PERN BULLETIN 12/09
18-Nov-09
Congratulations to Network Member, Professor Cecilia Wong
The Academy of Social Sciences has conferred the award of Academician on Professor Cecilia Wong of the School of Environment and Development at the University of Manchester for her significant contribution to the social sciences. The Academy is the main UK voice for the social sciences, representing both researchers and practitioners committed to knowledge development and transfer.
*Academy Nominations Invited from PERN Members by 30 November 2009*
The RTPI is seeking to put forward outstanding planning practitioners and researchers for recognition as Academicians in the next round of nominations. Please send your recommendations by 30 November to research@rtpi.org.uk. Click here for further details.
Spatial Perspectives for Rural Development in the UK, Bristol, 9 December 2009
The ESPON UK Network and the RTPI Rural Planning Network are holding an open workshop to explore critical spatial issues for the future of rural policy and research. It is free of charge and open to all practitioners and researchers interested in rural development. Limited places available. Register now…
New website for UK data on housing and neighbourhoods
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has launched a new website that provides a single source of information on key housing and neighbourhoods trends across the UK. The website is part of JRF’s Housing and Neighbourhoods Monitor project, which identifies the main issues affecting housing and neighbourhoods across the UK, comments on government performance on related targets and identifies emerging trends and concerns. They have also published the first in a series of related reports, giving a UK-wide overview of housing and neighbourhoods trends and analysing the interaction between them. The summary and full report can be downloaded free from www.jrf.org.uk or www.hnm.org.uk. Please let us know what you think of the new website by emailing research@rtpi.org.uk
Making the case for the social sciences
Thank you to Mark Reed of the University of Aberdeen for vivid examples of the use of research to improve planning policy and delivery. Read Mark's article here. The Academy of Social Sciences is still keen to hear more ‘stories that make the case’ for the social sciences. Please send to research@rtpi.org.uk
Taking the capital out of a city
The BBC has published an article on the subject of planning capital cities with the help of the RTPI. Read more…
Academy calls on Government to rethink its ‘too narrow’ focus on natural sciences and engineering
Professor Cary Cooper, chair of the AcSS, responded to the speech by Lord Mandelson regarding the Government’s plan to favour only the natural and medical sciences and engineering subjects in a letter to the Times. Find out more…
Centenary Essay Writing Competition – Open until 29 January 2010!
The Planning Inspectorate is currently celebrating its centenary and is looking forward to another 100 years of positive planning. Part of looking forward is seeking the views/thoughts/opinions of those who will be responsible for moving the planning system forward into the next 100 years. Entries from all four UK countries are welcome. Find out more…
PUBLICATIONS
Planning Theory and Practice – 30 days online free access
PTP is a leading planning journal by Routledge in association with the RTPI. It provides a focus for development of theory and practice in spatial planning and encourages the development of a spatial dimension in other areas of policy. Free PTP access and more...
Parliamentary Launch
The RTPI and Royal Institution hosted the launch of two new publications at the Houses of Parliament on 10 November: Planning Sustainable Cities - The UN-HABITAT Global Report on Human Settlements 2009 and Planning for Climate Change, edited by Simin Davoudi, Jenny Crawford and Abid Mehmood, both published by Earthscan.
Indicators Conference
On 30th September 2009, the Sustainable Development Unit of the Research DG's Directorate for Environment and EUROSTAT organised a conference on "Research on Sustainable Development Indicators: Taking Stock of Results and Identification of Research Needs". Download presentations and find out more…
New book on Brazilian energy sector
Energy in Brazil by Antonio Dias Leite is set to make a major contribution to the discussion around climate change mitigation. It analyses Brazil’s range of energy sources, in each case examining environmental and socio-economic issues and the potential for future development. Read more…
MORE EVENTS
The Great British Refurb: 40% energy reduction in homes and communities by 2020 – can we do it? 8 December, London
The UK government has announced an ambitious programme to upgrade all our existing stock of 25 million homes by 2030, cutting at least 60% off our energy bills. This would involve upgrading 25,000 homes a week! Yet we are very far from putting in place either the advice, the funding or the technical support that is needed to householders to achieve this. Find out more…
UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference 2010, Essex, 7-9 April 2010
In April 2010, the annual Planning Research Conference will be hosted by the Department of the Built Environment at Anglia Ruskin University. An interdisciplinary mix of researchers, policymakers and practitioners will present and debate current issues in research concerned with the challenging and changing context of planning. Paper presentation abstracts should be submitted by 14th December. Further details on the agenda and theme are available on the conference website.
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- The Royal Town Planning Institute
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- 18-Nov-09
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