Further speakers confirmed...
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Dear All,
I am pleased to invite you to attend the 2011 EGRG Annual Symposium which this year is entirled 'Geographies of Inequality After the Recession'.
It will be held this year in London at the Institute of Education on Friday 18 November.
So far we have the following confirmed speakers:
John Bryson, University of Birmingham: 'British Manufacturing beyond Deindustrialisation: Responding to Crisis and Recession through Innovation, Adaptation and Services'
Mia Gray, University of Cambridge 'Regional Development?: Social Networks in an Age of Austerity'
Andy Green, Institute of Education: 'Education, opportunity and social cohesion'
Diane Perrons, London School of Economics: 'Regional Performance and Inequality: linking economic and social development through a capabilities approach'
Lorna Unwin, Institute of Education: 'Apprenticeship as a vehicle for social and economic regeneration'
The Symposium will be held in collaboration with the Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES) at the Institute of Education from around 11am until 5pm. Further details including additional speakers will be posted on the EGRG website ahead of the event.
If you would like to attend, please contact Laura James ([log in to unmask]). Presentations and reports on the meetings will follow on the EGRG website in due course. The Registration fee this year (including a sandwich lunch and refreshments) is £30 academic staff, free to unwaged / postgraduate students.
Please circulate widely to anyone you think might be interested. We particularly welcome reserach students in the broad area of economic geography.
Best wishes,
Andrew (EGRG Chair)
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