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Join us in a seminar series discussing anti-social behavior governance in urban spaces, focusing on diverse forms and the night-time economy. Learn from research, practice, and comparative experiences to enhance policy-making and city safety.
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ESRC Seminar Series:‘Governing Through Anti-Social Behaviour’ ‘Anti-Social Behaviour, Urban Spaces and the Night-time Economy’
Seminar Series • ‘Anti-social behaviour in housing and residential areas’, Sheffield Hallam University, 15 November 2007. • ‘Governing Anti-Social Behaviour through Schooling, Parenting and the Family’, Brighton University, 24 January 2008. • ‘Anti-Social Behaviour, Urban Spaces and the Night-time Economy’, University of Leeds, 17 April 2008. • ‘Diversity and Anti-Social Behaviour’, University of Birmingham, 5 June 2008. • ‘Comparative Experiences of Governing Anti-Social Behaviour and Disorder’, University of Leeds 18 September 2008. • Final ‘Dissemination’ Conference – early (March/April) 2009 Central London venue (tbc).
Series Aims • To bring together research evidence from contemporary studies of anti-social behaviour and its regulation in a systematic and cross-cutting forum; • To draw insights and experiences from practice and innovation; • To exchange findings and experiences, as well as emerging ideas, innovations and insights; • To foster inter-disciplinary cross-fertilisation, knowledge transfer and networks of researchers and practitioners; • To draw comparative lessons from within and between parts of the UK as well as European and other international experiences; • To facilitate a dialogue and exchange between researchers, practitioners and policy-makers, notably regarding the scope for evidence-based policy in the field of anti-social behaviour’.
Aims for today • Focus on ‘the city’ and the governance of anti-social behaviour. • Explore the manner in which the city is host to, and regulated through, diverse forms of anti-social behaviour. • Focus on the night-time economy and urban renaissance. • Travers the diverse faces of the city: • as meeting place for loosely connected strangers; • as a place of consumption; • as a place of cultural expression; • Consider the balance between freedom and security.
Today we will travel through… • The ‘anti-social’ city; • The ‘vibrant city’; • The ‘planned city’; • The ‘sexual city’; • The ‘alcohol-soaked city’; • The ‘(dis)orderly city’ • The ‘excluded city’ • The ‘safe city’