Does Mobility Have a Future?

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MONDAY, APRIL 19TH, 2010, 3-6PM, BEHRAKIS GRAND HALL IN THE CREESE STUDENT CENTER (33RD & CHESTNUT ST.), DREXEL UNIVERSITY

• Welcome from Professor Donna Murasko, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
• Introduction by Professor Mimi Sheller, Director of the Center for Mobilities Research and Policy
• Keynote Speaker: Professor John Urry (Lancaster University, UK)“Does Mobility Have a Future?”
• Plus Panelists:
• Prof. Ole B. Jensen, CMUS, Aalborg University, Denmark“ Mobility challenges: theoretical perspective on research into contemporary urban mobilities”
• Prof. Sven Kesselring, Technische Universität München, Germany“ New mobilities regimes: mobility, power and ambivalence in the risk society”
• Dr. Peter Adey, Keele University, UK“Mobility, security, life”

Reception will follow at 5:45pm.This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to Mimi Sheller if planning to attend: mimi.sheller@drexel.edu  More...