S∙EP
The German
Socio-Economic
Panel Study
CALL FOR PAPERS
“Neighbourhood Effects Studies on the Basis of
European Micro-data”
at Humboldt University of Berlin on March 29 and 30, 2007
This two-day conference which brings together Europe’s ‘Neighbourhood Effects’ researchers, aims to
encourage further analysis of the existing European data by looking at research in different countries,
undertaken in different academic disciplines. The conference is jointly organised by Georg-Simmel-Center
for Metropolitan Research at Humboldt University of Berlin, German Socio-Economic Panel Study
(SOEP) at DIW Berlin and Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO) at University of Bristol.
Neighbourhood effects studies have been undertaken, for instance, on the basis of large-scale national
surveys like the BHPS, SOEP, and the French Labour Force Survey, but also on the basis of more
geographically constrained micro-data like the Swedish Project Metropolitan data, data of the Finnish
Vehicle Administration, and other quantitative data collected by Urban Sociologists in European cities.
These data provide a rich source for original papers from different European countries to be presented at
this conference.
The meeting will be launched by commissioned papers from select international researchers addressing
various issues related to neighbourhood effects research. Confirmed participants include
Roger Andersson (University of Uppsala, Sweden)
Nick Buck (University of Essex - ISER, United Kingdom)
Anita Drever (University of Tennessee, USA)
George Galster (Wayne University, USA)
Eric Maurin (Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques - PSE, France)
Additional papers are being solicited through this call for abstracts to be presented during the conference
sessions. Each paper has 45 minutes in total: 25 for the presenter, 10 for the discussant, and 10 for the
floor discussion. The conference language is English.
== Submission ==
Researchers who are working on neighbourhood effects on the basis of European micro-data are invited
to submit abstracts for consideration. Papers breaking new ground or illustrating the state of the art in
empirical research, theoretical, or methodological aspects of neighbourhood effects research are
particularly welcome. The organisers strongly encourage multi-disciplinary approaches and contributions
by young scholars. We also invite scholars to offer to act as discussants.
Please submit an abstract (approximately 1,000 words) by January 31, 2007 to Evie Norman at CMPO in
Bristol: [email protected].
Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to submit a full paper of approximately 5,000 - 7,500 words.
The paper will be due in electronic format by March 1, 2007 to allow the discussant good time for the
paper.
Members of the Program Committee: Prof. Simon Burgess, Ph.D., CMPO Bristol; Prof. Dr. Hartmut
Haussermann, Humboldt University of Berlin and Prof. Dr. C. Katharina Spiess, SOEP, Berlin.
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Wochenbericht des DIW Berlin Nr. 4/2007