CUI '16 / 4th International Contemporary Urban Issues Conference

CUI '16 / IV. International Contemporary Urban Issues Conference on INFORMALITY Istanbul, Turkey Papers will be published in DAKAM's online library and in the proceedings e-book (with an ISBN number), which will be given to you in a DVD box and will be sent to be reviewed in the "Thomson & Reuters WOS' Conference Proceedings Citation Index-CPCI" Enquiries: conference@dakam.org Web address: http://www.dakamconferences.org/#!cui/kl6zl CUI '16 / IV. International Contemporary Urban Issues Conference will be held at Nippon Meeting Halls in Istanbul. The conference is coordinated by DAKAM (Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center) and will be organized by BILSAS (Science, Art, Sport Productions). Since 2013, more than two hundred presentations by scholars from different places of the world has been hosted by CUI Conferences and three proceedings books have been published. he conference aims at fostering discussions of theory and research on urban issues. Focusing on a multidimensional urban phenomenon, this international conference aims to deepen the understanding of informality by opening it to discussion with contributions from various disciplines like architecture, urban planning, sociology, history, economy and anthropology. Emergence of informality as a concept in scholarly discussions can be traced back to the 1970s when "the informal sector" was first used by ILO reports on employment and poverty. The results of the global economic restructuring -such as the flexibilization of production and employment relations, deterioration of collective responsibility and welfare functions of the state- damage the security of urban poor in terms of housing and working. Meanwhile, recent socio economic public policies seem to intensify the condition of informality. Now, it is widely accepted that informal way of living is a necessity for the urban poor as a survival strategy. Hence, informal work and housing constitute a significant proportion of urban economies and policies. What is new in the neo-liberal age is the extending scope of informality. Today, the boundary between the formal and informal is blurred more than before since most urbanites, including the middle classes, experience both formal and informal encounters in their everyday life. Besides, even the urban rich contribute to informality by the development projects on the invaded peripheral land. Consequently, contemporary informality affects not just a marginal segment of the society but a majority of people living in urban space. * KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Alan Gilbert, Emeritus Professor, University College London Alan Gilbert has a first class degree in social sciences from Birmingham University and a doctorate from the London School of Economics. He has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Literature by the University of London and elected as a member of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences. He worked at University College London for over forty years and is now an emeritus professor at that institution. He has published extensively on housing, poverty and urban problems in developing countries and particularly those inLatin America. He has authored or co-authored nine books, edited four others and written more than one hundred and fifty academic articles. Recently, he has acted as adviser to the Inter-American Development Bank, UN-HABITAT and the UNHigh Commission for Human Rights. Professor Dr. Yurdanur Dülgeroglu * THEMES Track 01: Rethinking Informality Track 02: Transportation, Planning and Local Administrations Track 03: Policy Matters and Political Transformations Track 04: Economy, Inequality and Urban Space Track 05: Ecology and Urban Studies * SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Prof. Oren Yiftachel, Ben-Gurion University Prof. Dr. Sigrun Prahl, Hochschule Niederrhein Design Prof. Dr. Ebru Çubukçu, Dokuz Eylül University Prof. Dr. Ali Türk, Süleyman Demirel University Associate Professor A. Serap Tunçer, Ahi Evran University Associate Professor Feride Önal, Y?ld?z Technical University Associate Professor Yelda Ayd?n Türk, Karadeniz Technical University Associate Professor Evrim Töre, Kültür University Associate Professor Murat Sahin, Özyegin University Associate Professor Hayat Zengin, Dokuz Eylul University Associate Professor Gülin Beyhan, Süleyman Demirel University Assistant Professor Ulas Sunata- Bahçesehir University Assistant Professor Elvan Erkmen - Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Assistant Professor Aysem Ela Kaçel- Bahçe?ehir University Assistant Professor Y?ld?z Aksoy, Istanbul Ayd?n University Assistant Professor Çigdem Canbay Türky?lmaz, Y?ld?z Technical University Assistant Professor Sanem Özen Turan, Karadeniz Technical University Assistant Professor Erbatur Çavusoglu, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Assistant Professor Ebru Kamac?, Erciyes University Assistant Professor Efe Duyan, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Dr. Giulio Giovannoni, Tenured Researcher, University of Florence Lecturer Valeria Federighi, Politecnico di Torino Asst. Prof. Maria Siti, National Technical University of Athens MSc. Julia Hartmann * AGENDA Abstract submission: AUGUST 19, 2016 Registration: OCTOBER 14, 2016 Full papers submission: OCTOBER 21, 2016 * CONTACT conference@dakam.org +90 212 244 23 03