About the conference
FEANTSA’s European Observatory on Homelessness and the Research Group on Social Exclusion and Control (GRECS) at the University of Barcelona are pleased to announce the 12th Annual Research Conference on Homelessness in Barcelona entitled Changing Profiles of Homelessnes: Implications for Services.
The purpose of this conference is to explore the changes in the profiles of homelessness in Europe and elsewhere in the last decade. The conference invites delegates to present papers on new findings on profiles of homelessness and homeless services across Europe. We also encourage submissions which discuss the impacts of the changes on service provision.
Similarly to previous years, the conference will also include open sessions on the broad theme of ‘homelessness and housing exclusion’ from across Europe and elsewhere. Early career researchers are also invited to present their research activities.
Keynote speakers
Joan Uribe Vilarrodona is Associate Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Barcelona and the President of FEANTSA. Beyond his academic activities he has worked in homeless provision for more than 10 years. He has led various research projects on homeless people and the integration of homelessness related service provision in Barcelona. As Director of the Social Service Sant Joan de Déu, he is currently piloting Housing First service delivery in Spain.
Michele Lancione is an urban geographer and ethnographer currently working as lecturer at the School of Geography and Planning at Cardiff University. He is interested in issues of marginality and diversity, homelessness, activism, and the contemporary urban. He gained his PhD from Durham University and worked at the University of Turin, the University of Technology of Sydney, and the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge.
Albert Sales i Campos is Associate Professor at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at Pompeu Fabra University since 2004-2005 and he is also affiliated with the Department of Public Law at the University of Girona. He has investigated the processes of social exclusion in urban areas and advises the Social Services Sector of Barcelona City Council on inclusion policies. Since the beginning of 2009, he has coordinated the working group on poverty of the Municipal Council of Social Welfare of Barcelona. Beyond his academic activities his advocacy activities focus on social inclusion
Submission Details
Please submit an abstract in English (max. 300 words) by March 15, 2017. Successful conference submissions will be notified by mid April 2017. Final PowerPoint presentations will be due by end of July 2017. Submissions and further enquiries should be directed to teller@mri.hu. The Conference will be held at the Faculty of History and Geography of the University of Barcelona. Presenters and PhD students pay a reduced fee.
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