RGS-IBG 2013 Conference
28 - 30 August 2013, Royal Geographical Society, London
Transport Geography Research Group
SEAMLESS FREIGHT TRANSPORT
CALL FOR PAPERS
Michael Browne and Allan Woodburn (both of University of Westminster, London) are co-convening a session on Seamless Freight Transport for the 2013 RGS-IBG Conference in London. Freight transport flows are a major contributor to environmental, social and economic problems. Seamlessness relates to the optimal use of resources through the implementation of concepts such as modal interconnectivity, innovation and collaboration, with the aim of encouraging sustainable economic growth and enhancing societal welfare. Within the freight transport arena, this involves initiatives at different geographical scales (e.g. city logistics; cross-border trade; combination of long distance and local freight movements) and involving differing groups of actors from the private and public sectors.
If you are interested in offering a paper on a topic related to this call please email a 200 word Abstract, including your name and affiliation, to Allan Woodburn ([log in to unmask]) as soon as possible and no later than Friday 25 January.
Postgraduate Paper Prize
Eligible author presenters are encouraged to submit a paper for the Postgraduate Paper Prize, which will be sponsored by Emerald Publishing in 2013. There is a first prize of £100, and a runner-up prize of a book chosen from the Emerald transport titles.
To enter for the prize, a full paper of not more than 6000 words should be submitted to the Secretary of the TGRG (Kate Pangbourne, [log in to unmask]) no later than 5pm on the Friday of the week prior to the conference.
Eligibility:
Eligibility is restricted to post-graduate students (or those who have had their viva within six months of the date of the conference) presenting their own work. There is a presumption that the papers ought to be sole authored.
Michael Browne and Allan Woodburn
University of Westminster
17 December 2012
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