Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP)

Calll for Special Issue: Urban-rural linkages: policies, actions, and visions for coordinated territorial decisions, and conflicts resolution

This year, on May 11 and 12, Narxoz University , together with The Regional Science Association International, is holding an international conference on sustainable development in Central Asia "The 1st International Conference on Sustainable Regional Development in Central Asia" (Ryskulov Readings - 2023).

RSAI is the publisher of the Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP) - Q2 journal in the Scopus database. According to our agreement, all abstracts approved for presentation by the scientific committee of the conference will be considered by the editors of the journal for publication in the format of an article absolutely free of charge. All other papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

The conference is also dedicated to a significant date - the 60th anniversary of Narxoz University. The university, established in 1963, has trained more than 140,000 graduates for the economy of Kazakhstan, and in 2023 Narxoz draws a jubilee line under its past and reveals grandiose plans for the future.

Program is attached.

https://kk.narxoz.kz/sustainable2023#!/tab/539294463-1

The University of Montana invites applications for Associate Director and Director of Health Care Industry Research, Bureau of Business and Economic Research. 

The position directs a high-visibility research program in Health Care Industry Research with significant outside funding.  The incumbent is expected to conduct peer-reviewed research and communicate findings to the public in non-technical language, including presentations at the Montana Economic Outlook Seminars. 

The University of Montana is flagship, research-intensive R1 institution with approximately 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students. It is located in Missoula, a culturally vibrant community of about 75,000, surrounded by mountains and three rivers converge. Abundant recreational opportunities in surrounding state and national forests and nearby Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park complement a thriving intellectual atmosphere.

The Bureau’s purpose is to serve the general public, as well as people in business, labor, and government, by providing an understanding of the economic environment in which Montanans live and work.

Please follow the link for more details.

https://university-montana-hr.silkroad.com/epostings/submit.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobinfo&jobid=3879&company_id=16254&version=1&source=ONLINE&jobOwner=994515&aid=1

Call for Papers

14th Geoffrey J.D. Hewings Regional Economics Workshop

Keynote: Prof. Dr. Ron Boschma | Vienna, October 2 - 3, 2023

The Austrian Institute of  Economic  Research  (WIFO)  is  very  pleased  to  announce  the 14th international workshop in honor of Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and member of WIFO's Scientific Board.

Prof. Hewings has published numerous scientific contributions in economics, economic geog- raphy, urban and regional planning, input-output analysis and other fields. He is famous for being a scholar always eager to share his knowledge and give profound and positive advice to younger researchers.

Any empirical contribution within the field of regional economics is welcome. The topics of interest include questions related to:

• regional specialization, structural change, and knowledge diffusion
• regional location analyses, spatial location choice, and location concepts
• geographical impact of economic policy measures
• regional labor markets
• regional tourism
• regional planning

We are proud to announce that we have been able to attract Professor Dr. Ron Boschma as keynote speaker. The title of his talk will be:

“Opportunities spaces of European regions: the role of regional capabilities and inter-regional linkages”

Ron Boschma is a reputable expert in the fields of Regional Economics and Economic Geog- raphy and Professor at the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning at the Fac- ulty of Geosciences, Utrecht University. He is also affiliated as Professor at the University of Sta- vanger, Norway. From 2013 to 2015 he was Director of the Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy at Lund University. He has widely published in interna- tional journals on evolutionary economic geography, the spatial evolution of industries, re- gional systems of innovation, the structure and evolution of networks, agglomeration external- ities and regional growth and diversification. In an interdisciplinary context, he is engaged in the programs “Institutions for Open Societies” and “Pathways to Sustainability”. He has been member of the Research, Innovation and Science Experts (RISE) High-Level Advisory Body to European Commissioner Carlos Moedas 2015-2016 and is Board member of the International Regional Studies Association. From 2018-2020 he was member of the Scientific Advisory Group of DG Regional and Urban Policy, from 2018 to 2025 Ron Boschma is nominated as a member of the Commissie Sectorplan Social Sciences and Humanities in the Netherlands (National Ad- visory Group to the Minister of Education, Culture and Science).

The workshop aims at bringing together researchers from various fields of economics working mainly at the regional level to discuss ideas and exchange knowledge. Moreover, it should be emphasized that the workshop should also attract contributions characterized as "work in pro- gress" and those from young researchers. Submissions should include an extended abstract (minimum of 300 words) or a full paper.

The workshop will be held at WIFO in Vienna. There are no fees for participants of the workshop. All papers presented may be published in the WIFO Working Paper series. Abstracts of papers and/or full papers intended for presentation should be prepared in PDF-format and be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Deadline for submission of abstracts: July 30, 2023

Notification of acceptance: August 11, 2023

Dear RSAI members,

I hope this email finds you well.

I am writing to circulate the interesting call for submissions to the Regional Science session at the 2024 ASSA meeting in San Antonio, TX (Jan. 5-7, 2024).

The session is organized and chaired by Prof. Sandy Dall'erba (University of Illinois at Urbana) and Adam Rose (USC Sol Price School of Public Policy). You may apply by submitting your paper or long abstract (1-2 pages) including authors’ name, affiliation and contact information to Sandy Dall’erba at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. within June 7, 2023.

Submissions are not associated with a fee. Fees will have to paid to ASSA if your paper is selected.

Thank you in advance for your attention,

Kind regards,

Andrea Caragliu

Associate Professor of Regional and Urban Economics

Politecnico di Milano, ABC Department

RSAI Executive Director

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