Academy of Social Sciences

Electronic Bulletin November 2006

Inside this Bulletin:

1Academy of Social Sciences Events

a)Nominations – 18 December 2006, 2 July 2007.Click Here

b)President’s Lunch at the House of Lords – Wednesday 31 January 2007.Click Here

2Conferences and Calls for papers

a)Regional Studies Association International Conference and Call for papers – Regions in Focus?Lisbon, 2 – 5 April 2007. Call for papers deadline 31 December 2006. Click Here

b)AHRC Research Exchange Network conference – Research Beyond the Academy, East Midlands Conference Centre, 11 January 2007.Click Here

c)UACES Conference and Call for papers - Exchanging Ideas for Europe: Common Values – External Policies, Portsmouth, 3 – 5 September 2007. Call for papers deadline 15 January 2007. Click Here

d)BAM Conference and Call for papers - Management Research, Education and Business Success: is the future as clear as the past?University of Warwick, 11 – 13 September 2007. Call for papers deadline 31 January 2007. Click Here

e)UACES Conference - Reflections on European Integration: 50 Years of the Treaty of RomeLondon, 23-24 March 2007. Click Here

f)Risks and Rationalities Conference. QueensCollege, Cambridge, 29 – 31March 2007. Click Here

g)International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social SciencesUniversity of Granada, Spain, 10 -13 July 2007. Click Here

3Other News

a)Online directory of Experts on Europe managed by UACES, available now. Click Here

b)Consultation paper on future strategy for the Academy of Social Sciences. Click Here

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1a)

Forthcoming Nominations

The closing date for the next round of nominations is on Monday 18th December. The following nominations deadline is Monday 2nd July.

Nomination forms are available on the Academy website ( and completed forms should be sent to the Academy for Social Sciences, Berkshire House, 252-256 King’s Road RG1 4HP. For further information contact the Executive Secretary, Caroline Bucklow email:

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1b)

Academy of Social Sciences President’s Lunch

Venue: House of Lords, London

Date: 31 January 2007

The President’s Lunch at the House of Lords will be held this year onWednesday 31 January 2007.

Speaker – Professor Lord Anthony Giddens.

The Learned Societies are able to block book tables for the President’s Lunch, at a discounted rate – ten places for the price of nine (£315 per table of ten, giving you a 10% discount) Individual places will cost £35 each.

Further details will be available soon and all Academicians and Learned Societies will be invited to attend. This advance notice is to encourage you to put the date into your diary.

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2a)

Regional Studies Association

International Conference:

Regions in Focus?

Venue: Alameda da Universidade, Lisbon, Portugal

Date: 2 – 5 April 2007

Call for Papers Deadline: 31 December 2006

The 2007 Regional Studies Association international conference will address “Regions in Focus?”. The venue is the Alameda da Universidade, Lisbon, Portugal and the timing is the week prior to Easter 2007. The full call for papers is currently being finalized and will be available shortly on the website. The deadline for submissions will be 31st December.

The following will be parallel sessions within the conference:

  • Developments in regional economics and spatial analysis
  • The regional impacts of sport, major events, leisure and participation
  • Tourism, regional development and sustainability
  • Post Lisbon: knowledge, competitiveness and cohesion
  • Spatial strategies and city regions (ESPON)
  • Accessibility, transport, infrastructure and regions
  • Theorising Regions
  • Creativity, innovation and cultural economy
  • Regional well-being
  • Mobility, migration and labour market dynamics
  • Regional governance and policy practices
  • Renegotiating Peripheralities
  • Industrial Districts and International Networks
  • Global challenges for manufacturing and services

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2b)

AHRC

Research Network Exchange Conference

Research Beyond the Academy

Venue: East Midlands Conference Centre

Date: 11 January 2007

The AHRCResearch Exchange Network Conferenceis now open for registration.

Research beyond the Academy:

Realising the exchange of knowledge without widgets or guise

January 11th 2007

East Midlands Conference Centre

10am - 5pm

The aim of the conference is to expose examples of where the exchange of research knowledge is occurring in less obvious areas of the arts and humanities, demonstrating that a rich undercurrent is indeed at work and utilising some interesting tools and tactics for success.

The conference will be of particular interest to academics, research support staff and external organisations/business wishing to pursue research partnership. It will offer a chance to see how people and ideas are brought together and maintained, as well as a chance to solicit interest in your projects or ideas through the Research Exchange Card boards on the day.

For more information, programme and registration forms please see:

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2c)

UACES Conference

Exchanging Ideas on Europe:

Common Values – External Policies

Venue: Portsmouth,

Date: 3 – 5 September 2007

Call For Papers Deadline: 15 January 2007

The Centre for European & International Studies Research (CEISR) at the University of Portsmouth will host this 37th Annual and 12th Research Conference.The deadline for the Call for panels and papers (from any European-related discipline) is 15 January 2007.

There will also be plenary panels at the event looking at EU / Africa and human rights and religious values in contemporary Europe.

Contact UACES for more information:

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2d)

BAM Conference 2007:

Management Research, Education and

Business Success:is the future as clear as the past?

Venue: WarwickBusinessSchool, University of Warwick

Date: 11 – 13 September 2007

Call For Papers Deadline: 31 January 2007

The submission pages for the 2007 conference are now open. If you are
interested in submitting a paper please view the full information at:

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2e)

UACES Conference 2007

Reflections on European Integration:

50 Years of the Treaty of Rome

Venue: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London, UK

Date: 23 – 24 March 2007

This high profile event has been organised to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957. The two day conference, co-funded by the European Commission, will provide an occasion to reflect on the evolution of European integration over the 50 years since the Treaty of Rome was signed and the dynamics that have underpinned this evolution.

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2f)

Risk and Rationalities Conference 2007

Venue: Queen's College, Cambridge

Date: 29-31 March 2007

Additional Keynote Speaker:

Dr Robin Gregory, Associate Director of the Eco-Risk Research unit at theUniversity of British Columbia and a Senior Researcher at Decision Researchwill discuss his research on stake-holder groups and the different rationalities represented in their approaches. (

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2g)

International Conference on

Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Venue: University of Granada, Granada, Spain

Date: 10 – 13 July 2007

The 2nd International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences will take place at the University of Granada, Granada, Spain 10-13 July 2007.

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3a)

Directory of Experts on Europe

managed by UACES

If you are searching for an expert on Europe, you can now use the free online directory of Experts on Europe.

For more information please see:

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3b)

Consultation Document on the future strategy of the

Academy of Social Sciences

The Academy of Social Sciences has produced a consultation paper on its future strategy for Academicians and Member Learned Societies. If you would like a copy of the paper please contact

Views and comments on the content of any part of this paper would be welcome. This paper will be used as a basis for consultation at meetings of the Academy, including at the AGM. Those who are not able to attend such meetings are invited to send their comments to:

Caroline Bucklow,

Executive Secretary, Academy of Social Sciences,

Berkshire House,

252-256 Kings Road, ReadingRG1 4HP

email

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