【会议信息】CHINESE CITIES IN GLOBALIZATION

 International conference, 2nd Call For participation & papers  

 CHINESE CITIES IN GLOBALIZATION

 (SHANGHAI, 19-20 JUNE 2019)

Over the past few decades, research into cities-in-globalization has evolved into an increasingly diverse literature. The literature has not only become more varied in methodological and empirical terms, but also the geographies of theory-making have recently started shifting away from the west. The rapid growth in the scope and scale of research into Chinese-cities-in-globalization has created a diverse and fast-developing literature, and in this context this two-day conference has two main objectives. First, it aims to take stock of the cutting edge of the research literature on this topic. Second, by bringing together leading international researchers and specialists on Chinese urbanization (alongside researchers affiliated with the GaWC and EURICUR networks), it seeks to identify topics that warrant future investigation and reflect on the ways to purse these research agendas.

Conference Hosts

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• Shanghai Normal University (SHNU)

Conference Coordinator Shanghai Coordination Center of World Cities Day, Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) research network, European Institute for Comparative Urban Studies (EURICUR), Geographical Society of China (GSC), City Cluster and Regional Development Studio (CCRDS), Decision Consultation and Research Base of Shanghai Municipality

Conference Organizers  Prof Ben Derudder & Prof Jun Gao

Confirmed international keynote speakers

• Prof Peter Taylor (Director, GaWC)

• Prof Jamie Peck (University of British Columbia)  

• Prof Fulong Wu (University College London)

• Prof Ben Derudder (Ghent University, SHNU, Associate Director, GaWC)

• Chief Åsa Jonsson (UNHABITAT)  

• Prof Yehua Wei (University of Utah)

• Prof Kirsten Martinus (University of South Australia)

• Prof Thomas Sigler (The University of Queensland)

• Prof Xingjian Liu (The University of Hong Kong)

Conference Working Language English

 Agenda of Conference

Topics

1) To what degree are analytical boxes such as global/world cities useful to analyze Chinese cities in globalization?

2) How can we best grasp and measure the global roles of Chinese cities? And how do these global roles compare to Chinese cities’ prominence at the national and regional scale?

3) What are the main social consequences of the increasing global entanglements of cities such as Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou?  

4) To what degree and under which circumstances has the increasing global influence of Chinese cities been realized through the coincidence of indigenous changes in China’s political economy system (e.g. the willingness of the central government to give more autonomy to local governments)?

5) How comparable (or not) is the Chinese urban experience to ‘Other’ trajectories of increasing global urban engagements, and how can this comparison best be organized in epistemological and methodological terms?  

Notes

1) Deadline for registration is June 5th 2019. Conference participation will cost 1500 RMB for staff and PhD students, and 800 RMB for bachelor and master students. The registration fee includes all lunches and coffee breaks. For registration, please send information to segs_shanghai@qq.com, mentioning name, position, affiliation and contact number. The way to pay the registration fee will be sent via email once you’ve registered.

2) Researchers who do wish contribute to the conference with a paper presentation are asked to submit a paper abstract in English to Dr. Feng Xiang (segs_shanghai@qq.com) by May 15th, 2019 at the latest. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by June 1st, 2019. The conference organizers intend to put together one or more edited volumes/special issues of SSCI/SCI journals based on the conference.  

3) The conference will take place in Shanghai. Practical arrangements, including information on nearby accommodation will be announced on the website of SGES in the coming days (http://segs.shnu.edu.cn/).

 “全球化进程中的中国城市”国际高峰论坛

 （2019年6月19日-20日上海, 第二次通知）

在过去几十年中全球化中的城市发展受到很大关注。国际知名文献在方法和实证方面日益多元，理论构建也开始从西方这一全球城市理论起源地转移。中国正成为全球城市研究的焦点，更多的文献通过理论、方法论和实证研究，不断探索中国城市在全球化过程中的地位和发展态势。此次为期两天的学术会议有两个主要目标。首先，展示中国全球城市领域内的最前沿研究文章。其次，通过知名中国全球城市研究专家的集聚一堂，明确未来中国全球城市建设的研究主题，并确定接下来的相关研究议程。

会议主办方

• 上海师范大学（SHNU）

会议协办方  

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  上海世界城市日事务协调中心、上海市城市科学研究会、全球化和世界城市研究网络（GaWC）、欧洲城市比较研究院（EURICUR）、中国地理学会（GSC）、上海市决策咨询研究基地城市群与区域发展工作室（CCRDS）

会议召集人  Ben Derudder教授，高峻教授

已经确认的境外主旨发言人

• Peter Taylor教授（GaWC主任）

• Jamie Peck教授（加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚大学）

• 吴缚龙教授（英国伦敦大学学院）

• Ben Derudder教授（比利时根特大学，GaWC副主任，上海师范大学）

• Åsa Jonsson主任 (联合国人居署)  

• 魏也华教授（美国犹他大学）

• Kirsten Martinus 教授（澳大利亚南澳大利亚大学）

• Thomas Sigler教授（澳大利亚昆士兰大学）

• 刘行健教授（中国香港大学）

会议语言  英语

会议主题  全球化进程中的中国城市

会议议程

论文投稿主题（包括但不限于）

1) 世界上流行的全球城市或世界城市的分析工具究竟对分析中国城市的全球化发展有多大的帮助？  

2) 我们如何才能最好地掌握和测算中国城市不断改变的全球角色？这些全球角色与中国城市在中国内部和地区范围内的突出地位相比有什么区别？

3) 上海、北京和广州等中国主要全球城市在发展过程中所遇到的社会问题有哪些？

4) 通过政治经济体系的本土变化（例如中央政府是否愿意给予地方政府更多自治权），中国城市在多大程度上和在何种情况下实现了日益增强的全球影响力？

5) 中国城市发展经验与全球其它城市间有何可比性，如何在认识论和方法论上最好地展开这些城市比较研究？

6) 如何推进长三角区域一体化和建设长三角世界级城市群？

7) 上海建设卓越的全球城市过程中所面临的挑战和对策建议有哪些？

注意事项

1) 会议最后注册时间为2019年6月5日。注册费为研究人员和博士生每人1500元，本科生和硕士生每人800元。注册费含茶歇和午餐。请将注册信息发送至segs_shanghai@qq.com。发送内容需包含姓名、学校、职务、联系方式等，会务组将在回复中告知具体支付方式。

2) 欢迎参会人员投稿。有意愿投稿者最迟在2019年5月15日之前需要向冯翔博士（segs_shanghai@qq.com）提交一篇250字的英文论文摘要。论文接受通知将于2019年6月1日之前发送。所有入选的英文优秀论文将在一个或多个SSCI / SCI期刊（或期刊特刊）上发表。

3) 会议将在上海举行。住宿建议等一些具体安排将于近期在上海师范大学环境与地理科学学院网站上公布（http://segs.shnu.edu.cn/），敬请留意。