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*RC43 Housing and the Built Environment (International Sociological Association) & the Centre for Urban Studies, **University of Amsterdam announce the conference* *‘Being at home in the housing market’ July 10-12, 2013* *Please visit our website: http://rc43-conference.uva.nl/ * In contemporary societies, the meaning and function of the built environment has been transformed by the intensification and growing volatility of capital accumulation in housing and real estate. With sustained housing commodification in context of declining economic stability, most households have become ever more sensitive to the status of their homes as exchange goods and consider their respective housing market positions as central to their chances of security or future prosperity. This conference explores the dynamic interaction between homes and (housing) markets over time and across different socio-economic contexts. There are various ways of thinking about the idea of ‘being at home’ in this regard. First are the connections between homes as places, spaces and objects of family and social life, as well as housing commodities that circulate on, and are subject to, fickle and dispassionate markets. Second is the significance of the shift from pre- to post-crisis conditions and how the housing market has been experienced in different cities, regions and countries. In Europe and North America, for example, this is a distinction that not only marks out a fundamental economic reorientation but also cultural, socio-political and even family and generational transitions. In Latin America and East Asia by contrast, housing has not been so interwoven with recent global economic crises, albeit with housing commodification still deeply embedded with social change. ** *KEYNOTE AND PLENARY SPEAKERS **Raquel Rolnik,* UN Special Rapporteur on Housing, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil *Ray Forrest*, City University of Hong Kong *Manuel Aalbers*, Leuven University, Belgium *Susan J. Smith*, Cambridge University, UK *Fulong Wu,* Bartlett School, University College London, UK *Ben Huat Chua*, National University of Singapore *Edward G. Goetz*, University of Minnesota, USA *Seong-Kyu Ha*, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea ** *THE CALL *The RC43 encourages cross-disciplinary debate and welcomes housing research papers from all social science disciplines. We invite both panel sessions proposals and individual abstracts related to the following sub-themes: ·The social and cultural implications of housing markets ·The political economy of housing and home ·Housing policy responses and the crisis ·Comparative contexts: diversity, variety and/or convergence ·Housing, policy and society ·Family, housing, and (inter)generational issues ·Citizenship, ex/inclusion and participation ·The structural cris*e*s of housing markets ** *SCHEDULE **January 19th 2013* - *Deadline for abstracts and panel session proposals **January 31st 2013* - Confirmation of acceptance/Registration opens *May 18th 2013* - End of 'early bird' registration prices *June 26th 2013* - Submission of full paper *July 8th 2013* - PhD Student Pre-Conference (see below) *July 9th 2013* - Urban China Seminar (see website) *July 10th to 12th 2013* – *RC43 Conference * *Abstract submissions and other inquiries may be sent to [log in to unmask]<[log in to unmask]> **Please visit our website: **http://rc43-conference.uva.nl/*<http://rc43-conference.uva.nl/> RC43 Housing and the Built Environment PhD Student Pre-Conference Workshop July 8th, 2013 Two days before the RC43 conference starts, the organizers invite PhD students working on housing and the built environment to present their work at a pre-conference workshop also taking place in Amsterdam. We will be able to accommodate 27 PhD students, divided over three groups with two mentors (experienced professors, experts in housing studies) per group. Besides PhD students’ presentations and suggestions by the mentors and peers, there will be a session with editors from several English-language housing related journals. You will be able to ask them questions related to publishing papers in peer-reviewed journals. If interested, please fill out the pre-conference abstract submission form (see link below) *before January 10th, 2013*. You can only attend the pre-conference if you have also registered for the conference. The cost of attending the pre-conference is €50 (including coffee/tea, lunch and dinner). For more information: http://rc43-conference.uva.nl/programme/pre-conference/phd-pre-conference.html _______________________________________________________ [log in to unmask] An urban geography discussion and announcement forum List Archives: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/URB-GEOG-FORUM Maintained by: RGS-IBG Urban Geography Research Group UGRG Home Page: http://www.urban-geography.org.uk