BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T053559Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20150228T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20150228T110000 SUMMARY:Absolute Poverty in Europe UID:20240329T053559Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:Mönchsberg 2a\, Salzburg\, Austria DESCRIPTION:
Keynote Speakers:
\nDavid Hulme (Manchester)
\nRobert Walker (Oxford)
\nEurope is often portrayed as a continent of "relative" poverty and social exclusion while extreme or "absolute" poverty is understood as a measure and reality of poor ("developing") countries only. This conference aims to question this dichotomy and we invite papers that contribute to an elaborated understanding of severe\, extreme or absolute poverty in Europe. Papers should address the specific situations and challenges of groups endangered by absolute poverty such as undocumented refugees\, migrant beggars\, homeless people\, street children or discuss evils related to severe poverty (malnutrition\, physical and mental illness\, stigma\, isolation\, etc.). We encourage papers from scholars with backgrounds in the humanities or the social sciences\, as well as from practitioners. Furthermore\, we particularly welcome papers approaching the normative and political implications of absolute poverty in Europe and its alleviation.
\nThere also will be a special stream on the practice of poverty alleviation in Europe together with the European Office of Red Cross International.
\nPlease send your proposal (250 words) as a word file to cepr@sbg.ac.at until February 28\, 2015. We are also happy to receive proposals for thematic panels\, consisting of three papers.
\nThe conference fee is 150 Euros (75 Euros for students) and covers the conference folder\, coffee breaks\, two lunches\, the reception\, the conference dinner and a guided city tour.
\nThis conference is an activity of the Austrian chapter of Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP): http://academicsstand.org/
\nFind more information on the conference homepage:
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