History of the Japan Section written by Professor Kohno and Professor Kurashimo

New URL of the Japan Section of the RSAI

 http://www.jsrsai.jp/

RSAI is pleased to announce the election of the following Fellows in 2013:

Roberta Capello, Polytechnic Milano, ITALY   Roberta Capello is professor in Regional and urban economics at the Politecnico of Milan. Past-President of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI). Editor in chief of the Italian Journal of Regional Science and co-editor of Letters in Spatial and Resource Science (Springer Verlag). Editor in chief of Papers in Regional Science from RSAI. Author of many scientific papers and a textbook in Regional Economics, published in Italian and English.

Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kyoto University, JAPAN   Kobayashi is the recipient of several awards and prizes for his research including the Hinomaru Prize in 1988, the JSCE (Japan Society of Civil Engineers) Research Prize in 1993, 2001 and 2007. In 2007 he was included in the Top 50 City Creators and Urban Experts of the Ministry of the Environment of Denmark. From 1978-1986, Kobayashi was a Research Associate in Graduate School of Engineering of Kyoto University. In 1987 he became an Associate Professor at the Department of Social Systems Engineering at Tottori University, where in 1990 he became a full time Professor. In 1996 he returned to Kyoto University as a full time Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering. In 2007 he became the Vice Dean of the Graduate School of Management of Kyoto University and in 2009 he became the Dean.

Tönu Puu, University of Umeå, SWEDEN   Tönu Puu, born in 1936 in Tallinn, was Professor of Economics at Umeå University from 1971 to 2001. Afterwards he worked at the Centre for Regional Studies (Cerum) for ten years. In total, he has published twenty books and 130 scholarly articles in economics, mathematics and philosophy.

Jean-Claude Thill, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA   Jean-Claude is Professor of Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. He has previously held positions at SUNY - Buffalo, the University of Georgia, Florida Atlantic University and the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. He has also served NARSC superbly for many years in many administrative capacities. His research has centered on the spatial dimension of mobility systems and their consequences on how space is used and organized in modern societies; statistical and computational methods of spatial analysis; and most recently urban land-use dynamics.

History of the Regional Science Association of French Language published in 2012, by Prof. Antoine Bailly, Prof.Pierre-Henri Derycke and Prof. André Torre

The University of Missouri has an opening for an Associate or Assistant Professor in Regional Economics.

To access the job description:   http://dass.missouri.edu/regionaljob/

If you have questions contact:

Judith I. Stallmann, Professor

Community Development Extension,
Agricultural and Applied Economics,
Rural Sociology and Public Affairs
231 Gentry Hall
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211-7040
573-882-6455
FAX:  573-882-5127
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MANAGAMENT AND ECONOMICS FACULTY

ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT

FULL TIME ACADEMIC POSITION

The Universidad Católica del Norte (www.ucn.cl), Department of Economics is recruiting one assistant professor for researching and teaching activities.

We invite to apply those researchers interested on the fields of urban economics, regional economics, and economic geography or associated areas. The position requires a medium level of Spanish language. The applicant must 1) contribute to graduate-level teaching; 2) teach undergraduate courses; 3) ability to develop and maintain an externally funded research program; 4) ability to contribute to the department’s interdisciplinary mission.

It is expected that the candidate will be available to start working in August, 1st 2013.

Required qualifications: 1) a full curriculum vita, 2) a doctoral degree closely related to the fields above describe at the time of appointment, 3) letter of application describing research and teaching interests, 4) samples of writing or publications and 5) the names and contact details of two referees plus the recommendation letter

The deadline to send applications will be June 15th 2013. Any question about the application process must be sent to Dusan Paredes, Tel. 56 55 355746, 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.