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International Sociological Association Research Committee 43
International Housing Conference: Housing Assets, Housing People
Dpt. Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, September 1-4 2009.

‘Housing Assets, Housing People’ is themed around the global to local impacts of the credit crunch, sub-prime crisis and on-going housing problems visiting all parts of the world. How does it affect local people, communities, cities, nations and regions around the world, and what can be done to alleviate present problems and their future recurrence?

The conference is multi-disciplinary in content and should be of interest to academics but also highly policy relevant and therefore valuable to practitioners and policy makers. Abstracts for papers are invited from all social sciences disciplines (e.g. sociology, planning, economics, finance, political science, etc) through the website below on subjects relating to housing research, policy and practice.

Confirmed key note speakers include:

• Professor Dan Immergluck, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
• Professor Duncan Maclennan, CBE, University of Ottawa and Chief Economist, Federal Government of Canada Department of Infrastructure and Cities – (As from 1 November 2008 Director of the Centre for Housing Research, University of St Andrews)
• Professor Yosuke Hirayama, University of Kobe, Japan.

The conference will involve plenary sessions, panels and debates – including one organised by the UK Housing Studies Association, a doctoral session and a full parallel set of workshops. There will also be study visits and a social programme. Glasgow is an ideal location, easily accessible with a busy international airport and excellent links to the rest of the UK. It is a friendly and dynamic city that has just been confirmed by Lonely Planet as one of the top 10 cities to visit in the world. Glasgow combines a famous industrial heritage with the capacity to re-make itself fit for the future. It is also a fascinating city laboratory for housing and urban researchers. The event itself is hosted in a city centre iconic Victorian public building: the Mitchell library.
For further information about the upcoming ISA Housing Conference, please see the following link: http://www.gla.ac.uk/events/housing/

The second communication of the conference, early in the New Year, will provide details for abstract submission, delegate registration and early bird discount deadlines (see also the conference website).

If you have any questions about the conference, its scope, about possible papers, or if you would like to be involved in chairing or establishing workshops, please contact the conference chair at the address below. If you would like to register interest in attending the conference please email Mrs Tilly Wright at T.Wright@lbss.gla.ac.uk.