Dear Colleagues,

The aim of Regional Science Policy & Practice - RSPP is to promote and diffuse the understanding of human interaction in space; based on sound, rigorous and up-to-date methodologies; and focusing on real and urgent issues for peoples and places, that require adequate policy responses.

The ideas of secession of Catalonia diffused extensively by the regional, national and international press generated reactions from politicians, population and firms raising interesting research questions which answers can improve the knowledge of the political organization of space and, at the same time, lead to better policy responses.

This special issue aims to analyse, with sound methods and replicable evidences, the causes and effects of the political organization of space looking at Catalonia and other places with secession issues. Authors are invited to send their abstract until the 15th of October 2018 to the editors of this special issue, Jordi Suriñach This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Tomaz Dentinho This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

The papers will be selected by the editors of RSPP until the 31th of October 2018 and papers should be submitted to the regular review process of the journal until Mars the 22th of 2019. With a regular review process it is expected that the papers will be publish on the 3rd Issue of 2019.

Coordinators of this Special Issue:
Jordi Suriñach Caralt This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tomaz Ponce Dentinho This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.