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Statement on
Charlottesville
The Cyberhood's mission is to encourage critical
thinking about the plight of communities of color, conditions in the inner
city, and the problems of low-wage workers. The website's goal is to
connect students, scholars, practitioners, and activists from across the racial
and class divide in order to build meaningful relationships. It is our belief
that the building of such connections will strengthen the struggle to
understand and transform inner cities and the metropolitan regions of which
they are a part.
In keeping with the Cyberhood's mission, we condemn
recent instances of violence spurred by racism, anti-Semitism, and hatred in
Charlottesville, VA. We see these views as symptomatic of more general forms of
intolerance and discrimination that are detrimental to historically disenfranchised
groups in our society. To counter these views, we stand in solidarity with those
who seek to expose bigotry and intolerance. We encourage public discourse aimed
at their eradication and reaffirm the Cyberhood as an instrument to reach this
end.
Post-Doctoral Fellowships
TBA
Study Abroad:
TBA
PhD Programs:
Department
of Urban and Regional Planning, University at Buffalo.
The PhD program in Urban and
Regional Planning at the University at Buffalo. The doctoral program offers
diverse research and learning opportunities.
Our graduate students have the
opportunity to engage with several centers and labs that are exploring the
cutting edge of planning scholarship. These include the UB Regional Institute,
Urban Design Project, Center for Urban Studies,
Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access, Center for Architecture
and Situated Technologies, Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab,
Research and Education in eNergy, Environment and Water (RENEW), and the Global
Health Equity Community of Excellence. These research centers and labs connect
students with faculty with research interests similar to their own and unique
opportunities to pursue focused research at an advanced level. The program also
encourages students to explore other research centers and interdisciplinary
studies across the University at Buffalo, one of the nation's premier centers
for academic excellence and the most comprehensive, research-intensive
university within the 64-campus SUNY system.
Applications are invited from
highly qualified and motivated doctoral candidates interested in pursuing a
career in research and teaching. Selected candidates will be considered for
tuition remission and a competitive stipend. Admitted PhD students may also be
considered for competitive financial awards available through sponsored
research projects. Candidates must have strong analytical and writing skills.
Additional information about the program is available at:
http://ap.buffalo.edu/academics/graduate-degrees/phd.html
Call for Manuscripts and Papers:
Shaping the Future of Urban Research
In April of 2020,
the Urban Affairs Association (UAA) returns to Washington, D.C. to celebrate
its 50th anniversary of annual meetings. The Opening Plenary of the 2020
conference will address the theme, "The State of Urban Affairs and the State of
Urban Affairs Research." This theme sets the stage for the overarching goals of
the conference, which are: 1) to better understand the past decades of urban
research, 2) to assess current realities of urban life as challenges to urban
analysis, and 3) to create visions for the future that support a global urban
research agenda. The conference will provide opportunities to assess
urban affairs as a field, and to develop ideas for enhancing its long-term
prospects and impacts. UAA welcomes proposals for a wide range of topics
related to urban communities, policies, and populations. See Topical Categories
for UAA Conferences section below for a listing of relevant topics.
Deadlines
October 1,
2019, 11:59pm (CDT) - Abstract/Session Proposal Deadline
December 13, 2019, 11:59pm (CDT) - Registration Deadline
Participation Formats
A proposal can be
submitted through the UAA website using ONE of the following formats:
-
Individual
research paper presentation: Proposal requires an abstract.
- Organized
research paper panel: Proposal requires a panel summary, group of
4-5 paper abstracts, and a designated moderator (who may be a paper
presenter).
- Organized
colloquy: Proposal requires theme statement & names of 4-5
discussants.
- Breakfast
roundtable: Proposal requires theme statement & names of 1-2
conveners.
- Poster: Proposal
requires an abstract. (Best option for persons in early stage
of research)
Special Conference Tracks
50th Anniversary Topics on Shaping the Future of Urban
Research
The following topics
are examples offered to stimulate, not to limit, your development of ideas for
possible proposals:
What is Urban Affairs?
-
What
does "urban" mean in scholarship, public discussion, media, legislative
debates, etc.? How have those meanings changed over time?
- How relevant are
the traditional distinctions between urban, suburban, and rural?
- How has "urban"
scholarship and policy discourse differed and converged globally?
- Is "urban
affairs" a discipline? Where does it sit in the academic community?
- What array of
topics has directed research and how has that mix changed over time?
- What are the
future directions in urban research? What should they be?
- What role has UAA
played in the development of urban affairs as a field? How has that role
changed over time? What directions should the organization take going
forward?
How Can Urban Affairs Researchers Expand Their Audiences?
-
How
can the UAA and urban scholars more effectively serve the needs of
audiences that utilize research and knowledge? For example: urban
journalists, urban-oriented organizations (NLC, NACO, USCM, Governors'
Assoc, etc), governments at all levels (national, state, regional, local),
non-profit research, community-based, and advocacy groups (e.g.
PolicyLink, Center for Community Change, National Fair Housing Alliance),
non-UAA scholars, who examine cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas.
- What do
foundations and other funders prioritize in urban research?
What is the Impact of Urban Affairs Research?
-
How
can UAA members obtain greater recognition for their work (among scholars,
practitioners and the public)?
- Does urban
research require methodological changes to increase credibility?
- How can urban
researchers produce greater impact on conditions on the ground,
particularly in view of growing inequalities and polarization?
Topical Categories for UAA Conferences
In addition to the
conference theme, we encourage proposals that focus on an array of research
topics including:
-
Activist
Scholarship
- Arts, Culture in
Urban Contexts
- Disaster
Planning/Management for Urban Areas, Cities and National Security
- Economic Development,
Redevelopment, Tourism, Urban Economics, Finance
- Education Policy
in Urban Contexts, Educational Institutions & Urban Inequalities
- Environmental
Issues, Sustainability
- Gender, Identity,
Diversity
- Globalization,
Multi-national Urban Issues
- Governance,
Intergovernmental Relations, Regionalism, Urban Management
- Health and Urban
Populations/Communities
- Historic
Preservation, Space and Place
- Historical
Perspectives on Cities, Urban Areas
- Housing,
Neighborhoods, Community Development
- Human Services
& Urban Populations, Nonprofit Sector in Urban Contexts
- Immigration,
Population and Demographic Trends in Urban Areas
- Infrastructure,
Capital Projects, Networks, Transport, Urban Services
- Labor,
Employment, Wages, Training
- Land Use, Growth
Management, Urban Development, Urban Planning
- Poverty, Welfare,
Income Inequality
- Professional
Development, The Field of Urban Affairs
- Public Safety,
Criminal Justice, Household Violence in Urban Contexts
- Race, Ethnicity,
and Nationality in Urban and Metropolitan Contexts
- Social Capital,
Democracy and Civil Society, Social Theory, Religion and the City
- Special
Conference Topic - Shaping the Future of Urban Research
- Special Track on
UAA History
- Special
Track on Urban Entrepreneurship
- Urban
Communication (Urban Media Roles, Journalism, Social Media/Technology)
- Urban Design,
Urban Architecture
- Urban Indicators,
Data/Methods, Satisfaction/Quality of Life Surveys
- Urban Politics,
Elections, Citizen Participation
- Urban Theory,
Theoretical and Conceptual Issues in Urban Affairs
- Urban Issues in
Asia and the Pacific Rim
- Urban Issues in
Central & South America and the Caribbean
One-Session Policy
To maximize opportunities
and minimize scheduling conflicts, UAA limits your participation (as presenter,
speaker and/or moderator) to one (1) session. Exception: Persons in sponsored
and professional development panels, poster sessions, or breakfast roundtables
can participate in one additional session. DO NOT agree to participate in more
than one session unless you meet the exception criteria.
2020 Local Host Committee
Gregory
Squires,
George Washington Univ (Co-Chair)
Hal
Wolman,
George Washington Univ (Co-Chair)
Bill
Barnes,
National League of Cities
Leah Brooks, George Washington Univ
Derek
Hyra,
American Univ
Willow Lung-Amman, Univ of Maryland
Sue Smock, Wayne State Univ (retired)
Toni-Michelle
Travis,
George Mason Univ
2020 Program Committee
Joan Wesley, Jackson State Univ (Chair) (USA)
Clarissa Freitas, Univ Federal do Ceara (Brazil)
Al Gourier, Univ of Baltimore (USA)
Bligh Grant, Univ of Technology Sydney (Australia)
Vladimir Kogan, Ohio State Univ (USA)
Sylvie Paré, Univ du Québec à Montréal (Canada)
Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway, Univ of Barcelona (Spain)
For General
Conference Information and Abstract and Session Proposal Submissions:
Visit the UAA
Conference website at: https://urbanaffairsassociation.org/conference/
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Community Quality of
Life and Well-Being
Aims
and Scope of the Series
Series Editor: Rhonda Phillips, Purdue
University, US
Editorial
Board: Meg Holden, Simon Fraser University, Canada; Charlotte
Khan, The Boston Foundation, US; Youngwha Kee, Soongsil University, Korea; Alex Michalos, University of
Northern British Columbia, Canada;
Don Rahtz, College of William and Mary, US; Joseph Sirgy, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute & State University, US
Community
Quality of Life and Well-being is a book series comprised of volumes related to local and regional level
research, providing current and leading edge information to planners, policy
makers, and quality of life researchers involved in community and regional
well-being research and application. Formerly entitled Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Practices, the series
reflects the broad scope of well-being. In addition to best practices of
community quality-of-life indicators projects the series welcomes a variety of
research and practice topics as related to overall community well-being and
quality of life dimensions, relating to policy, application, research, and/or
practice. Research on issues such as societal happiness, quality of life
domains in the policy construct, measuring and gauging progress, dimensions of urban
and regional planning and community development, and related topics are
anticipated.
This series is published by Springer in
partnership with the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies
(ISQOLS), a global society with the purpose of promoting and encouraging
research and collaboration in quality of life and well-being theory and
applications. More information about ISQOLS can be found at www.isqols.org. The Editor welcomes
proposals for both edited volumes and authored monographs contributions on topics such as:
· Quality of Life in
Communities
· Societal Happiness
· Social Health and Well-Being
· Life Satisfaction in various life domains
· Well-Being Theories and Applications
· Quality of Life for Policy Development
· Measuring and Gauging Quality of Life
· Dimensions of Planning and Community Development
· Indicators of Well-Being
· Overall Community Well-Being
Please direct your inquiries or send your proposal to:Rhonda
Phillips, [email protected]
For more information about the series: http://www.springer.com/series/13761
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Submit your article today!
International Journal of Community Well-Being
Editors-in-Chief
Rhonda Phillips, Purdue University, USA
Seung Jong Lee, Seoul National University, Korea
Description
This journal advances the knowledge and practice of
community well-being as an interdisciplinary broad
conception of human and societal well-being. The focus is
predominately on communities of place and interest within
geographic or societal spaces concerning social, economic,
cultural/social, environmental or political conditions and
impacts on societal and social well-being.
It provides an outlet for excellent scholarship from a
multitude of disciplines - including but not limited to
community development, geography, urban and regional
planning, economic development, public administration,
regional studies, sociology, community learning and
education, psychology and health - concerned with
community well-being that promotes understanding of its
multidimensional aspects.
ISSN: 2424-5295 (print version)
ISSN: 2524-5309 (electronic version)
2 issues/year
Subscription information
▶ springer.com/librarians
For more information on the International Journal of
Community Well-Being, please visit
http://www.springer.com/42413
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Housing and Society, a peer-reviewed journal
published by Taylor and Francis welcomes manuscripts on topics in housing such
as policy, design, social aspects, gerontology, behavioral aspects,
energy/environment, equipment, interiors, economics, theory/model development,
education, and program development or evaluation. https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=rhas20
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Routledge Contemporary Perspectives on Urban Growth, Innovation and Change (see the link for information about this book series and submissions)
Award Nominations:
tba
Position Announcements:
Other Announcements:
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Special Announcement
UPSILON SIGMA (ΥΣ)
A New Student
Recognition and
Professional
Development Opportunity
The Urban Affairs Association has established the first international
honor society to recognize the academic achievements of undergraduate and graduate
students pursuing degrees in urban studies and related
fields.
Urban Studies is a broad umbrella term for academic programs and research
that focus on the social, political, economic, spatial, physical,
historical, cultural, and environmental dynamics of urban contexts.
Elements of urban studies can be found in several different disciplines,
as well as within explicitly interdisciplinary fields such as urban
affairs and urban planning. Given the varied academic homes for urban
studies, eligibility for participation in the Society will be judged on
the basis of individual program attributes.
We invite applications
from academic units to establish chapters of Upsilon Sigma.
Each year, there will be two application periods, one in the Fall, and
the second in the Spring. For the 2018 calendar year, we have established
the following application periods:
Spring 2018
Application Period
- April 2—Application due to the UAA Executive
Office
- May 15—Application review decisions completed
Fall 2018
Application Period
- November 1—Application due to the UAA Executive
Office
- December 15—Application review decisions completed
Basic
Requirements to Establish an Upsilon Sigma Chapter
- Successful chapter application
- Annual UAA Institutional Membership (dues are
$345 per year)
- Student induction fees (one-time induction fee of
$35 per student)
Full details on the application process and requirements
are now available on the UAA website: | | |
For more information about Upsilon Sigma visit this link
https://urbanaffairsassociation.org/upsilon-sigma/
Urban Affairs Association (UAA)
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