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We are delighted to invite you to attend the upcoming Ideas Forum of the Scottish Cities Knowledge Centre on "UNLOCKING URBAN LABOUR MARKETS - RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY". This event will take place in Edinburgh on the 25th of October 2013 (see programme below and attached). Attendance is free but places are limited. Please register your interest by sending Jane Banham ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) your name, job title and institutional affiliation by Thursday 17th of October. You will receive an e-mail on Friday informing you if you have secured a place. Kind regards, Dr Katia Attuyer, Dr Donald Houston and Dr Darja Reuschke (co-organisers) [Description: Description: C:\Users\kattuyer\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\Y612FVMV\SCKC Logo 9 small.png] SCOTTISH CITIES KNOWLEDGE CENTRE - IDEAS FORUM UNLOCKING URBAN LABOUR MARKETS - RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY, Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation, High School Yards, Edinburgh EH1 1LT, 25th Oct 2013, 10.30-15.45 This 'Ideas Forum' aims to assess whether and in what ways city labour markets have resilience to the economic crisis, and to understand why some urban labour markets are better able to withstand, recover or adapt in the face of the crisis than others in terms of: * City Size and Location, e.g. arising from depth and size of markets and infrastructure. * Housing, Neighbourhoods and Urban Form, e.g. role of collapsed housing market in labour market (mal)adjustment; opportunities to start businesses from home; social capital; local institutions and networks; quality of residential and business properties and locations; socio-economic segregation and edge city economic developments producing skills and spatial mismatches between workers and jobs. * Dynamism and Diversity, e.g. scale of response through migration and retraining; flexibility in labour market; opportunities for new entrepreneurial activity; transfer between firms and industries; diversity of workforce skills; nationality mix. * Institutions, Governance and Policy, e.g. training and enterprise initiatives; innovation at neighbourhood, city and firm levels; links between labour market institutions and employers. 10.30- 10.40: Introduction Dr Donald Houston Director, Scottish Cities Knowledge Centre,University of St Andrews 10.40-13.00: Morning Session UK PATTERNS OF RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY IN CITY REGIONS TO 2012 Professor Alan Townsend (and Professor Tony Champion), University of Durham CAREER PROGRESSION AND CITIES: ESCALATORS, ELEVATORS, AMBITION, AGGLOMERATION AND ACHIEVEMENT Professor Ian Gordon, London School of Economics ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND NEIGHBOURHOODS: PROMOTING RESILIENCE OR REPRODUCING INEQUALITY? Professor Stephen Syrett, London Middlesex University COFFEE BREAK CONNECTING JOBS AND PEOPLE: TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND THE COMMUTING TIMES FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THE POPULATION Professor Ronald McQuaid, University of Stirling CITIES, REGIONS AND THE GEOGRAPHY OF TRAINING PROVISION Professor Mike Danson, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh INTERNET-ENABLED EMPLOYMENT: NEW FORMS OF FRAGMENTED AND FREELANCE WORK Professor Anne Green, University of Warwick 13.00- 13.45 LUNCH 13.45- 15.45: Afternoon Session and roundtable discussion EMPLOYABILITY INITIATIVES IN GLASGOW, (TBC) tbc LONG-TERM SCARRING OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE GREAT RECESSION Professor David Bell, University of Stirling COFFEE BREAK FROM RESILIENCE TO RECOVERY:RE-EMPLOYING HIGH-SKILLED PEOPLE IN EDINBURGH Mr Jim Galloway, The City of Edinburgh Council ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Identifying key trends, knowledge gaps, and opportunities for policy development CLOSE, 15.45 _______________________________________________________ [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