Council
Elisabete Martins
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Real Estate and Construction
| Ref. | : | 201600441 |
| Posting Title | : | Research Assistant Professor |
| Department | : | Department of Real Estate and Construction |
| Closing Date | : | April 18, 2016 |
Applications are invited for appointment as Research Assistant Professor in iLab at HKUrbanLab in the Department of Real Estate and Construction, to commence from as soon as possible, on a three-year fixed-term basis, with the possibility of renewal.
The Department is seeking to make a strategic appointment with a view to strengthening an area of building information modeling (BIM) and smart construction, and integrating them into the newly branded research facility/cluster called iLab. Applicants should possess at least 2 years' postdoctoral work experience, with preference given to those with experience in construction informatics. The following specific areas of knowledge are essential: (i) understanding the operations of architecture, engineering, construction, and operation sector; (ii) extensive knowledge of and direct support experience in GIS- and BIM-related software; (iii) hardware (GPS, GSM, IMU, Bluetooth, barometer and other ancillary modules on low-energy consumption/long last motherboards) development and synergy; (iv) demonstrated extensive knowledge of and direct support experience in programming-related software and languages (e.g. Python, C++, C#, Visual Studio, Java, etc.); (v) digital logic and automation systems; (vi) data structure and algorithms; and (vii) computer graphics and animations. They should be a highly motivated individual who will work closely with other professors in the Department. Attention to details and having the ability to work on his/her own initiative are crucial.
The appointee will be required to make a substantial contribution to (i) the development of the hardware and software of the iLab; (ii) urban big data collection, storage, analysis, and presentation to inform decision-making in the context of urban development; (iii) integration of GIS, BIM, and Internet of Things; (iv) bridging BIM and building using digital technologies; (v) realizing smart properties (e.g. awareness, autonomy, and communicativeness) of smart construction objects; (vi) smart construction system customization and scalability; and (vii) developing a personal research profile within the general and multidisciplinary remit of the HKUrbanLab. Information about the HKUrbanLab can be obtained at http://www.arch.hku.hk/about/hkurbanlab-intro/.
A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered. The appointment will attract a contract-end gratuity and University contribution to a retirement benefits scheme, totalling up to 15% of basic salary, as well as annual leave, and medical benefits.
Applicants should send a completed application form together with an up-to-date C.V. to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please indicate the reference number clearly in all correspondence. Application forms (345/1111) can be downloaded at http://www.hku.hk/apptunit/jr-form.doc. Further particulars can be obtained at http://jobs.hku.hk/. Closes April 18, 2016.
The University thanks applicants for their interest, but advises that only candidates shortlisted for interviews will be notified of the application result.
Post-doctoral Fellow in Urban Modelling, Spatial Economics and Regional Science
| Ref. | : | 201600459 |
| Posting Title | : | Post-doctoral Fellow in Urban Modelling, Spatial Economics and Regional Science |
| Department | : | Faculty of Architecture |
| Closing Date | : | April 25, 2016 |
Applications are invited for appointment as Post-doctoral Fellow in Urban Modelling, Spatial Economics and Regional Science in the Faculty of Architecture, to commence as soon as possible for three years.
Applicants should have a Ph.D. degree in urban and regional economics, transportation, regional science, urban studies/urban planning, human geography or GIS and a track record in the following: cited publications in urban and regional econometrics, transportation modelling; advanced skills in GIS, spatial visualization and statistical analysis; and experience in co-authoring and managing competitive research grants. Evidence of an ability to apply urban science techniques to network connectivity and spatial economic analysis would be an advantage. This position is based in the Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning under the HKUrbanLab. The appointee will report directly to the Dean of the Faculty. He/She is expected to work on developing an investment analytics tool to analyze Eurasian spatial economy, and applying urban science techniques such as network modeling to simulate economic growth potential of possible changes in infrastructure connectivity. He/She is also expected to start new projects on the basis of new funding.
A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered, in addition to annual leave and medical benefits.
Applicants should send a completed application form together with an up-to-date C.V. to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Application forms (345/1111) can be downloaded at http://www.hku.hk/apptunit/jr-form.doc. Further particulars can be obtained at http://jobs.hku.hk/. Closes April 25, 2016.
The University thanks applicants for their interest, but advises that only candidates shortlisted for interviews will be notified of the application result.
2016 CIRET Conference, Copenhagen, Sept. 14-16: Submission deadline 15 April
Dear Researcher,
Just to remind you of the deadline of 15 April for the submission of papers (call for papers attached).
The 2016 CIRET conference will take place from September 14 - 16 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
It is hosted by Statistics Denmark.
Keynote speakers include:
- Prof. Soren Johansen, University of Copenhagen
- Prof. Massimiliano Marcellino, Università Bocconi
- Prof. Lucrezia Reichlin, London Business School
Only online submissions will be accepted.
You may submit your paper by using the following link:
https://www.ciret.org/conferences/copenhagen-2016/paper-submission/
If you have not yet registered to the CIRET database, please first do so at https://www.ciret.org/-/signup/
The 33rd CIRET Conference will be preceded by a Joint United Nations (UN) and Statistics Denmark Workshop on Rapid Estimates (Tue 13 September).
Should you have any difficulties with the online submission, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
We look forward to receiving your submission and apologize for any cross-posting.
Kindest regards,
Katharina Bloch
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EXTENDED DEADLINE | Abstracts submission until April 20th, 2016 | 1st AMRS Congress and 23rd APDR Congress, May 30-31,2016, Marrakech, Morocc
It is our pleasure to announce the 1st Moroccan Regional Science Association(AMRS) Congress and 23rd Portuguese Association for Regional Development (APDR) Congress, to be held at Marrakech, Morocco, from May 30 to 31, 2016.
Theme of the Conference: Sustainability of Territories in the Context of Global Changes
The Congress will work through plenary sessions, conferences and round tables and parallel sessions. Parallel sessions will include: i) abstracts submitted to Regular Sessions (RS), proposed by the organization; and ii) abstracts submitted to Special Sessions (SS), proposed by participants. Sessions can be either in English, French or Portuguese.
The call for abstracts is open and your participation is very welcome!
Special Sessions
SS01 - Regional Science in Africa
Organizers: Cássio Rolim and Tomaz Ponce Dentinho
SS02 - Asymmetries in metropolitan areas: measuring, correcting and rethinking
Organizer: Jorge Gonçalves
SS03 - Sustainable Tourism in the Age of Globalization
Organizers: Oliver Fritz and Martin Falk
SS04 - Entrepreneurship in sustainable and creative territories
Organizer: Luísa Carvalho
SS05 - Cultural Tourism and Regional Development
Organizers: Paula Remoaldo, Laurentina Vareiro and José Cadima Ribeiro, University of Minho
Organizer: Conceição Rego
SS07 -Sustainable Built Environments for a better Human Health
Organizers: Elisabete Freire and José Luís Crespo
SS08 - Participatory Planning and Sustainable Built Space
Organizers: José Luís Crespo and Elisabete Freire
SS09 - Adapting to global change at the coast
Organizers: Nadia Mhammdi and Abdellatif Khattabi
Organizer: Abdellatif Khattabi
Themes of Regular Sessions:
- Agriculture, fisheries and food security
- Climate change mitigation and adaptation
- Climate risk management in the perspective of human security
- Economics of Environmental and Natural Resources
- Education, health, wealth, and human welfare
- Environmental services and their attractiveness to private sectors
- Financial System and Regional Development
- Green growth in energy, transport and infrastructures
- Green growth in natural resources
- Local Reactions to Global Changes
- Mediterranean Renaissance
- Migration and urban vitality
- Migration, Urbanization and Spatial Justice
- Natural resources, biodiversity, environment and sustainable development
- Opportunities and constraints for innovation in green enterprises
- Poverty, social policy in space and environment
- Regional Cooperation and Development
- Regional Development in Africa
- Rural Development and Agriculture Economics
- Spatial Dimensions of the Financial and Monetary Crises
- Territorial Multi functionality and, Sustainable Regional Development
- Theory, Methods, Data and Reality in Regional Science
- Bartolomeu Award*
Deadline for Abstracts submissions:April 20, 2016 (NEW DATE). Abstracts should be submitted electronically, using the platform available on the Conference website: https://events.digitalpapers.org/amsr_apdr
All information at the congress website: http://www.apdr.pt/congresso/2016/
Looking forward to meeting you in Marrakech!
Abdellatif Khattabi
Chair of the Local Organizing Committee
*The Bartholomew award is awarded to scientists aged less than 33 years (including co-authors) on the 15th of July each year, presenting a paper in a session of APDR Congress. The prize is awarded by a jury of appreciation by the Director of the Portuguese Journal of Regional Studies and two scientists appointed by him. The assessment criteria are: conceptual coherence, relevance to regional science and its impact on regional development.
REGIONAL COOPERATION WITHIN AND ACROSS SOUTH ASIA - 4 May - European Parliament
Dear all,
It is with great pleasure that I am sharing with you the programme of the conference which will take place on the 4th of May.
If you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to let me know.
Looking forward to seeing you on May the 4th.
The latest issue of Papers in Regional Science is available! Volume 95, Issue Supplement S1, March 2016
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ARTICLES Firm heterogeneity and the localization of economic activities (pages S1–S26) Pamela Bombarda Article first published online: 22 APR 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12116 Carmen Echebarria, Jose M. Barrutia, Itziar Aguado, Vanessa Apaolaza and Patrick Hartmann Article first published online: 9 APR 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12110 Alexandra Kröll and Oliver Farhauer Article first published online: 12 MAR 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12111 Guohua Peng and Fan Xia Article first published online: 30 APR 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12119 Inter-provincial migration and 1975–2005 regional growth in Indonesia (pages S87–S105) Yogi Vidyattama Article first published online: 15 APR 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12120 Social capital and immigrants' labour market performance (pages S107–S126) Matloob Piracha, Massimiliano Tani and Matias Vaira-Lucero Article first published online: 25 MAR 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12117 Rose Baker, David Forrest and Levi Perez Article first published online: 15 APR 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12118 Eiji Yamamura Article first published online: 22 APR 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12121 Quality, distance and trade: A strategic approach (pages S165–S191) Emanuele Bacchiega, Antonio Minniti and Arsen Palestini Article first published online: 9 APR 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12113 Strategic delegation under spatial price discrimination (pages S193–S213) John S. Heywood and Zheng Wang Article first published online: 21 MAR 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12115 Location choices with a non-linear demand function (pages S215–S226) Stefano Colombo Article first published online: 22 APR 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12122 |
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The latest issue of Papers in Regional Science is available! Volume 95, Issue 1, Special Issue: Agglomerations and the Rise of Urban Network Externalities, March 2016
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Special Issue: Agglomerations and the Rise of Urban Network Externalities March 2016, Volume 95, Issue 1, Pages 1–198 Issue edited by: Evert Meijers, Martijn Burger ISSUE INFORMATION Article first published online: 29 MAR 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12191
EDITORIAL Moving ahead for other three years (pages 3–4) Roberta Capello Article first published online: 29 MAR 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12220
INTRODUCTION Agglomerations and the rise of urban network externalities (pages 5–15) Martijn J. Burger and Evert J. Meijers Article first published online: 29 MAR 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12223
ARTICLES Urban networks: Connecting markets, people, and ideas (pages 17–59) Edward L. Glaeser, Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto and Yimei Zou Article first published online: 29 MAR 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12216 Disentangling agglomeration and network externalities: A conceptual typology (pages 61–80) Michiel van Meeteren, Zachary Neal and Ben Derudder Article first published online: 29 JAN 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12214 Supply chain internationalization in East Asia: Inclusiveness and risks (pages 81–100) Masahisa Fujita and Nobuaki Hamaguchi Article first published online: 25 NOV 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12183 Determinants of city growth in Colombia (pages 101–131) Gilles Duranton Article first published online: 29 MAR 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12225 Roberto Camagni, Roberta Capello and Andrea Caragliu Article first published online: 26 OCT 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12182 Mark Thissen, Thomas de Graaff and Frank van Oort Article first published online: 29 MAR 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12224 Evert J. Meijers, Martijn J. Burger and Marloes M. Hoogerbrugge Article first published online: 24 NOV 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12181 |
American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco
Edward Elgar Publishing is delighted to be attending the 2016 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Visit us at booth 303 for a significant discount off our latest publications, to discuss new book ideas and to find out more about our Geography, Urban and Regional Studies programme, including our exciting new book series:
New Horizons in Human Geography series
Series editor: John Agnew, Distinguished Professor of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, US
Research Handbooks in Geography series
Series editor: Susan J. Smith, Honorary Professor of Social and Economic
Geography and The Mistress of Girton College, University of Cambridge, UK
Cities series
Series editor: John Rennie Short, Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, US
Transport, Mobilities and Spatial Change series
In association with the Transport Geography Research Group of the RGS-IBG
Series editors: Richard Knowles, Emeritus Professor, University of Salford
and Markus Hesse, Professor of Urban Studies, Université du Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Entrepreneurship, Space and Place series
Series editors: Darja Reuschke, School of Geography and Geosciences, University of St Andrews, Colin Mason, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Stephen Syrett, Centre for Enterprise and Economic Development Research, Middlesex University, UK, Maarten Van Ham, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands and Duncan Maclennan, School of Management, University of St Andrews, UK
We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco!
Kind regards
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Reminder deadline submissions March 31, 2016: XI Iberian Conference on Rural Studies International Conference 'the Smart and inclusive development in rural areas" , October 13-15, 2016
The Organising Committee of the XI Iberian Conference on Rural Studies invites the submission of abstracts for oral communication or poster presentation. The submission is open on the webpage of XICIER 2016(http://xicier2016.utad.pt), where you can consult the list of topics, as well as other relevant information about the event. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 31 March 2016.
The XICIER 2016 will be held from October 13 to October 15 at theUniversity of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), at Vila Real, Portugal.It is organised by the Centre of Transdisciplinary Studies for Development (CETRAD), the Portuguese Society of Rural Studies (SPER) and the Spanish Association of Agricultural Economics (AEEA). Other partners of the organization of the XICIER 2016 are: the Spanish Association of Geographers, (AGE), the Groups of Rural and Food Sociology from the Spanish Federation of Sociology (FES), the Rural Studies Network (RER , Brazil), the Spanish Society of Agrarian History (SEHA) and the Brazilian Society of Economics, Business and Rural Sociology ( SOBER )
The overall theme of the XICIER 2016 is the Smart and inclusive development in rural areas, providing the opportunity to discuss and to analyse ideas, proposals and results of research and actual experience already obtained on the applicability and implementation of smart growth agenda and sustainable and inclusive development in rural areas in different geographical and socio-cultural contexts, especially in Europe and Latin America.
Keynote speakers include André Torre, Andrew Copus, Luis Miguel Albisu. See updates in the conference webpage and/or facebook.
Paper will be published in the proceedings book, best papers will selected for further book publication or for journals available to receive them (information will be released on the webpage)
We rely on your support and participation!
For more information visit http://xicier2016.utad.pt or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Apologies for cross-postings.
Greetings from the Organising Committee!
Joint NECTAR CL 6 and Regional Science Academy Meeting: deadline March 31
Dear NECTAR friends,
NECTAR CL 6 is organizing a Joint meeting together with Regional Science Academy on “Geolocalized Data and Accessibility: Benefits and Threats”.
This meeting will take place in Marne la Vallée, Paris (France), during the 2-4 of June 2016.
Abstracts should be submitted until March 31, 2016.
Find more details in the attached call for abstracts.
Kind regards
Ana Condeço-Melhorado
NECTAR secretary
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