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Elisabete Martins
Call for Papers: The Saint-Petersburg International Research Student Forum, on 4th -5th February, 2016,Russia
Call for Papers
For the first time National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) Saint-Petersburg holds The Saint-Petersburg International Research Student Forum, which will take place on 4th -5th February, 2016.
Senior Bachelor and Master students are invited to participate in the Forum.
Participation in Forum is free of charge. Contact information is posted on the Forum website: http://spb.hse.ru/studresearch/.
Find below contacts and all information.
Send abstract via email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Valentina Kaisarova, Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, Russia.The deadline for submission is December 20, 2015 .
Acceptance decisions will be made no later than December 27, 2015.
Participation in the conference is free of charge, but conference participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses.
All the best,
Valentina P Kaisarova
Associate Professor
Public Administration Program Academic Supervisor
HSE University, St. Petersburg,Russia.
Two Chairs in Regional Economic Development, Regional Economics or Regional Policy | University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham - City-Region Economic Development Institute (City-REDI)
| Location: | Birmingham |
| Salary: | Competitive package |
| Hours: | Full Time |
| Contract Type: | Permanent |
| Placed on: | 26th November 2015 |
| Closes: | 8th January 2016 |
| Job Ref: | 50593 |
Birmingham Business School: Local Commitment with Global Impact
There has never been a better time to join Birmingham Business School – a School at the heart of an institution with one of the most compelling and ambitious agendas in Higher Education.
Following a significant multi million pound investment, Birmingham Business School is recruiting to a number of roles which will help to deliver its core business. The School is a pioneer of business education, established as the country’s first Business School in 1902, we have over 100 years of teaching and research experience. Offering a comprehensive range of undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral research opportunities as well access to research, consultancy and knowledge transfer services. This is a unique opportunity to join a Business School with an ambitious future.
These posts will enhance the University’s capacity and capability in the area of city-regions, regional and urban economics research and policy. The successful candidates will be recognised authorities in Regional Economic Development, Economic Geography, Regional Economies or Regional Policy, broadly interpreted to include quantitative, modelling, qualitative methodologies and sub-fields that focus on understanding regional issues, including areas which complement or strengthen those of existing colleagues within the City-Region Economic Development Institute (City-REDI). It is anticipated that one of these posts will take the lead in regional econometric modelling.
Professors are required to be academic leaders. The post holders will contribute significantly to the delivery of City-REDI and related School strategies, developing their own research, developing and delivering undergraduate and postgraduate curricula; and contributing to Department, School and University research activities, including PhD supervisions and leadership of research activities.
Applicants should have a PhD in a relevant field and/or professional qualifications utilised in a research role; an international reputation for excellence in research and teaching demonstrated through an outstanding publications record and suitable teaching performance indicators; an established record of attracting external funding and engagement in knowledge-transfer activities; extensive experience of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and supervision to doctoral level; skills in managing projects and working collaboratively with fellow scholars; experience of working within and leading internal and external networks; a record as a “good citizen” who recognises the need to foster collegiate endeavour and a sense of academic fellowship.
Salary: Competitive package for an outstanding candidate.
Informal Enquiries: please contact Professor Simon Collinson, Dean, (0121 414 6706;This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Professor Stephen Brammer, Head of Faculty (0121 414 6741;This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), or Professor John Bryson, Director City-REDI (0121 414 5549;This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
To download the details of these positions and submit an electronic application online please click on the Apply Online button below, please quote Job Ref: 50593 in all enquiries. Alternatively information can be obtained from www.hr.bham.ac.uk/jobs
Valuing excellence; sustaining investment
Special Sessions of the 11th World Congress of the RSAI, April 25-28, 2016, Istanbul, Turkey - Call for Papers
Special Sessions
Organizers:
Aleid E. Brouwer, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Eveline S. van Leeuwen, Department of Spatial Economics, VU University, the Netherlands
Organizers:
Roberto Patuelli, University of Bologna, Italy
Giuseppe Arbia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Organizers:
Riccardo Crescenzi, London School of Economics, the UK
Ugo Fratesi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Vassilis Monastiriotis, London School of Economics, the UK
Organizers:
Prof. Dr. Gülden ERKUT, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Dr. Ervin SEZGIN, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Organizers:
Dr. Peter Mulder, Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dr. Birte Pfeiffer, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Institute of African Affairs Hamburg, Germany
Organizer:
Christophe Demazière, University of Tours, France
7. Regional Impacts of International Migration
Organizers:
Ceren Ozgen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Thomas de Graaff, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jacques Poot, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Andres Rodriguez-Pose, London School of Economics, UK
8. Recent Trends and Regional Development Challenges in MENA Region and Asia
Organizers:
Tuzin Baycan, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Fatma Dogruel, Marmara University, Turkey
More information at: http://2016worldcongress.regionalscience.org/abstract-submission.html
University of Liverpool: 1 X Lecturer in Quantitative Geography / 1 X Lecturer in Geographic Data Science
As part of institutional investment in Geographic Information Science (GIS) and the Centre for Spatial Demographics Research, we wish to recruit two individuals who will deliver high quality research, and contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Human Geography within the Department of Geography and Planning.
Lecturer in Geographic Data Science
Grade 7 / 8 (£32,277 - £48,743 pa)
We are looking for candidates with excellent research profiles in GIS, Applied Geocomputation and Spatial Data Analysis, and are particularly interested in those with experience of working with big data and developing open source software tools.
Full details: http://www.liv.ac.uk/working/jobvacancies/currentvacancies/academic/a-589811/
Closing Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:00.
Informal enquiries to: Professor Alex Singleton (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
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Lecturer In Quantitative Geography
Grade 7 / 8 (£32,277 - £48,743 pa)
We seek a lecturer to deliver high quality research, and contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Quantitative Geography.
You will have an excellent research profile in (and at the intersections of) population, health, economics, energy and/or the environment.
Full details: http://www.liv.ac.uk/working/jobvacancies/currentvacancies/academic/a-574898/
Closing Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2016 17:00.
Informal enquiries to: Professor Andy Plater (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Abstracts Submission Extended Deadline: December 15th, 2015 - 11th World Congress of the RSAI, April 25-28, 2016, Istanbul, Turkey
Call for Papers
11th World Congress of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI)
April 25-28, 2016, Istanbul, Turkey
The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) and the Turkish Regional Science Association (Bölge Bilimi Türk Milli Komitesi - BBTMK) invite regional scientists, economists, economic geographers, urban planners, policy makers, and researchers of related disciplines to participate in the 11th World Congress of the Regional Science Association International. The Congress will be hosted by the Turkish Regional Science Association.
The Congress will feature several world-renowned keynote speakers on cutting-edge urban and regional science and policy issues, expert panels, research presentations and posters. It will be attended by 500 delegates from the worldwide community of regional scientists.
The conference will be open to different research topics within the broader contours of the regional science, urban and regional studies, geographical sciences and planning, and development. Anticipated sub-themes of the congress include the following:
- Emerging challenges for regional development
- Vision and management of sustainable cities
- Energy, development, and sustainability
- Rural and local development
- Accessibility, infrastructure and regional economic growth
- Social capital and regional development
- Agglomeration, clusters, congestion and policy
- Crisis of public finances, governance and regional development
- Globalization and regional competitiveness
- Cross-border cooperation and development
- Migration, cultural networks and regional development
- Foreign direct investment
- Social segregation, poverty and social policy
- Spatial labor markets
- Climate change and sustainable regional development
- Entrepreneurship, networks and innovation
- Innovation, knowledge economy and regional development
- Geographical information science and spatial analysis
- Spatial econometrics
- New frontiers in regional science: theory and methodology
- Infrastructure, transportation and communication
- Land use, real estate and housing markets
- Facility location modeling
- Tourism, cultural industries and regional development
- Urban governance and cities regeneration
- The computable city
- City systems and systems of cities
- Spatial organization and social media
- Territorial marketing
- Advances in I-O and CGE modeling
- Food security
- Global cities
- Southeast Asian regional economic integration
- Politics, ethnicity, and empowerment
We invite formal paper presentations as well as posters (new deadline of December 15th, 2015). Organizers of special session are also welcome. The abstract submission portal is now open.
Full information on the venue, abstract submission, registration, schedule of events, accommodation and travel information is posted at www.2016worldcongress.regionalscience.org.
Feel free to contact the secretariat of the Congress at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and to the Chair of the Local Organizing Committee This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further information.
We look forward to welcoming you in the dazzling city of Istanbul in April 2016.
With warmest regards,
Tüzin Baycan
Chair of the Local Organizing Committee
The latest issue of Papers in Regional Science is available! Volume 94, Issue Supplement S1, November 2015
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Volume 94, Issue Supplement S1, November 2015 Pages S1-S221, November 2015
The latest issue of Papers in Regional Science is available on Wiley Online Library
ARTICLES Miguel A. Márquez, Julián Ramajo and Geoffrey JD. Hewings Article first published online: 11 FEB 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12102
Non-linearities in regional growth: A non-parametric approach (pages S19–S38) Marcos Sanso-Navarro and María Vera-Cabello Article first published online: 9 APR 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12112
Giulio Cainelli, Andrea Fracasso and Giuseppe Vittucci Marzetti Article first published online: 20 FEB 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12103
Are regional incomes in Malaysia converging? (pages S69–S94) Abdul Jabbar Abdullah, Hristos Doucouliagos and Elizabeth Manning Article first published online: 3 MAR 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12105
Agglomeration and firm-level productivity: A Bayesian spatial approach (pages S95–S114) Yoshihiro Hashiguchi and Kiyoyasu Tanaka Article first published online: 18 NOV 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12147
Regional unemployment structure and new firm formation (pages S115–S138) David B. Audretsch, Dirk Dohse and Annekatrin Niebuhr Article first published online: 20 APR 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12169
Rosa Jordá-Borrell, Francisca Ruiz-Rodríguez and Reyes González-Relaño Article first published online: 9 JUN 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12172
A structural multisectoral model with new economic geography linkages for Tuscany (pages S175–S196) Giuseppe Francesco Gori and Renato Paniccià Article first published online: 15 JAN 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12152
Andries Brandsma, d'Artis Kancs, Philippe Monfort and Alexandra Rillaers Article first published online: 13 MAR 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12162 |
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Deadline for submission of full paper: November 27th, 2015 - SPECIAL ISSUE
Dear all,
we would like to kindly remind you the Deadline for submission of full paper: November 27th, 2015, for the SPECIAL ISSUE titled Urban policy, freight distribution planning and behaviour change: stakeholders’ engagement, perception and reaction hosted by Italian Journal of Regional Science.
Guest Editors: Edoardo Marcucciè, Valerio Gattaè, and Michael Browneæ
èDepartment of Political Science, University of Roma Tre, Italy
æSchool of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Submission Method
For this Special Issue, authors are encouraged to send their papers to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. All submissions will go through standard double-blind peer-review process. For guidelines to prepare your manuscript, please visit http://www.rivistasr.it/.
Inquiries
Prospective authors are encouraged to contact the Guest Editors for feedback and comments about the topics of the research papers. All enquiries regarding this call for papers should be directed to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
ESPON News - one week to register to join “A world without borders - Refugees, cooperation and territories” Seminar in Luxembourg
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ESPON Seminar “A world without borders Refugees, cooperation and territories” in Luxembourg City, 8 and 9 December 2015 |
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One week left to register to join the ESPON Seminar and hear from key note speakers on the territorial aspects of refugee migration, the cross-border cooperation, the monitoring for macro-regions as well as on the implementation and first activities of ESPON 2020. 30 speakers have confirmed their participation:
See the full programme here.
Registration by Tuesday 1 December 2015 at 15h00 online here.
The event is organised in cooperation with the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the EU within the framework of the ESPON 2020 Cooperation Programme.
Looking forward to seeing you in Luxembourg.
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The latest issue of Papers in Regional Science is available! Volume 94, Issue 4, November 2015
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Volume 94, Issue 4 Pages i - ii, 677 - 902, November 2015
The latest issue of Papers in Regional Science is available on Wiley Online Library
ISSUE INFORMATION Issue Information (pages i–ii) Article first published online: 24 NOV 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12141
ARTICLES Manfred M. Fischer and James P. LeSage Article first published online: 26 FEB 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12104
Stefano M. Iacus and Giuseppe Porro Article first published online: 11 DEC 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12091
Public surface transportation and regional output: A spatial panel approach (pages 727–751) Zhenhua Chen and Kingsley E. Haynes Article first published online: 16 DEC 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12092
Rafael Boix, José Luis Hervás-Oliver and Blanca De Miguel-Molina Article first published online: 20 JAN 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12094
Luisa Gagliardi Article first published online: 20 JAN 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12095
Ángel M. Prieto, José L. Zofío and Inmaculada Álvarez Article first published online: 17 JAN 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12096
Juan González-Alegre Article first published online: 17 JAN 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12098
Effects of institutional arrangements in local water supply services in Korea (pages 849–868) Suho Bae, Moon-gi Jeong and Seong-gin Moon Article first published online: 26 FEB 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12093
Michael Klien Article first published online: 21 JAN 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12101
Susanne Meyer and Javier Revilla Diez Article first published online: 22 JAN 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12099
Acknowledgement to Referees Acknowledgement to referees (pages 901–902) Article first published online: 24 NOV 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12200 |
Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 3 - New Issue Alert
Volume 8, Issue 3, November 2015
Topics in regional science in Israel and the Netherlands: housing markets, labour markets, economic activities, mobility and tourism
In this issue (10 articles)
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Using light-at-night (LAN) satellite data for identifying clusters of economic activities in Europe
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Do communication technologies and “migration induced travel” complement or compete with each other?
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Original Paper
Visa waivers, multilateral resistance and international tourism: some evidence from Israel
Pages 357-371
About Us
The Regional Science Association International (RSAI), founded in 1954, is an international community of scholars interested in the regional impacts of national or global processes of economic and social change.