The Southern Regional Science Association is sponsoring the 2018 University of Florida Water Symposium, hosted by the UF Water Institute.  This year, the Symposium will include a Special Session/Panel Session on Water and Regional Science, sponsored by the Southern Regional Science Association (SRSA) and organized by Christa Court (University of Florida).

Water and Regional Science at 2018 UF Water Institute Symposium

The 6th biennial University of Florida Water Institute Symposium, held in Gainesville, FL on February 6-7, 2018, will bring together individuals from a broad range of disciplines and organizations to explore water issues from multiple perspectives. The Symposium, titled "Sustainable Water Resources: Complex Challenges, Integrated Solutions - Shaping our Water Future", will focus on current water use, conservation, restoration, and adaptation efforts and challenges while envisioning ways of sustaining our water systems. Innovative science, technology, cultural, policy, and management solutions will be explored through presentations, poster sessions and panels in the following areas:

* Drivers of social, hydrologic, ecologic, and economic change
* Impacts to coastal, surface water, spring, and aquifer systems
* Tradeoffs among use, conservation, restoration, and adaptation
* Solutions through science, technology, cultural, policy, and management approaches

This year, the Symposium will include a Special Session/Panel Session on Water and Regional Science, sponsored by the Southern Regional Science Association (SRSA) and organized by Christa Court. Economic prosperity, quality of life, and the environment are all inextricably linked by water. Availability, quality, and use of water are regional by nature and though interregional trade in water is possible, regional variations in natural and historical resource allocations will continue to play roles in regional development and will likely become more important over time. Absent improvements in water management and efficiency improvements related to water use, additional stress on water resources might lead to reduced economic development potential (even the possibility of negative growth), poorer quality of life, and environmental hazards across regions within the U.S. and around the world. The interdisciplinary field of regional science – with its focus on the important roles of local and regional processes to socioeconomic performance and sustainability, its explicit treatment of spatial relationships, and its increasing attention devoted to modeling the linkages between the human system and the environment – is ideally suited to contribute high quality, policy relevant research on water.

One session within the Symposium will include an introductory presentation that will introduce the field of regional science and its potential for contributions to water-related research to Symposium participants, select regional science research presentations, and a briefing on plans for a special issue on water within SRSA’s official journal, the Review of Regional Studies. All additional accepted regional science presentations will be interwoven throughout other interdisciplinary sessions according to the research topic area.  During abstract submission, potential SRSA participants will be asked to identify “SRSA Submission” at the beginning of their abstract so that accepted abstracts can be easily identified by Symposium participants. Student poster submissions are also encouraged and will be eligible for the three “Best Poster” awards and a prize of $1,000.


Dates of Interest:
* Call for abstracts
August 18, 2017
* Abstract submission deadline
October 12, 2017
* Online registration opens
November 10, 2017
* Early registration deadline
January 7, 2018
* 6th Biennial Water Symposium
February 6-7, 2018

RSAI members that are interested in this opportunity are encouraged to contact Christa Court at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for additional information.

2^nd Call for Abstracts and Keynote Speaker Announced

This is a friendly reminder to submit an abstract for the 6th University of Florida Water Institute Symposiumthat will be held February 6-7, 2018 at the J. Wayne Reitz Union, on the University of Florida Campus.  Please see the call for abstracts below and on-line for details.  The deadline for abstract submission is October 12, 2017.

The UF Water Institute is pleased to announce that Sandra Postel, Director of the Independent Global Water Policy Project will be the Keynote Speakerat the Symposium.   Sandra Postel lectures, writes and consults on global water issues. In 2010 she was appointed Freshwater Fellow of the National Geographic Society. Sandra’s new book, Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity, will be released in October 2017. 

The 6^th University of Florida Water Institute Symposium

February 6-7, 2018

J. Wayne Reitz Union, University of Florida Campus, Gainesville Florida

We encourage you to submit an abstract for the 6^th UF Water Institute Symposium which will focus on current water use, conservation, restoration and adaptation efforts and challenges, as well as envisioning new ways of sustaining our water systems.   

Presentations are sought that focus on new research, education, policy and technology developments in the following interdisciplinary areas:

• Drivers
• Impacts to coastal, surface water, spring and aquifer systems
• Tradeoffs among use, conservation, restoration and adaptation
• Solutions through science, technology, cultural, policy and management approaches

To review detailed topics within each of these areas please see Call for Abstracts on the Symposium web site.

Student poster authors are eligible to compete for "Best Poster" awards based on the quality of the abstract, poster and discussion. Three poster winners will receive prizes of $1000 each to be used as funding to support future participation at a national conference.

Abstracts should not exceed 300 words, and must be submitted electronically using the on-line submission form no later than October 12, 2017.  Authors will indicate their preferred topic area and format (oral/poster) but final decisions will be made by the program committee.  Authors will be notified by email regarding acceptance and format of their presentation by November 10, 2017.  Accepted abstracts will be published online.

There is no charge for submitting an abstract. Conference registration will open November 10, 2017. Conference registration fees are detailed below:

Department:       Geography

Position:              Geospatial Data Science

Rank:                    Assistant Professor

Description:

The Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University invites applications for a tenure track position at the assistant professor level, commencing autumn semester 2018. The position is contingent on budgetary approval. We seek a scholar with expertise in areas such as spatial-temporal data analytics, spatial simulation and modeling, cyberGIS and high performance computing, and/or geovisualization. Preferred application domains include scholars who address issues surrounding sustainability, resilience and social equity in areas that include urban science, transportation and/or public health. The successful candidate will also be required to teach classes in the department’s GIS program.

This position is partially funded by Ohio State’s Discovery Themes Initiative, a significant faculty hiring investment in key thematic areas in which the university can build on its culture of academic collaboration to make a global impact. The successful candidate will join a highly collaborative interdisciplinary community of scholars in the Sustainable and Resilient Economy (SRE) program including faculty from social and behavioral sciences, environmental sciences, engineering, business, public health, and policy. The SRE program seeks to advance sustainability science by developing a more holistic understanding of sustainable and resilient production and consumption systems, human-environment interactions, and innovations in sustainable technologies and governance. Successful applicants will be expected to participate in or lead collaborative teams and interdisciplinary research on sustainability and resilience topics.

Qualifications:

A Ph.D. in GIScience or a closely related field is required. All applicants are expected to have very strong and fundable research programs and to contribute to both graduate and undergraduate supervision and instructions. Preferred qualifications include experience developing or working in interdisciplinary research teams, university teaching experience and experience mentoring members of underrepresented groups.  Appointment is contingent on the university’s verification of credentials and other information required by law and/or university policies, including but not limited to a criminal background check.

About Columbus:

The Ohio State University campus is located in Columbus, the capital city of Ohio. Columbus is the center of a rapidly growing and diverse metropolitan area with a population of over 1.5 million. The area offers a wide range of affordable housing, many cultural and recreational opportunities, excellent schools, and a strong economy based on government as well as service, transportation and technology industries. Columbus has consistently been rated as one of the Top U.S. cities for quality of life, and was selected as one of the Top 10 cities for African Americans to live, work, and play by Black Enterprise magazine. Additional information about the Columbus area is available athttp://www.columbus.org.

Application Instructions:

Apply to Academic Jobs Online at: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9712.  A complete application consists of a cover letter including teaching, research and service credentials, a curriculum vitae, up to three representative publications, and three letters of references. Inquiries may be directed to Morton O’Kelly at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Applications received prior to November 15, 2017 will receive priority consideration.

The Ohio State University is committed to establishing a culturally and intellectually diverse environment, encouraging all members of our learning community to reach their full potential. We are responsive to dual-career families and strongly promote work-life balance to support our community members through a suite of institutionalized policies. We are an NSF Advance Institution and a member of the Ohio/Western Pennsylvania/West Virginia Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC).

The Ohio State University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, disability status, or protected veteran status.

DG REGIO & ERSA Lecture Series started in 2015. The purpose is to make available to a broader range of policymakers important research in the context of the preparation for post-2020 EU Cohesion Policy Proposals. The first lecture started on 13 November 2015.

This lecture will be held the 6th October 2017 (15:00-17:00), at DG REGIO premises, Av. de Beaulieu 5, 1160 Brussels

Speaker: Prof. Ron Boschma , Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Discussant: Prof. Raquel Ortega Argiles, Chair in Regional Economic Development at the department of Strategy and International Business and the City-REDI research institute at Birmingham Business School

Registration is free but mandatory.

Contact and information on registration coming soon

ERSA Office: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Dear Colleagues,

we are delighted to invite You to participate in the 17th Ernestas Galvanauskas’ International Scientific Conference „RETHINKING REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS“ in Šiauliai, Lithuania.

The special topic of the plenary session – “Economic patriotism: challenges, dilemmas and opportunities” for a successful, sustainable country’s, region’s economic growth, and the competitiveness in the global market. Can economic patriotism exist at European level? Is it a national matter or European strategic interest? A support or a brake on the economy?

Date - November 30, 2017

Registration and conference fee (30 EUR) payment deadline – November 6, 2017  

http://smf.su.lt/registracijos/galvanausko  (sorry, there was a mistake in the registration link in the September, 14th letter. This one is right).

Other topics for the presentations and discussions in sections:

• Management of Economic Changes
• Trends of Labour Market Changes
• Current Issues of Business, Public Financial Management and Accounting
• Financial Markets and Institutional Management
• Legal Regulation of Economic-Social Environment
• Solutions of Public Policy and Administration
• Creativity and Value Innovations in Business
• Competitive Marketing Strategies
• Employees‘ Competencies and Career Development
• Strategies for Sustainable Development
• Regional Management, Strategic Planning and Development

Please find the attached invitation.

Please share this information with your colleagues!

Best regards,

Conference Organizers

If you have any questions, please contact 

Assoc. prof dr. Milda Damkuvienė

Tel.: +370 686 19902

E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

This book aims to compile studies of hospitality and tourism from a regional sciences perspective not only to contribute to tourism and regional science literature jointly, but also to assist tourism specialists and policy makers to better understand the impact and the dynamics of tourism development.

We welcome submissions related (but not limited) to:

hospitality and tourism clusters
co-location
labor market implications
innovation in tourism and hospitality
entrepreneurship in tourism and hospitality
international and domestic tourism
spatial and temporal variability in tourism
climate change and sustainable tourism
research methods for tourism sciences
quantitative methods applied to the tourism and hospitality industry applications of new technologies in tourism research
natural vs. man-made amenities
urban-rural tourism
destination development
tourism and smart specialization
tourism policies
regional impact of tourism

For more information see attachment.

Innovation processes in rural areas

Livia Madureira This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - CETRAD, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro.

André Torre This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - INRA, University Paris Saclay.

Call for papers for a special issue of Regional Science Policy and Practice until December 15, 2017

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1757-7802

One often consider that rural territories are not innovative. Innovation would be mainly reserved for urban spaces and in particular for big cities, as revealed by the concentration of high tech firms and clusters in an urban environment. However, this preconceived idea meets two important limits. The first one is the existence of a very successful and very innovative farming sector, to the point that agriculture only employs nowadays an increasingly small number of workers, due to technical progress, in particular in Europe and in the USA, as well as in BRICs like Brazil for example. Agriculture and forestry are also the stage for intensive agro-ecological knowledge creation towards more sustainable farming processes and practices, involving both scientists and farmers. The second is that numerous innovations are emerging in rural areas highlighting non-technological types of innovation, like organizational innovations (new forms of networks between actors, direct marketing and local markets…), social innovations (cooperatives, services to the population…) and institutional innovations (Leader Programs, local charters…) along with product (superfoods, healthcare services and renewable energy) and technological innovations (the methanation for example).

This special issue aims to make the state of the art about innovations in rural areas, by describing various experiences, and by giving solid references onto the level of rural innovation and the characteristics of the latter, which bring new knowledge about innovation and support to policies to enhance it on rural territories.

Call for Abstracts

The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) and the Regional Science Association of India invite regional scientists, economists, economic geographers, urban planners, policy makers, and researchers of related disciplines to participate in the 12th World Congress of the Regional Science Association International, with the main theme "Spatial Systems: Social Integration, Regional Development and Sustainability". The Congress will be hosted by the Regional Science Association of India.

We invite formal paper presentations (deadline of November 30, 2017. The abstract submission portal is now open. Full information on the venue, abstract submission, registration, schedule of events, accommodation and travel information is posted at www.regionalscience.org/2018worldcongress

About the Focal Theme

Across the world, communities are striving to achieve an ecologically and socially secure future. The intricately linked ideas of sustainability and integration are the key to achieving our development goals. As regional scientists, our common pursuit of a sustainable future may be attained with more efficient understanding of the ‘region’ as a spatial unit. Keeping this objective in mind, the theme of the 2018 Congress highlights the importance of analyzing spatial systems as not just physical space or social space, but shared space. The sub-themes will be aimed at providing a platform for debates and discussions around the key issues of contemporary regional science and carve out the way to future research agenda.

Special Sessions

Regular Sessions

We look forward to welcoming you in the dazzling city of Goa in May 2018.

With warmest regards,

The Organizing Committee

www.regionalscience.org/2018worldcongress

Dear Colleagues,

we are delighted to invite You to participate in the 17th Ernestas Galvanauskas’ International Scientific Conference „RETHINKING REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS“ in Šiauliai, Lithuania.

The special topic of the plenary session – “Economic patriotism: challenges, dilemmas and opportunities” for a successful, sustainable country’s, region’s economic growth, and the competitiveness in the global market. Can economic patriotism exist at European level? Is it a national matter or European strategic interest? A support or a brake on the economy?

Date - November 30, 2017

Registration and conference fee (30 EUR) payment deadline – November 6, 2017  

http://registracijos.su.lt/galvanausko

Other topics for the presentations and discussions in sections:

• Management of Economic Changes
• Trends of Labour Market Changes
• Current Issues of Business, Public Financial Management and Accounting
• Financial Markets and Institutional Management
• Legal Regulation of Economic-Social Environment
• Solutions of Public Policy and Administration
• Creativity and Value Innovations in Business
• Competitive Marketing Strategies
• Employees‘ Competencies and Career Development
• Strategies for Sustainable Development
• Regional Management, Strategic Planning and Development

Please find the attached invitation.

Please share this information with your colleagues!

Best regards,

Conference Organizers

If you have any questions, please contact 

Assoc. prof dr. Milda Damkuvienė

Tel.: +370 686 19902

E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.