Events in April 2013
The New Governance of Natural Resources: Biopatents and Animal Production. Findings from an International Research Project
Dr Peter Feindt, Cardiff School of Planning and GeographyTuesday 30th April 2013 - 4:00pmThis presentation discusses the governance of natural resources from an often neglected perspective: the role of property rights. The problem: Plants and animals are the basis of food production, but also the wider bio- and eco-economy.
'A Flash Point in Inuit Memories': Hybrid Geographies and Sled Dog Killings
Professor Susan McHugh, University of New England, USAMonday 29th April 2013 - 4:00pmSusan McHugh is Professor of English at the University of New England, USA. All of her research and some of her teaching focus on literary, visual, and scientific stories of species.
Human Rights and Urban Development: What's the Link?
Professor Paul Taylor, Honorary Professor at the Cardiff School of Planning and GeographyWednesday 24th April 2013 - 5:30pmThe talk will address how the current international human rights regime, when properly understood, has far-reaching implications for how the world's cities should develop in future.
Civil Society Organisations and Food Security: Networking for Discursive Positioning, Roles and Institutional Space
Dr Maria Grazia Quieti, Visiting Ph.D. ScholarTuesday 23rd April 2013 - 4:00pmThe seminar will present the evolution of the relationship between civil society organisations and the U.N., in particular the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the U.N.
Transforming Public Space in Thessaloniki: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Responses to Crisis
Evangelia Athanasiou, Asst. Professor, Dept of Architecture, Aristotle University of ThessalonikiTuesday 16th April 2013 - 5:00pmThe current economic crisis leaves a strong imprint on public space, in Greek cities. The visualisation of the effects of crisis on the most vulnerable sections of the society is most vivid on the streets and squares.
‘Citizen Participation and Public Service Delivery’
Details of speakers are listed in the the description of the eventTuesday 16th April 2013 - 1:00pmThe Future of Public Service Delivery:Social sciences inter-school seminar series 2012-2013. Registration is open until 12th April 2013 at: http://citizenpublicservicedelivery.eventbrite.com