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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

 

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Study Abroad:

 

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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: 

Call for Papers: Applied Geography Special Issue on "Global Pandemics"

 

In an essay entitled "Pandemics: Risks, Impacts, and Mitigation," Madhav et al. (2018) wrote, "Multiple outbreaks...have exposed gaps related to the timely detection of disease, availability of basic care, tracing of contacts, quarantine and isolation procedures, and preparedness outside the health sector, including global coordination and response mobilization" (p.315). The recent coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak showcases the gaps of local-to-global preparedness, with widespread and unprecedented consequences affecting economies, politics, cultural norms, and societal expectations worldwide.

In response to this global pandemic, the editors of Applied Geography will publish a special issue on Global Pandemics: Geographic Approaches, Patterns, Risks, and Consequences.

All submissions are expected to have a geographic approach to better understand and/or (re)solve outcomes of local-to-global pandemics. Topics can encompass the following:

Demography and Epidemiology

• Modelling demographic patterns and outcomes

• Novel data to understand novel viruses

• Modelling and simulation of the spread of outbreaks and/or global pandemics

Pandemics of History

• Comparative perspectives using historical data

• Geographic patterns as a result of political, economic, and/or social changes

• Simulated trends with historical, current and/or future spatial patterns

Innovation

• Biomedical innovation: scientific and other barriers to the treatment and development of vaccines

• Global partnership to accelerate biomedical innovation

• Geographies of innovation to mitigate pandemics

Economic and Social Outcomes

• Regulatory issues

• Labor markets

• Global supply chains

• Global migrant workers

• Migration patterns

• Cultural barriers to response

• Social media's role in understanding patterns and outcomes

Rethinking Locations and Spatial Structures

• Urban versus rural patterns

• Work-housing relationships

• Inequalities across space and place

• Further development of underdevelopment

• Quarantine/social distancing: reimagining urban forms and functions

Politics

• Political economies

• Pandemic managements

• Conflicts and consequences of policies

• Redefining "freedom"

• Local/national/global comparisons

Environment

• Pandemics and climate change

• How environments promote the spread (or containment) of pandemics

• Preparedness for pandemics in the face of natural hazards

• Conservation of forests and wild animals

• Use of natural or human-built environments during pandemics

Research papers are preferred; however, review papers, short papers, and opinion pieces that are relevant to theoretical, methodological, and policy perspectives will be considered as well.

Applied Geography expects to publish the Special Issue by November 2020.

We will accept submissions until August 10, 2020.

 

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Call for Commentaries - Local Development & Society

https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=rlds20

 

Given the disruption to communities of COVID-19, we invite short commentaries on topics related to responses, issues, and challenges faced by towns, cities, and regions. It is our intent to publish commentaries online and as soon as possible after editorial review. Responses to commentaries are invited as well, after the initial round of publishing in May.

 

Two types of commentaries are sought:

 

1.   Short, reflective essay type writing, up to 2500 words on a topic related to COVID-19 and communities.

2.   Longer article type manuscripts, up to 5000 words that can be published first as commentaries with editorial review, then peer reviewed if desired. These longer manuscripts can be case studies, original research, overview/review, or theory.

 

Both commentaries will be noted as special issues on Communities and COVID-19.

 

Due:

Commentaries can be received at any time, and if accepted for editorial review, then will be published online shortly thereafter. It is our intention to have commentaries available during the crisis. We do have two rounds of due dates to help facilitate online issue compilation:

 

First round due date:  April 30^th, 2020

Second round:         June 30^th, 2020

 

Please submit directly online at: https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=rlds20

 

Contact us with any questions at [email protected] or [email protected]

 

Award Nominations:

 

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Position Announcements:

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Other Announcements:

 

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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