Events & Seminars 2006-09

Events & Seminars 2006-09

Good jobs, nae jobs, bad jobs: Skills, workfare and struggles over work

This one-day seminar on labour market politics by the Alternative Economic Strategy Group is taking place:

Friday, 13 February 2009, 9.00 a.m. - 4.45 p.m.

Scottish Trades Union Congress, 333 Woodlands Road, Woodlands, Glasgow G3 6NG

For further information, please visit the seminar website or contact Gesa Helms g.helms@lbss.gla.ac.uk.

Meeting of the Urban and Regional Economics Seminar Group (hosted by the Department of Urban Studies)

Date: 10-11 January 2008

Venue: Senate Room, University of Glasgow

A programme of the Seminar is available here:

Speakers presentations are available below:

Urban and Regional Economics: Progress, Problems, Prospects   

Day  1  (Thursday 10 January)

  • Kim Swales (University of Strathclyde) 
  • Richard Harris (University of Glasgow) 
  • Colin Wren (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne) 

Day 2  (Friday 11 January)

  • Roger Vickerman (University of Kent)                         
  • Alan Evans (University of Reading) 
  • Henry Overman (London School of Economics and Political Science) 
       

European Urban Research Association 10th Anniversary Conference

'The Vital City'

Date:  12-14 September 2007

Venue:  University of Glasgow

Further details and conference papers / presentations can be found at the EURA 10th Anniversary Conference website

Professor Kenneth Gibb's Inaugural Lecture and Reception: “What Future for Social Housing?”

7 March 2007 at the Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow

Presented by (Professor of Housing Economics and Head of the Department of Urban Studies) and hosted by the Department of Urban Studies and the Faculty of Law, Business and Social Sciences, the event which was chaired by attracted an audience of over 140 people.

ABSTRACT
Social housing has undoubtedly lacked an overall joined-up analysis for some time.  In Scotland, the debate is too narrow, short term and non-analytical.  Yet, in the last few months, things have begun to change.  The Chartered Institute of Housing launched a report by Tony O’Sullivan and Gillian Young on the Future of Social Renting in Scotland.  The Scottish Executive has commenced an internal review of the sector.  Professor John Hills and Professor Martin Cave are conducting two separate reviews on aspects of the sector in England.  Professor Duncan Maclennan is also contributing to this debate for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Smith Institute published a book on rethinking social housing last year.

This lecture drew on ideas from public policy analysis and organisational economics and reflected on the big issues arising out of a debate on different futures for social housing and the challenges being grappled with by policy reviewers and policy makers alike.  Is there a coherent, positive, radical future for the sector?  What are the fundamental questions that have to be tackled?  How feasible and likely is constructive change with elections and local electoral system change just around the corner?

The full paper can be accessed at the link below:

Launch of the New MSc Programme in Real Estate, Planning and Regeneration

Thursday 22 February 2007 at The Banqueting Hall, Glasgow City Chambers, George Square, Glasgow

Guests included:

In September 2006, the Department of Urban Studies at the University of Glasgow launched its new MSc Programme in Real Estate, Planning and Regeneration (REPR) as a fast-track entry to professional qualifications (RICS & RTPI) for well-motivated, high-quality postgraduate students.

This open event was arranged to celebrate the launch of the new REPR Programme and it provided the opportunity for a wide range of people working in the fields of real estate, planning and regeneration to meet.  Around 150 people from all levels of the academic, business, government, voluntary and professional sectors attended the Launch which was sponsored by Glasgow City Council.

The REPR Team comprises:

Martha McCorkindale (REPR MSc Programme Secretary)  m.mccorkindale@lbss.gla.ac.uk

 

Pictured above at the REPR Launch:  REPR academic staff, key guests and some of the REPR MSc students 2006-07

Last update: 26 February 2007

Executive Training Events (CPD)

'City Regions: Towards a New Way of Thinking, Planning and Managing'

21-22 June 2006, at the University of Glasgow

A custom-designed course for economic development, planning and regeneration professionals

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Conferences

Securing the Urban Renaissance: Policing, Community and Disorder - Thursday & Friday, 16-17 June 2005

Anti-Social Behaviour Conference - Friday 12 November 2004

Housing and Social Justice - Friday 1 October 2004

Sustainable Communities: Bringing the Environment in from the Cold  - Friday 3 September 2004

  • Presentations (Margaret Curran's presentation is now available)

Gated Communities: Building Social Division or Safer Communities? - Thursday/Friday, 18/19 September 2003

Putting Health in its Place - Linking Evidence on Regeneration, Housing and Health.Friday 7th November 2003

Upward Neighbourhood Trajectories: Gentrification in a New Century Conference - Thursday/Friday, 26/27 September 2002

Homelessness in Scotland Conference January 2002

Recent homelessness research in Scotland was showcased at a conference hosted by the Department of Urban Studies on 25 January 2002.

Cities and the Knowledge Economy

The Department held its annual conference in March 2001 at the University of Glasgow on the theme of Cities and the Knowledge Economy.

 

Public Lectures

Public Lectures

Professor David Donnison's 80th Birthday Public Lecture and Reception

at

The Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow , Wednesday 22 March 2006

TRAVELLER, THERE IS NO PATH. PATHS ARE MADE BY WALKING  ( Antonio Machado)

The high regard in which Professor David Donnison is held was illustrated by the high number of people who attended the lecture and reception. Professor Donnison addressed an audience of 140 people from varied backgrounds, including family and friends, academics, policy-makers and practitioners (a large proportion of whom were those working for voluntary and community organisations). David Donnison discussed the ways in which social policies evolve and the parts played in this evolution by academics, the public service professions and others, highlighting those who are excluded from these debates. David reflected on changes in the central concerns and working methods of policy makers which have taken place in the course of his time. He also talked about the growth of advocacy services brought into effect by the recent Scottish Mental Health Act. After the lecture, David also fielded questions and comments from the floor. Professor Graham Watt (Community Based Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow) introduced the event and Damian Killeen (former Director of Poverty Alliance) chaired the Post Lecture Question and Answer Session and proposed the Vote of Thanks.

For a copy of the lecture contact Elizabeth Nicholson in the Department of Urban Studies [tel: 1041 330 3664 or e.m.nicholson@socsci.gla.ac.uk ]

Faculty of Law, Business and Social Sciences Inaugural Lecture by Professor David Adams (Ian Mactaggart Chair of Property and Urban Studies)

The Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow , 26 October 2006

Should Housebuilders be More Responsible?

Welcomed by Sir Muir Russell (Principal, University of Glasgow) and chaired by Sir John Mactaggart Bt (The Ian Mactaggart Trust), the lecture was attended by over 120 people from a wide range of organisations including planning and property consultants, construction companies, local authorities (housing, planning, development and regeneration) and academia.

Professor Adams comments:  Housebuilders are now expected to deliver much higher standards of urban design, energy efficiency and brownfield development, reflecting the increasing expectations of both government and society so that they can achieve sustainable patterns of urban development rather than merely build housing estates. Although most housebuilders have been slow to respond to the new agenda of corporate social responsibility, there is growing evidence that the more innovative companies are now asking themselves not whether, but how they can be socially more responsible. Nevertheless, the industry remains inherently land-focused rather than customer-focused or community-focused, mainly as a result of shortages of available building land, especially at pressured times and locations.

For a copy of the lecture contact Elizabeth Nicholson in the Department of Urban Studies [tel: 1041 330 3664 or e.m.nicholson@socsci.gla.ac.uk]