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Call for Papers AAG2018 Session: "School segregation in contemporary cities: social, spatial and political dynamics" Organizers: Isabel Ramos Lobato, Venla Bernelius, Sako Musterd & Rikke Skovgaard Nielsen In our session, we would like to explore the social, spatial and political dynamics of school segregation in different urban contexts. Education systems in many cities have been characterized by a progressive segmentation of the student population, which not only reflects the existing social and spatial differentiation in the urban population, but also inserts new forms of social segregation. On the one hand new forms of separation, based on the ethnic differentiation of the population, have been emerging. On the other, social polarization has increased the distance and cultural segmentation between population groups with different social backgrounds and differentiated access to cultural and material assets. If social and spatial (residential) divisions have been exacerbated in many cities due to the changes of the last decades, the segmentation within the education system and the segregation in the residential sphere have become very crucial as this may hinder intergenerational upward social mobility and influence the general level of social cohesion in contemporary cities. The background hypothesis of this session is that school segregation not only reflects existing locally-based ethnic and socio-economic residential divisions, but it may also impact on new specific forms of social and spatial differentiation, worsening the social inclusion of the most vulnerable urban social groups and increasing barriers among social groups. Based on these assumptions, we propose a session focused on the following questions: · What urban contexts are more conducive to school segregation? · To what extent does school segregation reflect socially- or ethnically-based residential segregation in urban space? · What are the specific dynamics through which school segregation has recently increased in different cities? · How have the institutional settings of urban education systems and recent policy changes contributed to foster/prevent school segregation? · What are the main effects of such phenomena, in terms of physical or social distance among social groups, increased inequalities in school attainment, impact on social inclusion and chances for upward social mobility of the most disadvantaged groups? We propose a traditional session including paper presentations and discussion. The session organizers will serve as selectors, chairs and discussants of the papers. We welcome both quantitative and qualitative research proposals. Submission procedure: Potential session participants should send an abstract of maximum 250 words to Isabel Ramos Lobato ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) and Venla Bernelius ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) by Wednesday October 11th. Notification of acceptance will be sent by Friday October 13th. Please note that participants are also expected to register and submit their abstracts through the AAG website themselves before Wednesday October 25th!!! Isabel Ramos Lobato, Dipl.-Geogr. Forschungsgruppe Sozialraum Stadt ILS Institut für Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung gGmbH Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development gGmbH Brüderweg 22-24, 44135 Dortmund Postfach / P.O.Box 101764, 44017 Dortmund, GERMANY Tel.: +49 (0)231 9051-191 Fax.: +49 (0)231 9051-280 E-Mail: mailto:[log in to unmask] Internet: http://www.ils-forschung.de<http://www.ils-forschung.de/> Sitz: Dortmund Geschäftsführung: Prof. Dr. Stefan Siedentop, Michael Paul Amtsgericht Dortmund HRB 20966 __________________________________________________________ VERTRAULICHKEITSHINWEIS Der Inhalt dieser Email ist vertraulich und für den Nutzer der Email-Adresse bestimmt, an den die Nachricht geschickt wurde; sie kann darüber hinaus durch besondere Bestimmungen geschützt sein. Wenn Sie nicht der Adressat dieser Email sind, dürfen Sie diese nicht kopieren, weiterleiten, weitergeben oder sie ganz oder teilweise in irgendeiner Weise nutzen. Wenn Sie diese Email fälschlicherweise erhalten haben, benachrichtigen Sie bitte den Absender, indem Sie auf diese Nachricht antworten. _____________________________________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The information contained in this email message may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorised and prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us by return and delete the message and any attachments.