IAPS

It is our great pleasure to invite you to join us in stunning Stellenbosch, South Africa, from March 19-23, 2013, for The 1st World Conference on Personality!

For the first time, this conference will unite all the personality related professional disciplines to help further multi-dimensional, cross-disciplinary approaches to the study of Personality.  If you work in a Personality related field, such as specialists in intelligence, psychology, individual differences, clinical fields, education, sociology and biology, you are welcome to attend, participate and contribute to this long-anticipated international event.

The conference will feature an eminent international advisory board and an array of esteemed keynote speakers. Topics to be covered will include Personality Structure, Personality Measurement, Intelligence, Cognition, Positive Psychology, Biological, Forensic and Social impacts on personality, personality disorders, morality and the cross-cultural aspects of personality.

Don’t miss out on this groundbreaking conference of Personality Disciplines!

For further information, please visit our website.

International Conference on Aging, Mobility and Quality of Life 2012

24th-26th June 2012, University of Michigan, USA

The Aging, Mobility and Quality of Life (AMQoL) 2012 conference will focus on the particular requirements of elderly people for transport/mobility that gives them access to the various activities and services that maintain their health and well-being and enhance their quality of life.

More information can be found at http://bit.ly/agingmobility2012

Designing Resilient Cities: a Guide to Good Practice

Making sure that urban development remains sustainable – whatever the future brings.

In the considerable discussion over the ‘presumption in favour of sustainable development’ in the National Planning Framework proposals and what exactly is
‘sustainable development’ there has been little discussion about how to ensure that the decisions we make today remain sustainable – whatever the future brings.

Given that the majority of our population live in urban areas, we have to do whatever we can to make sure that the decisions we take today do not lead to a negative future legacy.

A group of universities are developing an innovative approach to help planners, councillors and communities make decisions that are more likely to remain
sustainable over the longer term with a toolkit of scenarios against which the impact and robustness of today’s decisions can be judged.

A solution that remains robust and resilient after being tested against four possible future scenarios is more likely to remain sustainable over the longer
term. Any that fail the test can be examined to see how they might be improved.

The changes outlined in the Localism Act make it even more important that future sustainability is considered upfront. It will be important to give support to
communities when they are drawing up a neighbourhood plan as they will be able to use neighbourhood planning to grant full or outline planning permission in areas where they most want to see new homes and businesses provided it is in line with national planning policy, legal requirements, the strategic vision
set by the local authority and approved by a local referendum. The highly visual methodology developed by Urban Futures should help community members
produce more robust and resilient plans.

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A practitioner guide is to be published with BRE. The Guide titled Designing Resilient Cities: A Guide to Good Practice will be launched on the 18th April 2012 at an early evening event in London (3.00 – 5.30pm).

Early registration is now open.

For more details contact the organiser: Joanne Leach, Urban Futures Project Manager
on Email: j.leach@bham.ac.uk<mailto:j.leach@bham.ac.uk>
or email: joanne@joanneleach.co.uk<mailto:joanne@joanneleach.co.uk>.

Tel: 0121 414 3544; Mob: 07785 792 187.

Web: http://www.urban-futures.org

The Urban Futures team is a research project funded by EPSRC led by the University of Birmingham, and includes the Universities of Exeter, Lancaster, Birmingham City and Coventry.

Walden, Rotraut (Ed.), Simone Kosica (2011). Architectural Psychology:
Day care centers for young children. – Architekturpsychologie für
Kindertagesstätten. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers. (in German).

The 5th International Urban Design Conference will be held at the Hilton on the Park in Melbourne from Monday the 10th to Wednesday 12th of September 2012.

The International Urban Design Conference was established in 2007. Since then over 390 presenters have shared their knowledge in developing a range of themes including, Resilience in Urban Design 2011, Designing the Future 2010, Waves of Change – Cities at Crossroads 2009 and Survival: implementing tomorrow’s city 2007.

OPPORTUNISTIC URBAN DESIGN – 2012

Click here for more information: opportunistic urban design 

AGM Reports are now available on the IAPS website to IAPS members.  Have a read, and then post a question to the board and get an answer.

IAPS is proud to lend its support to the upcoming TELPA 2011 conference in Tlalnepantla Mexico this November 21^st through the 25^th.  The conference is the Third Latin-American Meeting on Environmental Psychology, with a focus on Environmental Psychology and Sustainability.  This year IAPS board member Giusseppe Carrus will speak at the conference conference. Please download an English prospectus for TELPA2011 here.

Located in the heart of Old Quebec, a world heritage fortified city, the School of Architecture is housed in the oldest educational buildings in Canada. With a unique focus on design and research, combining an involvement with collectivities, the School of Architecture is recognized for the quality of its educational programs and the originality of its contribution to forwarding the architectural profession.

The School of Architecture seeks candidate whose expertise and experience intersects one (or several) of the three following areas of teaching, research and creation:

1. Person-environment studies and intercultural collaborations, covering for instance the human aspects of architecture and the city, architectural and urban programming, as well as culturally appropriate collaborative and participatory design methods.

2. Digital fabrication and design media, including for instance innovative digital modes of architectural representation, the use of computer-assisted
fabrication and design, interactive design and media, as well as the relationship between the digital and the analogue.

3. Energy efficiency and simulation, addressing for instance technical relationships to building and construction (passive and renewable energy, envelope, environmental systems, ecological materials, etc.).

For more information please click on these links:

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IAPS Young Researchers Workshop

IAPS YRW will be held prior to the 22^nd IAPS conference Human Experience in the Natural and Built Environment: implications for research, policy and practice in Glasgow, Scotland, on June 24^th all day and in the morning of June 25^th 2012. Masters and PhD students are invited to submit their in-progress work.

IAPS YRW is intended to give postgraduate students of all IAPS-relevant disciplines an opportunity to discuss their research proposals and on-going work with leading scholars and academics, and to build international networks with other students in the field of people-environment studies. Research work from Masters’ students will be considered only if near completion.

Each student will have 2 mentors as accompaniment during the whole process after acceptation of the abstract. Senior researchers will guide through the 1,5 days workshop and give opportunities for interchange in innovative formats like “world café” and “science slams”. In advance of the conference, some students are selected to present their work and discuss it in one of the sessions of the workshop with their peers and the Senior Researchers. The Workshop language is English.

Deadline for abstract submission: November 15^th, 2011

Please click here for more details: 20110920 h call for participation YRW

Please click here to view and abstract template: practial abstract

The College of Humanities and the College of Social and Behavioral Science at the University of Utah seek an Assistant Professor in sustainability studies, with the successful candidate to be appointed to the department within these two colleges most relevant to his or her research and teaching specialization.

The successful applicant will be expected to pursue an active research and publication agenda, and to teach required courses both in the Environmental Humanities Graduate Program and the undergraduate Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program. We are especially interested in applicants whose research and teaching methods utilize an interdisciplinary approach to ecology and sustainability issues.  Ph.D. required by start date. Standard teaching load is two courses per semester. Salary is competitive. Start date: Fall 2012 semester. Submit letter of application, curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation at http://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/9455.

The University of Utah, a Research-1 public institution with approximately 21,000 undergraduates and 9,000 graduate students is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action employer and educator. Minorities, women, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. Veterans preference. Reasonable accommodations provided.  For additional information see: http://www.regulations.utah.edu/humanResources/5-106.html.

The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students from diverse backgrounds, and possess a demonstrated commitment
to improving access to higher education for historically underrepresented students.

Please click here to view the job description: Job Description

University of Virginia, Assistant or Associate Professor of Land Use and Growth Management, review of applications begins September 15, 2011.

The Department of Urban and Environmental Planning invites applications for a tenure track faculty position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor to begin fall 2012. We are seeking candidates who can play a leadership role in the department in the area of LAND USE & GROWTH MANAGEMENT.

The successful applicant should also possess significant corollary research and teaching interest in areas such as transportation and other forms of infrastructure, real estate development, historic preservation, or planning methods.

For more information please click here: UVa Land Use and Growth Management position announcement

Extended deadline for submitting abstracts to the two Nature & Human Health conferences inDenmark.

NEW DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15

Conference 1: European Public Health pre-conference on
Nature & Public Health

http://www.sl.life.ku.dk/English/outreach_publications/Conferences/eupha_pre_conference_nature_health.aspx

Conference 2: The
second national nature and human health conference – special topic children and
adolescences:

http://www.sl.life.ku.dk/kurser/AAbne_kurser_alfabetisk/natur_og_sundhedskonference.aspx#

Call for Papers

Double Conference
Session: The Uses of Art in Public Space

Chairs: Julia Lossau & Quentin Stevens

International Geographical Congress

Cologne, Germany

26-30 August 2012 http://www.igc2012.org<http://www.igc2012.org/>

(See Calls – Commissions and Task Forces – Stream C08.07
Cultural Approach in Geography)

Please click here for details: call for papers uses of art in public space 2012

IAPS22 conference ‘Human Experience in the Natural and Built Environment: implications for research, policy and practice, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, June 24-29, 2012, please click here: http://www.iaps2012.org.uk

Future Cities 2011 – International Symposium London

15^th and 16^th December, Westminster London UK

Call for Papers and Delegate Registration

IJNR, The International Journal of Neighbourhood Renewal is pleased to announce the staging of Future Cities, a New Annual Conference Series dedicated to the sustainable development of our Cities and Urban areas.  The first event is being staged in the heart of the global city of London at Westminster and overall details of the event can be found at http://www.rantrad.co.uk/rantrad-future-cities Over the 2 day event over 700 delegates from across the globe will listen to a range of presenters and discuss key issues and topics.

For more information click on this link: Future Cities 2011

A table has been created that summarises worldwide courses on environment behaviour  studies. For further information, please contact the director responsible for the course listed in the table.

Please click here to view the table.

Research Fellow (Qualitative)

Health & Social Legacy of 2012 Olympic Games (Ref:11198/JS)

Healthy Environments Research Programme

School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a major NIHR-funded study to evaluate the health and social impact of the 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games.  We are seeking a dynamic and motivated researcher with strong qualitative research skills and a background in social science research.

This is an opportunity to be involved in a high profile, long-term project which aims to investigate the social, economic and health legacy of the 2012 Games.

Please click on this link for further details: Research fellow Health and Social Legacy

CALL FOR PAPERS: HERITAGE 2012

3rd International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development

June 19-22, 2012 Porto Portugal

Please click here for details

A number of deadlines for the 47th ISOCARP Congress on
“Liveable Cities: Urbanising World, Meeting the Challenge”
taking place in Wuhan, China, from 24-28 October are approaching:

- Early Bird Registration Fee ends on 31 July! Register Now

- Special rates at Marco Polo Hotel until 31 July 2011. Hotel Accommodation & Rates

- Parallel Workshops: full paper submission: 10 August 2011. Paper submission

- Awards for Excellence, Gerd Albers Award, Sam van Embden Award for Members’ Initiatives.

Entries until 1 August 2011.  More information

From January 24th to January 25th 2012, the second international conference “Landscape and health: Effects, Potential and Strategies” will be held in Birmensdorf, Switzerland. From the perspective of practitioners as well as researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds we will discuss new results and solutions and future strategies in connection with Landscape & Health.
 
Contact and information: 
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), 
Event-Organisation, Zürcherstr. 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzlerland 
For organisational questions: events@wsl.ch +41 (0)44 739 24 75; 
For other questions: landschaft.gesundheit@wsl.ch. 
Registration will be possible from the 1st of August at our conference website: 
http://www.wsl.ch/landscapeandhealth

Department of Design and Environmental Analysis

Cornell University

Tenure Track Faculty Positions – 2

The Department of Design and Environmental Analysis (DEA) in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University is seeking two tenure track faculty members (rank: open) in design and facility planning.  Responsibilities include teaching three courses per year, plus thesis supervision for both Masters and PhD candidates. The candidate is also expected to develop an externally funded program of research.

DEA is a uniquely multi-disciplinary department composed of designers, ergonomists, facility planners, and environmental psychologists who are deeply committed to enhancing quality of life through a human-centered approach to designing. This environment offers ample opportunity for faculty cooperation and interactions, both within the department and across the university. For more information see  http://www.human.cornell.edu/dea/.

Qualifications:  PhD in Interior Design, Architecture (and related design fields), Psychology (environmental), Urban Planning and Facility Management, or a related field, preferred.

Salary:  Negotiable depending on experience and qualifications. Competitive benefits package.

To Apply:  Send complete dossier (letter of application, CV, letters of recommendation, writing sample, portfolio, examples of student work) to: Search Committee, Design and Environmental Analysis, College of Human Ecology, 1411 MVR Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 14853-4401. No applications by fax or email. Applications will be reviewed starting Aug 1, 2011 on an ongoing basis until position filled. Dual spousal appointments considered.

Cornell University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action educator and employer.  We are interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic community through their research, teaching and/or service.

The URBS, Journal of Urban Studies and Social Sciences, a new on-line magazine published in open access journal technology.

It publishes multidisciplinary articles related to the study of urban phenomena and processes from a diversity of theoretical and methodological perspectives, emphasizing critical approaches in a variety of disciplines, scientific or not. We are working on indexing it in various relevant databases for the dissemination of research topics of interest to our readers.

click here to read more: URBS

Gabriel
Moser: An Appreciation

I apologise I do not speak French… or German, Italian,
Spanish, Portuguese or any of the other languages Gabriel spoke, so my brief
words will be in English. He spoke English too so maybe that gives me
permission. Words. When Dirce asked me to say a few words today, my first
thought was, there are no words that can express my feelings of loss and
sadness. I know it is like that for you too. Gabriel was really my best friend
and when I heard that he had died a little part of me died as well.

Words. Words are the currency of the academic world.
Gabriel was the President of the International Association of People-Environment
Studies, or IAPS as we call it.  IAPS is a
world-wide organisation of researchers from across the design and social
science disciplines who are concerned to make the places we live in better. It
is not surprising that Gabriel was President of such an organisation. When I
sent an email around to all the members of IAPS informing them of the sad news –
and despite the fact that it was during a long public holiday – within in no
time at all I had received over thirty messages of shock, of sadness and of
love.

I would like to read out just some of the words that his
friends and colleagues wrote, as they speak far more eloquently of Gabriel’s qualities
and impact on people’s lives than I ever could.

From Mexico: “He
was an indefatigable and enthusiastic Master, always ready to guide in research
work. But he will be here always, in our hearts and in our work as professionals
committed to psychology, knowledge, teaching, research and the environment. We
love you Gabriel and appreciate the legacy of wisdom and love you left us.”
(Ana
Maritza Landázuri, Serafín Mercado, Alejandra Terán)

From the UK: “Gabriel was a warm, kind and generous
person and who played an vital role in the international community of
environmental psychologists. I will never forget the IAPS board dinners where
he always managed to create a wonderful atmosphere.” (Birgitta
Gatersleben)

From Italy: “I am terribly sad for this news, I do not
find the words to say anything meaningful, except that we will all miss this
special friend and colleague:  …I still
have with me a “joliè carte postal” with a picture of one of his
father’s paintings he sent me when I got married…” (Giuseppe Carrus)

From the United States: “….there are the few  – like Gabriel – larger than life, exuberant,
a laugh that reverberated and made us smile. These are the personas that remain
with us forever……..He was passionate about so much: environmental psychology,
Dirce and the children, his father Wilfrid and the foundation, good food and
drink…………….” (Gary Gumpert)

From Germany: “Many happy encounters, communications,
dinners, even a week-long visit in Gabriel’s home village in Switzerland come
to my mind. And I’ll never forget the IAPS Sao Paulo conference and the
wonderful after conference trip to Pantanal. It is wonderful to see how the
IAPS family gathers for and around Gabriel, at least electronically. He left us
too early and we will miss his commitment, his ideas, his humour and his great
friendship.” (Lenelis Kruse)

From Portugal: “It seems unreal that someone so full of
life, so truly in love with life, its pleasures and beauties, someone so
authentically connected with the persons around him, is no longer with us. We
will keep him with us in our memories just like that. His work will also be
continued, as he left us with an important legacy of books and papers. But I
would like to stress, in particular, the easy and warm international
connections that we have in environmental psychology as a legacy of his very
personal style.” (Luisa Lima)

From Spain: “….on behalf of the environmental psychology
group of Barcelona, I express our appreciation and thanks to a great teacher,
great person and great friend who has been Gabriel. He will be with us always.”
(Enric Pol)

It was believed in ancient Egypt that ‘whosoever´s name
is uttered, then he lives’. It is without doubt that Gabriel will always be
living amongst us, and I am happy about that.

David
Uzzell

Französische Kirche, Berne

4^th May 2011

A recent publication on restorative effects of different types of nature
Martens, D., Gutscher, H. & Bauer, N. (2011).Walking in “wild” and “tended” urban forests: The impact on psychological well-being. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 31, 36-44. (see http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02724944)

Rotraut Walden (Ed.), Simone Kosica (2011). Architectural Psychology for Day Care Centers/Kindergartens. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers. (Published in German).

Devine-Wright, P (2011) (ed) Public Engagement with Renewable Energy: From NIMBY to Participation London: Earthscan.

Devine-Wright, P. (2011) Public engagement with large-scale renewable energy: breaking the NIMBY cycle. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 2, 19-26.

Devine-Wright, P. (2011) Enhancing local distinctiveness fosters public acceptance of tidal energy: a UK case study. Energy Policy, 39, 83-93.

This last issue in 2010 of Open House International is a special issue with 8 papers presented at the IAPS Joint Network Symposium in Istanbul in October 2009.

The second volume of the Advances in People-environment Studies series is now printed. The series is edited by Gabriel Moser and David Uzzell, and Volume 2 is edited by Marino Bonaiuto, Mirilia Bonnes, Anna Maria Nenci and Giuseppe Carrus. This second volume, titled “Urban Diversities – Environmental and Social Issues” is organized around a structure that follows the main themes discussed at the Rome 2008 IAPS Conference.

The contributions included refer to various themes relevant for the advancement of people-environment studies, with an emphasis on the key concept of diversity, in relation to:

• theoretical and methodological approaches
• urban landscapes and perceptual approaches
• urban green spaces and well-being
• lifestyles and urban sustainability
• social groups and inclusive urban environments

2nd call for papers:

EXPERIENCING LIGHT 2009
International conference on the effects of light on wellbeing
26-27 October 2009, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
www.experiencinglight.nl

EXPERIENCING LIGHT 2009 is an international two-day scientific conference for those interested in the effects of light and light design on human wellbeing. It approaches wellbeing in its broadest sense, including mood, emotions, subjective and objective health, comfort, atmosphere perception, productivity and performance.
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Fresh ideas to inform academic research and museum practice.
“HOME-WORK” – WORK IN AND AT HOME FROM THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DAY
Saturday 21 March 2009, 10am – 4.30pm
Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester Read more »

Bergen Summer Research School on Global Development Challenges: “Climate, Environment and Energy”
(June 22 – July 3, 2009, University of Bergen, Norway).
Climate, Environment and Energy
22 June- 3 July 2009, Bergen-Norway
www.bsrs.no
The second edition of the Bergen Summer Research School is dedicated to the
theme of Climate, Environment and Energy. We offer 6 doctoral/research
courses, several plenary lectures, and 5 plenary roundtable debates structured
around the following concepts: “Mitigation, Adaptation, Responsibilities and
Opportunities”, with special attention to the current “energy challenges”,
innovation coming from the private sector, and opportunities for poor and
vulnerable groups. The program aims to promote dialogue across academic
disciplines, the private sector, government, civil society organizations and to
raise awareness and incentives for all those sectors. It offers truly
interdisciplinary approaches. Read more »

October 21 – 23, 2009, Rio De Janeiro – Brazil

Practitioners, academics and students of landscape architecture are invited to discuss, critique, and demonstrate how through a variety of mediums and a potential mediation of design disciplines,
contemporary ideas of landscape functions can be reconsidered as green infrastructure.
Submissions should consider experimental and innovative design projects and critiques, research, written and photographic essays, digital animations or film. Read more »

Please login with your login and password and you will be able to download the latest Special Issue of the Bulletin.

We are sorry to learn that Rocio Martin Herreros,
Professor of Environmental Psychology of the Autonomous University of
Madrid and active member of IAPS, has died in Madrid. She was
only 47 years old when she was taken. Her work as professor and researcher in Environmental Psychology was constant and enriching and she will be greatly missed
and always remembered.

Call for Papers:
Communicative Cities: Integrating Technology and Place Conference

With support from the Battelle Endowment for Technology and Human Affairs
and The Ohio State University, we are organizing the Communicative Cities:
Integrating Technology and Place Conference. The Urban Communication
Foundation (http://www.urbancomm.org/) began exploring this topic about
three years ago and held planning sessions in Washington, DC, Rome, and
Paris.
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Mixed Methods in Psychology and Law and in Criminological Research
Deadline for Papers: 1st December 2009
A special issue of International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches – vol 4/3
ISBN 978-1-921348-48-8
Editors: Eugenio De Gregorio, University of Rome and
Colin Holmes, James Cook University
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Following a wide-ranging strategic review and resultant restructuring earlier this year, the Department of Architecture wishes to pursue further its vision for urban design by appointing a Professor to provide intellectual leadership to its teaching and research programmes. See http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/TR121/Professor/

Conference on Design Principles and Practices, Berlin, Germany, 15-17 February 2009

Third International Conference on Design Principles and Practices
Berlin, Germany
15-17 February 2009
http://www.Design-Conference.com Read more »

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS FOR SESSION AT ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY (with IBG) ANNUAL CONFERENCE (26-28 August 2009, Manchester).

We are inviting contributions for a Planning and Environment Research Group (PERG) and Postgraduate Research Group (PRG) sponsored session on ‘The use of innovative methodological approaches to better understand pro-environmental behaviour’. Read more »

RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Manchester: 26-28 August 2009

Call for papers
Sensewalking: sensory walking methods for social scientists
Sponsored by the Social and Cultural Geography Research Group and the Urban Geography Research Group (UGRG tbc)

Convenors: Mags Adams (University of Salford) and Kye Askins (Northumbria University) Read more »

We are proud to announce the First STEP: the First Summer school on
Theories in Environmental Psychology 2009, which will be held at the
University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
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International conference on the effects of light on wellbeing
26-27 October 2009, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
www.experiencinglight.nl
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22–24 July 2009 | Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | Lausanne, Switzerland. Register by 29 May 2009

Who Should Attend
The event will be of benefit to those working within the engineering sector globally and to those
involved in infrastructure and general development projects across developing and developed nations.
The committee also welcomes representatives of nongovernmental and governmental organizations
as well as mineral resource professionals and those involved in education and research. Read more »

To read about IAPS in Psychology International vol 19 go to:

http://www.apa.org/international/pi/1208-iaps.html

On Global Grounds will be available at the end of December 2008 and can be ordered directly at Nova publishers. For more information please contact
Prof. Dr Gabriel Moser
Université Paris-Descartes / Paris-Descartes University
CNRS Laboratoire de Psychologie Environnementale UMR 8069

http://www.gabrielmoser.net/

University of Birmingham College of Life & Environmental Sciences

Academic Positions (from Lecturer to Chair) in
Environmental Health Sciences

The University of Birmingham is seeking to appoint high quality candidates to a number of vacant positions. Amongst these is one (or potentially more) post in environmental health sciences, details of which are attached. For informal discussion of posts in environmental health sciences, please contact Professor Roy Harrison (telephone: +44 121 414 3494; email: r.m.harrison@bham.ac.uk). If interested in any of the positions in other academic fields, please contact the relevant Head of School as indicated in the further details.
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Call for Papers:
Communicative Cities: Integrating Technology and Place Conference

With support from the Battelle Endowment for Technology and Human Affairs
and The Ohio State University, we are organizing the Communicative Cities:
Integrating Technology and Place Conference.

We invite planners, designers, city officials, policy-makers, communications
professionals and others to submit proposals for presentations.

Read more »

CALL FOR PAPERS,
International Symposium, Istanbul – TURKEY, 12-16 October 2009
REVITALISING BUILT ENVIRONMENTS: Requalifying Old Places for New Uses

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to inform you that, the new web site of the International
Symposium organized by two IAPS Networks is opened on following address
www.culturespace2009.org.

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The Children, Youth and Environments Journal has just published 11 new papers on play, schools, neighborhood environments, and participatory community development with contributions from the US, Canada, Sweden, Turkey and Tanzania. The Table of Contents follows below. The new issue – which also includes a photo essay, book reviews, and a ranking of the 50 most downloaded articles – is available on http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/

You can recommend the CYE journal to your library, using the form on:

http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/announcements/JournalRF.pdf

The Editors
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8th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology September 6-9, 2009 – Zürich, Switzerland Including a meeting of the IAPS members.

http://www.sozpsy.uzh.ch/conference.html

Call for Papers

Update: Submission of contributions is now available via the online registration and submission system. Registration and payment will be available in early December. The 8th Biennial Conference of the Environmental Psychology Division of the German Association of Psychology (8. Tagung der Fachgruppe Umweltpsychologie) will take place September 6th – 9th, 2009, in Zürich, Switzerland. The conference primarily addresses the following topics: Behavioral Interventions, Conservation Behavior, Environmental Decision Making, Environmental Risks, Living in Built Environments, Methods in People Environment Studies, Mobility Behavior, Consumer Behavior, Psychology of Noise Annoyance, Psychology of Sustainability.

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4th International Conference on Sustainable Development and Planning. 13-15 May 2009, Cyprus.

Organised By: Wessex Institute of Technology, UK & University of Thessaly, Greece
Sponsored By: WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

View the conference website, which has full details about the conference objectives, topics and submission requirements at: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/sdp2009rem4.html
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FIELD/WORK
6th Annual AHRA International Conference
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art, 20-21 November 2009
http://www.ahra-architecture.org/Events_2009_edinburgh.php
Call for Papers:
Fieldwork has always been integral to the work of architects and landscape
architects and the many forms of associated scholarship, from the site visit
to the grand tour to the social survey. We visit sites – real and imagined
- to collect, order, and interpret data, to establish parameters,
frameworks, contexts, and outlines for design work. As the sites of design
work and scholarship have become increasingly complex and mediated, the
questions as to what and where the field is, how we collect data, how we
ensure its reliability, and how it informs design work have renewed
practical and theoretical significance.

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Job Advertisement for an Assistant Professor in Applied Psychology at the University of Groningen, Netherlands

Click here to download the pdf for further details.

You are allowed to visit the page even if your are not on FB yourself, but if you like it and want to be updated or contribute to it, then you will have to build a profile on FB and ask to be invited.

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Click here to download the references for Bulletin 33

Summer School 09 First STEP: the First Summer school on Theories in Environmental Psychology 2009, which will be held at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, July 13-17, 2009.

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Places: Forum of Design for the Public Realm, EDRA, the Environmental Design Research Association, in cooperation with Metropolis magazine announce the twelfth annual Great Places Awards.

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Drumossie Hotel, Inverness, Scotland 12th/13th November 2008

For more informaiton, visit the link: http://www.sustainableresearch.com

3-5 November 2008, Rotterdam

The Child in the City conference is the fourth bi-annual conference of the European Network Child Friendly Cities (EN CFC). During the last decennium this conference has been the place to be for all cities and scientists focussing on the theme of a local child friendly policy. Cities from all over Europe (but also from Canada and Australia, and…) inspired each other by telling about their own experiences and looking for similar cities with similar problems. It is as a market and a lab in which new ideas are developed.

www.childinthecity.com

www.elsevier.com

Discount to IAPS members: 85%!!

Therefore, you can subscribe to Vol. 26 (2009) for EUR 147 / USD 164 (reduced for us from EUR 925 / USD 1,033).

IAPS members can subscribe to the journal simply by contacting the sales offices and requesting the IAPS member rate: www.elsevier.com

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Members of IAPS can subscribe to URBAN DESIGN International with a 20% discount.

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16th-18th October 2008 Thessaloniki, Greece

For more informaiton, visit the link: http://www.aesop-planning.com

Open House International

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Discount to IAPS members: 55% !!

Regular subscription price: £155.00 (gbp). Therefore there is a reduction of £82.25 gbp, making the annual subscription £69.75 gbp for four issues. Each issue is around 100 pages with colour issues occuring from time to time. Details of article titles, themes and abstracts can be see on the web site.

OHI is Thomson ISI citation indexed (all their products) and covered by EBSCO Publishibg as well as Elsevier Scopus.

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26-27 september 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia

For more informaiton, visit the link: http://www.aesop-planning.com

Urban diversities, biosphere and well-being: designing and managing our common environment

Rome, 28/07-01/08 2008.

Visit the dedicated site for detailed information:www.iaps2008.com

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University of Groningen, the Netherlands, July 13-17, 2009.

The aim of the summer school is to provide PhD students in environmental psychology the opportunity to learn from leading scholars in the field, and to meet and discuss their work with peers. Website: http://www.rug.nl/psy/onderwijs/firststep/.

Leipzig, Germany, June 27th July 2nd, 2010

“Vulnerability, Risk and Complexity: Impacts of global Change on Human Habitats”

An illustrated summary of the Leipzig 2010 conference can be found here iaps2010-sum_up_leipzig_2010_final and the photographic exhibition entries are here 2010-photo-exhibition

June 10-13, 2009

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Deadline abstracts: October 1, 2008.

May 10-14, 2009 in Portland, OR.

This conference will address the relationship between the built environment, social, and physical health, and how architects, urban designers, landscape architects and planners can reshape the built environment to improve health and well-being.

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Richard Mitchell and Frank Popham, Effect of exposure to natural environment on health inequalities:an observational population study, The Lancet, Volume 372, Issue 9650, Pages 1655 – 1660, 8 November 2008 see

Terry Hartig, Green space, psychological restoration, and health inequalityhe Lancet, Volume 372, Issue 9650, Pages 1614 – 1615, 8 November 2008 (Comment on above research)

See also http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7714950.stm

Culture, Quality of Life and Globalization – Problems and Challenges for the New Millenium. García Mira, R. / Sabucedo Cameselle, J.M. / Martínez, J.R. (Ed.).

You can find details at: www.hhpub.com

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People, Places, and Sustainability.

Editors: Moser, G. / Pol, E. / Bernard, Y. / Bonnes, M. / Corraliza, J.A. / Giuliani, V.

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Available at NLG 40.- plus shipping costs, contact the publisher at EIRASS

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Evolving Environmental Ideals Changing Ways of Life, Values and Design Practices.

ISBN 91-7170-756-5), 480 p.

Available at reduced price: SEK 200 + postage SEK 80.

Payment is made by invoice that accompanies the packaged book. Orders should be sent to: Dick Urban Vestbro

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Editors: S.J. Neary, M.S. Symes and F.E. Brown

1994. London: E&F Spon. ISBN: 0 419 20160 2

To order or make inquiries, please contact the publisher E&F Spon

If you currently are a member of IAPS, and have access to the Members section, please download Bulletin 30, the Special Issue about the 25 Years of IAPS (1981-2006), because it contains many interesting articles about how IAPS has developed, some reflections about current and future challenges, the impact of its work, and most of all important personal reflections on what can IAPS meean to each of us.

The 19th IAPS Conference held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt on 11-16 September, 2006, presented the multifaceted reality of the problems we are tackling in our world today to reach sustainable development, ‘a concept around which our common future turns’ (Uzzell, 2002). To meet the challenges of the New Millennium, it was found imminent to engage in more interdisciplinary collaboration between the disciplines of IAPS (design field/ anthropology-sociology- psychology- geography- ecology-environment) and the natural sciences to contribute to the main theme of Environment, Health and Sustainable Development.

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To read more about the conference visit the site info.tuwien.ac.at