{"id":1510,"date":"2015-04-09T11:08:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T15:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/metropolis\/?p=1510"},"modified":"2016-05-12T21:21:42","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T01:21:42","slug":"call-for-proposals-2015-international-metropolis-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/metropolis\/2015\/call-for-proposals-2015-international-metropolis-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Proposals: 2015 International Metropolis Conference in Mexico City"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Organizing Committee of the 2015 International Metropolis Conference has issued a Call for Workshop and Individual Paper proposals. The call is available on the website of the 2015 International Metropolis Conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Researchers, policy-makers, NGOs and other interested delegates are invited to submit proposals. Workshop proposals will be approved based on their strength, giving priority to those that represent a broad range of perspectives from various sectors, backgrounds, or countries. A Scientific Committee will review all the proposals. Workshop proposals must include a minimum of two participants. The Scientific Committee will distribute accepted individual paper proposals to workshops that have not reached the maximum number of participants.<\/p>\n

The conference is being held in the historic downtown of Mexico City from September 7 \u2013 11 and will offer an exciting opportunity to discuss the major issues in the migration field today with academic, policy, and civil society colleagues from around the world. The themes for this year plenary sessions include:<\/p>\n