Dear Colleagues/Caríssimos Colegas,

The call for papers for EDULOG’s International Conference on “Economic development in Southern European Regions: Policies and higher education”, that will take place in Porto, on the 25^th and 26^th of May 2017, has been postponed to the 31^st of January: http://conferencia2017.edulog.pt/.

As you already know, EDULOG will be hosting for the first time a Conference dedicated to the link between human capital, higher education (innovation) and regional development, focused on the four Southern European countries, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece.

You can find the overall description of the Conference in our website, where you can also register for the event:http://conferencia2017.edulog.pt/

More details will be regularly updated online.

Papers that investigate and/or analyse the following themes are welcome:

§The success or lack of success of policies implemented in the lagging regions of the four countries.

§Theory-based evaluations or quantitative counterfactual evaluations.

§Theories behind the success or failure of policy efforts in this type of regions.

§New policy perspectives or objectives, which should be implemented.

§The interrelation between national and European regional policies and how they can be coordinated and made more complementary.

§Prospective and policy components on the link between human capital, higher education (innovation) and regional development will be particularly welcome.

§Reports from on-going projects on Smart Specialisation Strategies.

I do apologise for any potential cross-posting, and do look forward to welcoming you in Porto.

Please do not hesitate to share this with your colleagues and partners and you can find two documents attached to this email, which can be freely used for the event communication purposes.  

If any questions persist, feel free to contact me.

Kind wishes,

Wendeline van der Feltz

EDULOG Secretary General

Local organizing committee

I am sending to your information the website of the International Award for Local Development.

Http://cieo15.wixsite.com/localdev2017award

Of particular relevance is the call for proposals which is available in several languages ​​here:

Http://cieo15.wixsite.com/localdev2017award/how-to-participate

The different awards will be delivered at an International Conference in Faro (Portugal) in the second half of May.

This conference will have a series of parallel sessions with the possibility of presentation of recent research and best-practices.

Dear NECTAR friends 

The 2017 NECTAR conference on "Transport in a networked society" has extended the deadline for submitting abstracts till January 30th.

Madrid will host this conference during the 31st of May till the 2nd of June 2017.

Find more details in the updated call for papers or at the conference website:

http://eventos.ucm.es/go/nectar2017conference

Kind regards

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Ana Condeço-Melhorado

NECTAR Secretary

3rd European Congress of Local Governments to be held  27-28^th March, 2017 in Krakow (attached the outline and the promotional video).

The conference will be organized jointly with the City of Krakow. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG_tz1ccTRA

The December 2016 issue of the newsletter of the North American Regional Science Council is now available online at http://www.narsc.org/newsite/?page_id=417.

Regional Research Frontiers - Vol. 2

Methodological Advances, Regional Systems Modeling and Open Sciences

Editors: Jackson, Randall, Schaeffer, Peter (Eds.)

Identifies methodological advances as well as trends and future developments in regional systems modelling and open science. Covers research areas such as interindustry modelling, computable general equilibrium models, exploratory spatial data analysis, geographic information science, spatial econometrics. Builds on recent methodological and modelling advances, as well as on extensive policy-analysis experience.

Handbook of Social Capital and Regional Development

Edited by Hans Westlund and Johan P. Larsson

The role of social capital in regional development is a multifaceted topic which is studied all over the world using various methods and across numerous disciplines. It has long been evident that social capital is important for regional development, however, it is less clear how this works in practice. Do all types of social capital have the same effects and are different kinds of regions impacted in the same way? This book is the first to offer an overview of this rapidly expanding field of research and to thoroughly analyse the complex issue of social capital and regional development.

Argues for the importance of measuring incidence-basis indirect economic effects, showing that dynamic and spatial simulation models currently popular in regional science are useful. Clarifies intrinsic points of contradictory conclusions by H. Mohring and J. Tinbergen with the introduction of generation-basis and incidence-basis economic effects. Shows that the argument by J. Tinbergen is correct within a real setting in which the Marshallian type of external economies exists.

Presents a joint treatment of spatial econometrics and spatial interaction modelling. Evaluates the suitability of spatial econometrics for the use of areal data in flow-data modeling. Includes empirical applications from tourism, interregional trade and migration, as well as residential relocation.

Regional Development in Rural Areas

Analytical Tools and Public Policies

Authors: Torre, André, Wallet, Frédéric

This book intends to provide analytical and policy tools for investigating the question of the development of rural and peri-urban areas. The aim is to shed some light on this topic and in particular to contribute to a better understanding of the link between issues of regional or territorial development and issues of rural development. The text addresses the question of the disputed notions and definitions of rural development in rural and regional studies, examines the literature of regional and territorial development and the policies of regional development and planning. It also presents scenarios for the future of rural areas, with a focus on European territories.

Impact Assessment in Tourism Economics

Editors: Matias, Álvaro, Nijkamp, Peter, Romão, João (Eds.)

This book presents a series of studies on the socio-economic impacts of tourism, with a special focus on the determinants of tourism competitiveness at the destination level. The authors offer a systematic overview of this important issue, presenting relevant empirical studies from different parts of the world, based on modern theoretical approaches and adequate analysis tools, in the context of their policy or managerial implications.

The Regional and Urban Policy of the European Union

Cohesion, Results-Orientation and Smart Specialisation

By Philip McCann

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Global Economy

Knowledge, Technology and Internationalization

Edited by Charlie Karlsson and Sofia Wixe

Innovation and entrepreneurship are the prime drivers in the global economy. This scholarly book identifies some of the key forces behind innovation and entrepreneurship at the same time as it closes the gap between science and technology R&D, innovation, entrepreneurship, productivity growth, and internationalization. The expert contributions explore the underlying forces and add substantial theoretical and empirical knowledge to the current state-of-the-art in several research fields including the economics of innovation and entrepreneurship, regional economics, economic geography and international economics.

The Rise of the City

Spatial Dynamics in the Urban Century

Edited by Karima Kourtit, Adam Mickiewicz, Peter Nijkamp and Roger R. Stough

This book examines urban growth and the dynamics that are transforming the city and city regions in the 21st century focusing specifically on the spatial aspects of this process in the “Urban Century”. Forces that are driving city growth include agglomeration spillovers, concentration of innovation and entrepreneurship, diversity of information and knowledge resources, and better amenities and higher wages. These benefits produce a positive reinforcing system that attracts more people with new ideas and information, fuelling innovation, new products and services and more high-wage jobs, thereby attracting more people. Such growth also produces undesirable effects such as air and water pollution, poverty, congestion and crowding. These combined factors both impact and change the geography and spatial dynamics of the city. These transformations and the public policies that may be critical to the quality of life, both today and in the future, are the substance of this book.

Regional Science Matters

Studies Dedicated to Walter Isard

Editors: Nijkamp, Peter, Rose, Adam, Kourtit, Karima (Eds.)

​This volume is a collection of fresh and novel contributions to regional science. They commemorate the scientific inheritance of the founding father of regional science, the late Walter Isard. All papers are written by well-known scholars in the field and serve to highlight the great importance of regional science theory and methodology for a better understanding of current spatial and environmental problems throughout our planet. The book showcases a multidisciplinary panorama of modern regional science research and presents new insights by applying regional science approaches.