Dear all,

It is with great pleasure that I am sharing with you the programme of the conference which will take place on the 4th of May. 

If you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to let me know. 

Looking forward to seeing you on May the 4th.

Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco

Edward Elgar Publishing is delighted to be attending the 2016 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Visit us at booth 303 for a significant discount off our latest publications, to discuss new book ideas and to find out more about our Geography, Urban and Regional Studies programme, including our exciting new book series:

New Horizons in Human Geography series
Series editor: John Agnew, Distinguished Professor of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, US

Research Handbooks in Geography series
Series editor: Susan J. Smith, Honorary Professor of Social and Economic
Geography and The Mistress of Girton College, University of Cambridge, UK

Cities series
Series editor: John Rennie Short, Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, US

Transport, Mobilities and Spatial Change series
In association with the Transport Geography Research Group of the RGS-IBG
Series editors: Richard Knowles, Emeritus Professor, University of Salford
and Markus Hesse, Professor of Urban Studies, Université du Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Entrepreneurship, Space and Place series
Series editors: Darja Reuschke, School of Geography and Geosciences, University of St Andrews, Colin Mason, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Stephen Syrett, Centre for Enterprise and Economic Development Research, Middlesex University, UK, Maarten Van Ham, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands and Duncan Maclennan, School of Management, University of St Andrews, UK

We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco!

Kind regards

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Senior Commissioning Editors

The Organising Committee of the XI Iberian Conference on Rural Studies invites the submission of abstracts for oral communication or poster presentation. The submission is open on the webpage of XICIER 2016(http://xicier2016.utad.pt), where you can consult the list of topics, as well as other relevant information about the event. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 31 March 2016.

The XICIER 2016 will be held from October 13 to October 15 at theUniversity of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), at Vila Real, Portugal.It is organised by the Centre of Transdisciplinary Studies for Development (CETRAD), the Portuguese Society of Rural Studies (SPER) and the Spanish Association of Agricultural Economics (AEEA). Other partners of the organization of the XICIER 2016 are: the Spanish Association of Geographers, (AGE), the Groups of Rural and Food Sociology from the Spanish Federation of Sociology (FES), the Rural Studies Network (RER , Brazil), the Spanish Society of Agrarian History (SEHA) and the Brazilian Society of Economics, Business and Rural Sociology ( SOBER )

The overall theme of the XICIER 2016 is the Smart and inclusive development in rural areas, providing the opportunity to discuss and to analyse ideas, proposals and results of research and actual experience already obtained on the applicability and implementation of smart growth agenda and sustainable and inclusive development in rural areas in different geographical and socio-cultural contexts, especially in Europe and Latin America.

Keynote speakers include André Torre, Andrew Copus, Luis Miguel Albisu. See updates in the conference webpage and/or facebook.

Paper will be published in the proceedings book, best papers will selected for further book publication or for journals available to receive them (information will be released on the webpage)

We rely on your support and participation!

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Greetings from the Organising Committee!

Dear NECTAR friends,

NECTAR CL 6 is organizing a Joint meeting together with Regional Science Academy on “Geolocalized Data and Accessibility: Benefits and Threats”. 

This meeting will take place in Marne la Vallée, Paris (France), during the 2-4 of June 2016.

Abstracts should be submitted until March 31, 2016.

Find more details in the attached call for abstracts.

Kind regards

Ana Condeço-Melhorado

NECTAR secretary

In light of the March 13th terrorist attack in Ankara and the increasing concerns about security, the 11th World Congress of the RSAI, which was due to take place April 25-28, 2016 in Istanbul has been postponed to a later date. The postponement has been decided at the request of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC).

We are sorry to communicate this news, especially in light of all the enthusiasm and work that had been put into the preparation of the Congress. But you would appreciate that the security of delegates is of utmost concern to the LOC and the RSAI.

The RSAI is grateful to the LOC and, in particular, to its president, Professor Tüzin Baycan, for the excellent work done in the preparation of the Congress in what have proven to be increasingly difficult circumstances. We are also indebted to all members of the Scientific Committee and especially to its co-chairs, Professors Alpay Filiztekin and Raymond Florax, for their work in evaluating all submissions. We would like to extend also our heartfelt gratitude to the Turkish Ministry of Development for its generous support of the conference and hope that it will continue to support the celebration of the World Congress at a later date and the activities of the Turkish Regional Science Association.

A rescheduling of the congress is being reconsidered with the LOC in light of the evolving security situation.

Fees disbursed by participants will be reimbursed during the coming weeks.

Once again, many thanks for your understanding and support.

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
President of RSAI

Call for Papers

The 10th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Economic Journal, organized by CeBER, Center for Business and Economics Research, will take place at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, on July 1-3, 2016. The Meeting webpage is http://www.uc.pt/en/feuc/PEJ2016 .

Submissions in all fields of Economics are welcome and should be made through Conference Maker, at

https://editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conference/conference.cgi?action=login&db_name=PEJ2016

until March 15, 2016. Papers should be written in English. The title page should contain the following elements: name of the author(s), affiliation(s), presenter, address(es), email(s), title of the paper, abstract (up to 600 words), keywords and JEL classification codes.

Keynote speaker    Pedro Carneiro    University College, London.

Portuguese Economic Journal website    http://www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/~pej

Important Dates      

Paper submission: until March 15, 2016

Communication of decisions: April 15, 2016

Early registration: until May 24, 2016

Deadline for presenters' registration: June 10, 2016

Late registration: as of May 25, 2016

Conference: July 1-3, 2016

Further information on registration, fees, venue and accommodation can be found at the Meeting webpage.

Scientific Committee

Ricardo Reis (LSE, UK)

Guilherme Carmona (University of Surrey, UK)

Isabel Horta Correia (Banco de Portugal and Católica-Lisbon SBE, Portugal)

Joana Pais (ISEG-Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)

João Gomes (University of Pennsylvania, USA)

Leonor Modesto (Católica-Lisbon SBE, Portugal)

Luis Cabral (NYU, USA)

Miguel Ferreira (NOVA SBE, Portugal)

Miguel Portela (Universidade do Minho, Portugal)

Paulo Rodrigues (Banco de Portugal and NOVA SBE, Portugal)

Pedro Carneiro (UCL, UK)

Local Organizing Committee

José Murteira (U. Coimbra, Portugal)

Ana Margarida Monteiro (U. Coimbra, Portugal)

Óscar Lourenço (U. Coimbra, Portugal)

Pedro Godinho (U. Coimbra, Portugal)

Contacts

Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra,

Av. Dias da Silva, 165

3004-512 Coimbra

Portugal

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

2nd European Congress of Local Governments
 Krakow 5th– 6th April 2016

*Postdoctoral Fellow in Mountain Social-Ecological Systems Modeling*

Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory and Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability

Colorado State University

The Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory and Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability at Colorado State University seek candidates for a postdoctoral fellow position for synthesis and modeling of mountain social-ecological systems as part of a NSF-funded research coordination network (RCN).  The RCN goals are to (1) expand an international network of linked mountain biophysical and social science researchers and diverse stakeholders; (2) explore and evaluate transdisciplinary modeling frameworks for mountain social-ecological systems; and (3) promote transdisciplinary approaches linking science with policy and practice.  The project involves developing and applying geospatial social-ecological datasets and participatory models and conducting synthesis across diverse mountain social-ecological systems.  The project is led by Julia Klein (CSU), Anne Nolin (Oregon State University), Catherine Tucker (University of Florida) and Robin Reid (Colorado State University), in collaboration with Adrienne Gr?t-Regamey (ETH, Switzerland), Sandra Lavorel (CNRS, France), Birgit M?ller (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research) and colleagues from the Mountain Sentinels Collaborative Network ( mountainsentinels.org).

The successful candidate will build and synthesize GIS databases, co-develop future scenarios, design and test social-ecological models across a range of mountain contexts, write synthesis papers and develop visualization tools for relevant stakeholders.  The postdoctoral fellow will also develop original research questions related to the project. Travel to, leadership and organization of network workshops and meetings is required.

*Required Qualifications:* Candidates must demonstrate experience and expertise in social-ecological systems modeling; quantitative analyses; and geographic information systems.  Evidence of strong organizational and communication skills (both oral and written) is required.

*Desired Qualifications: *Candidates should exhibit a strong ability to collaborate with an international, transdisciplinary team. Prior experience with stakeholder engagement and transdisciplinary processes is desired as is programming and modeling GIS skills.  Familiarity with Bayesian modeling, agent-based or agent functional-based modeling, and participatory modeling is also helpful.  Experience in mountain studies is beneficial.  A demonstrated record of scholarship and capacity for successful collaborations is valuable.  Interest in novel new media tools and innovative ways to communicate results, especially from science and stakeholder perspectives, will also advance network goals.

Salary Range:  Salary is commensurate with experience.  The initial appointment will be for a one-year period, and will be renewed for up to two years, contingent on satisfactory progress and funding.

A full description of benefits is available at http://www.hrs.colostate.edu/benefits/. To apply, submit cover letter, curriculum vitae, and names and contact information for three references to: http://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/18505*. *References will not be contacted without prior approval. For full consideration, please apply by April 1, 2016.

Colorado State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. Colorado State University is an equal opportunity/equal access/affirmative action employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce and complies with all Federal and Colorado State laws, regulations, and executive orders regarding non-discrimination and affirmative action. The Office of Equal Opportunity is located in 101 Student Services.

Colorado State University is committed to providing a safe and productive learning and living community. To achieve that goal, we conduct background investigations for all final candidates being considered for employment. Background checks may include, but are not limited to, criminal history, national sex offender search and motor vehicle history.