Winners 2024

Winners 2021

1st Place

Karina Acosta, Cornell University - "Small area estimation of multidimensional poverty: The case of Cambodia"

2nd Place

John Emmanuel Villanueva, University of the Philippines-Diliman - "Political dynasties and human development investments: Evidence of linkage from Rizal province, Philippines"

Winners 2018

1st Place - Two winners

Dpsita Dhar, Jawaharal Nehru University -"Migration and labor market: a continued case of occupational segregation and caste dominance"

Alexander Lehner, University of Bologna - "450 years of Portuguese colonialism in India: missionaries, education, gender gaps"

2nd Place - Two winners

Deepak Sethia, Indian Institute of Management - "Regional distribution of federal transfers and expenditure in India"

Raya Das, Jawaharal Nehru University - "Low repayment capacity and high indebtedness among agricultural households in India: sustainability of the sector as a source of livelihood"

Objective

The RSAI Young Researchers Prize aims to showcase the research of young scholars in regional science through paper presentation and in-depth discussion organized at the Regional Science Association World Congress. Upon acceptance, competing papers will be presented in the RSAI Young Researchers Sessions, where the young scientists will be provided with extra time to present and receive feedback. Every paper will be assigned to a discussant, and the sessions will be chaired by senior researchers.

Rules

• All submissions have to be written and presented in English.
• Applicants should be less than 35 years old on 31 December of the year of the conference and should not yet hold a senior faculty position. In the case of multiple authors this rule applies to all of the authors.
• The papers should not have been submitted to a journal for publication.
• A cover page should include the paper's title and abstract and full name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of all authors. Affiliation to academic institutions should be stated clearly.
• The papers should be submitted through the World Congress page. The authors should select “RSAI Young Researchers Session” while submitting, in order to be considered for the prize. Papers that are not accepted for RSAI Young Researchers Sessions (when not satisfying all criteria above) will be assigned to ordinary sessions.

Prize

The first prize winner will receive € 600. A second prize of € 300 will also be awarded. All accepted papers will have a reduced registration fee in the Regional Science World Congress. The funding for the prizes is covered by RSAI.

Jury

The RSAI Young Researchers Prize Jury consists of 5 members appointed by the Local Organizing Committee in consultation with the RSAI Executive.

This year’s (2024) committee is made up of

1. Balazs Forman (LOC, JvN)
2. Jozsef Karpati (LOC, JvN)
3. Ilona Palne-Kovacs (MRTT President, University of Pécs)
4. Sarah Low (NARSC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
5. Hee-Jung Jun (PRSCO, Sungkyunkwan University)

The Chair and the Secretary of the Jury will allocate papers and presentations to other members and, if necessary, will propose other reviewers.

Each Jury Member has one vote in the final selection of prize-winning papers.

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  ESPON Seminar

  “A world without borders

  Refugees, cooperation and territories”

  in Luxembourg City, 8 and 9 December 2015

   

  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 of the ESPON 2020 Cooperation Programme.

   

  Confirmed speakers Include:

  • Frank Vansteenkiste, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure, LU
  • Sandra Di Biaggio, ESPON EGTC
  • Daniel Rauhut, NIBR
  • Mart Grisel, EUKN
  • Romana Mynarikova, Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, DE
  • Arni Narain, Department for Communities and Local Government, UK
  • Beatrice Taulegne, Committee of Regions
  • Peter Mehlbye, ESPON EGTC
  • Marianne Guérois, UMS RIATE
  • Jean Peyrony, Transfrontier Operational Mission
  • Nathalie Verschelde, EC DG Regional and Urban Policy
  • Jean-Claude Sinner, Ministry for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure, LU
  • Teodora Brandmüller, Eurostat
  • Andrea Mairate, EC DG Regional and Urban Policy
  • Talis Linkaits, Baltic Sea Region
  • Roland Arbter, Danube Region
  • Andreja Petković, Adriatic and Ionian Macro Region
  • Tobias Chilla, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • Thiemo Eser, Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Development, LU
  • Daniel de Groot, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, NL

   

  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.

   

  See the full programme here.

   

  Registration by Tuesday 1 December 2015 at 15h00 online here.

Dear NECTAR friends,

Please find attached the call for paper for the next CL 8 meeting on "Big data: a new opportunity for urban transport and mobility policies". This meeting will be held at JRC-IPTS premises in Seville during the 10-11 of March 2016.

Kind regards

Ana Condeço

NECTAR secretary

http://www.nectar-eu.eu/

Call for Papers

Smart Specialization aims an effective use of resources in space and time, based on a careful analysis of the existing capabilities of cities, regions or countries, involving multiple stakeholders in a mechanism of governance that explore mutual synergies so that countries, regions, places and persons can be competitive and sustainable in the global economy.

The aim of this workshop is to evaluate the evolution of the application of this concept in Portugal looking not only at programs and projects but mainly in the attitude of the various stakeholders in their cities and regions.

A selection of the papers presented will be published in a special issue of RPER (Revista Portuguesa de Estudos Regionais / Portuguese Review of Regional Studies).

Abstracts Submission

Abstract Submission Deadline: December 27, 2016

Results of the review process will be communicated to authors by approximately: January 1, 2016

Abstract submission should include:

1) Title of the Paper

2) Author Information

3) Abstract Text (500 words limit) should include:

    Objectives

    Data / Methods

    Results / Expected Results

4) Key words

Abstracts should be submitted electronically, as a Word File, to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., indicating in the subject “23 Workshop APDR - Abstract" and in the body the topic.

Topics

Smart Specialization.

        o   Integration and Rooting of Foreign Direct Investment

        o   Institutional Innovation for Smart Specialization

        o   Technological Innovation for Smart Specialization

        o   Small Scale Smart Specialization

Regional Policy.

        o   Learning from failures and achievements of Regional Policy

        o   Regional Policy and Smart Specialization

        o   Regional Convergence and Smart Specialization

        o   Evaluation Policy Tools for Smart Specialization

Regional Cooperation and Regional Conflicts.

        o   Understanding Regional Conflicts from a Regional Science Perspective

        o   Globalization and Borders of Economic Integration

        o   European Integration and European Borders

        o   European Integration and Country Disintegration

All information at: http://www.apdr.pt/evento_23 

We count on you. Send us your contribution!

2016 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION

The paper submission deadline for our 55th annual meeting on the Big Island of Hawaii, February 14-17, 2016, is extended to November 16, 2015. That day will be our hard deadline for papers, to allow time for manuscript review and preliminary program preparation. If your paper is ready to submit, please do go ahead and upload it. However, for those in need of the extra time to get their papers polished (or completed), we’re happy to be able to offer a few weeks of extra breathing room.

With regard to travel arrangements for the meeting, keep in mind that Hawaii in the winter is attractive to more than just regional scientists! Those booking on the earlier side will likely find better airfares and will have a greater choice of room types from our negotiated room block (this is especially true for those extending their stays beyond the dates of the meeting). See Hotel Information for room reservation instructions.

https://www.wrsaonline.org/newsite/annual-meeting/

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
&
47th Annual Seminar
THE REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, INDIA
on
URBANIZATION AND REGIONAL SUSTAINABILITY
JANUARY 28-30, 2016

Date and Venue
The conference will be held during 28thJanuary to 30th January, 2016 at Kolkata, India. The venue of the Conference: Nano-Technology Campus, University of Calcutta, JD 2, Salt Lake, Kolkata: 700 098.

Submission of Abstracts
Abstracts of research papers and posters are welcome on the themes outlined for the conference. One can be the lead author for one paper or poster. Interested authors are requested to submit a fleeting abstract written in English within 300 words. The abstract should include the title of the paper, name(s) of author(s), presenting author, affiliation including proper e-mail address and key words. Subject specific and goal-oriented good quality abstracts will be selected by a review committee. Abstracts should be submitted by 15th November, 2015 via e-mail in Microsoft word format to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Acceptance of abstract along with tentative schedule will be sent by email by 30th November, 2015.

Important Dates
15thNovember 2015: Deadline for abstract submission
30thNovember 2015: Notification of abstract acceptance
15th December 2015: Deadline for registration
28th– 30thJanuary 2016: Conference meet

See attachment for more informations

Dear Colleagues,

We have already begun receiving draft contributions, and we hope to be seeing your rough draft during the next two months, and of course, sooner is better than later!

One thing to note is that the Springer contract requires a final manuscript submission at the end of May 2016.  This is consistent with the initial draft submission deadlines, but makes it imperative that authors meet the target dates.  In this regard, we will be sending out this week a more explicit timeline. 

WRSA and SRSA Opportunities

Some have suggested that although it was too late for NARSC, it would be possible to consider one or more special sessions devoted to the book contributions at both WRSA and SRSA. As Bruce Newbold suggested, these sessions might organized differently from regular sessions, either shorter presentations, panel, or discussion sessions, and "might highlight authors and build ‘buzz’ and discussion about the book. It might also be useful for other contributors to see what others are doing, which could help to tie the various contributions together.”  I think this is a terrific idea, so if you would be interested in participating in such sessions at either meeting, would you please email me to let me know? If there are sufficient numbers, I’ll happily organize sessions at one or both meetings — so be sure to let me know which meeting!  As a reminder, here are the details on the two meetings:

WRSA:     55th annual meeting on the Big Island of Hawaii, February 14-17, 2016, submission deadline is November 16, 2015. 

SRSA:       The 55th annual meetings of the SRSA will be held in Arlington, Virginia, USA, March 31- April 2, 2016.  First call for papers just issued.

{As an aside, note that the SRSA has a new email distribution list.  Sign up here if interested.}

Again, we are looking forward very efficient process so that the book  will be in print at the earliest possible date. As a reminder, here is our planned schedule -  note that the editorial process began in October!

June – October, 2015                    Solicit contributions

October 2015 –February 2016          Edit contributions

Obtain copyright releases

February – March, 2016                    Contributors revise manuscripts

April                                                   Final proofreading

May 15                                               Submit manuscript to publisher

May – July, 2016                                Final corrections and revisions

August-September 2016                     Book goes in production

In the Springer guidelines attached to this email, you will find templates for the preparation of manuscripts in Word and in TeX which can be used by the authors for preparing their contributions.  Attached, I am sending you as well Springer’s short manuscript submission information sheet which summarizes the main important information. 

Springer also provides manuscript templates in both Word and LaTex.  While it is not strictly mandatory, we strongly encourage you to use these, as this will give the resulting volume the greatest possible degree of consistency from chapter to chapter.  I also encourage you to please have a look at Springer’s manuscript guidelines for editors/authors.

We are looking forward to receiving your contributions!

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Randall Jackson, Director

Regional Research Institute, WVU

http://www.rri.wvu.edu

Dear colleagues,
 
We are organizing the next INFER Annual Conference as part of the scientific activities supported by the CREIP research center (www.urv.cat/creip). INFER AC will take place in Reus, at the Faculty of Business and Economics of the Rovira i Virgili University in June 2016 (8th, 9th and 10th).
 
The INFER Annual Conference is open to contributions from all areas of economic research. However, we especially encourage submissions related to the following topics:

• Emerging markets economies and globalization
• Financial and Debt Crisis
• Economic Asymmetries
• Fiscal Policy and Public Finance
• Growth, Technical Progress and Innovation
• Entrepreneurship
• Industrial Economics and Microeconomics
• Housing Economics
• International Trade and Economic Geography
• Labour and Capital Markets
• Energy Economics
• Macroeconomic Policy
• Monetary and Financial Economics
• Public Economics
• Regional, Urban and Rural Economics

The INFER Annual Conference will include keynote speeches by Prof. GuillemLópez Casasnovas(Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Prof.Thierry Mayer (SciencesPo), and Prof.Diego Puga (CEMFI).
 
Please, find attached the Call for papers in which you will find all details about the conference. For further updates please visit:
 
http://wwwa.fundacio.urv.cat/congressos/infer-conference/

Special session proposals should be submitted to the INFER  Annual Conference organizers by November 20, 2015.
 
Kind regards,

 
Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod
Universitat Rovira i Virgili & CREIP

It is our pleasure to announce the SPECIAL ISSUE titled Urban policy, freight distribution planning and behaviour change: stakeholders’ engagement, perception and reaction to be hosted by Italian Journal of Regional Science

Important Dates

Submission opens: October 1st, 2015

Deadline for submission of full paper: November 27th, 2015

Feedback from first-round reviews: March 11th, 2016

Deadline for re-submission of papers: July 1st, 2016

Feedback from second-round reviews (if required): September 12th, 2016

Final manuscripts due: November 11th, 2016

Planned publication: 2017

Guest Editors: Edoardo Marcucci^è, Valerio Gatta^è, and Michael Browne^æ

^èDepartment of Political Science, University of Roma Tre, Italy

^æSchool of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Freight transport systems are fundamental to guarantee urban sustainable development. In fact, their role is essential in harmonising economic growth while minimising territorial externalities so to attain a high level of life quality within cities. Territorial and economic planning coupled with effective management of freight distribution activities are necessary to foster the well-functioning of economic and social networks. City liveability is promoted by competitive transport costs, high logistics service levels, quite, clean, culturally rich, attractive and safe environment for city dwellers.

Improving city logistics performance and city quality of life depend on different interconnected factors. Modelling, planning and evaluating urban freight distribution policies are crucial activities to foster innovation and behaviour change. Under this respect it is appropriate to acknowledge that the same policy can be interpreted and evaluated from different perspectives. Taking a stakeholder-specific perspective is fundamental in determining urban freight distribution policy effects. Retailers, transport providers, local administration and citizen are commonly considered the four main macro-categories whose interests and behaviour should be investigated. This Special issue aims at providing all the necessary instruments to understand the background, objectives, methodologies and possible governance systems to deal with urban freight distribution from a stakeholders’ perspective.

The European White Paper on Transport underlines the relevance transport in urban areas plays and illustrates goals of carbon free city logistics by 2030, which are not seemingly achievable by employing the regulatory approach adopted so far. Various forms of public-private partnerships will have to be developed, adopted, implemented and managed. Stakeholders’ interactions while acknowledged as important and deep-rooted in this context are not sufficiently studied yet. Long-term relationships are less explored with respect to short-term measures, reciprocal stakeholders’ knowledge, awareness and trust need to be built and sustained if positive interactions ought to emerge and produce the desired results.

The relevant aspects considered and investigated relates to stakeholders’ engagement (e.g. methods, frameworks and management agreements), perception (e.g. problems faced and possible policies to be enacted) and reactions (e.g. evaluation methods, distributional considerations, fairness perception, etc.). Descriptions of case studies are welcome since they provide a benchmark for best-case experiences throughout the world and offer an understanding of real applications. Success and/or failure elements are investigated to discover, from single cases, similarities and differences stimulating critical reflections and guidelines for action. 

This Call for Papers is linked to the Urban Freight and Behaviour Change (URBE) Conference held in Rome, October 1st and 2nd 2015 (http://host.uniroma3.it/eventi/urbe/).

Scope of the Special Issue

It is anticipated that this Special Issue will advance the understanding of the role alternative stakeholders’ engagement, perception and reaction play in fostering the definition, implementation, management, evaluation and continuous improvement of long-term partnerships among different stakeholders in urban freight distribution systems and their role in determining the needed behaviour change.

The Special Issue will primarily, though not exclusively, focus on:

1. Pro-smart cities policies
2. Local policy makers’ role and engagement techniques
3. Reactions to innovative urban freight policies and sectorial inclination
4. Bottom up involvement techniques and cases
5. Gaming and community of practice theory to stimulate engagement
6. Dynamic policy analysis: from inception to involvement
7. Reactions to monetary and non-monetary stimuli to foster off-peak deliveries
8. Transport providers’ load factors determinants
9. Carriers’ responses to innovative policies
10. Retailers’ and carriers’ perceptions of new urban goods distribution initiatives

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..