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Please find below (and feel free to circulate) the following call for papers (Apologies for the very short notice of deadline) Networked Urban Mobilities, 5-7th November, Copenhagen Special session: Cycling Futures The Cycling and Society Research Group celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2014. Linking with the 10th Anniversary Conference of the Cosmobilities Network, Networked Urban Mobilities, a special session is being organised on bicycling. Networked Urban Mobilities is a joint conference between Aalborg University (AAU) and Roskilde University (RUC) at Aalborg University Campus in Copenhagen (South Harbor district), DK The session theme, Cycling Futures reflects a core question posed in the Cycling and Society volume that was a product of the very first CSRG meeting, and the session is intended to link cycling studies more closely with other elements of current mobilities research. While there is a rapidly growing literature on current practices and behaviours, this session invites analyses that go beyond the reporting of findings and explore the potentials and problems that accompany the diverse practices that constitute the many forms of cycle mobility. We seek to present a range of studies that consider not just what is, but what might be? How do the various cultures and subcultures presented in recent studies interconnect and interact with each other and with wider mobility practices. To what extent does cycling today still reflect cycling a century ago, and what might cycling practices 50 years hence look like as part of broader sustainability practices. What can change, what may need to change if cycling is to become the default urban mobility choice? We invite papers on practices of cycling, examining intersections of meanings, technologies and competencies and their place both in changing current urban milieux and in anticipating low-carbon futures. While looking ahead is core to the vision of the session, we also recognise the need to look back at prior historical cases of mobility transitions to understand better the forces and effects involved. We would particularly welcome contributions that engage with some of the questions posed in Cycling and Society. What role for cycling in the ‘post-car’ future? What will future cyclings look like? To what kind of societies will those cyclings contribute? How prominent a part can it play in an increasingly global, increasingly mobile world? Please, submit your abstract of no more than 300 words no later than May 28th to [log in to unmask] See also www.cosmobilities.net and www.facebook.com/cosmobilities Peter Cox Senior Lecturer Department of Social Studies and Counselling University of Chester Parkgate Road, Chester CH1 4BJ, United Kingdom Office +44 (0)1244 512039 Mobile 0744 3525 889 http://chester.academia.edu/PeterCox