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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN I wish to express my interest to attend and present a paper at the above conference. I am lecturer in Architecture and Housing at the University of Malawi. Kind regards Terence Namaona *Lecturer, Architect, PM* *BSc Arch (UNIMA) MArch (Wits) MIA CIPM* *University of Malawi* *The Malawi Polytechnic* Architecture Department P/B 303, Chichiri, BT 3 Malawi Cell: (+265) 0 888 31 77 77 On 25 April 2016 at 11:18, ConferenceAnd Events < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Apologies for cross posting. > > > > Online Registration now open for Global Dwelling Conference. > > > > *GLOBAL DWELLING: Sustainability - Design - Participation* > > Date: Friday 23 September 2016, Manchester, UK. > > The third OIKONET conference on “Global Dwelling” will be hosted by the > Grenfell-Baines Institute of Architecture, School of Art, Design and > Fashion, University of Central Lancashire. > > The first OIKONET conference was organized by La Salle School of > Architecture in Barcelona, Spain, in September 2014. This third conference > will showcase the results obtained in the three years of activity of > OIKONET intertwining research, pedagogy and community participation around > the topic “Global Dwelling”. During this period OIKONET partners have been > involved in the design and implementation of pedagogic and research > activities which have brought together schools of architecture and > planning, research groups, professional organizations and local > administrations. > > > > *GLOBAL DWELLING* > > The recognition of the global dimension of dwelling in contemporary > societies is based on the following assumptions: > > § The existence of common driving forces influencing the contemporary > habitat in different cultures. > > § The recognition that dwelling as a subject-matter inevitably brings > together various scales, disciplines, and areas of expertise. > > § The challenge of adopting inclusive approaches to identify housing > needs and to find appropriate solutions. > > > > *Keynote speakers* > > *Becky Tunstall* is the Joseph Rowntree Professor of Housing Policy and > Director of the Centre for Housing Policy at the University of York. The > Centre carries out a wide range of projects on current housing issues for > government departments, housing associations, third sector organisations > and academic research councils (see www.york.ac.uk/chp). Becky's current > major studies include Co-Motion, a study of the built environment, mobility > and wellbeing for older people, a study of the interaction between housing > circumstances and poverty over time, a project on barriers to employment > for women housing association tenants in London, and an investigation of > the long-term impact of housing quality on health in Scotland. She teaches > on social enterprise and on global urban social policy. > > *Iván Tosics* is one of the principals of Metropolitan Research Institute > (MRI), Budapest. He is mathematician and sociologist (PhD) with long > experience in urban development, strategic planning, and housing policy and > EU regional policy issues. Since 2011 he is one of the four Thematic Pole > Managers of the URBACT programme. He teaches at the University of Pécs, > Department of Political Studies, Doctoral School. He is vice chair of the > European Network of Housing Research (ENHR), executive committee member of > the European Urban Research Association (EURA). He is the Policy Editor of > the journal ‘Urban Research and Practice’. He was part of the consortium > performing for DG Regio the study on the use of housing interventions from > European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) resources. > > > > *Booking Form* > > Please book no later than Friday 10th June 2016. > > Please book online at: > http://www.uclan.ac.uk/conference_events/global-dwelling-conference.php > > Online Payment options available. > > > > For more information about the conference visit the Website: > http://www.uclan.ac.uk/conference_events/global-dwelling-conference.php > > Or contact us at: [log in to unmask] > > Or telephone: +44(0)1772892650 > > >