Qualitative GIS emerging issues & possible futures

23 October 2009, 8:46pm

An international conference

Cardiff University, 2 - 4 August 2010

Qualitative GIS is an emerging, mixed-method and interdisciplinary research approach that is attracting interest across a range of disciplines. Despite its growth, Qualitative GIS research is still disparate and there is a lack of international lead with regards methodological and theoretical development and, as yet, no unified body of substantive research. In August 2010, WISERD will be holding an international conference to consider the emerging issues and possible futures of qualitative GIS.

WISERD (Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods) is a National Research Centre for interdisciplinary social science research. WISERD draws together and builds upon existing expertise and research across Wales in quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods, methodologies and analyses and has embarked upon a programme of data integration, primary research and capacity building.

This conference will bring together interested people from a wide variety of disciplines in order to:

- discuss some of the theoretical and methodological challenges in moving Qualitative GIS forward;

- consider the possibility of an international and collaborative research agenda and working group for Qualitative GIS;

- work towards new and shared outputs related to this research agenda.

The conference will take the form of a series of presentations; round-table discussions; break-out groups and networking sessions through which the group will consider the challenges to progressing qualitative GIS and identify how to move forward in collaboration with one other.

Keynote speakers

Mei-Po Kwan, Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University

Marianna Pavlovskaya, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Hunter College, CUNY

Registration opens on 1 March 2010. Places are limited to 60 people.

To register your interest, and receive further details, please contact us using the details below. Registering your interest will give you priority booking when registration opens.

WISERD
Cardiff University
Glamorgan Building
King Edward VII Avenue
Cardiff, CF10 3WT

Email: wiserd@cardiff.ac.uk
(Tel: +44 (0) 2920 87484)
(Fax: +44 (0) 2920 874520

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