| [This just in from Beth Offenbacker at Virginia Tech] |
A progressive, generative, interdisciplinary exchange |
SPIA initiates Ridenour Faculty Fellowship conference & research series. |
A different conference format generating new approaches to the pressing problems of our time. |
| Virginia Tech’s School of Public and International Affairs initiates a conference and research series promoting interdisciplinary discussion. The purpose is to push through disciplinary limitations in understanding social phenomena and to suggest solutions to problems. The first conference took place in April 2012 and focused on distressed cities. |
| Our approach is twofold. First we advance a progressive, interdisciplinary exchange during each Ridenour Faculty Fellowship conference. Second, we build a research network between scholars, artists, and practitioners aimed at generating insights for practice and publications from research inspired by the conferences. |
Click here to watch brief videos highlighting our Distressed Cities conference speakers. Robert Beauregard, Columbia University, Talks About Depopulation and the Promise… |
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