CALL FOR PROFESSOR POSITIONS IN PLANNING (ALL LEVELS)

Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkiye, Department of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage is looking for international Assistant/Associate/Full Professor candidates (Non-Turkish citizens) to be employed in research and teaching activities.

Candidates must have

1)  PhD degree related to Conservation of Historic Sites (Historic Urban Sites, Historic Towns and Cultural Landscapes)

2)  Strong record of international publications

Please send your CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Prof. Dr. Mine Turan, Department Chair) for an initial screening.

Dear Colleagues,

I hope you're doing well. I am letting you know about a job opportunity that has recently opened up at my center. We are looking for a Regional Economist to join our economic and policy team at the Weldon Cooper Center at the University of Virginia. The role involves working with forecasts, input-output analysis, and other regional economic methods. As a public policy center, we combine state-of-the-art research with applied work that is meaningful to communities and provides insights for decision-makers.

If you or someone in your network is interested, you can find all the details and application information here: Regional Economist Position - University of Virginia.

Please pass this along to anyone who might be interested.

Thanks for your help. If you have any questions or know someone who wants to learn more, feel free to let me know.

Best regards,

Joao-Pedro Ferreira
Regional Economist and Lecturer

University of Virginia
Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service

coopercenter.org/

The Regional Research Institute (RRI) at West Virginia University seeks applications for a Research Assistant Professor (RAP) with an 11-month annual appointment who will report to the RRI Director. 

The RAP will help conduct regional economic research on a wide range of topics relevant to the West Virginia University land grant mission. The qualified individual will be responsible for economic and statistical analyses using a variety of data sources and in developing manuscripts and presentations for use in disseminating the results to both academic and public audiences. The RAP will also supervise graduate and undergraduate students and develop new research projects and writing proposals for external funding. The RAP will have opportunities to collaborate with scholars at WVU and internationally, to attend conferences, and for networking.

More details can be found here: https://wvu.taleo.net/careersection/faculty/jobdetail.ftl?job=24692&tz=GMT-04%3A00&tzname=America%2FNew_York

Fabio Sforzi is the recipient of the 2024 AECR award

The Spanish Association of Regional Science (AECR) has proposed to express its maximum recognition to Fabio Sforzi by awarding him the AECR Prize for Regional Science 2024. Fabio will also become a permanent honorary member of the Association and will be part of the Advisory Council of the President of the Association.

The Award will be presented at the forthcoming AECR annual meeting, which will take place in Cuenca from October 16 to 18, 2024.

https://aecr.org/es/novedad/premio-de-ciencia-regional-de-la-aecr-2024-fabio-sforzi/

Congratulations to Prof. Sforzi from the whole Regional Science community!

Vol.18, No.1, Summer, Issued June 2024

All articles are downloadable

From sectoral industrial composition to employment and reverse. The Italian Case ● pp.1-37

by Massimo Giannini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Barbara Martini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Cristina Fiorelli, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

National welfare implications of regional childcare policy: A theoretical approach ● pp. 38-66

by Hiroyuki Hashimoto, University of Hyogo, Japan, Tohru Naito, Doshisha University, Japan and George Mason University, United States

The role of digitalization in international tourism inflow to Romania: A spatial gravity model approach ● pp. 67-86

by Irina Denisa Munteanu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies and Institute of National Economy, Zizi Goschin, Bucharest University of Economic Studies and Institute of National Economy, Romania

Impact of globalization and climate change on tourist destinations. A case study in Romania ● pp. 87-107

by Daniela-Anca Dachin, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Raluca-Corina Dawed, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

The distributional outcomes of one-size-fits-all policy response to societal disruptions on local government transfer dependence ● pp. 108-124

by Daniel Pop, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania

BOOK REVIEW

Peter Batey, David Plane (Editors), Great Minds in Regional Science (Vol.2), Springer, 2023 ● pp.125-128

by Christa D. Court, University of Florida, United States