We are inviting papers from various academic fields concerned with the processes and practices of regional development. Themes of the sessions include, but are not limited to, - Leadership, collective action and regional development - Regional innovation systems and environments - Constructing...

Topics: - Safety of machinery: safety concepts and principles, design rules and strategy, maintenance of machinery - Risk assessment: Hazard identification, historic experience, mitigation, risk estimation and evaluation, assessment methodology, comparison of methodologies - Practical...

Papers are called for in the following areas: Regional diversity/change; Community demographics; Ethnic diversity/change; Maori demographics; Age diversity/change; Family and fertility diversity/change; Internal migration; International migration; Population and policy; Health demographics;...

Submissions for oral presentations in concurrent sessions should relate to one or more of the streams listed below. - Social investment: effective, fair and sustainable social investment for New Zealand - Global context for social policy: building engagement to maximise opportunities - Social...