Resourceful cities
Research Committee 21 conference 2013
CALL FOR PAPERS

Berlin, Germany
DEADLINE | 31.01.2013
International Sociological Association
Humboldt-University Berlin
Institute for Social Science | Dept. for Urban and Regional Sociology

The RC21 Conference 2013 will take place in Berlin, Germany, from August 29th to August 31st and is hosted by the Department of Urban and Regional Sociology at the Institute of Social Sciences and the Georg Simmel Center for Metropolitan Research at Humboldt University, in collaboration with the Free University and the Center for Metropolitan Studies at the Technical University.

CONFERENCE THEME
Thinking about resourceful cities, there are two levels of analyses that we consider to be central for this conference:
1. On the one hand, there is the visible structure of the city. This includes urban institutions, how they differ spatially and provide different qualities of resources to urban residents depending on the stratification of places within and between cities. Here, questions raise as to how urban inequalities in outcomes are linked to inequalities in accessing resources, depending on spatial segregation, or about social mix. It also points to themes of mobilities and resources and questions of environmental justice that are linked to the natural resources within cities and the differences here between cities and hinterlands.
2. On the other hand, there is a social infrastructure to the city, which is relatively invisible, either because it is taken for granted and hence overlooked, or it is ignored and rejected for its informality and marginality. The social infrastructure results from people going about living urban lives, and doing so with and in conflict with others, doing the city, or creating cityness.
The conference aims to cover both of these analytical lenses in its program.

CALL FOR PAPERS
The proposed abstracts besides addressing the single sessions topics should be inspired by the conference theme of ‘Resourceful Cities’.
Abstracts should be sent by e-mail to abstracts@rc21.org and to the session organizers.

CONFERENCE FEES 
• Early birds
€ 80 | RC21 member
€ 160 | Non-RC21 members
€ 60 | RC21 members B&C countries
• Late birds 
€ 100 | RC21 member
€ 200 | Non-RC21 members
€ 80 | RC21 members B&C countries

IMPORTANT DATES
31.01.2013 | Deadline for abstracts submission
28.02.2013 | Notification of selected abstracts
1.03.2013 | Registrations open (early bird)
15.06.2013 | Deadline for final papers submission
30.06.2013 | Deadline for early bird registration
15.07.2013 | papers online
29-31.08.2013 | Conference

IFORMATIONS AND CONTACTS
RC21 Website