Making science mobile
There is no better place for a research stay than Centre for Mobilities Research (CeMoRe). That is why I came here… twice. CeMoRe is a hospitable, amazing, and lively place, full of delightful academic initiatives, but first and foremost amazing and cooperative...
7 tips to improve your grant writing
Stephanie Sodero and Zofia Bednarowska The best way to master grant writing is to learn from our colleagues who have received funding. During the CeMoRe event “Making Money for Research” we gathered international CeMoRe visitors and associates to discuss the art and...
Cycling and Society Symposium: Whose biketopias?
This year Cycling and Society Symposium has returned to London for two days of what I consider to be the most exciting conference on cycling. I am saying this not only because I had the opportunity and honor to organize last year's edition in Lancaster, but also...
Be a Robot for Breakfast
Have breakfast with researchers at RMIT and be a telepresence robot in Melbourne! You can just turn up (in the Sociology Kitchen, Bowland North B14 and/or at the links below) 14th September 8am-10am If you have time to register: Help us plan by registering here As...
Dreaming new mobilities and societies
A first ‘Becoming Sensicle’ workshop took place spontaneously as part of TransformART this August. How we move in urban spaces was one of the key topics of TransformART, a week-long event dedicated to exploring the arts as a driving force for social, political and...
Spirit of Speed conference
Registration is now open for the fourth annual conference of the Edwardian Culture Network, titled ‘The Spirit of Speed: Edwardian Culture on the Move’. The event will be held at the University of Lancaster on the 9th September. More information on our Events page.
Mobilities special issue: Mobility and the Humanities by Pete Merriman and Lynne Pearce
Showcasing new and emerging work on mobilities by arts and humanities scholars this special issue, brought together by Pete Merriman and Lynne Pearce, examines some of the different texts, methods and theoretical frames through which authors approach movement and...
Mobile Futures Design Workshop: Disaster, Flooding, Disruption
How do we move vital goods in times of crisis? How do medical and rescue organizations move blood when and where needed? For three days this summer design students and staff from Aalborg University and Lancaster-based community partners – NHS Blood and Transplant,...
Workshop Becoming ‘Sensicle’, September 27
Imagine a future… where vehicles and sensing human bodies have become ‘sensicles’? Join us for a free and co-creative workshop on futurist mobilities on September 27 @ 10am - 4pm.
Playing with Play at CeMoRe Away Day
In this year’s Away Day, Cemore & Co played with play. Lucky enough to catch one of Lancaster’s strange but glorious hot days, Cemore and Imagination friends took the day out in Halton, by the Lune River. The ride was terrific and it took us in a monstrous...
Reading Group: Mobilities and Humanities
18th October 2017 4-5pm, Reading Group Mobilities Lab, Bowland North B37 Mobility and the humanities Peter Merriman & Lynne Pearce
Designing Time Capsules from the Future
Serena Pollastri and Adrian Gradinar design time capsules for the Synthopia experiment. What might be in them? How to enable critical reflection and connect the engagement with 'pockets of futures'? How to enable synthesis and awareness of conflicts and frictions...
Mobilities Issue 12 No. 3 June 2017
With eleven original articles on such diverse topics as security, American airports, music and academia, our June issue of Mobilities is the largest yet. We hope it makes for great summer reading! Security or Insecurity? Representations of the UK Border in Public and...
Data Publics conference: final report
The Data Publics conference ran over three days, from 31st March to 2nd April 2017 at LICA, Lancaster University. It was supported by Cemore, alongside funding and support from a range of other partners, including the Digital Economy Network and the Data...
Mobilities Special Issue on Migration Infrastructures and the Production of Migrant Mobilities
Guest editors Weiqiang Lin, Johan Lindqvist, Biao Xiang and Brenda S.A.Yeoh set out the productive and political nature of infrastructures that affect and inform the way (im)mobilities are created and parsed in migration by looking at East and Southeast Asia migration...
Mobilities 5-year Impact Factor increased to
We are extremely pleased to announce that the Impact Factor for Mobilities increased to 2.043. The journal received 143 citations in 2016 to 70 source items published in the journal in 2014 and 2015. The journal now ranks 25/79 in the Geography and 13/33 in the...
Mobile Futures | Design in Practice
Join us for all or part of this 3 day workshop with colleagues from the Centre for Mobilities and Urban Studies at Aalborg University. http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/cemore/event/mobile-futures-design-in-practice-2-4-august-2017/
How to save Europe?
CeMoRe members and visiting researchers from all across the world (Australia, Canada, Poland, UK, USA, Venezuela) tried to answer the question while playing a board game during CeMoRe Reading Group. It may sound abstract, but this is exactly how CeMoRe translated the...