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Welcome to The Spaces and Flows Community

This knowledge community is brought together around a common shared interest in changing human spaces and social, economic and informational flows. The community interacts through an innovative, annual face-to-face conference, as well as year-round virtual relationships in a weblog, peer reviewed journal and book imprint – exploring the affordances of the new digital media.

Conference

Members of The Spaces and Flows Community meet at the Spaces and Flows: An International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies, held annually in different locations around the world. In 2010, Conference was held at University of California, Los Angeles, USA; and in 2011, Conference was held at Monash University Prato, Italy. The 2012 Conference will be held at Wayne State University, Detroit, USA.

Publishing

The Spaces and Flows Community enables members to publish through three media. First by participating in The Spaces and Flows Conference, community members can enter a world of journal publication unlike the traditional academic publishing forums – a result of the responsive, non-hierarchical and constructive nature of the peer review process. Spaces and Flows: An International Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies provides a framework for double-blind peer review, enabling authors to publish into an academic journal of the highest standard.

The second publication medium is through the book series The Spaces and Flows, publishing cutting edge books in print and electronic formats. Publication proposal and manuscript submissions are welcome.

The third major publishing medium is our news blog, constantly publishing short news updates from The Spaces and Flows Community, as well as major developments in the various disciplines of the spaces and flows. You can also join this conversation at Facebook and Twitter or subscribe to our email Newsletter.