the book "Neighbourhood Effects Research: New Perspectives" has been published by Springer Verlag. This volume brings together a wide range of authors including many who presented at the first seminar and provides insights from a wide range of disciplines and countries. More details can be found on the Springer website, see here: www.springer.com/social+sciences/population+studies/book/978-94-007-2308-5
Two more volumes are currently in press and will be publihsed during 2012 and 2013.
D Manley 30/11/2011Presentations from the second seminar held at CCSR in Manchester on the 8th & 9th September are available for download now.
D Manley 04/10/2010The second of three CHR led ESRC seminars “Challenges in neighbourhood effects research: does it really matter where you live and what are the implications for policy?” was held at CCSR, University of Manchester on the 8-9th of September 2010. The focus of the second seminar was on gaining a better understanding of the driving forces behind neighbourhood dynamics and on the implications that these dynamics have on the empirical investigation of neighbourhood effects. for more details on the presentations see www.neighbourhoodeffects.org/seminar.cfm). The papers presented at the seminar will be published by Springer in an edited volume entitled “Understanding neighbourhood dynamics: new insights for neighbourhood effects research” during 2012. van Ham M., Manley D., Bailey N., Simpson L. & Maclennan D. (eds) (forthcoming) Understanding neighbourhood dynamics: new insights for neighbourhood effects research. Springer: Dordrecht.
D Manley 04/10/2010Presentation from the first seminar held in St Andrews on 4th and 5th February 2010 are available on the seminar pages.
D Manley 22/09/2010The first of three CHR led ESRC funded seminars “Challenges in neighbourhood effects research: does it really matter where you live and what are the implications for policy?” was held in St Andrews on the 4th and 5th February 2010. A range of innovative, theoretical and empirical papers were presented to an international audience comprising of speakers and participants from over 10 countries. The papers presented at the seminar will be published by Springer in an edited volume entitled “Neighbourhood Effects Research: New Perspectives” during 2011. For details of the presentations, please see www.neighbourhoodeffects.org/seminar.cfm
Maarten van Ham, David Manley, and Duncan Maclennan have been awarded an ESRC Seminar Series grant (£18,000) together with Urban Studies Glasgow (Nick Bailey) and CCSR University of Manchester (Ludi Simpson and Stephen Jivraj). The title of the international seminar series is “Challenges in neighbourhood effects research: does it really matter where you live and what are the implications for policy?”
D Manley 22/09/2010NeighbourhoodEffects.org is a Centre for Housing Research project hosting a collaborative ESRC Seminar Series run by:
Centre for Housing Research, The Observatory, Buchanan Gardens, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9LZ. Email: mail@neighbourhoodeffects.org
