ESRC Seminar Series: ‘Governing Through Anti-Social Behaviour’ ‘Anti-Social Behaviour, Urban Spaces and the Night-time Economy’

Seminar Series 1.‘Anti-social behaviour in housing and residential areas’, Sheffield Hallam University, 15 November ‘Governing Anti-Social Behaviour through Schooling, Parenting and the Family’, Brighton University, 24 January ‘Anti-Social Behaviour, Urban Spaces and the Night-time Economy’, University of Leeds, 17 April ‘Diversity and Anti-Social Behaviour’, University of Birmingham, 5 June ‘Comparative Experiences of Governing Anti-Social Behaviour and Disorder’, University of Leeds 18 September Final ‘Dissemination’ Conference – early (March/April) 2009 Central London venue (tbc).

Series Aims a)To bring together research evidence from contemporary studies of anti-social behaviour and its regulation in a systematic and cross-cutting forum; b)To draw insights and experiences from practice and innovation; c)To exchange findings and experiences, as well as emerging ideas, innovations and insights; d)To foster inter-disciplinary cross-fertilisation, knowledge transfer and networks of researchers and practitioners; e)To draw comparative lessons from within and between parts of the UK as well as European and other international experiences; f)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’