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The keynote lecture of Jennifer Robinson, Slavomíra Ferenčuhová and Michael Gentile, entitled Comparative Urbanism and Post-socialism: experiences and perspectives, which was given in Prague at the international CATference organized by Urban and regional laboratory in September 2015, is now available online!
The preliminary programme of the conference was just published! Abstracts of individual papers will be available soon at the CATference 2015 website.
The deadline for payments of conference fee is approaching - you can still take the opportunity to take part in the CATference by sending your fee until July 15. Detailed information on payment can be found here.
The deadline for submission of paper abstracts and session proposals for CATference 2015 has been extended until March 10!
The deadline for both papers and sessions is approaching fast, do not miss the opportunity to take part in the 6th International Urban Geographies of Post-communist States Conference: 25 years of urban change and submit your abstract by 28 February!
We are happy to announce that prof. Jennifer Robinson (University College London) and dr. Michal Illner (Czech Academy of Sciences) have confirmed to hold their keynote speeches at the CATference in Prague.
An article which has been recently published online in Urban Studies was written in international Czech-Estonian team (Anneli Kährik, Jana Temelová, Kati Kadarik, Jan Kubeš). The article discusses what attracts people to inner city areas. Case studies were realised in České Budějovice (Czech Republic) and in Tartu (Estonia).
At the beginning of January we have published first ten specialized maps that were created under project NAKI. Maps are focused on socio-spatial diferentiation in historical perspective, first part of maps deals with Czechia, second part with Prague.
Martin Šimon is one of the editors of the new book about demographic development in Central Europe. The book was published in 2014 in the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. It is available online.