Vortragseinladung

Vortragseinladung
Am Montag, dem 2. September 2013, um 11.00 Uhr, wird
Frau Dr. Rebecca Wickes, ARC Research Fellow, School of Social Science, University of
Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, einen Vortrag halten zum Thema
„The Australian Community Capacity Study:
A longitudinal study of neighborhood effects“
Vortragssaal des MPI
Zu diesem Vortrag, der in englischer Sprache gehalten wird,
möchten wir Sie sehr herzlich einladen.
Der Vortrag ist institutsöffentlich; externe Interessierte werden um formlose Anmeldung bei
Herrn PD Dr. Dietrich Oberwittler gebeten ([email protected]).
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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Jörg Albrecht
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Abstract
The Australian Community Capacity Study (ACCS) was founded to better understand the
social context of social problems in the Australian context. The ACCS is a multi-million
dollar project funded by various grants from the Australian Research Council (ARC). It is
a leading longitudinal study of place that includes four waves of data collection in Brisbane, one wave of data collection in Melbourne, four in-depth case studies of Brisbane
neighborhoods and an ethnic community sample of residents from Indian, Vietnamese
and Arabic speaking backgrounds in both cities. The ACCS draws on a range of sociological and criminological theories to better understand the spatial and temporal dynamics of community resilience, crime, disorder, and inter-group violence. In this seminar, I
discuss the theoretical background that lead to the development of the ACCS and provide
an overview of the project methodology. I then highlight the key findings that are emerging from this body of research and note their implications for theory and policy.
Biographical note
Rebecca Wickes is an ARC Research Fellow in Criminology at the School of Social
Science, The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Her research focusses on
demographic changes in urban communities and their influence on community regulation, crime and disorder. Dr. Wickes is a co-director of the Australian Community Capacity Study, a multisite, longitudinal study of place.