ICoICT 2015 - International Conference on Inequality and Sustainability in Asia

We welcome research articles to address theoretical and empirical issues in uneven development and sustainability arising from globalization, urbanization and institutional change in Asia.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
? Outcomes: income, social, health, education, digital, innovation, environmental inequalities, etc., and their interactive effects
? Trajectory/Dynamics: Timing, effects of intergenerational inequality, levels of development
? Scale: From global to local and everyday life, with an emphasis on the urban/regional scale
? Space/Place: Spatial association/agglomeration/clustering, core-periphery relations, uneven nature of inequality and sustainability, space/place/geography as agents etc.
? Networks: Spatial relations, flows, interactions
? Processes/Mechanisms: Globalization, liberalization, marketization, institutional change, decentralization, urbanization, industrialization, deindustrialization, spatial process
? Procedures/Policies: Role of institutions, policy effects and options, justice, planning
? Methodology: ESDA, spatial regression, GWR, multilevel modeling, spatial Markov chain, spatial distribution dynamics, big data etc.
Venue: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Organizers:
The Asian Center, University of Utah
The Confucius Institute, University of Utah
Consortium for Research on Contemporary Asia, University of Utah
Institute of Public and International Affairs, University of Utah
Urban and Sustainability Research Lab, University of Utah
Sponsors:
The Confucius Institute, University of Utah
The Asian Center, University of Utah
The National Natural Science Foundation of China
Organizing Committee:
Chair, Yehua Dennis Wei, Department of Geography, University of Utah
Vice Chair, Janet Theiss, the Asian Center and Department of History, University of Utah
Vice Chair, Fusheng Wu, the Confucian Institute and Department of Languages and Literature, University of Utah
Haimanti Bhattacharya, Department of Economics, University of Utah
Kevin Deluca, Department of Communication, University of Utah
Scott R. Sanders, Department of Sociology, Brigham Young University
Ye Sun, Department of Communication, University of Utah
Ming Wen, Department of Sociology, University of Utah
Zhou Yu, Department of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah
International Advisory Committee:
Chair, Yehua Dennis Wei, Department of Geography, University of Utah
Vice Chair, Steve Ott, Department of Political Science and Institute of Public and International Affairs, University of Utah
Cindy Fan, Department of Geography, UCLA
Michael Timberlake, Department of Sociology, University of Utah
Wen Chen, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Canfei He, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Beijing University, China
Weidong Liu, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, the Chinese
Academy of Sciences, China
Changhong Miao, Center for Yellow River Civilization, Henan University, China
Yuemin Ning, Center for Modern Chinese City Studies, East China Normal University, China
Jianfa Shen, Department of Geography and Resource Management, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Minjun Shi, Center for Fictitious Economy and Data Science and School of Management, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Wei Xu, Department of Geography, University of Lightbridge, Canada
Secretaries:
General: Bryce Garner, Asian Center, University of Utah, bryce.garner-AT-utah.edu, 801-581-6101.
Academemic: Han Li, Department of Geography, University of Utah, han.li-AT-geog.utah.edu, 801-831-4587.
Fees: Registration fee will be waived for accepted presenters.
Key Days (2015):
May 1: Abstract due
June 15: Draft paper due
July 1: Registration
September 18 On-site Registration
September 19: Opening ceremony, presentation, and closing ceremony
September 20: Field trip (optional)
Paper Submission and Acceptance:
1. The deadline for abstract (letter of intent) submission is May 1, 2015. Abstract should include title, abstract, keywords, and authors’ names, affiliations, bios, and contact information. Abstract should be within 300 words and submitted as a MS Word document.
Please send the abstract to Han Li: han.li-AT-geog.utah.edu.
2. The deadline for (draft) full paper submission is June 15, 2015. The paper should include title, keywords, text, references, tables and figures if necessary, and contact information.
Please send the full paper to Han Li: han.li-AT-geog.utah.edu.
3. The conference organization committee will review and select the abstracts based on conference topics and quality of research.
4. With the agreement of the authors, the organizers plan to publish an edited book and/or a journal special issue, subject to a peer review process.
Publication Plan I: Spatial Issue in Geographical Review: Spatial Inequality in Asia
Guest Editor: Yehua Dennis Wei
Publication Plan II: Spatial Issue in Sustainability: Urban Land and Sustainable Development
Guest Editor: Yehua Dennis Wei
Publication Plan III: We are exploring the possibility to edit a book on spatial inequality and sustainability in China.