News

This section provides news about PASCAL together with significant developments in policy and research relating to the areas of interest to PASCAL. It is based on regular scanning of policy, practice and academic literature, including web-based sources.

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Call for Papers -- Resilience and Rebuilding for Low-Income Communities: Research to Inform Policy and Practice

Submissions due: October 1, 2013

The Community Affairs Officers of the Federal Reserve System invite paper submissions for the eighth Federal Reserve Community Development Research Conference to be held April 11–12, 2013, at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, DC.

Ripples - Official Newsletter of the Australian Learning Communities Network - August 2012

Please find below and attached the latest copy of Ripples, the official newsletter of the Australian Learning Communities Network:

Survey evaluates Queensland local government climate mitigation

The University of Southern Queensland was involved with PURE recently in a review of the engagement processes in existence amongst government, agency and higher education institutions in the Darling Downs region. A report has been issued recently on climate concerns and illustrates the further linkages now in progress between the University and local government agencies in the area. It is an interesting postscript to the PURE review of such relationships.

Associate Professor Heather Zeppel, Mid Career Research Fellow at USQ reports:

New book from PASCAL Associate, Professor Peter Mayo

Politics of Indignation – Imperialism, Postcolonial Disruptions and Social Change

Peter Mayo
Publication date: October 2012

This work focuses on contemporary issues within the context of neoliberalism and colonial legacies, while exploring decolonizing  spaces.

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