Election of RSAI new Councillors at large
Dear RSAI members,
By RSAI Constitution, nominations for Councilors-at-large “shall be made by the Council after solicitation of suggestions from the members of the Association”. At the end of 2021, the position on the RSAI Council held by Prof. Maria Abreu (Cambridge University) will expire; we therefore inform that the proposals for a councilor-at-large can be sent to the address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. within September 30, 2021. Candidatures will have to include a professional CV and a photo.
The election of a councilor-at-large for the period 2022-2024 will take place electronically by RSAI members during the month of October 2021.
Best regards,
Andrea Caragliu
Associate Professor of Regional and Urban Economics
Politecnico di Milano, ABC Department
RSAI Executive Director
Call for RSAI Program Nurturing new talent 2022
Nurturing new talent 2022
The RSAI aims to continue promoting the development of Regional Science by nurturing new talent in 2022. The council has therefore pledged resources to co-finance workshops and summer institutes intended to provide substantive training to pre-doctoral researchers, including the presentation of their work and receiving feedback from senior scholars and their peers. It is expected that the selected workshops and institutes will have considerable international geographical coverage.
Organizers of workshops and summer schools fulfilling the above aims are encouraged to submit a two-page case for support, using the included template, within October 10, 2021 to the RSAI secretariat (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Individuals are encouraged to consult with their national and supranational sections to allow better coordination among different initiatives.
All applications will be reviewed by the Committee and will have to be formally approved by the RSAI Council. Their decision will be final.
Template nurturing talent application (Download)
Andrea Caragliu
Associate Professor of Regional and Urban Economics
Politecnico di Milano, ABC Department
RSAI Executive Director
The latest issue of Regional Science Policy & Practice are available! Volume 13, Issue 4, August 2021
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Regional Science Policy & Practice Pages: 1093-1402 August 2021 Issue Edited by: Patricio Aroca, Carlos Azzoni |
ISSUE INFORMATION
Free Access
Pages: 1093 | First Published: 25 August 2021
INTRODUCTION
Regional development in Latin America
Patricio Aroca, Carlos Azzoni
Pages: 1094-1095 | First Published: 25 August 2021
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Juan C. Duque, Nancy Lozano-Gracia, Jorge E. Patino, Paula Restrepo Cadavid
Pages: 1096-1128 | First Published: 08 July 2020
Esteban Colla-De-Robertis, Rafael Garduno Rivera
Pages: 1129-1145 | First Published: 02 February 2021
Regional economic growth and convergence: The role of institutions and spillover effects in Colombia
Juan Manuel Aristizábal, Gustavo A. García
Pages: 1146-1161 | First Published: 19 August 2020
Felipe Santos-Marquez, Carlos Mendez
Pages: 1162-1184 | First Published: 28 September 2020
Rut Atayde, Rafael Garduño, Eduardo Robles, Pluvia Zúñiga
Pages: 1185-1214 | First Published: 05 April 2021
Grace Carolina Guevara-Rosero
Pages: 1215-1248 | First Published: 02 February 2021
Emerson Gomes Santos, Renato Garcia, Veneziano Araujo, Suelene Mascarini, Ariana Costa
Pages: 1249-1261 | First Published: 06 July 2020
Evaluating the effectiveness of ChileCompra's Entrepreneurship Centers policy
Sergio A. Contreras, Andrew J. Greenlee
Pages: 1262-1282 | First Published: 03 March 2021
Alejandra Trejo Nieto
Pages: 1283-1296 | First Published: 04 July 2020
Andrés Niembro, Jésica Sarmiento
Pages: 1297-1327 | First Published: 02 August 2020
Open Access
A multi‐scale approach to rural depopulation in Mexico
Liliana Castillo-Rivero, Philip McCann, Frans J. Sijtsma
Pages: 1328-1347 | First Published: 04 December 2020
Dimensions of local development in the Colombian Pacific Region
Eduardo Amaral Haddad, Inácio Fernandes de Araújo, Vinícius de Almeida Vale, Henry Duque Sandoval, Paola Andrea Garizado Roman, Lilian Andrea Carrillo Rodríguez, Elizabeth Aponte Jaramillo, Leidy Julieth Gruesso Lopez
Pages: 1348-1370 | First Published: 11 July 2021
Karina Simone Sass, Alexandre Alves Porsse
Pages: 1371-1387 | First Published: 15 September 2020
INVITED REVIEW
Does per capita income cause homicide rates? An application of an IV spatial model
Rogério Pereira, Tatiane Almeida de Menezes
Pages: 1388-1400 | First Published: 22 May 2020
BOOK REVIEW
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal
Pages: 1401-1402 | First Published: 31 May 2021
The latest issue of Papers in Regional Science is available! Volume 100, 4 (August 2021)
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Papers in Regional Science Pages: 845-1110 August 2021 |
ISSUE INFORMATION
Free Access
Pages: 845-846 | First Published: 23 August 2021
FULL ARTICLES
Yuxue Sheng, James LeSage
Pages: 847-874 | First Published: 08 March 2021
Estimation of regional input coefficients and output multipliers for the regions of Chile
Cristian Mardones, Darling Silva
Pages: 875-889 | First Published: 10 April 2021
Measuring fiscal interactions in local federalism: Evidence from Florida
Kevin Willardsen
Pages: 891-923 | First Published: 22 February 2021
Home Sweet Home: the Effect of Sugar Protectionism on Emigration in Italy, 1876‐1913
Carlo Ciccarelli, Alberto Dalmazzo, Daniela Vuri
Pages: 925-957 | First Published: 07 April 2021
Open Access
Social media adoption in Italian firms. Opportunities and challenges for lagging regions
Martina Aronica, Rubinia Celeste Bonfanti, Davide Piacentino
Pages: 959-978 | First Published: 19 April 2021
Measuring insularity as a state of nature
Vania Licio, Anna Maria Pinna
Pages: 979-1004 | First Published: 27 January 2021
From hot to cold: A spatial analysis of self‐employment in the United States
Alejandro Almeida, Antonio Golpe, Raquel Justo
Pages: 1005-1023 | First Published: 03 February 2021
Open Access
Age cohort effects on unemployment in the USA: Evidence from the regional level
Carsten Ochsen
Pages: 1025-1053 | First Published: 11 February 2021
Quantile regression on the nonlinear relationship between land use and trip time
Tae-Hyoung Tommy Gim
Pages: 1055-1077 | First Published: 21 January 2021
Open Access
A machine learning approach to rural entrepreneurship
Mehmet Güney Celbiş
Pages: 1079-1104 | First Published: 22 January 2021
BOOK REVIEW
Andrea Caragliu
Pages: 1105-1110 | First Published: 07 June 2021
Call for Papers on “Assessment of climate change impacts on regional economics in South Asia”
Background
In Asia and the Pacific, the effects of climate change becomes obvious, with South Asia being the most vulnerable region (IPCC, 2007). However, South Asia could severely impacted if the world continues on its current fossil-fuel-intensive path (UN, 2020). Climate change might cut 9% of the South Asian GDP per year by the end of the century, and the human and financial toll could be substantially worse if floods, droughts, cyclones, and other extreme weather events taken place in the region frequently. Report highlighted that most of the South Asian countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) collectively may have the chance to lose an average of 1.8% of their annual GDP by 2050, rising to 8.8% by 2100 (ADB, 2014).Moreover, South Asia's economy would only be decreased by 1.3% yearly by 2050 and 2.5% by 2100 if countries across the world act collectively to keep global temperatures below an average of 2° celcius. To mitigate this situation, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and the Maldives are working to adapt to climate change and have developed national adaptation plans in 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2006. However, governments' understanding of the need to plan for and respond to the effects of climate change is not satisfactory and needs to be addressed immediately.
Aims of the special issue
Climate change's impact on regional economies in South Asia becomes a significant concern in determining effective policies to mitigate such an adverse event. Agricultural output and food security, access to drinking water, migration, urban properties and activities, and even regional geopolitical stability are all expected to be impacted in the future, as are geographical and geological conditions. In this connection, we aim to publish scientific research findings on how climate change affects the economy of South Asia and their present adaptation approaches. Furthermore, this special issue aims to collect relevant research findings into the features of stochastic climate change indicators and their most likely impacts on various sectors (agriculture and industry) in South Asia's. Different econometric modeling, the application of advanced technology (GIS, RS, machine learning) on climate change impact assessment will be highly appreciated.
Scope and information for authors
The Research Topic aims to publish articles, reviews, opinions, and case reports related to assessing climate change impacts on regional economics in South Asian countries associated with the following issues, but we welcome other relevant studies as well:
Stochastic climate change indicators: geographical, sea-level rise, flood, drought, geographical, geopolitical and geological conditions;Climate change and its impact on the agriculture and industrial sector;Policies for mitigating climate change impact on urban properties-urban activities;Assessment of climate change consequences at micro-region level;Economics damage due to adverse climatic factors;Climatic risk assessment and mitigation strategies;National/regional food security and climate change;Adaptation/vulnerability/robustness of regional economics against disaster risk and uncertainty;Trans-boundary impacts and international cooperation;GIS, RS, Dynamic data collection system for climate-smart agriculture; Concurrent assessment with machine learning using dynamic data, etc.
Keywords: Climate change; Impact analysis; South Aisan Economy; Climatic factors; Food security; Risk assessment; Diaster risk reduction, Mitgation starategies; Policies; and Decision support systems.
Authors are encouraged to submit their manuscripts to the Editor of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science (APJRS) by May 1, 2022 (APJRS). The submission website is as follows: https://www.editorialmanager.com/ajrs/default.aspx.
All manuscripts will be evaluated according to the APJRS standard. Once a manuscript has been accepted after review, it will be rapidly published online with a DOI, which means that earlier submissions may be published online sooner than the printed edition, even if the printed version's publishing schedule has been set.
Please prepare your paper according to the APJRS Author Instructions. Please select the special feature under assessment of climate change impacts on regional economics in South Asia at the "Select Article Type" stage to track submissions.
Special Issue Editor:
Tofael Ahamed, University of Tsukuba, Japan
In memoriam: Professor Åke E Andersson (1936-2021)
26TH APDR WORKSHOP Civic Universities, Ecosystems and Regional Development in Low-Industrial-Density Regions September 30 - October 1, 2021 | University of Beira Interior
Dear Colleagues
I wish you are all safe and well.
Please submit your contribution to the workshop we are co-organizing devoted to the subject:
Civic Universities, Ecosystems and Regional Development in Low-Industrial-Density Regions
Submissions must be made by next September 17, 2021.
Please find also attached a CfP associated with this workshop, which will be organized in a hybrid format.
So we are welcoming your presentations that can be delivered through physical or virtual terms.
Yours faithfully
João Carlos Correia Leitão, Ph.D.
Associate Professor with Habilitation
University of Beira Interior
Faculty of Human and Social Sciences
Department of Management and Economics
UBIExecutive, Business School
Estrada do Sineiro, 6200-209 Covilhã, Portugal
RSPP Call for Papers | Special Issue on Civic Universities, Ecosystems and Regional Development in Low-Industrial-Density Regions
RSPP Call for Papers
Special Issue on:
Civic Universities, Ecosystems and Regional Development in Low-Industrial-Density Regions
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) play a highly significant role in developing their influence regions, due to its contribution both for intellectual and civic progress. HEIs have the responsibility to become deeply engaged with the societal challenges (Boyer, 2016), since they should be positioned as open institutions, with a proactive role in promoting a sustainable development of regions and people. From here, it results a need to better understand, and define the Civic Universities (CivUs), which play a significant role in fostering the regional development of Low-Industrial-Density Regions.
The idea of civic engagement of the Universities was originally described by Boyer (1996), in what he named as scholarship of engagement, that is, a construct based on four pillars, namely: (I) the scholarship of discovery, pushing back the frontiers of human knowledge; (II) the scholarship of integration, creating more interdisciplinary conversations; (III) the scholarship of sharing knowledge, being a communal act; and (IV) the application of knowledge, moving from theory to practice back to theory.
In this line of reasoning, the CivUs should be deeply integrated in their communities. As such, CivUs should organize their teaching and researching activities, in order to train future citizens with the focus of entrepreneurship for societal innovation (Goddard and Vallance, 2011). CivUs have the potential for providing viable solutions for several societal problems, such as ageing, degenerative diseases, sustainability, smart mobility solutions, urban living, food security, water management, clean manufacturing, and environmental innovation (Goddard and Vallance, 2012; Unger et al., 2020).
The aim of this special issue is thus to bring together scientific contributions from interconnected research fields, helping to unveil and better understand the role played the CivUs in addressing the societal challenges and the prosecution of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), targeted to a sustainable regional development. Following this rationale, we are welcoming both theoretical and empirical contributions, focused on responding to the guiding g research question, that is: What is the role played by the CivUs in fostering sustainable regional development, especially, in low-industrial-density regions?
Examples of research topics that are considered relevant for this special issue, are as follows:
- Benchmarks and Good-Practices of Civic Universities
- Clusters, Industrial Districts and Productivity of Low-Industrial-Density Regions
- Cross-border Relationships and Sustainable Development
- Demography and Regional Development of Low-Density Regions
- Determinants of Performance of Low-Density Regions
- Efficiency of Higher Education Institutions
- Geography and Space Determinants of the Performance of Low-Density Regions
- Higher Educations Institutions and Sustainable Regional Development
- History, Culture and Development Pathway of Low-Density Regions
- Intellectual Capital of Higher Education Institutions and Sustainable Regional Development
- Knowledge and Technology Transfer of Higher Educations Institutions and SDGs
- Natural Resources and Sustainable Regional Development
- New Public Policies for Intelligent Smart Specialization Strategies
- Territorial Competitiveness and Inclusiveness of Low-density-industrial Regions
Planning
There are three alternative ways to select papers for this special issue:
- A selection of extended abstracts submitted to the 26th APDR Workshop will be invited to deliver a full paper.
- Authors not attending the conferences above mentioned may send an extended abstract (1,200-2,000 words) to the editors until October 30, 2021
Please note that the full paper must be submitted to RSPP by January 31, 2022.
Editors
- João Leitão, University of Beira Interior, NECE and ICS, University of Lisbon, Portugal This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Alessandra Faggian, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Martina Dal Molin, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
References
Boyer, E. L. (1996). The scholarship of engagement. Journal of Public Service and Outreach, 1(1), 11-20.
Boyer, E. L. (2016). The scholarship of engagement. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 20(1), 15–28. https://doi.org/10.2307/3824459
Goddard, John, & Vallance, P. (2012). The civic university: Connecting the global and the local. Universities, Cities and Regions: Loci for Knowledge and Innovation Creation, January, 43–63. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203097144
Unger, M., Marsan, G. A., Meissner, D., Polt, W., & Cervantes, M. (2020). New challenges for universities in the knowledge triangle. Journal of Technology Transfer, 45(3), 806–819. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-018-9699-8
Call for Papers for the 13th International Conference of the Romanian Regional Science Association
The XIIIth International Conference of the Romanian Regional Science Association
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The 20th anniversary of the Romanian RSA
Spatial Planning, Territorial Cohesion and Cooperation in South-East Europe
4-6 November 2021 | Online
http://www.rrsa.ro/Keynote speakers
Corina Cretu, Romania - EP Member, Former European Commissioner for Regional Policy
Eduardo Haddad, Brazil - University of Sao Paulo, President of the Regional Science Association International
Peter Nijkamp, The Netherlands - Free University of Amsterdam, Past President of the European Regional Science Association and the Regional Science Association International
André Torre, France - University Paris-Saclay and INRAE, President of the European Regional Science Association
Plenary Round Table
Organized by RRSA in cooperation with ERSA Sections from South – East Europe
Chaired by:
Rosella Nicolini, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, ERSA Secretary
Participants:
Bulgarian Section: Kosyo Stoychev
Croatian Section: Vinko Mustra
Greek Section: Yannis Psycharis
Romanian Section: Daniela Constantin
Turkish Section: Tuzin Baycan
Main topics:
- Recent trends in spatial development
- Spatial planning and territorial cohesion
- Endogenous growth and territorial capital
- Migration, employment and labour markets
- Clusters, networks and regional smart specialization
- SMEs, entrepreneurship and regional competitiveness
- Tourism, cultural industries and regional development
- Smart, sustainable and resilient cities
- Innovation, technological transformation and green transition
- Urban-rural linkages
- Multi-level governance and citizen participation
- Territorial cooperation - drivers and challenges
- Institutions, investments and regional policy
The abstract must not exceed 400 words (including keywords and JEL Classification). It should be sent by email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., specifying in the email’s subject Abstract RRSA 2021.
Those interested in having their paper published should submit the full paper at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., specifying in the email’s subject Full paper RRSA 2021. The paper (5000-8000 words) may be published after peer-review in one of the following journals:
- Romanian Journal of Regional Science
- Contemporary Economy
- The USV Annals in Economics and Public Administration
- Journal of Academic Research in Economics
Maximum two papers per participant are accepted.
Registration fee - Euros or the equivalent in lei (for Romanian participants)
From 4.10.2021 to 22.10.2021
| Registration fee for participants | |
| ARSR members | EUR 50 |
| non-members | EUR 60 |
| fee for young participants (up to 35 years of age) | |
| ARSR members | EUR 30 |
| non-members | EUR 40 |
Bank account:
Account holder: ASOCIATIA ROMÂNĂ DE ȘTIINȚE REGIONALE
IBAN: RO66RNCB0072049702590001
Bank details: BCR - Sucursala sector 1, Calea Victoriei 155
Reference field: RRSA Conference 2021 and Name of Participant.
Please do not forget to send us by email the proof of your payment, at 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.
Important deadlines:
Abstract submission – 19 September 2021
The confirmation of abstract acceptance– 3 October 2021
Full paper submission – 31 October 2021
The payment of registration fee – 22 October 2021
Posted conference programme & Zoom links – 1 November 2021
Contact persons:
• Cristina Serbanica: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Amalia Cristescu: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Conference on Diversity and Development 21 and 22 August 2021 | RSPP Special Session on Writing for Journals - Day 1 (Saturday): 21 August 2021
Conference on Diversity and Development 21 and 22 August 2021
Special Session on Writing for Journals - Day 1 (Saturday): 21 August 2021
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/99588722828?pwd=QitsNWZLVmF2d3I0UHN1ZUYyalBJdz09
Meeting ID: 995 8872 2828
Passcode: 163488
Full programme schedule for the Conference on Diversity and Development to be held on 21 and 22 August 2021 attached.
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