Director

The University of Toledo Intermodal Transportation Institute

Applications and nominations are sought for the position of Director of the University of Toledo’s Intermodal Transportation Institute (ITI).  The Intermodal Transportation Institute, established in 2004, is an interdisciplinary Institute developed to promote and coordinate UT’s research, education and community engagement relating to transportation and to serve as a portal for external constituencies to access UT’s transportation-related talent and resources.  The ITI has a broad agenda of interdisciplinary activities relating to the full spectrum of transportation-related topics of academic interest and of interest to the local community.  These include supply chain management and business logistics, the design and planning of intermodal transportation systems, transportation data resources, transportation infrastructure improvements, alternative energy sources for transportation, and land-use planning and transportation needs projections.  In addition to research activities, the Institute organizes events and seminars to advance understanding of transportation research in Northwest Ohio and the Great Lakes Region.

The Institute is overseen by a governing board chaired by the Vice President for Government Relations that includes the deans of the colleges of Business and Innovation, Engineering, Language Literature and Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences and Mathematics.  The Institute is also supported by an external Advisory Board composed of local business and government leaders.

Applications and nominations are encouraged for exceptional candidates who may come from either an academic or non-academic background.  Depending upon the academic qualifications of the successful candidate, the position may carry academic rank in an appropriate department.  The Director will be expected to generate external funding to support the Institute, develop external funding opportunities for other faculty members, coordinate research activities with other universities and governmental agencies, and organize and lead proposal development activities.  The successful candidate will be recognized on and off campus as a leader in transportation and should bring the following qualifications: 

• A record of high quality transportation-related research publications.
• A record of winning and directing funded transportation related research projects.
• A Ph.D. or terminal degree in a discipline related to transportation or at least five years of senior-level administrative experience in a non-academic transportation related organization such as industry or a federal or state agency.
• Demonstrated experience in working on interdisciplinary transportation- related research projects.
• A record of working with external constituencies, including transportation-related businesses, universities, and other community leaders.
• A thorough knowledge of current issues and trends relating to transportation as well as federal initiatives and funding underway relating to transportation.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to generate support for the Institute both across the University and from outside the University.
• A passion for transportation that can motivate students, faculty and others.

This is a full-time 12 month position that includes summer support and an administrative stipend.  If the Director has academic rank, he or she will maintain a portion of his or her duties and responsibilities to the Director’s home department including some teaching and graduate program responsibilities. 

Letters of nomination should be submitted no later than Friday, January 29, 2016.  Applicants should submit a letter of application explaining their interest and qualifications for the position along with a current curriculum vita and the names, titles and contact information for three references (who will be contacted after approval of the candidate) no later than Monday, February 15, 2016.  Application packets and letters or nominations should be sent to https://jobs.utoledo.edu.  Questions regarding the position should be directed to the Chair of the Search Committee: Neil Reid, Ph.D., Department of Geography & Planning, MS 140, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43606, USA.  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The University of Toledo is an Equal Access, Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer and Educator.

56th ERSA Congress

23-26 August 2016, Vienna (Austria)

Call for Special Session Proposal

Deadline: 6 December 2015

Link to the Special Session Submission Form

Any question : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

2016 Summer School

Welcome

The European Regional Science Association is pleased to announce in collaboration with RSAI, AISRe and the Politecnico di Milano, the opportunity for Ph.D. students to participate in the 29th ERSA Summer School which will be held from the 3rd July to 10th July, 2016 in Milan, Italy, at the Politecnico di Milano.

The theme being:

Space, Territory and Growth.
Advances in Regional Science”

The aim of the Summer School is to provide Ph.D. students with the most updated advances in Regional Science from both the theoretical and methodological points of view.

Lectures will be taught by internationally recognized scientists in the field. Participants will also be given the possibility to present their own Ph.D. work, provided that this is sufficiently advanced to be presented and to get useful feedback.

Further information can be found below:

 Programme overview

 Application

 Practical Information

ERSA Office 
Sept 2015

Call for Abstracts

Dear Colleague,

We have the pleasure of inviting you to the 6th Slovak Winter Seminar of Regional Science that will take place in the mountain resort of Low Tatras on 9th – 12th March 2016.

The main objective of the annual Winter Seminar is to bring creative academic debate on actual issues of regional science and practice of regional policy by an attractive environment and relaxed atmosphere.

Accepted articles will be published in the conference proceedings "6th Slovak Winter Seminar of Regional Science 2016” with ISBN.

Selected papers will be invited to publish in the peer reviewed journal Region Direct in 2016.

Important Dates:

Abstract submission deadline: November 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Participation fee payment: November 1, 2015 - January 31, 2016
Paper submission deadline: February 15, 2016
Winter Seminar: March 9 - 12, 2016

One-page abstract should be sent to Valeria Szitasiova (e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) until December 31, 2015. In case of any questions, please, do not hesitate to contact us via e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Read more about our previous winter seminars on www.ersa.sk

Yours sincerely,

Winter Seminar´s Organizing Committee

Stefan Rehak, Miroslav Sipikal, Valeria Szitasiova, Tomas Cernenko, Veronika Fercikova
Slovak Section of ERSA

Dear colleague:

I hope this e-mail finds you well! Currently, I am in the process of editing a forthcoming book publication entitled Handbook of Research On Entrepreneurial Development and Innovation within Smart Cities, to be published by IGI Global, an international publisher of progressive academic research. I would like to take this opportunity to cordially invite you to submit a chapter proposal for consideration in this book.

The recomended topics are:

Smart cities and smart entrepreneurs; Innovative business in urban space; Creative industries; Smart economy; Corporate social responsibility in smart cities; Smart mobility; ICT and smart cities; Smart governance; Smart environment; Smart living; Start up cities and business incubators; Entrepreneurial ecosystems; Triple helix model and regional development; Smart research and technology transfer; Smart universities and higher education institutions; Tourism in smart cities; Sea cities future; People and creativity; Brand and smart cities; Marketing and smart cities; Social entrepreneurship and social innovation in smart cities; Smart entrepreneurial projects; Erasmus and other mobility programs and attractiveness of smart cities; Smart cities models; Regional innovation systems; Smart Business models; E-entrepreneurship and new entrepreneurial models; Business incubators, accelarators and new actors on entrepreneurial ecosystems in smart cities; Public policies and governmental programs; Start ups, spin offs and spillovers insmart cities; Business strategies, new markets and internationalization; Social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ecosystems; Entrepreneurship and regional development; Open innovation vs smart cities: Cases and theoretical approaches; Case studies; Local industries and intensive territory products (such as art craft, wine, etc.); Other topics related with entrepreneurship and innovation in smart cities.

I am certain that your contribution on this topic and/or other related research areas would make an excellent addition to this book.

Please visit http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1985 for more details regarding this publication and to submit your chapter proposal. A full chapter submission will not be expected until your proposal has been formally accepted. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you very much for your consideration of this invitation, and I hope to hear from you soon!

Best wishes,

Luísa Cagica Carvalho

Editor

Handbook of Research On Entrepreneurial Development and Innovation within Smart Cities

Call for Papers

For the first time National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) Saint-Petersburg holds The Saint-Petersburg International Research Student Forum, which will take place on 4th -5th  February, 2016.

Senior Bachelor and Master students are invited to participate in the Forum.

Participation in Forum is free of charge. Contact information is posted on the Forum website: http://spb.hse.ru/studresearch/.

Find below  contacts and all information. 

Send abstract via email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Valentina Kaisarova, Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, Russia.The deadline for submission is December 20, 2015 .

Acceptance decisions will be made no later than December 27, 2015.

Participation in the conference is free of charge, but conference participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses.

All the best,

Valentina P Kaisarova

Associate Professor  

Public Administration Program Academic Supervisor

HSE University, St. Petersburg,Russia.

University of Birmingham - City-Region Economic Development Institute (City-REDI)

Special Sessions

More information at: http://2016worldcongress.regionalscience.org/abstract-submission.html

As part of institutional investment in Geographic Information Science (GIS) and the Centre for Spatial Demographics Research, we wish to recruit two individuals who will deliver high quality research, and contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Human Geography within the Department of Geography and Planning.

Lecturer in Geographic Data Science

Grade 7 / 8 (£32,277 - £48,743 pa)

We are looking for candidates with excellent research profiles in GIS, Applied Geocomputation and Spatial Data Analysis, and are particularly interested in those with experience of working with big data and developing open source software tools.

Full details: http://www.liv.ac.uk/working/jobvacancies/currentvacancies/academic/a-589811/

Closing Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:00.

Informal enquiries to: Professor Alex Singleton (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

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Lecturer In Quantitative Geography

Grade 7 / 8 (£32,277 - £48,743 pa)

We seek a lecturer to deliver high quality research, and contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Quantitative Geography.

You will have an excellent research profile in (and at the intersections of) population, health, economics, energy and/or the environment.

Full details: http://www.liv.ac.uk/working/jobvacancies/currentvacancies/academic/a-574898/

Closing Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2016 17:00.

Informal enquiries to: Professor Andy Plater (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Call for Papers

11th World Congress of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI)

April 25-28, 2016, Istanbul, Turkey

The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) and the Turkish Regional Science Association (Bölge Bilimi Türk Milli Komitesi - BBTMK) invite regional scientists, economists, economic geographers, urban planners, policy makers, and researchers of related disciplines to participate in the 11th World Congress of the Regional Science Association International. The Congress will be hosted by the Turkish Regional Science Association.

The Congress will feature several world-renowned keynote speakers on cutting-edge urban and regional science and policy issues, expert panels, research presentations and posters. It will be attended by 500 delegates from the worldwide community of regional scientists.

The conference will be open to different research topics within the broader contours of the regional science, urban and regional studies, geographical sciences and planning, and development. Anticipated sub-themes of the congress include the following:

We invite formal paper presentations as well as posters (new deadline of December 15th, 2015). Organizers of special session are also welcome. The abstract submission portal is now open.

Full information on the venue, abstract submission, registration, schedule of events, accommodation and travel information is posted at www.2016worldcongress.regionalscience.org.

Feel free to contact the secretariat of the Congress at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and to the Chair of the Local Organizing Committee This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further information.

We look forward to welcoming you in the dazzling city of Istanbul in April 2016.

With warmest regards,

Tüzin Baycan

Chair of the Local Organizing Committee