EUGEO 2011 - Geography's stake in Europe: People, environment, politics

The third congress of EUGEO, the association of European geographical societies

Dates: 30-31 August 2011
Location: London, UK at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
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EUGEO congresses are held every two years and provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of policy relevant research on and about Europe, engaging researchers and policy makers.   EUGEO 2011 will be organised around three central themes:

• Sustainability and the Environment
  Session topics may include: climate change; energy, water and food production and security; biodiversity and habitat; conservation; environmental management
• People, Politics and Place
  Session topics may include: rural and urban policy issues like migration, social division and cohesion; rural reorientation; regional economic development; identity of places and spaces
• New World, New Europe, modernity and globalisation
  Session topics may include: Europe’s global position, territoriality in the new Europe; multilevel and cross-boundary governance;  geopolitics; geoeconomics; transformations of identity in modern Europe