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Elisabete Martins
Employment Opportunity - Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies on Development at the Andes University in Colombia
In attached is the call to a professor at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies on Development at the Andes University in Colombia.
Conference on the Port and Maritime Sector: Key Developments and Challenges - 11 and 12 May 2015 - Antwerp // Course on Port Economics and Business - 4 to 8 May 2015 - Antwerp
Conference information in English / Course information/ Combined course + conference package
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On 11 and 12 May 2015, the Special Interest Group A2 (Ports and Maritime) of the World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS), co-chaired by Prof. Eddy Van de Voorde (Department of Transport and Regional Economics - University of Antwerp / TransportNET) and Prof. Enrico Musso (Department of Quantitative Methods - University of Genova / TransportNET), will host a two-day international conference under the title ‘The Port and Maritime Sector: Key Developments and Challenges’. It will be held at the Department of Transport and Regional Economics, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
The draft conference program is now online.
The conference will be open to attendance by any interested academic or business responsible active or interested in the maritime and port field.
Special features : - Free walking dinner buffet offered by Port of Antwerp 11 May 2015 - Free technical visit to Port of Antwerp 13 May 2015 - Conference fee fixed at €100 - Free copy of new scientific book ‘Port Business: Market Challenges and Management Actions’ for all registered participants.
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TransportNET is hostinga Course on Port Economics and Business from 4 till 8 May 2015 at the University of Antwerp – Department of Transport and Regional Economics, linked to the above-mentioned conference. This course is open to academic researchers (professors, senior researchers, PhD students)and professionals (from industry and public authorities) from all kinds of backgrounds, research fields and interests, holding at least a Master’s degree or equivalent, on a first come first served basis.
The aim of the course is to provide participants with advanced training on recent and future developments in seaports and hinterland connections, and have them obtain improved skills and knowledge to advance their careers. Each course topic will be conceptually introduced by TransportNET professors, and subsequently also be illustrated by high-level port business practitioners. Specific topics dealt with during the course week are:
The course will feature a port of Antwerp technical excursion on 6 May in the afternoon, so as to give participants an immediate impression of latest business developments, typical investment projects, green innovation initiatives, etc.
Course participants will get a participation certificate, and also a credit certificate upon successful completion of the paper assignments to be submitted in due time after the course. The course values 6 ECTS credits for doctoral programs for those who combine the course with participation to the SIGA2 conference on 11 and 12 May in Antwerp. For those only completing the paper assignment based on the course days, the course values 3 ECTS credits.
Full information, tariffs and registration possibilities are available through the course page. Registration also involves submitting a CV by 30 April 2015. The maximum number of attendants is limited. |
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A combined course + conference participation package is offered at a rate of €850. Registration for this package is due through this webpage, indicating that also the course will be followed. |
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Small Societies-Small Business-Small Cities & Villages Conference Athens Greece
Dear Colleague,
The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), a world association of academics and researchers, organizes its 2nd Annual International Conference on Small Societies-Small Business-Small Cities & Villages, 27-30 July 2015, Athens, Greece. Please submit a 300-word abstract before 6 April 2015, by email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), addressed to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER & Honorary Professor, University of Stirling, U.K.
Please include with this order: Title of Paper, First Name, Family name of all co-authors, Current Position of all co-authors, Institutional Affiliation (University/Organization) of all co-authors, Country of all co-authors, an email address of all co-authors and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Decisions will be reached within four weeks of your submission.
Should you wish to participate in the Conference without presenting a paper, for example, to chair a session, to evaluate papers which are to be included in the conference proceedings or books, to contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an email to Dr. George Poulos, Vice-President of Research, ATINER & Emeritus Professor, University of South Africa, South Africa (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
2nd IMASS Conference in Poznan, Poland | extended deadline
The 2nd IMASS Conference will take place in Poznan, Poland, in May 22-23.
The deadline for the submission of the abstract for the 2nd IMASS International Conference: “People, Goods and Regions in a Globalized World” has been extended until 29th of March.
We welcome the submission of abstracts to the theme of the conference:
• Geo-computation, Spatial Analysis and Spatial Econometrics
• Economic Growth and Development
• Land use science
• Knowledge Creation and Innovation Activities in Space
• Location, Transportation and Interaction
• Metropolitan Regions and Spatial Agglomerations
• Social Segregation, Poverty and Social Policy
• Regional Cooperation and Competition
• Transitional Economies
For more information about abstracts submissions and registration, please visit the conference website at: http://imass.ca/imass/conference/
Many thanks,
The Organizing Committee
Secretariat
IMASS - Methods and Analyses in Social Sciences
GTA, Ontario | Canada
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Web: http://imass.ca/imass/
2015 elected RSAI Fellows
RSAI is pleased to announce the election of the following Fellows in 2015:
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Cornell University, USA |
Purdue University, USA |
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REMINDER - Only two weeks left for the submission of an abstract to URBE Conference
Call for Papers
URBE
URban freight and BEhavior change
October 1st - 2nd 2015, Rome, Italy
Conference organized by Department of Political Sciences and Centre for Research on the Economics of Institutions, University of Roma Tre
Website: http://host.uniroma3.it/eventi/urbe
We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the URBE - URban freight and BEhavior change Conference to be held in Rome, Italy, October 1st-2nd, 2015. Researchers, practitioners, politicians and public authorities are invited to use the conference as a platform for knowledge-exchange and transfer.
The conference is endorsed by: 1) Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems (CoE-SUFS), 2) World Conference for Transport Research Society’s SIGB5 - Freight Modelling (WCTRS), 3) Italian Society of Transport Economics and Logistics (SIET), 4) Italian Society of Transport Politics (SIPOTRA), 5) Italian Association of Regional Science (AISRE).
Aims and scope
URBE aims at identifying the behavioral game changers capable of modifying the present trends and pro-actively responding to the sustainability challenges urban freight distribution poses to modern cities given the role it plays in linking production, logistics and society.
The conference, taking a trans-disciplinary approach, focuses on the various alternatives capable of stimulating stakeholders’ behavioral change and engagement for a sustainable urban freight distribution. In more detail, the main topics relate to the behavioral pros and cons of: stakeholder involvement methodologies, advanced modeling techniques, innovative organizational structures, policy appraisal and evaluation techniques.
Please find below a non-exhaustive list of possible subjects to be addressed.
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Policy appraisal and evaluation techniques Innovative organizational structures Areas of concern and possible solutions |
The official language of the Conference is English.
Submission
We are now inviting submissions for conference presentations. Extended abstracts (max. 2 pages, please follow the instructions on the website) should contain all relevant information to allow the peer review process, giving an overview of: (1) main objectives and motivations, (2) topics covered and methodology, (3) results obtained/expected and conclusions.
The deadline for abstract submission is April 1st, 2015. Abstracts should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and will be assessed by the scientific committee within a double-blind-review.
Journal special issues
The intention is to organize special issues of selected papers in appropriate journals depending upon a critical mass of good papers.
Timeline
- 01 April, 2015 – Submission of extended abstracts
- 01 May, 2015 – Notification of abstract status
- 01 July, 2015 – Early registration deadline
- 01 September, 2015 – Submission of full papers and registration deadline for Authors
- 01-02 October, 2015 – Conference in Rome, Italy
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| Chandra Bhat The University of Texas at Austin – USA Michael Browne University of Westminster - United Kingdom Ennio Cascetta Federico II University of Naples – Italy Laetitia Dablanc IFSTTAR – France Romeo Danielis University of Trieste – Italy Gerard de Jong University of Leeds - United Kingdom Francesco Filippi Sapienza University of Rome - Italy Hanno Friedrich Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) – Germany Rodrigo Garrido Diego Portales University - Chile Valerio Gatta (local organizer) Roma Tre University – Italy Stephane Hess University of Leeds - United Kingdom José Holguín-Veras Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – USA Gernot Liedtke Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) – Germany Cathy Macharis Free University of Brussels – Belgium |
Edoardo Marcucci (local organizer) Roma Tre University – Italy Vittorio Marzano Federico II University of Naples – Italy Alan McKinnon Kühne Logistics University - Germany Sandra Melo Instituto Superior Tecnico of Lisbon – Portugal Agostino Nuzzolo Tor Vergata University – Italy Matthew Roorda University of Toronto – Canada Francesco Russo Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria – Italy Amanda Stathopoulos Northwestern University – USA Eiichi Taniguchi Kyoto University – Japan Lóránt Tavasszy Delft University of Technology – Netherlands Eva Valeri European Commission, JRC, Seville – Spain Thierry Vanelslander University of Antwerp – Belgium Xiaokun Wang Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – USA Johan Woxenius University of Gothenburg – Sweden |
We look forward to receiving your submissions and seeing you on October 1-2, 2015 in Rome, Italy
Sincerely,
Local Organizing Committee
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: http://host.uniroma3.it/eventi/urbe
ESEE 2015 early bird deadline: 22 March 2015
Dear All,
ESEE 2015: Transformations
The 11th international conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics will take place in Leeds, UK from 30 June – 3 July 2015.
The conference topics include: post-growth economics; natural resources, ecosystem services and environmental quality; development, consumption and well-being; power, politics, institutions and the reality of achieving change; new business models and understandings of human behaviour.
Reminder: The deadline for early bird registrations is 22 March.
To register, go to http://www.esee2015.org/ and log on to the submission/registration system.
We look forward to welcoming you to Leeds in June.
Best regards,
Tim Foxon
(Chair, ESEE 2015 Organising Committee)
The latest issue of Regional Science Policy & Practice is available! 7, 1 (March 2015)
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The latest issue of Papers in Regional Science is available! Volume 94, Issue 1, March 2015
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Papers in Regional Science
Volume 94, Issue 1 Pages i–ii, 1–228
ISSUE INFORMATION Article first published online: 13 MAR 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12138
EDITORIAL Two goals to reinforce our journal: Efficiency and modernization(pages 1–2) Roberta Capello Article first published online: 13 MAR 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12164
ARTICLES Impact of the global crisis on spatial disparities in Russia(pages 3–23) Konstantin Gluschenko Article first published online: 10 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12030 Markus Grillitsch, Franz Tödtling and Christoph Höglinger Article first published online: 5 AUG 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12050 Creative clustering: The location of independent inventors(pages 45–65) Paulo Guimarães, Johnathan Munn and Douglas Woodward Article first published online: 5 AUG 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12052 Interregional labour migration and real wage disparities: Evidence from Japan(pages 67–87) Keisuke Kondo and Toshihiro Okubo Article first published online: 7 JUL 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12055 Fiscal decentralization and regional disparities: The importance of good governance(pages 89–107) Andreas P. Kyriacou, Leonel Muinelo-Gallo and Oriol Roca-Sagalés Article first published online: 2 AUG 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12061 Xingjian Liu, Ben Derudder and Yaolin Liu Article first published online: 6 AUG 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12060 International relocation of production plants in MNEs: Is the enemy in our camp?(pages 127–139) Jesús F. Lampón, Javier González-Benito and José M. García-Vázquez Article first published online: 7 JUL 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12056 Paola Bertolini, Michele Lalla and Francesco Pagliacci Article first published online: 5 AUG 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12042 Exploring the urban system of von Thünen's isolated state(pages 161–175) John B. Parr Article first published online: 15 JUL 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12057 Size distributions for all cities: Which one is best?(pages 177–196) Rafael González-Val, Arturo Ramos, Fernando Sanz-Gracia and María Vera-Cabello Article first published online: 10 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12037 J. Sebastian Leguizamon and George W. Hammond Article first published online: 28 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12053 Defining and measuring urban regions: A sensitivity analysis(pages 219–226) Tina Haisch and Urs Müller Article first published online: 26 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12043
BOOK REVIEW Handbook of Regional Science. – Edited by Manfred M. Fischer and Peter Nijkamp(pages 227–228) Daniela-Luminita Constantin Article first published online: 13 MAR 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12160 |
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March 2015Only 3 weeks to go… Register for Urban and regional economics – International Conference | Katowice, 11-12/06/2015]
Dear Sir / Madam,
Following the first announcement on the 3rd International Conference on Urban and Regional Economics we highly encourage you to register for the event hosted by University of Economics in Katowice, Poland in cooperation with European Regional Science Association – Polish Section.
Submissions should focus on:
•functional urban areas and relevant policies (conference focus theme) •innovation in cities •regional specialization •interactions in regional development •land use policy for cities and regions •EU regional policy and its impact on cities and regions •urban and metropolitan governance •economic resilience of metropolitan regions and agglomerations •urban and regional regeneration •urban and regional competitiveness and entrepreneurship •urban and regional public services and infrastructure
The conference will be held in Katowice on June 11-12, 2015 and will host keynote speaker - PROF. JULIE LeGALLO from UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE-COMTÉ CRESE.
Should you know young and talented Ph.D. students, do let them know about the ERSA young researcher prize. Two best papers are to be awarded with fee waiver and travel / accommodation refund up to 200 EUR.
For further details see the attached call for papers and submit the registration form to the local organising committee.
Do not hesitate to contact us for any further assistance and feel free to distribute the information within your professional and scientific networks.
We look forward to welcoming you to Katowice in June 2015.
Yours sincerely
Local Organizing Committee
Adam Polko, Department of Spatial Economics | University of Economics in Katowice Artur Ochojski, Department of Strategic and Regional Studies | University of Economics in Katowice
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