The latest issue of Regional Science Policy & Practice are available! Vol. 15, No. 4, May 2023, Special Issue: Population imbalances in Europe. Urban concentration versus rural depopulation
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ISSUE INFORMATION
INTRODUCTION
Population imbalances in Europe. Urban concentration versus rural depopulation
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Rural problems, policies and possibilities in a post-urban world
Urban–rural continuum: an overview of their interactions and territorial disparities
A senior liveability index for European cities
Local attributes and migration balance – evidence for different age and skill groups from a machine learning approach
Estonian population and regional development during the last 30 years—back to the small town?
The spread of urban–rural areas and rural depopulation in central Spain
Urban–rural population changes and spatial inequalities in Sweden
Uneven geographies: ageing and population dynamics in Latvia
Urban–rural differences in youth engagement in Croatia
BOOK REVIEW
Advanced Introductions to Demography and Migration Studies
Call for Abstracts (extension of the deadline) | 4th European Conference Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis, 11-12 September 2023, Milano, Italy
Due to several requests, the deadline for submittimg an abstract for the Fourth European SBCA conference has been extended to June 12, 2023.
Notification of acceptance:
16 June 2023 (for submissions received before May 15)
23 June 2023 (for submissions received after May 15)
Early bird registration deadline: 3 July 2023
Final registration deadline: 14 July 2023
To submit an abstract, GO TO THE EASYCHAIR SUBMISSION PLATFORM:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sbca-eu2023
(After opening the link, click on "create account" and follow the instructions)
All relevant information regarding the conference, including a detailed Call for Abstracts, will be available at the following web page, which will be constantly updated
https://centrejeanmonnet.unimi.it/sbca-2023/
https://www.benefitcostanalysis.org/european-conference-2023
RSAI journals (Papers in Regional Science and Regional Science Policy & Practice)
Dear RSAI members,
it is with great pleasure that we deliver good news. As of Jan. 1, 2024 both RSAI journals (Papers in Regional Science and Regional Science Policy & Practice) will be published by Elsevier.
The last decade was marked by continuous growth in quality and volume for both journals. For this, the RSAI is grateful to the current publisher, Wiley, which thoroughly supported our journal editors in the strive for offering better journals to our members.
As we all see from our everyday experience, the publication landscape is changing rapidly, and is in particular showing a fast growth of open access journals. These are meant to increase the access to science to as many researchers as possible, also including those hailing from low-income countries. To meet the needs of the market, the RSAI Council decided to partner with one of the top scientific publishers, Elsevier, to enhance the transition to gold open access for both journals. Therefore, effective Jan. 1, 2024, all articles published by our two journals will be published in the new mode.
As we realize that the transition is uneven, and may have distributional effects for a number of professional categories the RSAI Council has agreed a substantial number of waivers for Article Publishing Charges (APCs) and is now developing guidelines for their distribution. These are in addition to waivers and discounts already granted through initiatives supported by the Publisher such as Research4Life.
We are most happy to let the community know of this further step in the process of growth of our journals, and we can already guarantee that our Editors will keep working hard for selecting sound and impactful research to our community.
Please do follow our journals, web site, and newsletter for being kept abreast of the further developments,
Kind regards,
In Memoriam: Richard James Arnott (1949-2023)
ERSA 2023 Congress | Registration NOW OPEN!
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Call for Papers | RSPP Special Issue: Urban-rural linkages: policies, actions, and visions for coordinated territorial decisions, and conflicts resolution
Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP)
Calll for Special Issue: Urban-rural linkages: policies, actions, and visions for coordinated territorial decisions, and conflicts resolution
Guest editor
Valentina Cattivelli - Università Telematica Pegaso, Centro Direzionale Isola F2 - Napoli; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Peri-urbanisation, increasing land use, migration, biodiversity loss and food insecurity pose new and critical challenges to urban-rural systems.
More and more people live, work, and depend on rural and urban ecosystems that transcend administrative boundaries. Increasing relocation of businesses and infrastructure investments in roads and communication systems are putting pressure on land conversion and natural resource consumption. Agriculture is also practised in urban and peri-urban areas. However, it does not ensure full food security for all citizens and leads to pollution and depletion of natural resources. Small food chains are more important, but their functioning requires reducing the distance between urban markets and rural agricultural areas.
All these flows are just a few examples of the interdependent flows of people, goods, financial and environmental services (defined by FAO as urban-rural linkages) that exist between certain urban, rural and peri-urban locations. These flows are interdependent, reflecting socio-spatial arrangements and creating spaces with distinct but interwoven and socially constructed identities. However, they also create productive, social and land tenure conflicts. Resolving them requires supported and coordinated action by local actors. Rather, territorial governance is under pressure, reflecting recent changes in spatial planning systems, levels of governance and multi-actor dynamics. The prerogatives of public interventions and private initiatives in peri-urban areas are not defined due to the unclear distribution of competences between local institutions.
The management of these flows and the resolution of potential conflicts appear as a prerequisite for sustainable territorial development. This importance is underlined by several international organisations. Among others, UN calls for new inclusive approaches and increased synergies between urban and rural communities and spaces - an essential part of the vision of the 2030 Agenda.
This special issue aims to renew the international debate on urban-rural linkages. In particular, it explores recent methods of delineating flows between urban and rural areas and the potential conflicts associated with them. It also promotes the dissemination of new evidence on coordinated policies and strategies to strengthen urban-rural linkages, implement integrated territorial development plans and resolve territorial conflicts. Empirical studies and case study analyses from around the world are welcome. Contributions that analyse territorial policies at the local level that relate to food policy, climate, biodiversity protection and ecosystem clustering (the list is not exhaustive) will be accepted. Studies that address the vision of sustainable urbanisation and peri-urbanisation are also welcome.
#urban #rural #periurban #urbanrurallinkages #territorialconflicts #sustainableplanning #territorialgovernance
Invitation for submission
We welcome original, unpublished papers that address the above topics, or any other related research questions not mentioned, as they relate to urban-rural linkages and relative conflicts. We look forward to papers from all parts of the world.
Manuscript submission information:
All submissions must be original and may not be under review elsewhere. All manuscripts will be submitted via the Regional Science Policy & Practice online submission system (https://www.editorialmanager.com/rspp/). Authors should indicate in the cover letter that the paper is submitted for consideration for publication in this special issue “Urban-rural linkages: policies, actions, and visions for coordinated territorial decisions, and conflicts resolution”, otherwise, your submission will be handled as a regular manuscript.
- Submissions open until March 15, 2025.
Programme | "The 1st International Conference on Sustainable Regional Development in Central Asia", May 11-12, May 11 and 12, Narxoz University
This year, on May 11 and 12, Narxoz University , together with The Regional Science Association International, is holding an international conference on sustainable development in Central Asia "The 1st International Conference on Sustainable Regional Development in Central Asia" (Ryskulov Readings - 2023).
RSAI is the publisher of the Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP) - Q2 journal in the Scopus database. According to our agreement, all abstracts approved for presentation by the scientific committee of the conference will be considered by the editors of the journal for publication in the format of an article absolutely free of charge. All other papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
The conference is also dedicated to a significant date - the 60th anniversary of Narxoz University. The university, established in 1963, has trained more than 140,000 graduates for the economy of Kazakhstan, and in 2023 Narxoz draws a jubilee line under its past and reveals grandiose plans for the future.
Program is attached.
Univ. of Montana: Associate Director and Director of Health Care Industry Research, Bureau of Business and Economic Research
The University of Montana invites applications for Associate Director and Director of Health Care Industry Research, Bureau of Business and Economic Research.
The position directs a high-visibility research program in Health Care Industry Research with significant outside funding. The incumbent is expected to conduct peer-reviewed research and communicate findings to the public in non-technical language, including presentations at the Montana Economic Outlook Seminars.
The University of Montana is flagship, research-intensive R1 institution with approximately 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students. It is located in Missoula, a culturally vibrant community of about 75,000, surrounded by mountains and three rivers converge. Abundant recreational opportunities in surrounding state and national forests and nearby Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park complement a thriving intellectual atmosphere.
The Bureau’s purpose is to serve the general public, as well as people in business, labor, and government, by providing an understanding of the economic environment in which Montanans live and work.
Please follow the link for more details.
Call for Papers | 14th Geoffrey J.D. Hewings Regional Economics Workshop | Vienna, October 2-3, 2023
Call for Papers
14th Geoffrey J.D. Hewings Regional Economics Workshop
Keynote: Prof. Dr. Ron Boschma | Vienna, October 2 - 3, 2023
The Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) is very pleased to announce the 14th international workshop in honor of Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and member of WIFO's Scientific Board.
Prof. Hewings has published numerous scientific contributions in economics, economic geog- raphy, urban and regional planning, input-output analysis and other fields. He is famous for being a scholar always eager to share his knowledge and give profound and positive advice to younger researchers.
Any empirical contribution within the field of regional economics is welcome. The topics of interest include questions related to:
- regional specialization, structural change, and knowledge diffusion
- regional location analyses, spatial location choice, and location concepts
- geographical impact of economic policy measures
- regional labor markets
- regional tourism
- regional planning
We are proud to announce that we have been able to attract Professor Dr. Ron Boschma as keynote speaker. The title of his talk will be:
“Opportunities spaces of European regions: the role of regional capabilities and inter-regional linkages”
Ron Boschma is a reputable expert in the fields of Regional Economics and Economic Geog- raphy and Professor at the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning at the Fac- ulty of Geosciences, Utrecht University. He is also affiliated as Professor at the University of Sta- vanger, Norway. From 2013 to 2015 he was Director of the Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy at Lund University. He has widely published in interna- tional journals on evolutionary economic geography, the spatial evolution of industries, re- gional systems of innovation, the structure and evolution of networks, agglomeration external- ities and regional growth and diversification. In an interdisciplinary context, he is engaged in the programs “Institutions for Open Societies” and “Pathways to Sustainability”. He has been member of the Research, Innovation and Science Experts (RISE) High-Level Advisory Body to European Commissioner Carlos Moedas 2015-2016 and is Board member of the International Regional Studies Association. From 2018-2020 he was member of the Scientific Advisory Group of DG Regional and Urban Policy, from 2018 to 2025 Ron Boschma is nominated as a member of the Commissie Sectorplan Social Sciences and Humanities in the Netherlands (National Ad- visory Group to the Minister of Education, Culture and Science).
The workshop aims at bringing together researchers from various fields of economics working mainly at the regional level to discuss ideas and exchange knowledge. Moreover, it should be emphasized that the workshop should also attract contributions characterized as "work in pro- gress" and those from young researchers. Submissions should include an extended abstract (minimum of 300 words) or a full paper.
The workshop will be held at WIFO in Vienna. There are no fees for participants of the workshop. All papers presented may be published in the WIFO Working Paper series. Abstracts of papers and/or full papers intended for presentation should be prepared in PDF-format and be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Deadline for submission of abstracts: July 30, 2023
Notification of acceptance: August 11, 2023
Call for Submissions | Regional Science session at the 2024 ASSA meeting in San Antonio, TX (Jan. 5-7, 2024)
Dear RSAI members,
I hope this email finds you well.
I am writing to circulate the interesting call for submissions to the Regional Science session at the 2024 ASSA meeting in San Antonio, TX (Jan. 5-7, 2024).
The session is organized and chaired by Prof. Sandy Dall'erba (University of Illinois at Urbana) and Adam Rose (USC Sol Price School of Public Policy). You may apply by submitting your paper or long abstract (1-2 pages) including authors’ name, affiliation and contact information to Sandy Dall’erba at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. within June 7, 2023.
Submissions are not associated with a fee. Fees will have to paid to ASSA if your paper is selected.
Thank you in advance for your attention,
Kind regards,
Andrea Caragliu
Associate Professor of Regional and Urban Economics
Politecnico di Milano, ABC Department
RSAI Executive Director
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