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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 third call for papers and information about registration is which is now open. Owing to technical problems with our website during our second call for papers (which we are now pleased to say have been remedied) we have extended the deadline for papers to 19th March 2010. We are also pleased to announce the keynote speakers for this year’s event – Dr. Tomas Sobotka and Dr. Catherine De Wenden. More information can be found at http://www.popfest.org.uk/about-popfest/popfest-2010/keynote- speakers. We are also pleased to announce that we have been able to put some money aside for travel bursaries. More information will be available nearer the date of the conference. The event is organised by postgraduates for postgraduates and is supported by the Economic and Social Research Council, the Bristish Society for Population Studies, University of St. Andrews GradSkills, University of St. Andrews School of Geography and Geoscience, The Centre for Population Change and the University of Dundee (Geography, School of Social and Environmental Science). To find out more about how to register and what’s included visit: http://www.popfest.org.uk/about-popfest/popfest-2010/registration To register and pay online (including both attendance fees and accommodation): https://onlineshop.st-andrews.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp? compid=1&catid=12&modid=2&prodid=100&deptid=29 To view abstract submission guidelines: http://www.popfest.org.uk/resources/Abstract_Submission_Guidelines_PopFest 2010.pdf To find out more about our sponsors: http://www.popfest.org.uk/about-popfest/popfest-2010/sponsors Finally here are a list of key dates: DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS EXTENDED TO: 19th March 2010 DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: 7th June EVENT DATES: 28th, 29th and 30th June 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 please visit www.popfest.org.uk ******3rd CALL FOR PAPERS – POPFEST 2010****** **WHAT IS POPFEST?** PopFest is a postgraduate conference celebrating 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 and demography 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. Final details of the programme are still to be confirmed but will include: parallel sessions running over three days, poster presentations, keynote speaker addresses from Dr. Tomas Sobotka and Dr Catherine De Wenden, and this year will offer an innovative panel session, 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 career contexts. PopFest will be held from Monday 28th June – Wednesday 30th June 2010. **CALL FOR PAPERS: DEADLINE 19th March** The third and final 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 *Issues of (un)employment *Voluntary activity *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 and we would like to encourage submissions for this format. **REGISTRATION: DEADLINE 7TH JUNE** 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.