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Editor-in-Chief

Tomaz Ponce Dentinho, University of Azores, Portugal

Editors

Patricio Aroca, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile

Jaime Bonet, Banco de la Republica de Colombia, Colombia

Eduardo Haddad, Departamento de Economia – FEA-USP, Brazil

Neil Reid, The University of Toledo, USA

Vicente Royuela, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

Emmanouil Tranos, University of Birmingham, UK

Book Review Editor

Tiago Freire, University of Canberra, Australia

Editorial Board

Abdellatif Khattabi, Ecole Nationale Forestière d'Ingénieurs, Morocco

Ana Condeço Melhorado, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

André Torre, National Institute for Agronomic Research, France

Andrea Szekely, University of Szeged, Hungary

Ari Kuncoro, University of Indonesia, Indonesia

Budy Resosudarmo, The Australian National University, Australia

Cai Matang, Peking University, China

Carlos Azzoni, University of S. Paulo, Brazil

Daniela Constantin, Academy of Economic Studies of Bucharest, Romania

Elisabeth Mack, Michigan State University, USA

Eveline Van Leeuwen, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Francisco Carballo Cruz, University of Minho, Portugal

Graham Clarke, University of Leeds, UK

Jungyul Sohn, Seoul National University, Korea

Karima Kourtit, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Lewis Dijkstra, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Italy

Lília Blades, UN-HABITAT (United Nation Human Settlements Programme), USA

Lívia Madureira, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal

Luis Galvis, Banco de la república, Colombia

Nancy Lozano, World Bank, USA

Nimesh Salike, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China

Paolo Veneri, OECD, France

Robyn Eversole, University of Tasmania, Australia

Sumana Bandyopadhyay, University of Calcutta, India

Sutee Anantsuksomsri, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Tüzin Baycan, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

Yang Kaizhong, Peking University, China

Yannis Psycharis, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, Greece

Yoshiro Higano, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Call for applications
The Peter Nijkamp Research Encouragement Award

The award recognizes the outstanding potential of a mid-career researcher from a nation in the developing world in which there is a section of RSAI. Conditions for applications are:
- No more than 10 years from the doctoral qualification (by Dec 31, 2017);
- Live in developing nations continuously for at least three years as at Dec 31, 2017;
- Be a member of RSAI;
- Submit a written formal research paper on a topic in Regional Science;
- Submit an updated version of CV

Nominees will be judged in part on the evaluation of the paper and in part on an evaluation of the research track record and performance (CV).

The winner(s) will receive support, up to 750 Euro, to participate in a Supra-Regional meeting or in the World Congress, at which the paper will be presented.

The jury will comprise the Immediate Past-President of RSAI as Chair, an Editor of Papers in Regional Science, and two Fellows of RSAI.

Deadline: November 30, 2017
(An eligible mid-career researcher from an eligible developing nation may submit a paper and their CV to the RSAI Executive Secretary (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) for consideration for the Award at any time up to the end of November of that year)

The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) invites submissions for the annual competition for the Best Doctoral Dissertation in Regional Science. Regional science is an interdisciplinary field concerned with theory, method, and application of regional, urban and rural, geographic and spatial investigations and analyses.

The winner will be decided by the Selection Committee and will receive a cash award of 750 Euros. Award announcements will be made at the North American Meetings of the RSAI, where participants in the competition are strongly encouraged to be present. The Selection Committee reserves the right to not make an award. Decisions made by the Selection Committee are final.

Eligibility:

1. A dissertation completed in any Ph.D. program in any country is eligible,
2. A dissertation written in English,
3. A dissertation successfully defended, with official graduation date between July 1^st 2016 and June 30^th 2017,
4. A dissertation on a single or multiple general regional science topics. The Selection Committee reserves the right to determine whether a dissertation is relevant to the field of regional science. 

Application (in either PDF or MS Word format):

1. A two-page curriculum vita;
2. A letter of support and nomination from the major professor (also known as dissertation committee chairperson or supervisor) on stationary paper and with signature. The letter should clearly explain the dissertation’s originality and contributions to the field of regional science;
3. The dissertation.

Applications should be submitted electrically by July 31, 2017 to the Selection Committee Chair, Dr. Laurie Schintler (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Large submissions can be uploaded to a cloud file-sharing site. 

The Stan Czamanski Prize is awarded by the Regional Science Association International in memory of Professor Stan Czamanski, an early recipient of a Ph.D. in regional science (1963), a member of the University of Pennsylvania regional science faculty (1963-1966), a member of the regional science faculty of Cornell University (1966-1988), and a past-president of the Regional Science Association (1975-1976).

The annual prize is awarded to author of the best Ph.D. dissertation proposal judged to exemplify the philosophy and approach of Professor Czamanski, as described below.

The US$1,000 prize is awarded to the student and a plaque to the student’s advisor.

The selection will be made by a panel of three persons: a senior and long-standing member of the regional science community, a representative of the field of Regional Science at Cornell and a member of the RSAI Council.

Students writing dissertations on problems in regional science from around the world are invited to enter the competition, in the spirit of Stan’s all-embracing philosophy.

The award is presented at the North American Regional Science Meetings.

Rules of the competition

Applications are to be submitted by October 02 of 2017 to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. To be eligible, the dissertation proposal must have been defended and approved during the past 12 months.

Each applicant will submit the following:

1. A statement in six pages or less that clearly sets out the research question(s) and issues to be addressed, approach to be used, and product expected from the dissertation research. The six-page limit is exclusive of references, tables and figures. This text and references should be in 12 point or larger font and single-spaced. In addition, a summary (maximum one page) describing the intellectual merit of the proposed research and why the proposed approach may be regarded as implementing Professor Czamanski’s philosophy and approach, as described below.
2. A curriculum vita of no more than two pages.
3. Copies of the candidate’s transcripts for all graduate study. Unofficial copies are acceptable.
4. A separate, confidential letter from the dissertation supervisor assessing the quality and significance of the proposed dissertation research.

Dear Members of the Regional Science Association International

President of RSAI, Professor Jacques Poot from PRSCO, has had to resign as president of our association due to a serious illness of his wife. Our feelings, thoughts, and prayers are with Professor Jacques Poot and his family with the strong hope that his wife will recover soon.

According to Article V, section 7d of the Constitution, in case of resignation of the president “the Immediate Past President shall serve as Acting President during the first year of the presidential term and the Vice-President and President-Elect shall succeed to the Presidency during the second year of the uncompleted term”. Nevertheless, since this is still very early in the presidential cycle of PRSCO, and based on a proposal made by RSAI Acting President Andrés Rodriguez-Pose, the RSAI Council approved on-line a proposal of a Nomination Committee to nominate candidates for the election by the RSAI Council of a RSAI president coming from PRSCO area. The Nomination Committee composed by Mark Partridge (Chair), Yoshiro Higano, John Madden and Neil Reid proposed the Executive Director to launch this Call for Nominations of Candidates for the Election on-line by the RSAI Council of the President of the Regional Science Association International 2017-2018.

The RSAI members from the PRSCO area who want to be nominated as candidate for the President of the Regional Science Association International should send to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. until the April the 19^th the following elements:

-          A two-page CV and a Picture;

-          A two-page statement on the motives in support of the candidacy and on the future strategy for the RSAI.

The Nomination Committee will then nominate the candidates to be voted on-line by the Members of the Council. The results will be diffused through RSAI News and in RSAI webpage.

Best regards

Tomaz Ponce Dentinho

Executive Director of the Regional Science Association International  

Call for papers | FIRST WORKSHOP ON URBAN AND REGIONAL ECONOMICS, June 27,28,29, 2017, Bogotá, Colombia

Giving the increasing importance of the cities as employment and sustainable living cores within a regional environment, and all the challenges on these areas for policymakers and citizens; the department of economics of the Ponticia Universidad Javeriana and the Banco de la República de Colombia will host their rst workshop on urban and regional to be held in Bogota the 27, 28 and 29 of June 2017. The workshop aims to provide researchers with a space for presenting and discussing research on urban and regional economics.

Gilles Duranton (UPenn), Nathaniel Baum-Snow (U. Toronto), Esteban Rossi Hansberg (Princeton), Klaus Desmet (SMU), Alex Anas (University at Bualo), Erick Verhoef (VU Amsterdam), Miguel Angel Garcia Lopez(UAB) are some of the special guest that have conrmed attendance.

Topics
The conference will consider the following topics: location theory, environment and the city, urban spatial structure, policies for competitive cities and regions, regional labor markets, congestion pricing, transport economics, urban inequality and segregation and gender aspects in urban areas, urban economic growth and development. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome.

The program will include key note presentations from invited speakers and policy makers.

Format
Accepted papers will be presented in parallel sessions. We will assign one discussant to every paper in its field of expertise, so each person accepted will have the responsibility to present and discuss one paper.

Submission

We encourage PhD students and scholars to submit papers or extended abstract ( 400 words) about their original research by April 16th, 2017 to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Notifcation of acceptance will be sent by May 1st

Registration
Registration will be open after May 2nd. There will be a registration fee. Participants and attendees should cover their own travel and accommodation expenses.

All inquiries please direct to the organizing committee: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Program committee:
David Castells-Quintana, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Ana María Díaz, Pontifcia Universidad Javeriana. Paula Herrera-Idárraga, Ponticia Universidad Javeriana. Luis Carlos Reyes, Pontifcia Universidad Javeriana. Andrés Rosas, Ponticia Universidad Javeriana. Guillermo Sinisterra, Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración.

The 2nd International Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health [ICERP2017] is going to be held in Shenzhen, China during Oct. 20th - 22nd, 2017.

TPC Members
Prof. Yu-Lin (Eugene) Song
Department of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, Asia University, Taiwan
Prof. James Harold Clarke
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Prof. Yanhuai Ding
Institute of Rheology Mechanics, Xiangtan University, Hunan, China

Fore more, pls refer to the website: www.icerp2017.org

Contribution & Publication
1. All submissions will be reviewed by 2-3 experts
2. All accepted papers will be published by the Atlantis Press
3. The Atlantis Press will also submit the conference proceedings to be indexed in EI & CPCI

If you are interested, just deliver your paper to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and join us.

Collecting paper will continue until May 7th, 2017, please seize this opportunity to have a try.

If you miss the deadline, pls call the committee: 0086 150 1277 1094

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader in Human Geography (Urban Geography and Applications of Big Data)

School of Geography

Location:  Brayford
Salary:   From £32,004 per annum
Lecturer salary from £32,004, Senior Lecturer salary from £37,075 and Reader salary from £48,327
Closing Date:   Sunday 23 April 2017
Interview Date:   Tuesday 16 May 2017 
Reference:  COS397

The School of Geography would welcome applications from candidates with an interest inUrban Geography and applications of Big Data. One appointment will be made to either Reader, Senior Lecturer or Lecturer level. 

More information at: https://jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=COS397