORMATS: Zoom, Lightning talks, Written papers, Pre-recorded presentations


See example pre-recorded presentations on the AMPS academic YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/c/AMPSresearch


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Call:

On January 1st, 2020, the world woke to news that a pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, China, had been identified as a strain of coronavirus. By March, the World Health Organization would define it as a pandemic and the most serious global health threat on the planet. Under lockdown conditions the relationship between behaviour, health and the spaces we inhabit became central.

The response from professionals and academics was immediate. Sociologists re-examined behaviour in public space; environmental psychologists collaborated on adapting homes, public health officials became consultants on ‘healthy buildings’. Infectious disease specialists advised on planning codes, mental health experts became advisors on design strategy and teachers critiqued new spatial rules in the classrooms and, by extension, interior work environments of every type.

It is tempting to see this recent global concern about health and environments as new. The reality is, it has a long history. The public health profession was born from the housing conditions of the 19 century urban poor. ‘Sick building syndrome’ has been a concern for years. Demands for liveable cities and affordable housing are long standing. Housing for the elderly, accessible design, and the broader healthy cities agenda globally, all pre-date Covid-19.

Seen in this light, this conference seeks to bring recent experiences and responses into dialogue with these longer standing areas of research into health, wellbeing and environments.

https://architecturemps.com/design-health

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Place: Virtual / New York. City Tech, CUNY
Dates: June 16-18, 2021
Abstracts: March 30, 2021                      

http://architecturemps.com/new-york-2021/.

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