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EUROGEO E-Newsletter: April 2011 |
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EUROGEO 2011 Annual Meeting and Conference: Final Call for abstracts
Dear Colleagues,
This is the Final Call for abstracts for the 2011 European Association of Geographers conference and meeting held at the “Titania Hotel” in Athens, Greece, June 2 - 5, 2011, in collaboration with the Laboratory of Geography of the National Technical University of Athens, Greece (NTUA) . The theme of the meeting is: “Geography: Your world – A European Perspective”
Deadline for submission: April 26th 2011
For further information, http://www.ntua.gr/MIRC/EUROGEO/index.html
Email: Maria Pigaki - pigaki@survey.ntua.gr |
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Call for Papers: the European Journal of Geography
You may submit original artiles online for publication in the European Journal of Geography. Register at http://www.eurogeographyjournal.eu/
The first issue of the European Journal of Geography has been published at: http://www.eurogeographyjournal.eu/ |
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The digital-earth:eu Network first meeting announced http://www.digital-earth.eu
The first meeting of the digital-earth.eu Comenius Network will take place in Salzburg in early July 2011 in collaboration with the Learning with GeoInformation conference. Colleagues interested in joining/participating in the network should visit http://www.eurogeography.eu/digital-earth.html
The digitalearth.eu Network is an EC funded project (2011-2013) to connect teachers and educators using geoinformation and geo-media in teacher education and the school classroom. EUROGEO is a founder member of this EC funded network.
Geo-media is the visualisation of information from different media sources and is concerned with digital content based on place, position and location. Innovative approaches to teaching and learning are needed to effectively study local, regional, national, international and whole earth environments.
The digitalearth.eu network aims to link diverse, unconnected centres around Europe where geoinformation and geo-media use is well developed, with the expectation that products, resources, experiences and ideas will be shared between them.
If you would like to be a partner in the project, visit http://www.eurogeography.eu/digital-earth.html |
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Joining EUROGEO
EUROGEO has four categories of membership.
New EUROGEO members are allowed to select one FREE publication from the publications list (while stocks last).
Membership gives you access to the EUROGEO community, you will receive 6 newsletters a year, reductions on publications and reduced conference fees. |
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What is EUROGEO?
EUROGEO as an association was set up in 1979 with strong support from the European Commission. Members from national association formed a European association to represent the viewsd and opinions of geographers in different European countries to the EU . The assoiciation has had participatory status at the Council of Europe sonce 1989. EUROGEO has established its legal home in Belgium as an International not-for-profit organisation. If you would like to know more please contact luc.zwartjes@skynet.be
Meet the Board of EUROGEO
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| Geographical News Stories And Research |
| physical and hazards - climate - environment - human |
Geographer is one of the ten top jobs of the future - http://bit.ly/f4I9Rt
Physical Geography and Hazards
Polar project results will drive future policy, says science council
The largest polar research project ever undertaken, which was launched in 2007 as part of the International Polar Year, has yielded a multitude of new policy leads, the International Council for Science said. http://bit.ly/gujiQm
Sooty Himalayan snow 'warms climate, alters monsoons
Black carbon landing on snow may be accelerating the melting of Himalayan glaciers more than atmospheric soot or even greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), according to a study. The effects of this carbon, a key component of soot, could change the timing and intensity of the monsoons; increase the chances of downstream floods and reduce farmers' access to irrigation when they most need it, researchers say. http://bit.ly/dQSq3L
Local factors influence climate change in Antarctica
Scientists in Germany have challenged the traditional assumption that temperature fluctuations in Antarctica are mainly due to climate changes in the northern hemisphere. According to them, major portions of the temperature fluctuations on the continent can be explained equally well by local climate changes in the southern hemisphere. The climate researchers presented their findings in the journal 'Nature' after studying temperature reconstructions based on ice cores. http://bit.ly/eSKEJl
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Climate
After Record-Setting Summer, More ‘Mega-Heatwaves’ on the European Horizon
An analysis of modeling results indicated that major heat waves will probably become five to 10 times more likely over the next 40 years, the researchers said, though they concluded that an event with a magnitude reaching that of the 2010 heat wave is unlikely to occur until after 2050. “During the 2001-2010 decade, 500-year long records were broken over approximately 65% of Europe, including Eastern Europe, southwestern-central Europe, the Balkans and Turkey,” they report. http://bit.ly/hh4jvz
Kenya: Climate-linked drought pushes Kenyan farmers to sell land
A growing number of farmers in parts of Kenya’s eastern and north-eastern regions are selling their land and moving to urban areas in search of alternative livelihoods as a severe drought believed linked to climate change makes farming increasing difficult. http://bit.ly/ei8X2S
Canada: Permafrost Melt Soon Irreversible Without Major Fossil Fuel Cuts
Without major reductions in the use of fossil fuels, as much as two-thirds of the world's gigantic storehouse of frozen carbon could be released, a new study reported. That would push global temperatures several degrees higher, making large parts of the planet uninhabitable. http://bit.ly/eSaV2F
New climate journal embraces the social sciences
The Nature Publishing Group has launched a new monthly journal devoted to climate change. For the first time in the group’s history the new journal, Nature Climate Change, will regularly solicit and publish research in the social sciences. http://www.nature.com/nclimate/index.html
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Environment
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Human and Economic Geography
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| European News |
Tunisian migrants cause protests on Italian island
With hundreds of Tunisian migrants arriving every day by boat, the inhabitants of the overcrowded island of Lampedusa staged daily protests in the port, calling on the Italian government to step up the pace of transfers to the mainland. http://euobserver.com/9/32026/?rk=1
EU ignores Malta on special status for refugees
Malta has asked to activate a "temporary protection" mechanism allowing refugees from Libya to be granted fast-track asylum procedures anywhere in the EU. But neither the European Commission nor other member states are willing to proceed for now. http://euobserver.com/9/32103/?rk=1
European Citizens Initiative now law
The European Citizens' Initiative is from now on the law of the EU. This is a milestone in the history of modern democracy. http://euobserver.com/9/32107/?rk=1
Developing ozone hole approaches Europe
An exceptionally large area of depleted ozone has formed over the North Pole, and scientists warn that it could settle over Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. http://bit.ly/g0TDhV
China and EU share climate vision
China and the European Union are setting out plans for changing energy use and curbing carbon emissions within a space of a few days. http://bbc.in/efQv66
EU water blueprint to pave way for savings targets
A major review of Europe's water policies next year will pave the way for savings targets to be adopted by member states and industries, according to a senior EU official who was speaking on World Water Day. http://bit.ly/gg4FO1
Transport to remain big polluter under new EU plan
Europe's transport chief called for a shift away from fossil fuels on Monday (28 March) to cut greenhouse gas emissions and protect the economy from oil price spikes, but critics said his strategy lacked meaningful action. http://bit.ly/enlcNZ
Ministers discuss banning GM crop cultivation
In a bid to resolve a deadlock over the approval of new genetically-modified (GM) crops, EU environment ministers yesterday discussed the grounds for allowing member states to decide individually whether or not to ban the cultivation of transgenic crops on their territory. http://bit.ly/eCOPWM
Barents region seen as key to EU raw materials supply
The huge natural resources contained in the Barents region could be play a key role in helping to meet Europe's growing demand for raw materials, stakeholders stress, calling for increased cooperation between the EU and the region. http://bit.ly/gB7Rom
Brussels wants no oil-fuelled cars in cities by 2050
The European Commission plans to step up its battle against oil- and gas-fuelled cars, and is drawing up strict targets to halve their urban usage by 2030 and "phase them out by 2050," according to an EU road map on transport. http://bit.ly/dNArPo
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| Geo-Resources |
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| Downloadable articles |
- An Educators Guide To Twitter http://bit.ly/ediKOg
- Mountain Research and Development, Volume 31, Issue 1 available online and open access, http://www.bioone.org/toc/mred/31/1
- Development of Open Source Functionality for the Analysis and Visualization of Remotely Sensed Time Series http://bit.ly/fnhI5X
- Spatial Analysis of Land Cover Determinants of Malaria Incidence in the Ashanti Region, Ghana http://bit.ly/eHTF7n
- UNEP (2010). High mountain glaciers and climate change: Challenges to human livelihoods and adaptation. http://www.unep.org/pdf/himalayareport_screen.pdf
- Resources: Overview and Recommendations for Research, Management and Policy. Viviroli, Daniel; et al, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 15, No. 2:471–504, http://bit.ly/dNhBkF
- The role of participatory cultural mapping: promoting intercultural dialogue http://bit.ly/gjtL4d
- Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education (JLDHE) latest issue published at http://www.aldinhe.ac.uk/ojs/
- "Learning Through Digital Media" e-book on Scribd http://www.scribd.com/doc/51103027
- Natural Hazards, UnNatural disasters World Bank report, free to download Disasters, Risk and risk assessment, http://bit.ly/glL7ys
- The Influence of Role Models on Immigrant Self-Employment: A Spatial Analysis for Switzerland: http://bit.ly/ernWcO
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| Fellowships, Tenders and Grants |
Tenders
Grants by deadline
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ESF: Climate change workshop grants The European Science Foundation, invites applications from young scientists for travel grants to attend its workshop on climate change - manipulation experiments in terrestrial ecosystems. http://bit.ly/fjhgxX
ESF: ClimMani climate change - manipulation experiments in terrestrial ecosystem
The two-week workshop will focus on analysing responses of terrestrial ecosystems to climate manipulation during the first week and on writing a review based on these findings during the second week. Travel grants cover travel expenses for a maximum of €500 and a weekly subsistence allowance of €400. Award amount max: €1,300 Closing date: 01 May 201, http://bit.ly/fjhgxX
Stanley Rand Fellowship Program (deadlines: May 15, August 15 and November 15). Support is provided for short-term research in the tropics focused on animal behavior, natural history, evolutionary biology, plant and animal ecology and environmental monitoring. http://www.stri.si.edu/english/education_fellowships/fellowships/index.php
Life in Extreme Environments: Grants available for PhD students and Postdocs to attend the CAREX Conference (18-20 October 2011) on Life in Extreme Environments, Stillorgan Park Hotel, Dublin, Ireland. http://www.carex-eu.org/activities/carex-conference-on-life-in-extreme-environments.html |
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Youth in action call for proposals This call for proposal concerns the support to the following actions and sub-actions: action 1: youth for Europe; action 2: European voluntary service; action 3: youth in the world; action 4: youth support systems; action 5: support for European co-operation in the youth field. The programme has an overall budget of €885 million for the period 2007-2013. Award amount max: Not specified Closing date: 01 Jun 2011 http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/youth/funding/2011/index_en.php
World Community Grid supports research that is focused on solving problems to benefit humanity, conducted by public or nonprofit organizations, contributed to the public domain, and accelerated by grid computing technology. Deadlines 29 June 2011, 29 September 2011. http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/research/viewSubmitAProposal.doc |
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FP7 Marie Curie international outgoing fellowships for career development
European Commission Framework Programme 7: People These enable researchers who are nationals of member states or associated countries to visit third country research organisations in order to acquire knowledge and training. The indicative budget for this call is €40 million. Award amount max: Not specified Closing date: 11 Aug 2011 http://bit.ly/h6IzQO
FP7 Marie Curie intra-European fellowships for career development European Commission Framework Programme 7: People Grants enable experienced science and technology researchers to undertake career development and advanced training activities by moving from one member state or associated country to another. The indicative budget for this call is €109.85 million and visits may last for 12 to 24 months. Closing date: 11 Aug 2011 http://bit.ly/ep2wZO
Stanley Rand Fellowship Program (deadlines: May 15, August 15 and November 15). Support is provided for short-term research in the tropics focused on animal behavior, natural history, evolutionary biology, plant and animal ecology and environmental monitoring. http://www.stri.si.edu/english/education_fellowships/fellowships/index.php |
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COST Open Call, Closing date 30 Sep 11 Hosting visits, Hosting conferences, Travel to conferences, meetings etc., Travel for research purposes, Publish, edit, translate, disseminate, Networking/collaboration, http://www.cost.eu/participate/open_call
World Community Grid supports research that is focused on solving problems to benefit humanity, conducted by public or nonprofit organizations, contributed to the public domain, and accelerated by grid computing technology. Deadlines 29 June 2011, 29 September 2011. http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/research/viewSubmitAProposal.doc |
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Stanley Rand Fellowship Program (deadlines: May 15, August 15 and November 15). Support is provided for short-term research in the tropics focused on animal behavior, natural history, evolutionary biology, plant and animal ecology and environmental monitoring. http://www.stri.si.edu/english/education_fellowships/fellowships/index.php |
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Europe for Citizens There are a range of different actions in this funding stream. Visit the following website for more information, including deadlines and dates: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/citizenship/index_en.php
COST: open call for research network funding http://www.cost.esf.org/participate/open_call |
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| Call for Papers |
- Mountain Research and Development "The Global Energy Crisis: Opportunities and Challenges for Mountain Areas" The rapidly growing worldwide appeal for renewable energy implies both opportunities and challenges for mountains and mountain communities. For a Focus Issue on this topic, Mountain Research and Development (MRD) seeks papers presenting well-validated practice- and policy-oriented insights and sound analyses of the natural resources–energy nexus. The due date for submission of full papers is 31 May. For further details, download the full call for papers: http://www.mrd-journal.org/
- European Journal of Geography seeking papers for the autumn 2011 issue http://www.eurogeographyjournal.eu/
- International Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IJHSS) http://www.ijhssnet.com
- The new Journal of BioUrbanism (JBU), a peer-reviewed international online journal of architecture, planning, and built environment studies, http://www.biourbanism.org
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| Geographical Events |
2011 and 2012 events and conferences are located on the main EUROGEO Web site: Click here |
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| Edexcel are recruiting examiners for GCSE Geography |
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Being an examiner can inspire fresh ideas and new approaches to teaching, and keep teachers in touch with developments in education. This means they can better prepare students for examinations and increase standards in the classroom.
Marking is carried out online, giving our examiners the flexibility of working from home. The marking period is between May and July, and examiners can expect to earn between £650 and £1000 for their work.
For more information, and to apply please visit https://home.edexcelgateway.com/pages/job_search_view.aspx?jobId=502 If you have any questions about our roles, please email them to us at aaresourcing.relations@edexcel.com
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