This is the fifth conference designed to provide a regular international meeting of Population Geographers. Originally established by the Population Geography Research Group (PGRG), which is one of the specialist research groups of the Royal Geographical Society / Institute for British Geographers (RGS/IBG), this meeting will be hosted by the Population Specialty Group (PSG) of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) . Conferees should plan to arrive Wednesday August 5th, and accommodation is provided that night. The conference will begin with breakfast on Thursday 6th August 2009 and end with breakfast on the morning of Sunday 9th August 2009.
The hope from the first meeting in Scotland in 2002 was that in the long term this would be a bi-annual event hosted in different nations. It has since been hosted in St Andrews (2004), Liverpool (2006), Hong Kong (2007) and now will be hosted in Dartmouth in 2009, where we aim to continue the tradition of offering a major, regular Population Geography event drawing on participants from all over the world. The event will be hosted in Umea, Sweden, in 2011.
Although designed for geographers, contributions are welcome from those who would not regard themselves as population geographers, but are working in pertinent research areas. For example, we would welcome speakers from other disciplines including Demography, Sociology, Economics, Social Anthropology etc. Postgraduates are also encouraged to attend and offer papers.
The remit for the meeting is broad. We are encouraging people to submit papers on any research issue relevant to Population Geography and the organisers will decide the strands of the conference once we have received the abstracts. In addition, there will be a few theme sessions and if you are interested in organising a theme session (minimum of 3 and maximum of 6 papers) please contact the conference officer with a title and a provisional list of possible speakers. Papers should be 20-25 minutes long, allowing for 5-10 minutes discussion in ½ hour slots.
