The 3^rd Moravian Rural Conference organised by the Department of Applied and Landscape Ecology, Mendel University, Brno and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. The aim of the conference is to map European rural research.

The Trans-Atlantic Studies Association annual Conference on the theme of Planning, Regeneration and the Environment will be held in the University of Cork

For more details please contact Tony Jackson

ISEP researcher Dr Jenny Muir is part of a research team carrying out a three-year study into the impact of recession and the rebalancing of Northern Ireland’s economy on its neighbourhoods. The research is led by the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR) at Sheffield Hallam University and the third partner is the University of Sheffield. The research is being undertaken for the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister as part of its Equality and Social Need research programme.

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This is a one day interdisciplinary conference where students and staff from different disciplines will present on the impact of their research related to the environment.

The objective of the conference is to encourage learning and sharing resources, skills, successes and also to help come up with new solutions and plans on how to become a sustainable society and create a better future.

Senate Room, Lanyon Building

How is the housing system coping?

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The 3^rd Biennial British-Irish Population Conference on the theme Population Geography: Inter-Generational Patterns and Processes will take place in the Canada Room, Queen's University Belfast.

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One-day conference, Titanic remembered, exploring the ethics of memory construction in the tourist city organised by Queen's University Belfast, University of Aberdeen & European Academy of the Urban Environment in Berlin.

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Building Communities, transfroming neighbourhoods into community spaces at the University of Brighton

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The Irish Scottish Forum for Spatial Planning have announced the dates of their next event “Sustaining Small Island Communities”, this will include a week of activities in Scotland and Ireland and a conference in The Council Chamber, Queen’s University Belfast on the 31^st May 2013.

For more details contact Michael Murray

Research findings on Social Exclusion and Ageing in Diverse Rural Communities was presented in the Council Chamber, Queen's University Belfast. The reserach was funded by the Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI)  and allowed for the completion of two major studies on rural ageing across the island of Ireland. The Healthy Ageing in Rural Communities Network (HARC) draws its membership from the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology at National University of Ireland Galway, the Institute of Spatial and Environmental Planning at Queen's University Belfast, Rural Community Network, Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland) and FORUM Connemara.

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CED Lunchtime Forum
Senate Room, QUB
12.45pm – 1.55pm

This is an opportunity for colleagues to exchange good practice, innovative methods and tested approaches in Higher Education learning and teaching. This forum will focus on instilling a research culture in the undergraduate curriculum through three examples of research-based or research-oriented modules offered at different levels and in different disciplines across the University.

Heritage as an Engine for economic growth in mid-sized towns. A free conference organised by the Irish Walled Towns Network and University College Cork in Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Civic Offices.

For more details contact Liam Mannix