André Chagas was recently elected President of the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Science Association (LARSA).

He is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Sao Paulo (USP) and a valuable member of the University of Sao Paulo Regional and Urban Economics Lab (NEREUS). André has taken over different positions in the Brazilian section of RSAI, ABER, leading the organization in the biennial 2018-2019. According to the statement on his motivations for applying as LARSA president, he plans to resume next year the in-presence LARSA congress, after its interruption due to the pandemic. Among the challenges he will face in the next two years leading the Association, he will focus on the nurturing of recently created sections as well as the creation of new sections in Latin America following up initiatives from RSAI administrations in the region in countries such as Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru. He will be engaged in further developing RSAI in Latin America and breathing more life into LARSA, with the support of well-established associations in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico. Finally, he plans to increase the membership and stimulate the participation of regional scientists from the region in RSAI activities, with special attention to young scholars, drawing on existing successful RSAI programs. We wish André all the best in his journey!

During the month of October, RSAI members voted for the election of new Councillors at large on the RSAI Council. The following three candidates were eventually elected:

Many congratulations to our new colleagues! They will start their new term on Jan. 1, 2024.

At the same time, the Council warmly thanks the Councillors at large ending their terms (Prof. Isabelle Thomas, Université Catholique de Louvain, Prof. Jouke Van Dijk, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, and Prof. Rosella Nicolini, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona) for their service.

ISSUE INFORMATION

Issue Information

FULL ARTICLES

Determinants of rural creative microclustering: Evidence from web-scraped data for England

Jorge A. Velez-Ospina,  Josh Siepel,  Inge Hill,  Frances Rowe

Spatial mobility and overeducation of young workers: New evidence from France

Florian Fouquet,  Florent Sari

From local to global, and return: Geographical indications and FDI in Europe

Riccardo Crescenzi,  Fabrizio De Filippis,  Mara Giua,  Luca Salvatici,  Cristina Vaquero-Piñeiro

Skills for smart specialisation: Relatedness, complexity and evaluation of priorities

Duygu Buyukyazici

Closed vs. open city models: A new empirical approach to an old question

Jeffrey A. DiBartolomeo,  Geoffrey K. Turnbull

BOOK REVIEW

Land: How the hunger for ownership shaped the modern world By Simon Winchester. New York: HarperCollins, 2021, 464 pp. Hardcover: 29.99$, ISBN: 9780062938336

Roberto Dellisanti

Dr Yunyu Tian is chosen as the winner of the RSAI dissertation award in 2023 for her PhD dissertation entitled “Earth Observation data for assessing global urbanization-sustainability nexuses”, which was successfully defended (with a cum laude distinction) on 6 June 2023 at Wageningen University and Research.

The cum laude distinction (only given to around 5% of all PhD students at Wageningen University) was awarded by an extended evaluation committee of nine persons.  Dr Tian’s PhD dissertation made significant contributions towards the knowledge of urbanization and environmental changes at the global scale. The thesis included highly innovative methodological features such as the use of multi-source (and high quality) Earth Observation data and social data, contributing to academic and policy knowledge relating to global urbanization and sustainability as well as their nexus at the neighbourhood level. Part of the thesis has already been published in the form of academic peer-reviewed papers in the journals Landscape and Urban Planning (2022) and Environmental Research Letters (2022). 

The RSAI congratulates Dr. Tian and her supervisors Professor Martin Herold and Professor Eveline van Leeuwen (Wageningen University).

Dear RSAI members, 

We hope this email finds you all well.

We are writing you to kindly remind you to join the global regional science community for the 14^th edition of the World Congress of the RSAI in Kecskemét, Hungary, from Apr. 8 through 11, 2024. The congress' main theme is "Sustainable regional economic growth: global challenges and new regional development trajectories" 

The conference is jointly organized by the RSAI and the Hungarian section of ERSA (MRTT), and hosted by John Von Neumann University, courtesy of the LOC, chaired by Prof. József Kárpáti and Prof. Balázs Forman. 

If you are interested in organizing one or more special sessions at the World Congress, please do get in touch with the Program Chair, Andrea Caragliu (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and the congress secretariat (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) as soon as possible. 

This is a reminder that deadline for submitting both papers and special sessions is Nov. 30, 2023. Decisions concerning the acceptance of papers and sessions will be announced by mid December, 2023. Once accepted, presenters will be able to register on the same platform used for submitting your abstracts. You will find all information related to the congress, and the link to the submission platform, at the congress website:

 https://regionalscience.org/2024RSAIcongress/index.html.

We are also excited to deliver great news about publishing opportunities for congress participants. Please do take a look at the dedicated webpage:https://regionalscience.org/2024RSAIcongress/publishing-opportunities.html

Thank you in advance for your attention,

We look forward to seeing you in Kecskemét!

Hans Westlund

Professor of Urban and Regional Studies

KTH Stockholm

RSAI President

Andrea Caragliu

Associate Professor of Regional and Urban Economics

Politecnico di Milano, ABC Department

RSAI Executive Director

THE NEW ISSUE OF REGIONAL STATISTICS IS ALREADY AVAILABLE!

We are pleased to inform you that a new issue of the Regional Statistics has been released and now it’s available online.

https://www.ksh.hu/terstat_eng_current_issue

REGIONAL STATISTICS, 2023, VOL 13, No 5.

STUDIES

Katalin Lipták – Áron Kincses: International migration of Ukrainian citizens to Central Europe before the Russo–Ukrainian wars

https://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2023/2023_05/rs130501.pdf

Byambasuren Dorjnyambuu: Entrepreneurial activity at the early stages in Central and Eastern European countries: Individual characteristics and the gender gap

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2023/2023_05/rs130502.pdf

Bunde Aggrey Otieno: External public debt and economic growth relationship: Evidence from developing Sub-Saharan African countries, 1980–2018

https://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2023/2023_05/rs130503.pdf

Lívia Varga: Fitting and forecasting multi-population mortality models based on Hungarian regional data

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2023/2023_05/rs130504.pdf

Viktória Endrődi-Kovács - Oleg Tankovsky: A composite indicator to evaluate EU membership: The case of Central and Eastern European member states, 2004–2021

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2023/2023_05/rs130505.pdf

Gábor Vona: Analysis of retail customers in the field of environmentally conscious behavior with respect to home, mobility, heating and cooling, and governance

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2023/2023_05/rs130506.pdf

Botond Kapás: Can democratic transition lead to more foreign aid inflow? A synthetic control method analysis of Senegal, 1985–2018

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2023/2023_05/rs130507.pdf

Géza Tóth – Zoltán Nagy: An analysis of federal income inequality in the United States, 1917–2018

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2023/2023_05/rs130508.pdf

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The 28th Pacific Conference of the RSAI in 2024.

EXCO (Daegu Exhibition & Convention Center), Daegu, South Korea, August 5–7, 2024.

Abstract submission opening on Dec 1, 2023

Abstract submission deadline on Mar 15, 2024

More information: http://prsco2024.krsa83.or.kr/

Call for Papers, The 28th Pacific Conference of the RSAI in 2024.

EXCO (Daegu Exhibition & Convention Center), Daegu, South Korea, August 5–7, 2024.

Abstract submission opening on Dec 1, 2023

Abstract submission deadline on Mar 15, 2024

More information: http://prsco2024.krsa83.or.kr/

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Call for Submissions, PRSCO Award for Best Paper by a Young Regional Scientist 2024.

The Pacific Regional Science Conference Organization (PRSCO) offers a Best Paper Award annually. The Award is aimed at encouraging young regional scientists within the Asia-Pacific region to participate in research within the PRSCO community and to achieve research excellence. PRSCO now invites submissions for the 2024 Award.

Papers submitted for the Best Paper Award should be presented to the 28th Pacific Conference of the RSAI in 2024 at South Korea on August 5-7, 2024.

The LOC of the PRSCO 2024 will waive the registration fee for the Prize winner.

Eligible authors who wish to submit a paper to the PRSCO Best Paper competition should email a pdf copy of their paper to the PRSCO Executive Secretary, Soushi Suzuki, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., by no later than June 1, 2024.

More information: http://www.lst.hokkai-s-u.ac.jp/~soushi-s/prsco/PRSCOAwards.html

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Call for Applications, Higano Award for Outstanding Service to PRSCO 2024.

We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Higano Award for Outstanding Service to PRSCO 2024 (The Higano Award).

Please submit your nomination along with the nomination form to the PRSCO Secretariat by January 31, 2024 via email <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>.

The Pacific Regional Science Council Organization (PRSCO) annually presents the Higano Award for outstanding contributions to PRSCO. The award recognizes a member or friend of PRSCO (individual person) who has made an outstanding long-term contribution to the development and organization of regional science, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region and internationally beyond the regional level, and may be presented to up to two individuals each year on a calendar year basis. The recipient will be presented with the award by the PRSCO President or his/her nominee at the PRSCO 2024 in South Korea.

More information: http://www.lst.hokkai-s-u.ac.jp/~soushi-s/prsco/PRSCOAwards.html#HA2023