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Dear All, There are still some ESRC-funded places to attend this single-day event at Keele University on Thursday 26 May 2011. Accommodation will be arranged to support your participation. Please see below for further details. Seminar 4: ‘National Biosecurity Regimes and Geopolitical Designs’ Thursday 26 May 2011 Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG Biosecurity has different national interpretations: in Europe it is strongly associated with the control of animal disease, in Australasia it encompasses the impact of invasive species on native ecosystems, and in the US it has come to be associated with preventing bio-terrorism. These national differences have important ramifications for a range of issues such as agricultural trade, freedom of movement, and relations between the 'developed' and 'developing' worlds. Despite important differences in the biosecurity problems of developed and developing countries there is a trend towards internationalisation and standardisation of biosecurity requirements, which do not take into account differing ability to manage incursions or greater vulnerability of production systems and human populations. Biosecurity approaches in developed countries are also increasingly leading to 'pre-border' or 'off-shore' interventions in the lives and human-animal relations of distant others. There is therefore a critical need for explanatory, cross-national and historical comparisons to respond to these geopolitical factors, and this seminar will provide a forum for this work. Speakers: · Simon Reid-Henry (Lecturer in Geography, Queen Mary University): Theme: ‘Geopolitical rationalities of biosecurity regimes’ · Alan Ingram (Lecturer in Geography, UCL): ‘Biosecurity and problems of space’. · Brian Rappert (Professor in Sociology and Philosophy, Exeter University): ‘Biosecurity and the deliberate spread of disease: national and international regimes’ · Richard Byrne – Senior Lecturer in Rural Affairs and the Environment, Harper Adams University College. Theme: ‘Agricultural terrorism and the US response system’. · Alan MacLeod (Pest Risk Analyst, the Food and Environment Research Agency): Theme: ‘International plant biosecurity regimes.’ · Juliet Fall (Associate Professor in Geography, University of Geneva): 'Making the world: Black lists, fixed borders and mobile aliens' ESRC funded places are available, which cover UK-based costs of attending the conference. There is also the option to join the conference via a live link for those unable to attend in person. If you are interested in participating in this seminar or have any other enquiries relating to the seminar series, please get in touch with Kezia Barker ([log in to unmask]), Sarah Taylor ([log in to unmask]) or Andrew Dobson ([log in to unmask]). For further details please check out our website: http://www.keele.ac.uk/biosecurity/national-regimes.htm