Space and Poverty (Salzburg Conference in Interdisciplinary Poverty Research)

The Centre for Ethics and Poverty Research of the University of Salzburg (CEPR) organizes an annual conference since 2013. These conferences are interdisciplinary and open to all interested researchers, practitioners and policy makers. They aim to bring together current research on poverty, inequality and social exclusion and to discuss policies and other measures of poverty alleviation. All abstracts that are submitted to be included in the conference program will be reviewed. Past conferences focused on of religion and poverty (2017), child poverty (2016), absolute poverty in Europe (2015), and ethical issues in poverty alleviation (2014). The 2018 edition of the conference will be held at the University of Salzburg on 13 and 14 September 2018 and focus on the theme of Space and Poverty.

Invited keynote talks will be given by

• Sylvia Chant, Professor of Development Geography and Director of MSc Urbanisation and Development at the London School for Economics,
• Eveline Dürr, Professor in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Munich,
• Suzanne Fitzpatrick, Professor of Housing and Social Policy and Director of the Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research at Heriot-Watt University,
• Mark Shucksmith, Professor of Planning and Director of the Institute for Social Renewal at Newcastle University.

Possible topics for the focus theme sessions are, among others,

• spatial dimensions of poverty,
• poverty in urban and rural spaces,
• homelessness and housing,
• migration and poverty,
• poverty and spatial mobility
• spatial planning and poverty,
• privatization of public spaces,
• spatial exclusion/inclusion and segregation, architecture and poverty,
• theories of geographies of poverty and inequality,
• poverty and environmental issues (access, perception, recognition),
• energy, water, food poverty
• measurements of poverty and spatial context
• mapping poverty.

Possible topics for the general theme sessions are, among others, current trends in poverty, inequality and social exclusion, poverty trends of different groups (minorities, age, gender, disability, unemployment), analysis of the economic, social and cultural processes underlying poverty, the effects of poverty on health, well-being, education, and inclusion, conceptualizations of poverty, methodologies of poverty research, the effectiveness of poverty alleviation measures and policy responses, and research on safety nets and welfare.