Dear PRSCO Members and Friends,

This is a friendly reminder about the extended paper submission due for the 2023 WRSA Annual Meeting in the Big Island of Hawaii.  

This year's FINAL deadline will be November 30. Be sure to get your paper submitted before then!

Remember that the hard deadline for the Graduate Students' Paper Competition for Tiebout Prize is still October 15. If you are applying for Tiebout Paper Competition, submit your full paper by October 15.

Ready to submit? There's no reason to wait until the last minute. Simply visit the WRSA website and use the Login/Register link at the left to upload your paper and register for the meeting.

I also encourage you to make your travel arrangements early. We will be meeting at the n Hilton Waikoloa Village in the Big Island of Hawaii, where our negotiated room rate is $239 plus applicable taxes and a $15 resort fee (reduced from $45 for our group). Reservations can be made via this link or you can make a reservation by calling 808-886-1234 and asking for the Western Regional Science Association 2023 group rate. The hotel has agreed to honor our special room rate three days prior to and three days following our meetings (Feb 12th through Feb 20th), based on availability.

 
Please note: after January 13, 2023, or as soon as our room block is full, the hotel will no longer honor our special room rate! Be sure to book early!

I'm also still looking for several students to assist with meeting registration in Big Island, Hawaii. In exchange for 8-10 hours of volunteering at the registration desk, students will receive a complete rebate of their preregistration fees (worth $150, to be processed as a refund following the meeting). Contact me if you're interested.

Call for papers for RSPP Special Issue on

“Regional and urban economic modeling”

The aim of  Regional Science Policy & Practice - RSPP is to promote and diffuse the understanding of human interaction in space; based on sound, rigorous and up-to-date methodologies; and focusing on real and urgent issues for peoples and places, that require adequate policy responses.

The Covid-19 pandemic has been attracting the focus of both economists and policy makers in the last few years. This resulted in a huge number of papers related to different aspects of Covid-19 and its socio-economic impacts. Yet, recent months have brought new challenges that may influence local and regional economies. The Russian aggression in Ukraine not only led to energy and food crisis worldwide but also caused a significant increase in prices. This in turn may result in global economic slowdown that is likely to increase existing regional inequalities. 

This call aims to mobilize publications that model the state of local and regional inequalities, analyse regional development strategies and possible policy responses to the challenges that are likely to appear in the next few years. We kindly invite contribution on topics related (but not limited) to:

• The impact of Covid19 on regional economic growth and development
• Spatial inequalities
• Infrastructure, transport flows and networks among regions
• Regional Input-Output (IO) and Computable General Equilibrium models (CGE)
• Tourism and regional development
• Migration and regional labor markets
• Innovation policies
• Spatial externalities and their role in regional development
• Competition and cooperation at local and regional level

We welcome original, unpublished papers that address the above questions, or any other research questions not mentioned, as they relate to the regional and urban economic modelling. We look forward to papers from all parts of the world.

Submission Guidelines: Interested Authors should submit their paper to the Special Issue “Regional and urban economic modeling” until February 28, 2023 to https://rsaiconnect.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17577802. Early submissions are encouraged and will be processed immediately. Papers will undergo the normal refereeing process. The papers will be publish once accepted and compiled when there are enough papers to be compiled in a special issue.

Bartlomiej Rokicki This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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ISSUE INFORMATION

Free Access

Issue Information

Pages: 1049-1050 | First Published: 11 October 2022

FULL ARTICLES

Open Access

Better together: Untapped potentials in Central Europe

Andrea Caragliu

Pages: 1051-1085 | First Published: 06 July 2022

The impact of preemptive investment on natural disasters

Jhorland Ayala-García, Sandy Dall'Erba

Pages: 1087-1103 | First Published: 23 August 2022

Open Access

Direct and indirect effects of universities on European regional productivity

Emanuela Marrocu, Raffaele Paci, Stefano Usai

Pages: 1105-1133 | First Published: 23 August 2022

Do agglomeration economies affect firms’ returns to training? Evidence based on French industrial firms

Yoann Morin, Lionel Védrine

Pages: 1135-1156 | First Published: 01 July 2022

Open Access

A matter of life and death? Knowledge intensity of FDI activities and domestic enterprise

Piers Thompson, Wenyu Zang

Pages: 1157-1179 | First Published: 22 August 2022

An amenity‐based approach to excellent returning scientists' location choice in China

Jinliao He, Yanjiao Song, Xianjin Huang, Jingxia Lin

Pages: 1181-1197 | First Published: 25 July 2022

Locating a facility to simultaneously address access and coverage goals

Jiwon Baik, Alan T. Murray

Pages: 1199-1217 | First Published: 16 July 2022

Open Access

A new proposal to model regional input–output structures using location quotients. An application to Korean and Spanish regions

José Daniel Buendía Azorín, Rubén Martínez Alpañez, Maria del Mar Sánchez de la Vega

Pages: 1219-1237 | First Published: 12 July 2022

BOOK REVIEWS

The work of the future. Building better jobs in an age of intelligent machines. David Autor, David Mindell and Elisabeth Reynolds. The MIT Press, 2021. 178 pages, 29.95 US $ ISBN: 9780262046367

Camilla Lenzi

Pages: 1239-1240 | First Published: 11 July 2022

Industry 4.0 and regional transformations, By Lisa De Propris and David Bailey, Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2020, 257 pp. ISBN: 978‐ 0‐ 367‐17841‐3 (hbk) ‐ ISBN: 978‐0‐429‐05798‐4 (ebk)

Roberto Antonietti

Pages: 1241-1242 | First Published: 10 August 2022

Faculty Position at Illinois Tech Department of Social Sciences

Position Description:
The Department of Social Sciences at the Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) seeks a full-time Assistant Teaching Professor. Teaching responsibilities will include undergraduate courses in social science, both for majors and non-majors. We are particularly interested in candidates who can teach in environmental studies, science and technology policy, and computational social science. The initial appointment for this non-tenure position will be for 3 (renewable years), pending successful completion of a one-year probationary period. Renewal is possible assuming continued need and mutual concurrence, and sustained excellence in this role may allow for promotion to Associate and Full Teaching Professor.

We are looking for individuals whose courses and teaching methods feature policy-relevant methods and knowledge, facilitate community engagement (Illinois Tech prides itself on project-based education), and teach our students to understand and work in diverse human, natural, and built environments. There are many opportunities to pedagogically work directly with Chicago area communities, including the Bronzeville neighborhood where the Illinois Tech campus is located.

The successful candidate will join a collegial interdisciplinary social science department in one of the country’s leading technological institutes. Currently the Department of Social Sciences offers three interdisciplinary Bachelor of Science degrees: Social and Economic Development Policy, with urban and international concentrations; Science, Technology and Society; and Global Studies. We also serve the general education needs of students in other departments and majors, emphasizing the social, political, and economic interests of the communities that they will serve during their professional careers. Some examples of courses that are regularly taught are Fieldwork Methods; Politics and Public Policy; Comparative Public Policy; Technology and Social Change; and State and Local Government.

Illinois Tech is a private Ph.D.-granting research university with world-renowned programs in engineering, architecture, the sciences, humanities and social sciences, psychology, business, law, and design. Founded in 1890, Illinois Tech was built on the promise to provide access to higher education for students from all different backgrounds and to make a difference in the world through technology-oriented education. This guiding mission and purpose – where students, including those underrepresented in technology, could prepare for meaningful roles in a changing industrial society and achieve professional and economic advancement – remains just as relevant today. As such, diversity and inclusion are part of the day-to-day experience at Illinois Tech and a central component of its culture. Illinois Tech is home to a diverse and global student population, is committed to providing opportunities to enhance the diversity of its faculty and staff, and strongly encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply for this position, especially those underrepresented in the field.

Required qualifications:
Candidates must have a PhD or international equivalent from an accredited university in a social science field that addresses core social science topics, theories, and methods in environmental studies, science and technology policy, and computational social science.

Required information:
Applicants should submit the following:
1) A cover letter
2) Curriculum Vitae
3) A description of the candidate’s capability and interest to teach in any of our three expected and broadly conceived growth areas: environmental studies, science and technology policy, and computational social science.
4) A statement of teaching philosophy including approaches to teaching or mentoring a diverse population of students and contributing to equity, diversity and inclusion.
5) A letter including the names and contact information of three references.
6) If applicable, a list of courses taught in the social sciences.

Detailed expectations:
The selected candidate will teach 3 courses each semester (fall and spring). The selected candidate will be a full and valued member of the department, mentor and advise undergraduates, and participate in various committees and departmental initiatives, including the shaping of a new strategic plan for the department. Opportunities for summer teaching employment and potential administrative duties may also be available for qualified candidates.

Timing:
The appointment will start on January 1st, 2023; the spring semester starts on January 9th, 2023.

Submission of application:
This will be done by emailing the required documents above to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Hiring process:
Review of applications will start on Monday October 17th, 2022. Online interviews are anticipated to start in mid November. A decision is anticipated in early December.

Contact information:
For additional information or questions, please contact the chair of the search committee, Ullica Segerstrale at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Illinois Institute of Technology is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA employer dedicated to building a community of excellence, equity, inclusion and diversity. It is committed to fostering an inclusive environment and actively seeks applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities regardless of race, color, sex, marital status, religion, national origin, disability, age, unfavorable discharge from the military, status as a protected veteran, sexual orientation including gender identity and expression, order of protection status, and/or genetic information.  All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.

Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP) Call for Papers

Special Issue on Region's role on recovery and resilience

Guest Editors

Motivation

The first two decades of the twenty-first century brought two important and distinct shocks to the world economy: the 2007–2009 Great Recession (a global economic downturn that devastated world financial markets as well as the banking and real estate industries) and the COVID-19 pandemic crisis (with effects still to be adequately understood).

Countries and regions reacted differently to these shocks because the direct shocks were initially felt differently and because the sectoral structure and the integration in the global value chains defined the propagation of distinct indirect and induced effects. As a result, diverse rhythms of recovery in distinct regions are to be expected over the coming years.

Understanding what distinguishes each region, the role of spatial heterogeneity, and how the sectoral and social structures affect the recovery and resilience of the regions is an essential avenue of research and knowledge in regional science and regional economics. This was undoubtedly the view and belief of our Portuguese colleague, Pedro Ramos, full-professor at the University of Coimbra, former director of the Portuguese Review of Regional Studies (RPER), and one of the precursors of the EU-REAL group. Sadly, he passed away in 2021, leaving behind a relevant legacy. This special issue of RSPP will cover one of the main topics addressed by Pedro throughout his long career: the integration of spatial dimension in economic modelling.

Invitation for submission

The Editors invite submissions to the special issue of Regional Science Policy & Practice titled “Region's role on recovery and resilience”. The Editors extend an invitation for submission to the colleagues who have participated in the 2022 EU-REAL meeting (Warsaw, Poland, September 2022) and/or the 9^th SHAIO Conference (Aveiro, Portugal, September 2022).

Please note that the deadline for submitting papers to https://rsaiconnect.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17577802 for the RSPP Special Issue on Region's role on recovery and resilience is February 28, 2023, with foreseen publication of accepted papers in 2023. Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you need more information.

The selection committee for the RSAI Best Dissertation award has unanimously agreed to declare the PhD thesis of I Gede Nyoman Mindra Jaya entitled ‘Bayesian Spatiotemporal Modeling and Mapping of Infectious Disease: Methodology and Application to Dengue disease in Bandung and COVID-19 in West Java, Indonesia’ as winner of the 2022 RSAI Best Dissertation Award.

This thesis has already been published in the form of four academic peer-reviewed papers in the Journal of Regional Science (2021), Geographical Analysis (2021) and the Journal of Geographical Systems (2020 and 2022).  It was also unanimously awarded the cum laude (honours) distinction (for outstanding ability to conduct independent research) by the assessment and review committee (comprising Professors P. McCann, R. Bivand, A. Anshory Yusuf,J. LeSage, M. Fischer)  as well as the Tiebout Price of the Western Regional Science Association in 2019.

The RSAI congratulates Dr. Jaya and his supervisors, Prof. L.J.G. van Wissen and Prof. H. Folmer (Groningen University).

The Department of City and Regional Planning at the UC Berkeley is seeking applications for an open rank (Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor) faculty position in Urban Land/Housing Economics with an expected start date of July 1, 2023.

The successful candidate must have the vision and drive to chart new intellectual territory, be committed to developing and/or participating in initiatives and multidisciplinary collaborations that expand the reach and impact of their research, conduct externally-funded research, contribute to the department's efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in higher education, and demonstrate a strong commitment to excellence in teaching, service and research.

To apply go https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03622.

Please see attached for further details.