Summer Institute in Economic Geography (2006)

经济地理学暑期学院（2006）

• 批准号: 0550329
• 负责人: Kristopher Olds
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-04-01 至 2007-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0550329&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Summer; Institute; Economic; Geography; 2006

Economic geography has since the 1970s been a restless discipline, in which theoretical orthodoxies and methodological conventions are persistently exposed to searching critique and re-evaluation. While this restlessness has certainly contributed to the dynamism of the sub-discipline, it has also presented particular challenges for junior faculty and young researchers, who must chart a course through a shifting terrain of theoretical, methodological, and substantive concerns without succumbing to faddishness. In addition, there is a pronounced need for professional development experiences, including guidance on publishing, teaching, and research proposal preparation. It is in this context that a multi-year Summer Institute in Economic Geography (SIEG) program was launched in 2003 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with the financial support of the NSF, the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the journals Economic Geography and Antipode. Open to doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and recently appointed faculty (normally within 3 years of tenure-track appointment) from the United States and overseas, the Summer Institute consists of an intensive, week-long residential program of activities designed to provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the innovatory developments and continuing challenges in this fast-moving field. A subsequent SIEG was held at the University of Bristol in 2004, with core support provided by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). NSF support, in 2006, will enable the University of Wisconsin-Madison to host the third Summer Institute in Economic Geography. It will include facilitated discussion groups, field trips, debates and panels, training and skills development modules, and plenary sessions. Featured contributors at the Madison (2006) meeting will be Ash Amin (University of Durham), Meric Gertler (University of Toronto), Victoria Lawson (University of Washington), and Jessie Poon (University of Buffalo-SUNY).The 2006 Madison meeting, as was the case for the two previous institutes, will be designed to occupy an unfilled niche in organizational terms, meeting a need for a relatively small, extended meeting, in which there is extensive opportunity for deliberation, reflection, and sustained discussion. In contrast to the large, professional meetings in Geography, where there is often considerable time pressure and little opportunity for discussion and exchange, the Summer Institute will take advantage of a workshop-style format. By bringing together a group of active young researchers and a small group of internationally renowned faculty, the Summer Institute will make a distinctive contribution to the ongoing development of the sub-discipline, complementing existing graduate training and faculty mentoring programs. The Summer Institute in Economic Geography represents a timely opportunity to establish a new structure for graduate training and professional development in the field of economic geography, oriented to the highest standards of international practice.

自20世纪70年代以来，经济地理学一直是一门不安分的学科，其中理论正统和方法论惯例不断受到深入的批评和重新评估。 虽然这种不安肯定有助于子学科的活力，但它也为初级教师和年轻研究人员提出了特殊的挑战，他们必须通过理论，方法和实质性问题的不断变化的地形来制定课程，而不会屈服于时尚。 此外，还需要专业发展经验，包括出版，教学和研究提案准备方面的指导。 正是在这种情况下，一个多年的夏季研究所在经济地理（SIEG）计划于2003年在威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校启动，与美国国家科学基金会的财政支持，全球大学网络（WUN），威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校，和期刊经济地理和对极。开放给博士生，博士后研究人员和最近任命的教师（通常在3年内的任期轨道任命）来自美国和海外，暑期研究所包括一个密集的，为期一周的活动住宅计划，旨在为参与者提供深入了解创新发展和持续挑战在这个快速发展的领域。 2004年，在经济和社会研究理事会的核心支持下，在布里斯托大学举行了一次后续的SIEG。2006年，国家科学基金会的支持将使威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校能够主办第三届经济地理暑期研究所。它将包括协助讨论小组、实地考察、辩论和小组讨论、培训和技能发展模块以及全体会议。特色贡献者在麦迪逊（2006年）会议将阿什阿明（达勒姆大学），梅里克格特勒（多伦多大学），维多利亚劳森（华盛顿大学）和杰西潘2006年的麦迪逊会议与前两个研究所的情况一样，将在组织上占据一个空缺，满足一个相对较小的，延长会议，其中有广泛的机会进行审议，反思和持续的讨论。与地理专业的大型会议相比，通常有相当大的时间压力，很少有机会进行讨论和交流，暑期研究所将利用研讨会的形式。通过汇集一群活跃的年轻研究人员和一小群国际知名的教师，暑期学院将为该子学科的持续发展做出独特的贡献，补充现有的研究生培训和教师指导计划。在经济地理暑期研究所代表了一个及时的机会，建立一个新的结构，研究生培训和专业发展在经济地理领域，面向国际实践的最高标准。