Mission Statement

To promote, facilitate and support innovative research and practice that draws upon or is directed towards 'place' as a central conceptual and methodological concept

To further the development of place research as a new interdisciplinary field of inquiry

To enable the nature and significance of place as a key concept across the humanities, arts and social sciences to be better understood and applied in both policy and practice.

Objectives

To improve interdisciplinary cooperation around the concept of place and provide support for the understanding of place as a key unifying theme across the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

To facilitate and improve communication and collaboration among individual researchers both within Australia and between Australia and overseas

To facilitate and improve communication and collaboration among place-oriented research projects, initiatives and organizations

To facilitate and improve cooperation and communication among place-oriented theoreticians and place oriented practitioners

To support and promote specific place-oriented research initiatives

To promote and support the understanding of place-related issues within the broader Australian, and international, community (including the Asian and South east Asian regions)