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Contents Newsletter/ July 2009

Research committee 21
The Research Committee for the 21st century
1. Message to the members 1
The Research Committee for the 21st Century

2. Conferences 2 Sociology of Urban and Regional Development

3. Winterschool 22 International Sociological Association
4. Publications 26
5. Job announcements 28 Editor: Jan Willem Duyvendak
6. Obituary 30
http://www.shakti.uniurb.it/rc21

Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to present our 2009 Summer Newsletter. And of course the Winter News-
letter for you who live in the Southern Hemisphere. I thank our editor, Jan Willem Duy-
vendak and his assistant, Josip Kesic, at the University of Amsterdam, for an excellent
work as you have always done in the past. Included here are the program information
about our forthcoming Sao Paulo conference in August, job postings, new publications,
an obituary, first RC21-IJURR-FURS School in comparative urban studies during the
Sao Paulo conference, and more.
Newsletter and MoreNews&Events at the RC21 web page are the only communication
tools we have among the members. I‘d like to encourage you to contribute more infor-
mation about your activities and share your interests with all members in Newsletter.
I‘d also like to remind you the deadline for abstract submissions to our program at ISA
World Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, July 2010. Due is the end of October 2009.
Finally, I would very much appreciate if you could renew your membership in the case
it‘s expired. Membership fees are very important to keep our organization going.
I hope you have a wonderful summer or winter!

Kuniko Fujita
President, ISA-RC21
July 31, 2009

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2. Conferences
RC21 CONFERENCES
The Research Committee for the 21st Century

2009 ISA-RC21 Sao Paulo Conference

Inequality, Inclusion and the Sense of Belonging

Time: August 23-25, 2009

Place: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Hosts:
CEM - Centro de Estudos da Metrópole
RC21 - Research Committee 21

Main Organizer: Eduardo Marques (ecmarq@uol.com.br) Department of Political Sci-

ence - University of São Paulo (DCP/USP)

Contact: isasp2009@cebrap.org.br

Website: http://www.centrodametropole.org.br/ISA2009/index.html

The organizing committee:

 Adalberto Cardoso - Sociology - IUPERJ
 Ana Cristina Fernandes - Geography Department - Federal University of Per-
nambuco (DG/UFPE)
 Ana Fernandes - Faculty of Architecture - Federal University of Bahia (FAU/
UFBA)
 Carlos Vainer - Urban and Regional Research and Planning Institute - Federal
University of Rio de Janeiro (IPPUR/UFRJ)
 Cristina Leme - Faculty of Architecture - University of São Paulo (FAU/USP)
 Heloisa Costa - Geography Department - Federal University of Minas Gerais
(IGC/ UFMG)
 Ilse Scherer-Warren - Sociology Department - Federal University of Santa Ca-
tarina (DS/UFSC)
 Leila Dias - Geosciences Department - Federal University of Santa Catarina (DG/
UFSC)
 Marcio Valenca - Geography Department - Federal University of Rio Grande do
Norte (DGE/UFRN)

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Program
Sunday, 23th August
Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM)
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Time Activity
18:00 Welcome and registration
18:30 Opening session
19:00 — 21:00 Plenary 1 - Identities and sense of belonging
21:00 — 23:00 Cocktail

Monday, 24th August

Centro Cultural São Paulo

Time Sala Sala Sala Sala Anexo Sala de Espaço

Adoniran Jardel Lima Paulo Adon- Debates Oficinas
Barbosa Filho Barreto Emílio iram
09h00-
Mesa 2
11h30
11h30-
almoço almoço almoço almoço almoço almoço almoço
12h45
12h45-
S08-A S30-A S20-A S07-A S24-A S19-A
14h45
14h45-
S08-B S30-B S20-B S07-B S25-A S06-A
16h45
16h45-
intervalo intervalo intervalo intervalo intervalo intervalo intervalo
17h15
17h15-
S23-A S11-A S26-A S16-A S04-A S13-A S14-A
19h15

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Tuesday, 25th August

Centro Cultural São Paulo
Time Sala Sala Sala Anexo Sala de Espaço Oficinas
The Research Committee for the 21st Century

Adoniran Jardel Paulo Adon- Debates

Barbosa Filho Emílio iram
09h00-
Mesa 3
11h30
11h30-
almoço almoço almoço almoço almoço almoço
12h45
12h45-
S28-A S05-A S18-A S11-B S02-A
14h45
14h45-
S28-B S05-B S18-B S11-C S01-A
16h45
16h45-
intervalo intervalo intervalo intervalo intervalo intervalo
17h15
17h15-
S28-C S05-C S18-C S03-A S01-B S09-A
19h15
Plenary sessions:

Sunday, August 23 at 18:30

1. Identities and sense of belonging:
Teresa Caldeira (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
Ana Clara Torres (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Andreas Novy (University of Viena)
Discussant - Ilse Scherer-Warren (Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil)

Monday, August 24 at 9:00

2. Urban Segregation and social inequalities:
Enzo Mingione (Milano University, Italy)
John Logan (Brown University, USA)
Edmond Preteceille (Science Po, France)
Discussant - Maria Cristina Leme (University of São Paulo, Brazil)

Tuesday, August 25 at 9:00

3. Urban policies in neoliberal times and beyond
Patrick Le Galès (Science Po, France)
Raquel Rolnik (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
Manuel Aalbers (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Discussant - Carlos Vainer (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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Approved Papers
The Research Committee for the 21st Century

1. International perspectives on housing problems and policies - Márcio Moraes

Valença, Federal University of Rio de Grande do Norte,Brazil.

Approved Proposals

Author(s) Title

Angelita Bazotti (IPARDES) / Louise Ronconi Possibilities to characterize housing conditions

de Nazareno (IPARDES)
Anna Badyina / Oleg Golubchikov
Dilorom (EUSP)
Fernanda Maria Lonardoni (EPFL)
Guo Chen (MSU)
Lucia Zanin Shimbo (EESC-USP)
Luciana de Oliveira Royer (USP)
Mercy Brown-Luthango (UCT)
Regina Dulce Barbosa Lins (UFAL)
rostom (ISTEUB Tunis)
Sabina Uffer (LSE)
Sajida Iqbal Maria (QU, Pakistan)
in Curitiba‘s metropolitan area during 2000‘s
The contradictions of dealing with the ―housing
question‖ in Russia
The Problems in the State Program‘s of Hous-
ing Renewal Realization in Russia
Tenancy inside slums: constrains and alterna-
tives for the housing access in Brazil
The Paradox of Home Ownership for Poor
Households in a ChineseCity: A Multi-actor and
Mixed-method
Economic sector of real estate and public pro-
grams: faces of contemporary housing policy in
Brazil
Market and State in the promotion of housing
policy: specificities of the Housing Financial
System
Access to Land for the Urban Poor – Policy
Proposals for South African Cities
Comparing Montreal and Brazilian "right to the
city" through housing and urban policies
The Tunisia‘s urban marketing political
How is the Internationalization of Berlin‘s Hous-
ing Provision Creating an Uneven Spatial De-
velopment
Barriers to private housing development: Case
Study of Bahria Town, Islamabad, Pakistan

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2. The Foreclosure Crisis and the Financial Crisis: Local Configurations and
Global Consequences - Manuel B. Aalbers, University of Amsterdam, The Neder-
lands.
The Research Committee for the 21st Century

Approved Proposals
Author(s) Title

Ben Derudder Pathways of Growth and Decline: Connectivity

Breno Bringel (UCM, Spain)
Elisangela Cabral de Meireles (IFRN) / Otomar
Lopes Cardoso junior (UFRN)
Gregory Douglas Squires (GWU)
Changes in the WorldCity Network, 2000-2008
Crisis, cities and food: urban and rural social
movements connections through food sover-
eignty.
The Mossoro‘s valley in the exportation of fruits
and the financial crisis: end of competitive-
ness?
Segregation and the Subprime Lending Crisis

Mariana Fix (UNICAMP) Finances and real estate: new connections in

3. Social effects of urban renewal mixed policies - Les “effets” sociaux de la Ré-
novation urbaine : entre démocratie et mixité sociale - Agnès Deboulet, Ecole
d'architecture de Paris la Villette et Ipraus / CNRS and Christine Lelévrier, Institut
d'Urbanisme de Paris, Université Paris XII

Approved Proposals
Author(s) Title
Catalina Ortiz (UIC) Citizenship and equity collide: partial plans for
downtown renewal in Colombia
Cem Bico An Urban Transformation Project in Istanbul:
Social Inclusion or Consensual Deportation
Cinthia Kawe Wu (UNICAMP) Home-Based Enterprising and the garment
industry in Sao Paulo‘s Downtown
Ozan Karaman (U Minn) Urban renewal and the politics of disposses-

tolga islam (YTU) Implications of an urban renewal project in a

Roma neighborhood in Istanbul

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4. The heterogeneity of the urban violence in a comparative perspective - Gabriel

de Santis Feltran, Center for metropolitan Studies, Brazil.
The Research Committee for the 21st Century

Approved Proposals

Author(s) Title

Ana Claudia Jaquetto Pereira (IUPERJ)
André Carl Horn (UP)
André Zanetic (DCP-USP)
Clodomir Cordeiro de Matos Júnior (UFC)
Criminalizating violence against women in Bra-
zil: the interplay of local and global actors
A Common Theory and Language of Crime? –
A South African Perspective
The interface between public and private secu-
rity: relevant characteristics and impact on po-
licing
Citizenship in democratic societies: recogni-

Luiz Fábio Silva Paiva (UFC) Urban violence and daily life: the experiences
of residents of an area classified as
―dangerous‖.
MAURA MISITI (IRPPS-CNR) The Silence and the Words: Domestic Violence

5. Urban conflicts and comparative studies - Carlos Vainer – Urban and Regional
Research and Planning Institute/ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Approved Proposals

Author(s) Title

Azat Gundogan (Mr) On the Outskirts of a Mega-City,In the Middle of

FELIPE DE JESUS DE ALBA MURRIETA
(MIT)
Jan Dohnke (FU Berlin)
Klaus Frey (PUCPR)
Lucia Maria Capanema Alvares (UFMG) /
Luiz Felipe Leão Maia Brandão (UFAL) /
Breno Pimentel Câmara (IPPUR/UFRJ)
Luján Menazzi (IIGG)
Industrialization:Conflict in Gebze,Turkey
How is constructed the modernity of the water po-
litical conflict?...
How to acquire your ―right to the city‖ - Strategies
of Participation in Buenos Aires and Berlin
Urban conflicts and democracy in the context o a
supposed post-neoliberal urban world
Comparative studies of Urban Conflicts in Brazil:
Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, and Maceió.
Disputing the neighborhood. The relocation of the

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Approved Proposals (continued)

Author(s) Title
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Maria da Glória Marcondes Gohn Urban mobilization in Latin America of nowadays

(UNICAMP)
María José Álvarez Rivadulla (UR)
Maria Lucia Refinetti Martins (FAUUSP)
Pelletier Mathieu / Trudelle Catherine
(UQAM)
Squatters and Politics: reflections from the history
of urban land invasions in Montevideo.
Planning conflicts are social and economical strug-
gles, not a question of different urban models
Conflict activity and territorial structuration: net-
working urban conflicts in Quebec city,1965-2000

Rodrigo Corrêa Diniz Peixoto (MPEG)
SAHANA UDUPA (NIAS)
Sarwat Viqar
Stavros Stavridis Manasis (NTUA)
A grassroots movement and its academic
neighbourhood: a debate on identities in the WSF
of Belém
Differentiated Publics: Mediated conflicts in a glob-
alizing city
Urban struggles and migrant identity in Kara-
chi,Pakistan.
The December 2009 youth uprising in Athens:
Glimpses of a possible ―city of thresholds‖

6. Embodied Experiences and Civic In/Exclusion in the City - Susan Buckingham

& Dr. Monica Degen, Brunel University – UK
Approved Proposals

Author(s) Title

Eric Sergio Boria (LUC) REPOSITIONING THE SUBJECT IN THE

INDUSTRIALCITY
Jennifer E Petersen (NYU) Embodying Risk and the Risks of Embodi-
ment: Pedaling Automobility
Jenny Fatou MBaye (LSE) West African Hip Hop Entrepreneurs : Con-
crete Utopia of Urban Revival
Monica Degen / Susan Buckingham Civic Identity and Body Practices: using yoga
as a research method
Nikhil Anand (Stanford) Hydraulic Citizenship, Good Water and its

Yona Ginsberg-Gershoni (Bar-Ilan) ur Territory their Territory: The Ultra-Orthodox

in Tel-Aviv's Metropolis

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7. Conflict and participation on contemporary urban planning - Fabricio Leal de
Oliveira – Urban and Regional Research and Planning Institute/ Federal Univer-
sity of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Research Committee for the 21st Century
Approved Proposals
Author(s)
Abir Saksouk-Sasso / Nadine Bekdache (AUB)
Aída Quintar (ICO - UNGS) / Lara Gonzalez
Carvajal (UNGS) / María Cristina Cravino (ICO-
UNGS)
Graziela Luz Castello (CEBRAP)
Guadalupe Margarita González Hernández
(UAZ) / José Roberto González Hernández
(UAZ)
Iluminada Esther Hernandez Medina (Brown)
Ivana Socoloff
Lisa Bornstein
Lorena Anaya González (ITESM)
Luis Régis Coli Silva Jr. (UFRJ)
Luís Tôrres Barros (IPPUR)
Nilton Ricoy Torres (USP)
Pappinissery Puthan Veettil Balan (CRRID)
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Title
Power Dynamics in the Post-War Reconstruc-
tion of Aita el Cha‘ab
Participation and Complex Scenery in Metro-
politan Region of Buenos Aires
How Society Permeates the State: Issue Net-
works in Health and Social Assistance, São
Paulo.
Transnational social participation in shaping
the urban structure of small towns in Zacate-
cas,México
―Co-Constructing the City‖: Defiance and Col-
laboration in Mexico City‘s Urban Policy
Construction of ‗public-private partnerships‘ in
urban transformation. Buenos Aires during the
90s
―If we participate, will they listen?‖ - participa-
tory processes and mega-projects in Montreal
Participative Urban Planning: A Challenge in
Monterrey‘s Metropolitan Area
Participatory Mapping in Brazilian Urban Mas-
The citizen participation at the urban policies
EMERGING INSTITUTIONS OF PLANNING
Participatory Planning and Social Accountabil-
ity: Experiences from Kerala (India): P.P.
Balan
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8. Contemporary Urban Environment: public space or private planning?, trends

and tensions – Manoel Alves e Cibele Risek, Department of Architecture, Univer-
sity of São Paulo at São Carlos, Brazil.
The Research Committee for the 21st Century

Approved Proposals
Author(s) Title
Alvaro Luis dos Santos Pereira (FDUSP) Projecting a new highlight in the city. The ero-

Ana Paula Soares Carvalho (IUPERJ) URBAN PLANNING: THE PRIVATE SECTOR
LOGIC AND THE STRATEGIC USE OF CUL-
TURAL SPACES
Fereniki Vatavali (NTUA) Home consumption as a key element in the

Irena Ehrenfeucht (UNO) Re-urbanization or Privatization? Rebuilding

Junji Nishikawa (Kyoto University)
Márcio Moraes Valença (UFRN)
New Orleans after the 2005 Hurricanes
Inclusion and exclusion in the urban space - A
case study of convenience stores in modern
Japan -
A PUBLIC SPACE. An essay on Harveyan

Siddharth Sareen (IIT-M) Public Spaces in Chennai: Transport Equity,

Inclusiveness and Stakeholders in Urban
Planning
Sumandro Chattapadhyay Engaging, absorbing and contesting the con-

Verônica Sales Pereira (FEBASP) Remembering process and the crisis of the
legal legitimacy: the old industrial areas in

9. Race and Migration Beyond the Global City - Jerome Hodos Department of So-
ciology -Franklin & Marshall College, USA

Approved Proposals
Author(s) Title
Annsilla Nyar (GCRO) What possibilities for city-regional governance?

Carlos Eduardo Dias Souza (PUC-Rio) And Samba got the train: suburbanization and
associative forms among afro-descendents in
Madureira
Jeniece Tyria Williams (MA) ―Resisting Change: Maintaining Cultural Identity

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Approved Proposals (continued)

Renato Rivera Rusca The Integration of Migrants into Multi-Cultural
Societies: As seen in London and Tokyo case
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studies
Rosângela Rosa Praxedes (PUCSP) Black middle class in the city of Maringá

Thomas J Vicino (Wheaton) New Metropolitan Realities: Implications for the

US and Global Regions
Tingwei Zhang (UIC) Urban Problem, Rural Solution

11. Large scale urban projects in practice: explorations on their social and spatial
impacts – Ute Lehrer, York University Canada; Pedro Novais, Federal University
of Juiz de Fora, Brazil and Nadia Somekh, Universidade Mackenzie, Brazil.

Approved Proposals
Author(s) Title
Alberto de Oliveira (UFRRJ) Labor, economy and transparency in large ur-

Andre Leirner (FGV-SP) Civil society participation in public urban pro-

jects: the IADB stance on the Procentro Pro-
gram.
Anna Mayr (MA) Citizenship and Urban Governance in Globaliz-
ing Cities – Delhi and the Commonwealth
Games
Beatriz Elena (CEUR-CONICET) Megaprojects, changes in the urban core and
conflicts of interest. Notes on the Argentine
experience.
Carlos Leite Implementing Urban Sustainable Redevelop-

Catherine Gingras (UdeM) / Breux / Thomas-
Maret
Eulalia Portela Negrelos (USP)
Large scale urban residential developments:
consequences on individual housing trajecto-
ries
Large urban projects in Sao Paulo as new capi-
talist strategies in the production of the city

faranak Miraftab (UIUC) Downtown Development Projects: From Colo-

nial to Contemporary Cape Town, South Africa

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Approved Proposals (continued)

Author(s) Title
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Federico (AMIDSt) Innovation, legitimacy and efficacy in develop-

ment: solving the dilemma in Paris and Amster-
dam.
FERNANDA ESTER SANCHEZ GARCIA Rio 2007 Pan-American Games and its lega-

Gavin Shatkin The Politics of Privatopolis: For-profit New

Towns in Indian Cities
Guillermo Jajamovich (CEDET - UNSAM) From Parque España to Puerto Madero: urban
projects and management between Argentine
and Spain
Jussi Matias Kulonpalo (HY) Critical Perspective On Implementation of Ur-
ban Planning Policy in Helsinki, Finland.
Latendresse Anne (UQAM) Restructuring Montreal : Mega Projects and
Urban Movements
MARIA LUCIA PIRES MENEZES (UFJF) Logística e negócios na geografia urbano re-
gional de Juiz de Fora. Minas Gerais.
Neha Sami From farming to development: An alternative
approach to real estate development in Pune,
India
Rosa Moura (IPARDES) Metropolitan Axle/Green Line: re-functionalizing
of the space or recycling of the Curitiba-model?

Sébastien Pradella Governing urban mega-project in Paris and

Brussels: unintended political effects of elusive
policies
Thomas Maloutas (UTH/EKKE) / Johyn Sayas Consequences of the 2004 Olympic Games on
(NTUA) / Nicolas Souliotis (UTH) the sociospatial structure of Athens

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13. After Neo-liberalism - impact on cities - Raquel Rolnik – Faculty of Architec-

ture and Urbanism/University of São Paulo, Brazil and NeilSmith, Anthropology,
City University of New York.
The Research Committee for the 21st Century

Approved Proposals
Author(s)
Alessandra Cristina dos Santos (IFCH)
Andréa Casa Nova Maia (IFCS/UFRJ) / Valnei
Pereira (FAUUSP)
Asuman Turkun (YTU) / Besime Sen (MSGSU)
Badrinath Rao (teste)
Cenk Saracoglu / Neslihan Demirtas-Milz (IEU)
Francesca Fois (La Sapienza)
Title
Construction of More Egalitarian Cities: is it
possible?
Nostalgic Landscapes of a metropolis: social-
geographic changes as portrait of liberalism
policy
Radical Transformations in Historic Urban Cen-
ters and Squatter Housing Neighborhoods in
Istanbul
Urban fantasies and the politics of space in
neoliberal India
Neoliberal urban transformation and Turkey:
reflections from Izmir
Neoliberalism, the Argentinean crisis and peo-
ple‘s responses in Córdoba and La Rioja

14. Construction and Urban Practices: Urbanization, Labor and Culture - Maria
Lucia Gitahy and Fernando Atique, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism/
University of São Paulo and São Franciso University,Brazil.

Approved Proposals
Author(s) Title
Edmundo Werna (OIT - ONU) Decent work in urban areas: role of local au-
thorities and the case of the construction sector
José Francisco Bernardino Freitas (UFES) Port activities and landfills in Vitória (ES):
choices and outcomes.

Luciana Massami Inoue (FAUUSP) / Marcos Formation, construction and representation of

Virgílio da Silva (USP) São Paulo´s suburb 1940 -1960
Maria Margarita GONZALEZ CARDENAS Urban analysis. A revision to the sixties‘ urban
(EHESS) planning criticism.
Michaël Deinema (UvA) Cultural industries and the trajectories of Dutch

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16. Inner cities under redevelopment revisited - Ana Cristina Fernandes, Rovena
Negreiros, Zoraide Amarante I. Miranda.
The Research Committee for the 21st Century

Approved Proposals
Author(s)
Adrian Francisco Guachalla Gutierrez (UoW)
Beatriz Kara José (FAUUSP)
Carolina Maria Pozzi de Castro (UFSCAR);
Claudio Cesar de Paiva (UNESP); Claudio
Cesar de Paiva (UNESP); Kelly Cristina Magal-
hães (UNESP)
Manuella Marianna Carvalho Rodrigues de
Andrade (UFAL)
Title
THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE AND COVENT
GARDEN: A romance between a cultural flag-
ship and its urban milieu
―Urban-cultural‖ interventions at São Paulo‘s
downtown: what kind of policy?
The Center and the centrally: an investigation
on the development policies in ―railroad cities‖.
The Information Paradigm and the Bairro of
Recife: an urbanistic reflection on the Digital-
Port

18. The Uneven Development of Urban Inequalities - João Sette Whitaker

Ferreira/ Laboratório de Habitação e Assentamentos Humanos – FAU/
Universidade de São Paulo

Approved Proposals
Author(s)
Ana Lucia Nogueira de Paiva Britto (PROURB-
UFRJ)
Angela Seixas Pilotto (LABHAB/FAUUSP/
AMBIEN) / Simone Aparecida Polli (UFRJ /
IPPUR)
Armando Garcia Chiang (UNACAR) / MYRNA
Delfina Lopez Noriega (UNACAR)
Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas (UNB) / Lucia
Cony Faria Cidade (UnB)
Danilo Veiga (FCS UDELAR)
Title
Discussing new perspectives to reduce urban
inequalities in water and sanitation services in
Brazil
Urban disparity in Curitiba: two case studies on
segregation
GATED COMMUNITIES IN CIUDAD DELCAR-
MEN, CAMPECHE, MEXICO.
Environmental inequalities in Brazilian Federal
District eastern urban fringe
Socioeconomic inequalities and socio-spatial
changes in Montevideo

Delario Lindsey (WPUNJ) Spectacular Urbanism: The Image, Develop-

ment and the (De)Location of the Urban
‗Other‘.

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Approved Proposals (continued)

Author(s) Title
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Flavio Alex de Oliveira Carvalhaes (IUPERJ) / Cultural and economic capitals in a brazilian
Juliana Frizzoni Candian (IUPERJ) city. Distinctions or fractions?
Hilda María Herzer (UBA) / Maria Carla Rodri- The New Urban Social Question in Buenos
guez (IIGG-FSOC-UBA) / María Mercedes Di Aires Downtown.
Virgilio (UBA) / Mariana Gómez Schettini
(UBA) / Gabriela Merlinski (UBA)
Humberto Prates da Fonseca Alves (UNIFESP) Environmental Inequality in São Paulo: differ-
ential exposure of social groups to environ-
mental risk
Leeta Mohanty Urban theories and their effects on inequality
and inclusion in India under Globalization
Mariana Fialho Bonates (UFRN) MILITARY HOUSING. A COMPARATIVE
STUDY OF BRAZIL AND THE US
Omar Pereyra Parallel Cities: Urban Form, Urbanization and

Orlando Alves dos Santos Junior (IPPUR/ Discussing new perspectives to reduce urban
UFRJ) inequalities in water and sanitation services
inBrazil
Renata Cunha Borges Ralid (Sorbonne) Role of sustainable development policies on
urban inequality in the suburbs of Paris and
Brasilia
Sudeshna Mitra (CU) Cities of Desire: Producing space for Informa-
tion Technology in urban India
Tara Kaye Vogel (UvA) Unpacking Urban Inequalities: The Strategic-
Relational Livelihoods Approach

19. Between us and them, do we hold something in common? Daily

modes of conviviality in border - marked cities - Daniela Vicherat
Mattar, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of
Edinburgh
Approved Proposals
Author(s) Title
Abir Saksouk-Sasso / Nadine Bekdache (AUB) The Politics of Retrieving Ein el Meraisse

Ebru Soytemel (CRESC) Tensions Over Space: Constructing New

Boundaries by the Reinvention of History in
Halic-Istanbul

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Approved Proposals (continued)
Author(s)
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Goran Janev
Gustavo Rivera Jr. (U-Chicago)
John Joe Schlichtman
Marcos Vinícius Teles Guimarães (UPC)
20. Disperse Urbanization: Challenges to Planning and Environment Preservation
- Ester Limonad; Fluminense Federal University
Approved Proposals
Author(s)
Arnaldo Lôpo Mont'Alvão Neto (UFMG) / Neuma
Figueiredo de Aguiar (UFMG)
Camila Pradi Bonilha (U de M) / Thomas-Maret
Cilene Gomes (UFRJ-IPPUR) / Edja (UFRN)
EBRU KAMACI / OGUZ ISIK
Felipe Nunes Coelho Magalhães
Gabriel Nogueira Duarte
Heloisa Soares de Moura Costa (UFMG)
Jay Mittal (UC)
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Title
Construction of symbolic borders and the ethnic
division of Skopje - Macedonia
Oncotô: Favela, Public Housing and In-
betweens
Local Place Gives Way to Global Space: En-
Bordering Urban Landmarks: The Mountains
and the Acropolis within the City of Belo Hori-
zonte
Title
Urban dislocations and social inequalities: an
analysis of the population daily movement
Can we rebuild less vulnerable communities
after a disaster? The case of Holy Cross, New
Orleans
Integrated perspectives for analysing the dis-
perse expansion of Natal (RN)
Changing pattern of residential mobility in a
globalizing city:: Istanbul from 1990 to 2000
The city-region as a new metropolitan spatial
fix: notes on the morphology of peri-urban
spaces
THE EMERGENCE OF INTERMEDIATE
NETWORKS Mobility Flows and Informal
Commercial Specialization
Local and metropolitan planning: a tale of
conflicting expectations
Role of Voluntary land protection in increasing
dispersion of economic activities
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Approved Proposals (continued)

Author(s) Title
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Between the disperse and the concentrated

Maria Floresia P. de S. e Silva (UFBA)
NIKOLAIDOU SOFIA (N.T.U.A)
Rainer Randolph (IPPUR/UFRJ)
urbanization trends a key element: the gated
communities
JOB DECENTRALISATION AND RESIDEN-
TIAL MOBILITY PATTERNS IN THE METRO-
POLITAN PERIURBAN AREA OF ATHENS.
Gated communities inside and outside of met-
ropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro. Challenges
for planning

23. Social Cohesion in the City – Andreas Novy, Department of City and Regional
Development at the University of Economics and Business Administration, Aus-
tria.

Approved Proposals
Author(s) Title
Debruyne Pascal / Stijn Oosterlynck Beyond physical planning interven-
tions:fostering new social relations through
urban renewal in Ghent
Alberto Vanolo (Diter) European spatial policy between competitive-
ness and territorial cohesion: shadows of neo-
liberism
Marisol Garcia (UB) Governance, Citizenship and Social Cohesion
in Cities
Ismael Puga Rayo Inequality Legitimation in the SegregatedCity:
Santiago de Chile
Sergio de Azevedo (UENF) / Luiz Cesar de The ―metropolitan-effect‖ on the exercise of
Queiroz Ribeiro (IPPUR/UFRJ) / Orlando Alves political citizenship in Brazil
dos Santos Junior (IPPUR/UFRJ)
Catharina Cornelia Martina Adriaanse The importance of norms; behavioral game
theory as a tool to postdict neighborhood
events

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24. A Homesick World: The Nostalgic Logic of „Feeling at Home‟ - Jan Willem
Duyvendak, Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, The Nederlands.
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Approved Proposals
Author(s) Title
Ernani Shoiti Oda (Kyodai) Claiming a far away home: Japanese Brazil-
ians‘ politics of memory in Kobe, Japan
Leslie Laczko (U of O) HOW IMPORTANT ARE LOCAL AND URBAN
ATTACHMENTS? A CROSS NATIONAL COM-
PARISON
Peter van der Graaf (SOFI) The Lost Emotion: Feeling at Home in a Place-
less Sociology

Vera Angelico Brazilians Abroad: how do they deal with the

sense of belonging on foreign soil?

25. Economic transformations and socio-territorial structures and changes in

large cities: comparing European and Latin American metropolises - Carlos de
Mattos, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile and Edmond Preteceille, Science
Politiques, France.

Approved Proposals
Author(s) Title
Anna Guseva The Identification of Suburbanization Patterns
and Changes in Urban Growth: Moscow Exam-
ple.
Felipe Link (PUC/UDP) Transformation of the metropolitan labor market
and its impact on the urban structure of Santi-
ago
Jesus Leal (UCM) Segregation and local housing provision in
European cities. Jesus Leal
Lucia Maria Machado BÓGUS (PUC/SP) / Intra metropolitan dinamic and social organiza-
Suzana Pasternak (FAUUSP) tion in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region
Maria Maloutas (UoA) / Thomas Maloutas An overview of sociospatial change in a Medi-
(UTH/EKKE) terranean metropolis. Athens since the 1980s

Pedro Abramo (UNA) The "COM-FUSED" City. The steel hand of the
market and the production of urban structure in
Latin American metropolis

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26. Land regularization and upgrading in urban areas: discussing recent experi-
ences - Geraldo Magela Costa, Graduate Program in Geography; Federal Univer-
sity of Minas Gerais
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Approved Proposals
Author(s) Title

Ana Lourdes Vega Jimenez de la Cuesta
(UAM)
Kathryn Lacy (UNO)
Maria Camila Loffredo D'Ottaviano (USF) /
sergio luis quaglia-silva (USF)
Shkelqim Daci (UN-HABITAT)
Land regularization. The case of Netzhual-
coyotl, Mexico City.
Measuring Empowerment and Social Inclusion
in Urban Development: Belo Horizonte
Habitamparo: a guide project for land tenure
Informal Settlements - land management

YANNAN DING (ISEG) ViC, a critical review on informal housing in

Chinese cities
Zainab Bawa (CSCS) Between State and Developmental Visions -
The Case of Rehabilitation and Resettlement in
Mumbai

28. Urban Poverty – Fernando Diaz Orueta, Department of Sociology II, University
of Alicante, Spain, and Yuri Kazepov, University of Urbino, Italy

Approved Proposals
Author(s) Title
Bediz YILMAZ BAYRAKTAR (MEU) Impoverishing while (alleging at) modernising:
Urban renewal and urban poverty in Turkish
cities
Brooke Sykes (ESUSPE) Neighbourhood and school poverty as driving
forces in individual disadvantage? Examining
evidence and policies in the Netherlands
Daria Zelenova Informal settlements in Contemporary South
Africa: Fighting Poverty and Repression from
Below
Dorian Singh Unequal Health Outcomes: The Role of Ac-
cess to Health Care in Urban Romani Popula-
tions in Romania
Gabriela Spanghero Lotta (USP) Health Public Policy and the Street-Level-
Bureaucracy as strategy against the social
exclusion.

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Approved Proposals (continued)

Author(s) Title
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Geraldo Márcio Timóteo (UFMG) / Jorge Alex- Spatial Segregation, Labor Market and Poverty
andre Neves (UFMG) in the City of Belo Horizonte
Jeremy Seekings (UCT) Risk, individuation, class and poverty in the
South African city
Licia Valladares Undergraduates and graduates of the favelas

Lizandra Serafim (UNICAMP E CEBRAP) /
Monika Dowbor (CEBRAP) / Júlia Moretto
Amâncio (CEBRAP)
Luiz Cesar de Queiroz Ribeiro (IPPUR/UFRJ) /
Mariane Campelo Koslinski (UFRJ)
Maira Machado Martins (IFU - LTMU/
LAB'URBA)
Manoj Kumar Teotia (CRRID)
Poverty reduction programs and local collec-
tive actors: social accountability in São Paulo
Urban Frontiers and educational opportunities:
the case o Rio de Janeiro
Popular gated communities in Rio de Janeiro
Rethinking Social Development in Urban India

Maria Encarnación Moya Recio (DCP-USP) Survival and mobility: the role of social rela-

Matthew Marr (FIU) Exiting Homelessness in Los Angeles and

Tokyo: Urban Poverty in Comparative Per-
spective
Ozgur Avcuoglu (KU) The Governance of Local Social Assistance
Schemes
Renata Mirandola Bichir (IUPERJ) New policies against poverty: conditional cash
transfer programs in São Paulo, Brazil
Tales Bohrer Lobosco Gonzaga de Oliveira Spatial practices on Brazilian slums: segrega-
(UFBA) tion and everyday life
Walter Musakwa Local Economic Development (LED) pro-
grams, and the cycle of poverty in South Af-
rica‘s high density suburbs.
Yeqing Huang (FBE in MQ) Beyond Hukou: An Analysis of Social Exclu-
sion of Rural-urban Migrants in Transitional
China
Yumi Garcia dos Santos (CRESPAA-GTM- The role of public policies for female headed
CNRS) households in Brazil, in France and in Japan
Zoltan Gluck (CEU) Sociospatial Exclusion: Reflections on Urban
and Rural Advanced Marginalities in Hungary

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30. Approaches to analysis of Mega Cities in the XXI Century - Lucio Kowarick,
Department of Political Science, University of São Paulo, Brazil and Lícia do
Prado Valladares, University of Lille, France
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Approved Proposals
Author(s) Title
Anete Brito Leal Ivo (UCSAL e UFBA) / AN- The territories of social vulnerability and new
GELA MARIA CARVALHO BORGES (UCSAL) standards for social protection

Changcheng Zhou (ufmg) A Survey on Subjective Quality of Life in Wu-

DEBOULET (ENSA-PLV)
Flávia de Paula Duque Brasil (FJP) / Maria de
Lourdes Dolabela Pereira (ADRMBH)
Hoelzl (UFZ)
hanCity
Neo-liberal restructuring, urban vulnerability
and recognition, examples from Cairo and
Mumbaï.
Metropolitan Governance and its challenges:
an analysis of the new governance system in
the RMBH
The future of Megacities in Latin America. Gov-
ernance perspectives for Santiago de Chile.

Jayaraj Sundaresan Planning in Mega cities as performance

Juan Miguel Kanai (UM) In-between Cities

Le Galès patrick (Sciences Po)
Peter M. Ward (UT-Austin)
Reinaldo José de Oliveira (PUC/SP)
Mega city and why size matters for urban gov-
ernance
Prospects for Effective Metropolitan Govern-
ance in the Federalist Americas,
Racial city, Relations and Social Vulnerability:
the black trajectories in São Paulo in century
XX

RC21 Call for Papers

XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology, Gothenburg, Sweden, July 11-17, 2010
The call for papers has appeared at ISA web page http://www.isa-sociology.org/
congress2010 .
Your paper abstract including paper title, short description (within 200 words), and
name, affiliation, country and email addresses as paper author(s) should be sent to
session organizers as well as conference coordinators: Fernando Diaz Orueta ( Fer-
nando.Diaz@ua.es ) and Kuniko Fujita ( fujitak@msu.edu ) by October 31, 2009.

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3. Winterschool
First RC21-IJURR-FURS Winter School 2009
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in „Comparative Urban Studies‟

São Paulo (Brazil), 17-22 August 2009
More information can be found at:
http://shakti.uniurb.it/winter2009/Programme.htm

Programme
Nr. When Who What
Monday
1
17-08-2009
17:30-19:30 Yuri Kazepov Arrival of participants
(University of Urbino, IT,
and Vice-President,
RC21) Introduction to the 1st Joint IJURR-FURS-RC21
‗Comparative Urban Studies‘ Firstschool 2009
Eduardo Marques
(University of São Paulo,
BR and Director of CEM) (Rationale, format, expectations...)
Jeremy Seekings
(University of Cape Town Welcome reception
University and co-editor,
IJURR; arriving late)

Tuesday
2 The practicalities of scientific work: publishing, raising funds
18-08-2009
9:00-13:00 Jeremy Seekings Publishing articles: premises, opportunities and
Eduardo Marques the peer review process in international scien-
Yuri Kazepov tific journals in urban studies.
How to prepare a sound research proposal for
comparative research and get funded: chal-
lenges and opportunities on a global scale.
13:00-15:00 Lunch break
15:00-19:00 Participants+Scholars Presentation of the participants, of their re-
search interests and projects
(details will be provided to the selected partici-
pants)
Evening Documentaries and films about urban topics at the Centro Cultural (might
be in Portuguese)

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Programme
Nr. When Who What
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Wednesday
3 Knowing the city: São Paulo
19-08-2009

9:00-17:00 São Paulo Urban Tour This tour will take participants to different kinds
of neighbourhood in the city, including Favela
Jaguaré, Berrini, etc. We shall travel by sub-
way and bus, leaving from the hotels at about
08h30, and from Vila Madalena subway station
at 09h00.

13:00-14:00 Lunch break (brown bag lunch)

17:00-18:30 Speakers to be con- What has been seen: a discussion on São
firmed Paulo
Moderation: Eduardo
Marques
Evening Documentaries and films about urban topics at the Centro Cultural (might
be in Portuguese)

Thursday
4 Northern and Southern cities: Different? Similar?
20-08-2009
9:00-13:00 Edmond Preteceille Similarities and differences in the study of ur-
(Sciences Po, Paris FR) ban segregation, inequality and poverty: what
should be considered and how it should be
John Logan (Brown Uni- done: travelling concepts and methods?
versity, USA)
Raquel Rolnik (University
of São Paulo)
13:00-15:00 Lunch break
15:00-18:00 Participants Assignments

18:00-19:30 Participants+Scholars Presentations and discussion

Evening Documentaries and films about urban topics at the Centro Cultural (might
be in Portuguese)

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Programme
Nr. When Who What
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Friday
5 Urban inequalities, poverty and social exclusion: north and south
21-08-2009
9:00-13:00 Enzo Mingione Similarities and differences in the study of ur-
(University of Milan- ban segregation, inequality and poverty: what
Bicocca, IT) should be considered and how it should be
done: travelling concepts and methods?
Nadya Guimarães
(University of São Paulo,
BR)
Francisco Sabatini
(Catholic University of
Chile)

13:00-15:00 Lunch break

15:00-18:00 Participants Assignments

18:00-19:30 Participants+Scholars Presentations and discussion

Evening Documentaries and films about urban topics at the Centro Cultural (might
be in Portuguese)

Saturday
6 Belonging and Excluding in the City
22-08-2009
9:00-13:00 Jan Willem Duyvendak Details to be confirmed.
(University of Amsterdam,
NL)
Ilse Scherer-Warren
(UFSC, Florianopolis, Bra-
zil)
1 other speaker to be
confirmed
13:00-15:00 Lunch break
15:00-18:00 Participants Assignments

18:00-19:30 Participants+Scholars Presentations and discussion

Evening Documentaries and films about urban topics at the Centro Cultural (might
be in Portuguese)

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Programme
Nr. When What
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Sunday
7 Tour / RC21 Conference
23-08-2009
Morning Additional São Paulo Tours will be available for School and Confer-
Tours ence participants, including of the historical
centre of São Paulo.

See conference programme

Afternoon/ Opening of RC21 confer- Speakers at opening plenary session include:

Evening ence Teresa Caldeira (University of California,
Berkeley, USA),
Plenary session on Ana Clara Torres (Federal University of Rio de
“Identities and Sense of Janeiro, Brazil),
Belonging” and Aihwa Ong (University of California,
Berkeley, USA)

Monday
8 RC21 Conference:
24-08-2009
Morning Plenary session on “Urban Speakers at plenary session include: Enzo
Segregation and Urban Mingione, John Logan and Edmond Preteceille
Inequalities”
See conference programme

Afternoon Parallel conference ses-

sions

Tuesday
9 RC21 Conference:
25-08-2009
Morning Plenary session on “Urban Speakers at plenary session include: Patrick
Policies in Neoliberal Le Gales (Science Po, FR),
Times and Beyond” Raquel Rolnik (University of São Paulo, BR),
Manuel Aalbers (University of Amsterdam, NL)

See conference programme

Afternoon Parallel conference ses-
sions

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4. Publications
"Urban Justice and Sustainability", a special issue, Local Environment: The International
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Journal of Justice and Sustainability, Vol. 14, No. 5, May 2009. The special issue is
based on the RC21 2007 Vancouver conference. A few more papers from the same con-
ference will also appear in the same journal in the subsequent issue.

Ranvinder Singh Sandhu, Jasmeet Sandhu and Balwinder Arora: Urban Poverty in De-
veloping Countries. Issues and Strategies for Sustainable Cities (2009, Bookwell).
ISBN: 978-81-89649-85-9
Urbanization got an impetus during 1980s and 1990s due to advances in transportation
and telecommunication and further momentum was provided by globalization. During this
period many Asian Countries experienced both economic boom and population increase.
UN HABITAT (2006) pointed out that Asia and Africa will host largest urban population in
21st century and cities will continue to be sites of extreme inequality. It is feared that
Asian cities may not be able to cope with the ongoing urbanization and urbanization of
poverty further adds to the challenges. This edited volume addresses to the challenges
thrown by urban poverty for sustainable cities in developing countries and also presents
some strategies adopted in these countries to deal with these challenges. The volume
contains seventeen articles which are divided into three sections. Section-1, entitled
'Urban Poverty in Developing Countries: Some Issues', contains five articles dealing with
urban poverty and delineates certain issues related to it. Section-II, entitled 'Urban Pov-
erty in India: Empirical Reality', contains five articles which present the empirical situation
of urban poverty in India. Section-III, entitled 'Urban poverty and Strategies for Sustain-
able Cities', anthologizes seven articles dealing with some strategies to grapple with the
problem of urban poverty in developing countries and the outcome of these efforts. All
these efforts to achieve sustainable cities are not producing desired results. Cities can-
not be sustainable if rural areas, neighborhoods and communities are not sustainable.
So focus must shift to these settlements as well.

Call for a contribution to a book

„The Global Financial Crisis
and the city-new spaces of socio-economic disadvantage‟

Edited by Scott Baum

Proposed Bentham e-book in the Series ‗Contemporary issues in the social and human
geography of the city‘

There can be little doubt that one of the most talked about issues of our time is the cur-
rent global economic crisis. How this crisis will impact on the cities of the world is of inter-
est, especially as the rate of urbanisation at a global scale continues unabated and the

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reach of the downturn continues. The global financial crisis will likely impact across
several interlinked arenas, but is likely to have impacts and the shape and distribution
of social equity, inclusion and exclusion in cities on a global scale.
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Cities of the past have been under increasing pressure as a result of a range of factors
including economic, demographic and policy impacts. The current economic crisis will
refocus interest in understanding the social vulnerability of cities and may raise ques-
tions about the social sustainability of our current city forms and the lives of residents
in disparate communities. This edited book will build on a rich history dedicated to un-
derstanding the big social questions that are associated with cities and urban life. Sev-
eral key themes are suggested for inclusion in this edited book:
social concentration and segregation in the city
experiences of social exclusion and inclusion
impacts of globalization and cosmopolitanism on city life
social justice, civil society and civic renewal
The dynamics of urban labour markets, including skill shortages, migrant labour, unem-
ployment, and workplace relations;

Being an e-book we can expect publication early in 2010 and so would be looking for
contributions to be finalised by November.

Contact:
Associate Professor Scott Baum

Urban Research Program

Griffith School of Environment
Griffith University

Telephone: 61+ (0)7+3735 5430

Fax: 61+ (0)7+3735 4026
Mobile: 0400 647011

Website: http://www.griffith.edu.au/urp

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5. Job announcements
The University of Luxembourg invites applications for the following vacancy in its Fac-
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ulty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education, for its Research Unit
IPSE
A Professor in Social Sciences (M/F)
Specialised in migration
(ref. FLSHASE/F3-080001)
Full-time (40 hours per week)

IPSE (Identités. Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces) is a multi and transdisciplinary research

unit studying society and its developments over time and in space. It responds to the
needs of Luxembourg society to reflect upon itself, in order to understand the important
evolutions that society is currently experiencing in its double context of the ―Grande
Région‖ and of the European Union.
The Unit comprises researchers from the fields of history, geography and spatial plan-
ning, literature and linguistics, the arts, philosophy, political and social sciences. The
main objective is to study, in a comparative way, the construction of new identities seen
as a plural and dynamic concept as well as its correlations of diversity and integration.
Luxembourg with its quite heterogeneous society, a challenge but also an opportunity,
could in this way be a unique test case in the European area.

Activities:
Actively implement and develop research in the priority research area ―Etudes Luxem-
bourgeoises‖ of the University of Luxembourg, and the research of the interdisciplinary
research unit IPSE (Identités. Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces).

Focus areas in research and teaching will be:

Sociology of migration and integration policies
Border studies
Social structures and social milieus
Pluri – and transculturalism

The methodological approach will be strongly empirical. The Professor will deal with
the migration issues in Luxembourg and in the Greater Region. The fields of research
mentioned above will be the subject of lectures and seminars to be introduced into the
BA and MA programmes already operating as well as future ones (―Bachelor in Euro-
pean cultures‖; ―Master in Luxemburgish language, literatures and cultures‖,…). She/he
will also supervise PhD students.

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Profile:
 a relevant doctorate (PhD), a post-doctoral qualification (habilitation) or equiva-
lent qualifications in research and teaching
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 strong competence in empirical research

 experienced in developing and managing research and study programmes,
 a proven record of teaching at all relevant academic levels
 additional competences in linguistic sociology (multilingualism, interferences,
linguistic markets, etc) would be an advantage
 Command (written and spoken) of at least two of the following languages:
French, German and/or English. Fluency in Luxembourgish will be considered as
an asset.

For further information please contact:

Prof. Dr. Michel Pauly (michel.pauly@uni.lu)
Laboratoire de recherche en histoire
or
Prof. Dr. Peter Gilles (peter.gilles@uni.lu)
Laboratoire de linguistique et de littératures luxembourgeoises

Candidates should submit the following documents:

 cover letter
 curriculum vitae
 list of given courses
 publication record
 copies of 5 recent publications relevant for the field in question
 copies of diplomas

Please address yoour application until October 15, 2009

Professor Michel Margue
Dean of the Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education
(FLSHASE),
University of Luxembourg
Campus Walferdange
BP. 2
L - 7201 Walferdange
Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
The University of Luxembourg is an equal opportunity employer.

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6. Obituary
Pat Mullins

Pat died on 3 September 2008 after a long battle against Multiple System Atrophy. Pat
was very active on the international scene and will be remembered by many RC21
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members.

I first came across his work as one of his PhD examiners in the late 1970s and later he
spent a sabbatical leave at the University of Kent. His doctoral study of the anti-freeway
movement in Brisbane led to important papers in IJURR (1979) and Sociological Re-
view (1987). For example, counter-intuitively, he showed the irrelevance of prior social
networks to the mobilization of residents into the movement.

He then developed an idea suggested by Ivan Szelenyi (in Dear and Scott) about the
role of the state in Australian economic and urban development. This led to two papers
in ANZJS (1981a and 1981b) whose importance was that they captured the distinctive-
ness of Australian economic and urban development rather than apply a ready-made
analysis from Western Europe or North America.

This led Pat on to some original thinking about the petite bourgeoisie in Australia and
about tourism urbanization. (See his seminal papers in IJURR, 1989 and 1991). In this
regard, Pat was one of the first scholars to identify the emergent blending of life style,
investment and mobility especially in relation to the making of new kinds of ‗places‘ de-
voted primarily to pleasure and consumption. His work in this area was taken further
with colleagues at the University of Queensland in extensive analyses of the changing
character of the South East Queensland metropolitan area.

Pat was actively involved in Australian urban and regional scholarship and a stalwart of
RC21, serving as Board member and Newsletter Editor.

Most recently, in 2002, he organized a very successful set of RC21 sessions at the
2002 World Congress of Sociology, Brisbane.

Pat was a warm companion and will also be remembered for his encyclopedic memory
of the network of scholars of which he was part (who was trained where and when, who
worked where and when, who they taught etc.) He will be greatly missed.

Our thoughts go out to his wife Chris and daughter Caitie.

Chris Pickvance (and with help from Chris Paris)

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