The UrbanMetaMapping Research Consortium warmly invites applications from scholars interested in presenting their research at our online, midday academic seminar. We are open for projects dealing with mapping man-made and natural catastrophes, issues of heritage and urban planning in the context of such disasters, as well as digital tools used for researching these themes. We are interested in research projects without any geographical and temporal limitations. The call for application is open to all scholars (from PhD students upwards). The language of the seminar is English. Further information, includingprograms and abstracts of previous Talks can be found at our website.

Presentation

Meetings take place every first Wednesday of each month at 11⁰⁰ am – 12⁰⁰ pm (Central European (Summer) Time (CET/CEST)). They will last for an hour (including Q&A) and will provide an exciting platform to discuss with international scholars their research and exchange ideas.

Submission guidelines

We invite proposals for a 30-minute presentation in English to be sent in one text document (.doc, .docx, .odt, .rtf) containing:

1. Title and abstract of 300 words maximum (no references),
2. 3-5 keywords,
3. the author’s name with current affiliation, contact details (email) and a short biographical note (around 200 words),
4. an indication when the presentation could take place. Available dates are:06.09.2023; 06.12.2023; 03.01.2024; 07.02.2024; 06.03.2024; 03.04.2024;08.05.2024; 05.06.2024

Proposals should be submitted to talks.urbanmetamapping@uni-bamberg.de (Piotr Kisiel)

no later than 30. April 2023.

Notification of acceptance will be sent by 14. May 2023.

Selection Committee

• Dr. Camen Enss (Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg),
• Dr. Laura Demeter (Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg),
• Dr. Elisa-Maria Hiemer (Herder Institute Marburg),
• Dr. Piotr Kisiel (IRS), Dr. Birgit Knauer (TU Wien),
• Dr. Carol Ludwig (GESIS Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences),
• Dr. Klaus Stein (Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg).