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Summer Institute in Economic Geography

The sixth Summer Institute in Economic Geography will take place in Zurich, Switzerland, July 1-7, 2012.

The Summer Institute provides an opportunity to investigate leading-edge theoretical and methodological questions, along with a range of associated professional development issues, in the field of economic geography, broadly defined. The meeting features contributions from internationally renowned figures in economic geography.

http://www.econgeog.net/zurich2012/index.html

 

Guest lectures

Prof. Dr. Marc Böckler - 27./28.09.2012
Performativity

Dr. Siobhan McGrath - 23.04.2012, 16:15-18:00h
Unfree Labour - Definitions and Debates

Prof. Dr. Gillian Rose - 08.12.2011, 18.15-20.00h, Rämistr. 71, KOL F 109
Now you see it, now you don’t: the strange relation between contemporary visual culture and visual research methods
 

Dr. Shaun French - 22.11.2011, 16.15-18.00h, G55
Making a Market out of a Crisis: Mapping Biofinancialisation
 

Dr. Martin Hess - 15.11.2011, 16.00-18.00h, H86
Global Production Networks and Regional Development: Towards A Cultural Political Economy
 

Prof. Dr. Linda McDowell - 10.11.2011, 10.00-11.00h, D68
Becoming Men / Doing Gender: Workplace Identities in Uncertain Times

Newly published books

Schwiter Karin 2011: Lebensentwürfe. Junge Erwachsene im Spannungsfeld zwischen Individualität und Geschlechternormen. Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag. Book View

Elisabeth Bühler, Heidi Kaspar und Frank Ostermann 2011: Sozial nachhaltige Parkanlagen. Zürich: vdf Hochschulverlag. Book View