2019 Institute of Australian Geographers Conference – 9-13 July. Call for papers

We take great pleasure in inviting submission of abstracts responding to the call for papers below to be held at the 2019 Institute of Australian Geographers Conference from 9-13 July in Hobart, Tasmania, and encourage you to pass this invitation to others in your networks.

Abstracts for presentations in the session on the spatialities of educational engagement are due with the conference organizers no later than 18 March and may be lodged at https://cdesign.eventsair.com/2019-iag/abstracts. If you have any questions about the session please contact [email protected] in the first instance.

Spatialities of educational engagement

Convenors: Elaine Stratford, Kitty Te Riele, Natalie Brown, Becky Shelley

Educational opportunities are known to enrich people’s chances to enjoy fulfilment over the lifecourse. As students, parents, educators, employers, volunteers, policy-makers, and members of diverse publics, each of us engages with early childhood, primary, secondary, and tertiary education. Evidence from many studies around the world has established that active engagement in education deepens the benefits derived from learning, and yet the spatialities are not as well understood as they could be. We welcome papers that “speak” to this point and consider, for example, educational engagement and: learning environments; locational (dis)advantage and spatial justice; participation, equity, and access; urban/rural/regional/island settings; the spatial dimensions of identity; and socio-spatial innovations in educational policy. Other relevant ideas most welcome.