Assistant Faculty Position, University of California Davis
*Apologies for cross-posting. Please forward to potential candidates. Thanks!* *Position Announcement:* *Assistant Professor of Regional Policy and Governance* * * The Community Studies and Development (CSD) program of the Department of Human and Community Development at the University of California at Davis announces an opening for a tenure track position at the assistant professor level. We seek outstanding candidates with a promising research program in*Regional Policy and Governance. *Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate a strong social science research agenda, inter-disciplinary and multi-dimensional perspectives, substantial capacity for generating extra-mural funding to support their research program, and a record or promise of excellence in teaching and mentoring students. Candidates should have expertise in regional policy and planning, including issues of state power, governance, and the relationship between state and civil society at the local, regional, national, international, or transnational level. Research programs that take an integrative approach across policy areas are particularly welcome, as are approaches that address social equity and environmental sustainability. Candidates must hold a doctoral degree or equivalent in any social science discipline, including sociology, geography, city and regional planning, political science, public policy, economics, or anthropology. Interested candidates should submit all materials via the web-based online submission system at https://recruitments.ucdavis.edu/ Required materials include a research statement, a teaching statement, a C.V., three to five representative publications, and the names and contact information of at least three referees who have agreed to write letters on your behalf. Applications received by September 1, 2011, will be guaranteed consideration for positions beginning in January or July 2012 (depending on candidate’s availability). The search will remain open until the position is filled. UC Davis is an affirmative action/equal employment opportunity employer and is dedicated to recruiting a diverse faculty community. We welcome all qualified applicants to apply, including women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. For more information please contact Chris Benner, Search Committee Chair, ccben...@ucdavis.edu -- See the Next Generation Labor research blog at: http://nextgenerationlabor.wordpress.com/ Chris Benner, Ph.D. Chair, Geography Graduate Group Associate Professor, Community and Regional Development Human and Community Development Department University of California Davis 1309 Hart Hall One Shields Ave Davis, CA 95616 (530) 754-8799 ccben...@ucdavis.edu
CFP: GaWC’s interlocking network model - foundations, applications, and critiques
** ** ** *AAG **Annual Meeting New York (24-28 February 2012)* *CFP: GaWC’s interlocking network model - foundations, applications, and critiques*** ** ** The objective of this CFP is to develop a timely overview of (i) the main applications of and (ii) the critiques raised against the ‘interlocking network model’ (INM) for studying world city networks (WCNs). The INM for studying WCNs has been devised in the context of the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) research network. GaWC is a non-institutionalized, collaborative venture between researchers in different parts of the world. GaWC’s main gateway is its website (http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc), where everyone is welcome to share ideas, publications and data on WCNs, and this without favoring particular metatheoretical readings, geographical foci, or conceptual and empirical approaches. ** ** GaWC’s raison d’être lies in the analysis of the transnational, external relations of cities, and a key contribution has thus been the formal analysis of WCNs through this INM. In the initial specification in Taylor (2001), it was put forward that globalized producer services firms are the key network makers in the WCN in that these firms ‘interlock’ cities through their transnational, city-centered location strategies. Since the Taylor (2001) publication, GaWC’s INM for studying WCNs has been widely used and debated, e.g.: **· **The INM has been used as starting point for empirical analyses of the WCN by applying it to data on the location strategies of a selection of ‘global’ producer services firms (e.g. Taylor et al., 2002; Derudder and Taylor, 2005; Taylor et al., 2011). **· **At the same time, this recurring focus on ‘global’ producer services firms for studying WCNs has been criticized on numerous grounds, including alleged structuralist tendencies, potential normative implications, and ‘Western-centeredness’ (e.g. Robinson, 2002; Massey, 2007; Bassens et al., 2011). **· **The INM’s network-analytical foundations have been scrutinized (e.g. Nordlund, 2004; Lambregts, 2008; Neal, 2011). **· **The INM’s conceptual underpinnings have been further contextualized, detailed and refined (e.g. Beaverstock et al., 2002; Taylor, 2007; Derudder, 2006) **· **The INM has been applied at other scales, especially in the context of the analysis of polycentric city-regions (e.g. Pain, 2008; Hoyler et al., 2008; Lüthi et al., 2011) **· **Other WCN agents have been analyzed through the lens of the INM, including NGO’s, media firms, and Islamic financial services firms (e.g. Taylor, 2004; Watson Hoyler, 2011; Bassens et al., 2010) **· **… ** ** The purpose of this CFP is to bring together researchers that make use of and/or critically engage with GaWC’s interlocking network model for studying WCNs. Based on the ensuing overview of uses and critiques, it also seeks to develop a round-up of the merits/drawbacks of the model as well as outline some avenues for future research. ** ** Interested participants should send a title and an *abstract of about 250 words *to Ben Derudder (ben.derud...@ugent.be) by *September 15th *at the latest. Note that contributors will have to register for the conference and submit their abstract the regular way (i.e. through the AAG website: http://www.aag.org/cs/annualmeeting), after which they need send the *registration code (PIN) *they receive. References: **· **Bassens, D., Derudder, B. Witlox, F. (2010) Searching for the Mecca of finance: Islamic financial services and the world city network. AREA, 42(1), 35-46. **· **Bassens, D., Derudder, B. Witlox, F. (2011) Setting ‘other’ standards: on the role, power and spatialities of interlocking Shari’a boards in Islamic financial services. Geoforum, 42, 94-103. **· **Beaverstock, J.V., Doel, M.A., Hubbard, P.J. Taylor, P.J. (2002) Attending to the World: Competition/Co-operation and Co-efficiency in the World City Network. Global Networks, 2 (2), 111-132. **· **Derudder, B. (2006) On Conceptual Confusion in Empirical Analyses of a Transnational Urban Network. Urban Studies, 43 (11), 2027-2046. **· **Derudder, B. Taylor, P.J. (2005)The Cliquishness of World Cities. Global Networks, 5 (1), (2005), 71-91. **· **Hoyler, M., Freytag, T. Mager, C. (2008) Connecting Rhine-Main: The Production of Multi-Scalar Polycentricities through Knowledge-Intensive Business Services Regional Studies, 42 (8), 1095-.** ** **· **Lambregts, B. (2008) Geographies of knowledge formation in mega-city regions: Some evidence from the Dutch Randstad. Regional Studies, 42(8), pp. 1173-1186. **· **Lüthi, S., Thierstein, A. Bentlage, M. (2011) Interlocking Firm Networks in the German Knowledge Economy: on Local Networks and Global Connectivity. Raumforschung und Raumordnung, 69(3), 161-174.
Re: GaWC's interlocking network model - foundations, applications, and critiques
Hi Norma, You may have seen my CFP from earlier today - any chance the EGSG would be willing to sponsor it? Thanks and safe travels to Seoul, Jim James T. Murphy, Ph.D. Associate Professor Graduate School of Geography Clark University 950 Main Street Worcester, MA 01610 USA (508) 793-7687 (phone) (508) 793-8881 (fax) jammur...@clarku.edumailto:jammur...@clarku.edu http://www.clarku.edu/departments/geography/ From: AAG Economic Geography Speciality Group [mailto:ECONOMICGEOGRAPHY-L@LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU] On Behalf Of Norma Rantisi Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 10:44 AM To: ECONOMICGEOGRAPHY-L@LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU Subject: CFP: GaWC's interlocking network model - foundations, applications, and critiques ** AAG Annual Meeting New York (24-28 February 2012) CFP: GaWC's interlocking network model - foundations, applications, and critiques The objective of this CFP is to develop a timely overview of (i) the main applications of and (ii) the critiques raised against the 'interlocking network model' (INM) for studying world city networks (WCNs). The INM for studying WCNs has been devised in the context of the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) research network. GaWC is a non-institutionalized, collaborative venture between researchers in different parts of the world. GaWC's main gateway is its website (http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc), where everyone is welcome to share ideas, publications and data on WCNs, and this without favoring particular metatheoretical readings, geographical foci, or conceptual and empirical approaches. GaWC's raison d'être lies in the analysis of the transnational, external relations of cities, and a key contribution has thus been the formal analysis of WCNs through this INM. In the initial specification in Taylor (2001), it was put forward that globalized producer services firms are the key network makers in the WCN in that these firms 'interlock' cities through their transnational, city-centered location strategies. Since the Taylor (2001) publication, GaWC's INM for studying WCNs has been widely used and debated, e.g.: * The INM has been used as starting point for empirical analyses of the WCN by applying it to data on the location strategies of a selection of 'global' producer services firms (e.g. Taylor et al., 2002; Derudder and Taylor, 2005; Taylor et al., 2011). * At the same time, this recurring focus on 'global' producer services firms for studying WCNs has been criticized on numerous grounds, including alleged structuralist tendencies, potential normative implications, and 'Western-centeredness' (e.g. Robinson, 2002; Massey, 2007; Bassens et al., 2011). * The INM's network-analytical foundations have been scrutinized (e.g. Nordlund, 2004; Lambregts, 2008; Neal, 2011). * The INM's conceptual underpinnings have been further contextualized, detailed and refined (e.g. Beaverstock et al., 2002; Taylor, 2007; Derudder, 2006) * The INM has been applied at other scales, especially in the context of the analysis of polycentric city-regions (e.g. Pain, 2008; Hoyler et al., 2008; Lüthi et al., 2011) * Other WCN agents have been analyzed through the lens of the INM, including NGO's, media firms, and Islamic financial services firms (e.g. Taylor, 2004; Watson Hoyler, 2011; Bassens et al., 2010) * ... The purpose of this CFP is to bring together researchers that make use of and/or critically engage with GaWC's interlocking network model for studying WCNs. Based on the ensuing overview of uses and critiques, it also seeks to develop a round-up of the merits/drawbacks of the model as well as outline some avenues for future research. Interested participants should send a title and an abstract of about 250 words to Ben Derudder (ben.derud...@ugent.bemailto:ben.derud...@ugent.be) by September 15th at the latest. Note that contributors will have to register for the conference and submit their abstract the regular way (i.e. through the AAG website: http://www.aag.org/cs/annualmeeting), after which they need send the registration code (PIN) they receive. References: * Bassens, D., Derudder, B. Witlox, F. (2010) Searching for the Mecca of finance: Islamic financial services and the world city network. AREA, 42(1), 35-46. * Bassens, D., Derudder, B. Witlox, F. (2011) Setting 'other' standards: on the role, power and spatialities of interlocking Shari'a boards in Islamic financial services. Geoforum, 42, 94-103. * Beaverstock, J.V., Doel, M.A., Hubbard, P.J. Taylor, P.J. (2002) Attending to the World: Competition/Co-operation and Co-efficiency in the World City Network. Global Networks, 2 (2), 111-132. * Derudder, B. (2006) On Conceptual Confusion in Empirical Analyses of a Transnational Urban Network. Urban Studies, 43 (11), 2027-2046. * Derudder, B. Taylor, P.J. (2005)The Cliquishness of World Cities. Global Networks, 5 (1), (2005),
Re: GaWC's interlocking network model - foundations, applications, and critiques
Apologies all - TGIF! James T. Murphy, Ph.D. Associate Professor Graduate School of Geography Clark University 950 Main Street Worcester, MA 01610 USA (508) 793-7687 (phone) (508) 793-8881 (fax) jammur...@clarku.edumailto:jammur...@clarku.edu http://www.clarku.edu/departments/geography/ From: James Murphy Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 10:47 AM To: 'AAG Economic Geography Speciality Group' Subject: RE: GaWC's interlocking network model - foundations, applications, and critiques Hi Norma, You may have seen my CFP from earlier today - any chance the EGSG would be willing to sponsor it? Thanks and safe travels to Seoul, Jim James T. Murphy, Ph.D. Associate Professor Graduate School of Geography Clark University 950 Main Street Worcester, MA 01610 USA (508) 793-7687 (phone) (508) 793-8881 (fax) jammur...@clarku.edumailto:jammur...@clarku.edu http://www.clarku.edu/departments/geography/ From: AAG Economic Geography Speciality Group [mailto:ECONOMICGEOGRAPHY-L@LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU] On Behalf Of Norma Rantisi Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 10:44 AM To: ECONOMICGEOGRAPHY-L@LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU Subject: CFP: GaWC's interlocking network model - foundations, applications, and critiques ** AAG Annual Meeting New York (24-28 February 2012) CFP: GaWC's interlocking network model - foundations, applications, and critiques The objective of this CFP is to develop a timely overview of (i) the main applications of and (ii) the critiques raised against the 'interlocking network model' (INM) for studying world city networks (WCNs). The INM for studying WCNs has been devised in the context of the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) research network. GaWC is a non-institutionalized, collaborative venture between researchers in different parts of the world. GaWC's main gateway is its website (http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc), where everyone is welcome to share ideas, publications and data on WCNs, and this without favoring particular metatheoretical readings, geographical foci, or conceptual and empirical approaches. GaWC's raison d'être lies in the analysis of the transnational, external relations of cities, and a key contribution has thus been the formal analysis of WCNs through this INM. In the initial specification in Taylor (2001), it was put forward that globalized producer services firms are the key network makers in the WCN in that these firms 'interlock' cities through their transnational, city-centered location strategies. Since the Taylor (2001) publication, GaWC's INM for studying WCNs has been widely used and debated, e.g.: * The INM has been used as starting point for empirical analyses of the WCN by applying it to data on the location strategies of a selection of 'global' producer services firms (e.g. Taylor et al., 2002; Derudder and Taylor, 2005; Taylor et al., 2011). * At the same time, this recurring focus on 'global' producer services firms for studying WCNs has been criticized on numerous grounds, including alleged structuralist tendencies, potential normative implications, and 'Western-centeredness' (e.g. Robinson, 2002; Massey, 2007; Bassens et al., 2011). * The INM's network-analytical foundations have been scrutinized (e.g. Nordlund, 2004; Lambregts, 2008; Neal, 2011). * The INM's conceptual underpinnings have been further contextualized, detailed and refined (e.g. Beaverstock et al., 2002; Taylor, 2007; Derudder, 2006) * The INM has been applied at other scales, especially in the context of the analysis of polycentric city-regions (e.g. Pain, 2008; Hoyler et al., 2008; Lüthi et al., 2011) * Other WCN agents have been analyzed through the lens of the INM, including NGO's, media firms, and Islamic financial services firms (e.g. Taylor, 2004; Watson Hoyler, 2011; Bassens et al., 2010) * ... The purpose of this CFP is to bring together researchers that make use of and/or critically engage with GaWC's interlocking network model for studying WCNs. Based on the ensuing overview of uses and critiques, it also seeks to develop a round-up of the merits/drawbacks of the model as well as outline some avenues for future research. Interested participants should send a title and an abstract of about 250 words to Ben Derudder (ben.derud...@ugent.bemailto:ben.derud...@ugent.be) by September 15th at the latest. Note that contributors will have to register for the conference and submit their abstract the regular way (i.e. through the AAG website: http://www.aag.org/cs/annualmeeting), after which they need send the registration code (PIN) they receive. References: * Bassens, D., Derudder, B. Witlox, F. (2010) Searching for the Mecca of finance: Islamic financial services and the world city network. AREA, 42(1), 35-46. * Bassens, D., Derudder, B. Witlox, F. (2011) Setting 'other' standards: on the role, power and spatialities of interlocking Shari'a boards in Islamic financial services.
Brew to Bikes: Portland's Artisan Economy
*/Brew to Bikes: Portland's Artisan Economy/*, by Charles Heying is now available for classroom adoption. When I set out to write about Portland's artisan economy, I began with notion that the expanding artisan sector in Portland represented something more than a few home brewers accidentally growing substantial businesses. I posited that these artisan enterprises were part of a trend toward small scale craft production and that the artisan economy represented a fundamental shift in how we work and live. What I found was both supportive and confounding to my original thesis. I did find that artisans organize and approach their work in a fundamentally different way, but I also found that concepts of localness, authenticity, and scale were problematic. For example, artisans recognize the value of a supportive local patrons, but in many cases their patron base extends far beyond the region. For some bike frame makers, for example, 90% of their business was non-local. /Brew to Bikes: Portland's Artisan Economy/ explores these and other aspects of artisan production. The book catalogs the richness and diversity of artisan enterprises in Portland. Each chapter engages the framing questions (laid out in the second chapter) regarding the characteristics of artisan work that distinguish it from a fordist mode of production. Chapter authors interviewed 118 artisans and develop their narratives in 15 sector chapters . In Chapter 18, I evaluate the responses and consider the central paradox of the book - the emergence of local distinctiveness in a global economy. Consistent with its DIY theme, the book is published by Ooligan Press, a unique Portland State graduate program where students learn the trade by running their own press. The book is the fourth of their Open Book series which highlights Ooligan's commitment to transparency in sustainable publishing. /Brew to Bikes/ won the Silver Award, Best Use of Environmental Materials and Processes, in the 2011 PubWest Book Design Awards. Publisher Ooligan Press http://ooligan.pdx.edu/?page_id=1013 Distributed by Ingram Publisher Services http://www.ingrampublisherservices.com/customers/howtoorder.aspx866-400-5351 **Purchase direct from Powells http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9781932010329-0, Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Brew-Bikes-Portlands-Artisan-OpenBook/dp/1932010327/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1290808255sr=8-1, IndieBound http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781932010329, Barnes and Noble http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Brew-to-Bikes/Charles-Heying/e/9781932010329/?itm=1USRI=brew+to+bikes Video Brew to Bikes YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGb7GMo8McM Interviews New Face of Portland's Economy: A Conversation with Author Charles Heying http://www.neighborhoodnotes.com/news/2010/10/the_new_face_of_portlands_economy_a_conversation_with_author_charles_heying/ Portland State University professor Charles Heying's book explores Portland's artisan business climate http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/10/portland_state_university_prof.html Research Group Artisan Economy Initiative http://artisaneconomyinitiative.wordpress.com/ Thanks, Charles Heying Associate Professor Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning
Data on operators of Caterpillar 797s
Does anyone do mining/labour research or something similar and know if there is a height maximum for operators of a Caterpillar 797 (you know, those trucks that are bigger than your house) or where I might find that data? This is a bit of a long shot, but I'm out of ideas. I have a friend who drives a 797 for one of the big four oil sand producers in Fort McMurray, Alberta. He had an injury that led to an operation last fall. He's not yet recovered, but is trying to comply with the Workers Compensation Board / employer's back to work plan, which requires him to get back on the truck on Monday (for two hours a day, ramping up over ~10 weeks to his full 12 hour shift). He's terrified of what it is going to do to his back. He's given me the go ahead to do some research, knowing that it might out him. He had a workplace assessment done last summer, when the pain began, and the OHS worker said he is too tall to be on the 797 on every shift (she mentioned / reported a height max of 6ft1 or 6ft2 - he's 6ft-8). He called OHS today and now they claim the report said nothing about him being too tall (he does not have a copy of it). He wants some kind of evidence / back up that the employer is compromising his health and wellness if they put him back on the truck. I've spent two weeks trying to find a study, report, Caterpillar 797 user manual, anything that indicates there is a height restriction for operators. We've tried contacting unions, Alberta's Ombudsman, Alberta Employment's OHS department, rehab researchers I've found who study the impacts of vibration on heavy equipment operators, and today I contacted a federal labour critic (who are very busy filibustering back to work legislation for postal workers)... Now, especially given the employer's report magically no longer includes this observation, any assistance is very much appreciated. Regards, Claire Claire Major, PhD Candidate Dept of Geography, York University cma...@yorku.ca 416-834-7145
