2nd International Conference on Geographies of Education
Loughborough University, 10th-11th September 2012
Second call for papers
Thanks to all who sent abstracts after our first CFP. We had an
excellent response and so far have over 50 people from over a dozen
countries joining us for this event. If you are interested in one of our
few remaining spaces, please see the call for papers below which closes
on 29th February 2012.
Over the past decade geographers with diverse philosophical and
methodological orientations, and with varied areal specialisms, have
exhibited a growing interest in education. This second international
conference on geographies of education at Loughborough University
responds to the diversity of this interest in spaces of education within
geography and cognate disciplines. Drawing together scholars from
different research traditions, and focusing on elements of both the
formal primary/secondary/further/higher education systems and informal
learning environments, it seeks to provide a space in which we can
debate key themes and concepts in the production, consumption and impact
of education, learning and knowledge in multiple social, cultural,
economic and political contexts.
The conference is organised around three key intersecting themes:
- International Geographies of Education
- Education, Cities and States
- Student-Centred Geographies of Education
Confirmed keynote speakers:
- Allan Cochrane, Professor of Urban Studies, The Open University, on
the role and potential of higher education institutions in processes of
regional social transformation.
- Jane Falkingham, Professor of Demography and International Social
Policy, University of Southampton, on global migration, education and
demography.
- Chris Philo, Professor of Geography, University of Glasgow, on power
and schooling.
You are also welcome to attend without presenting a paper. Early bird
registration is now open and closes on 31st March 2012. Please see
conference website for details: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/gy/goe/
Please submit abstracts by 29th February 2012 to:
[log in to unmask] (Sarah Holloway)
[log in to unmask] (Michael Hoyler)
[log in to unmask] (Darren Smith)
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Michael Hoyler
Senior Lecturer in Human Geography
Associate Director, Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Research Network
Department of Geography
Loughborough University
Loughborough LE11 3TU
UK
Tel: +44 (0)1509 222740
Fax: +44 (0)1509 223930
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/
International Handbook of Globalization and World Cities
http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?id=13622
Global Urban Analysis http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=102478
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