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Dear Colleagues! 

We would like to inform you that the extended deadline for submitting abstracts for CERS 2022 Conference (VIRTUAL) is September 19^th 2022!

The European Regional Science Association – Polish, Slovak and Hungarian Sections, and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland) invite scholars, experts, and administration professionals to participate in the 8th Central European Conference in Regional Science, with the main theme "Resilience of cities and regions in an uncertain time" that will be held online on 21-23rd November 2022.   

The extended deadline for Abstract Submission is September 19, 2022. Please note that there is a limit of two presentations per participant. Abstracts should be submitted using the abstract submission portal.

You can also register to the Conference using the registration portal. Early bird registration is until September 30th.

For information on abstract submission, please visit the CERS 2022 Conference website cers.amu.edu.pl. The list of more than 20 themes, special sessions and young scientist session is available at the conference webpage.  

The conference is open to a diverse worldwide audience, including academics, experts, and policy makers. It aims to bring together research, ideas, concepts, and experiences and provide a welcoming forum for discussing research and presenting different points of view on the contemporary challenges of cities and regions.  

The themes which will be addressed focus on the challenges of meeting the development of urban and regional systems in an uncertain time. Topics such as the economic, social, and environmental challenges in urban, rural, and regional development and transition in uncertain times are essential issues that the CERS 2022 Conference will consider.  

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

On behalf of the Organizing Committee  

Dear WRSA Members and Friends,

This is a friendly reminder for the paper submission for our 62nd Annual Meeting in Big Island, Hawaii from Feb 15th to Feb 18th, 2023. For those wanting the information now, here are the key details (or you can find more about our meeting here!):

Paper Submission: Papers should be uploaded to the WRSA website by October 15, 2022, although as in past years the "deadline" will be extended until mid-November. Remember that program invitations are only issued on the basis of full papers, not abstracts or outlines. Draft papers are sufficient for the October deadline, so long as we have a complete version in hand by January 15th, 2023.

Hotel Reservations: Our meeting hotel is Hilton Waikoloa Village located in Big Island, HI, one of the most beloved meeting spots among our members. Located on the sunny, scenic Kohala Coast, the oceanfront resort offers a taste of the island life full of culture, poolside relaxation, and a chance to meet marine wildlife up close. At Hilton Waikoloa Village, you can enjoy the magic of Hawaii, an oasis dotted with lagoons, pools, water slides, and a wide variety of restaurants and bars. Our negotiated daily room rate is $239 plus applicable taxes and a $15 resort fee (reduced from $45 for our group). Compare our discounted rate to the regular daily room rate of $585 plus applicable taxes and a $45 resort fee. See the “Hotel Information” link on the WRSA website. The hotel has agreed to honor our special room rate three days prior to and three days following our meeting, based on availability. Please note: after January 13, 2023, the hotel will no longer honor our special room rate! Be sure to book early!

Tiebout Prize: Advisors and Ph.D. students alike are reminded that October 15 is the hard deadline for submissions for the 37th Annual Tiebout Prize in Regional Science. Visit the WRSA website for full details. Papers co-authored with faculty advisors are acceptable; however, the primary author must meet the Tiebout student requirements and the bulk of the substantive work and contribution of the paper must have come from the student. REQUIRED: Submitted pdfs of the paper must include a letter from the faculty advisor confirming that these requirements have been met.

Student Conference Assistants: WRSA is seeking several students to assist with meeting registration in Big Island, HI. In exchange for 10-15 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). Additionally, volunteering students will be able to benefit from a discounted daily staff room rate of $179 (with a roommate volunteer, it will be $89.50 plus tax and a daily resort fee of $7.50). All student volunteers should stay at our conference hotel, Hilton Waikoloa Village. Contact WRSA via email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), if you're interested.

Session Chairs and Paper Discussants: Planning to come to Big Island, Hawaii, and won’t be presenting a paper? We are always VERY happy to assign you a session chair role or paper discussant duties if you’re willing. Just drop us an email  (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) to let us know your preferences and availability constraints.

Feel free to contact me (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) with any questions.

All the best,

Jaewon
Program Chair, 2023 Annual Meeting
Executive Director, WRSA

The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) seeks candidates for the position of editor-in-chief of the official journal of the association, Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP), starting Jan. 1, 2023 for a three-year term.

RSPP is an international journal that publishes high quality papers in applied regional science that explore policy and practice issues in regional and local development. It welcomes papers from a range of academic disciplines and practitioners including planning, public policy, geography, economics and environmental science and related fields. Papers should address the interface between academic debates and policy development and application. RSPP provides an opportunity for academics and policy-makers to develop a dialogue to identify and explore many of the challenges facing local and regional economies.

Candidates should be RSAI members in good standing, with a wide knowledge of urban and regional phenomena as well as distinguished records of scholarly contributions internationally. Candidates should also possess strong intellectual vision, leadership and organizational abilities, and experience relevant to editing a journal in the field of regional science.

The editor’s primary responsibility is to continue to enhance the journal’s quality, reputation, and scholarship. The editor will be expected to strengthen the journal’s competitive position in support of RSAI’s worldwide mission.

The editor will recommend an international team of associate editors and a book review editor to help administer the peer review process, promote excellence in content and advance editorial initiatives.

The RSPP editor reports to the RSAI Council.

Detailed information on responsibilities and on the process for applying for the editor-in-chief position is available below.

Letters of interest must be received within October 16, 2022.

Specific duties of the Editor-in-Chief and journal editorial office include:

1. Maintaining and updating the aims and scope of the journal, editorial policies, and guidelines to authors.
2. Overseeing the manuscript peer review process through the publisher’s on-line submission portal in an unbiased, confidential, and timely manner.
3. Checking proofs and revisions to proofs.
4. Preparing and forwarding accepted manuscripts to the publisher’s production department.
5. Coordinating standards and practices across managing editors and managing the workload of each member of the editorial team.
6. Maintaining close and regular contact with the publisher on marketing and production matters.
7. Initiating and responding to correspondence with authors, managing editors, and reviewers.
8. Recruiting, selecting, and appointing RSPP board members that reflect the diversity of regional science and addressing any performance issues.
9. Soliciting special issues, selecting guest editors, and providing advice and assistance to guest editors.
10. Adhering to the page budget and financial structures set by RSAI. RSAI and the publisher are responsible for managing production, layout, printing, subscriptions, pricing and funding initiatives for society publications.
11. Appointing associate editors and a book review editor (to be approved by RSAI Council). The editorial team (editor and associate editors) will be comprised of RSAI members with high stature and respect in the community, and with the expertise to manage the breadth of regional science.
12. Serving as a non-voting ex officio member of RSAI Council and other regional science governing bodies.
13. Reporting to RSAI Council through regular reports at Council meetings.
14. Reporting to the journal editorial board through board meetings held at least once a year.

Application process:

Interested individuals should submit an application package that includes:

• A succinct letter of interest and qualifications, containing an indication of the editorial team;
• A vision statement for the next three to six years of publication of RSPP.
• A curriculum vitae;
• The names and contact information of three references.

All requested information should be submitted by e-mail as a single PDF file to the Executive Director, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., copying Elisabete Martins, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., in the e-mail.

Dear RSAI members,

By RSAI Constitution, nominations for Councilors-at-large “shall be made by the Council after solicitation of suggestions from the members of the Association”. At the end of 2022, the position on the RSAI Council held by Prof. Daniela-Luminita Constantin (Bucharest University of Economic Studies) will expire; we therefore inform that the proposals for a councilor-at-large can be sent to the address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. within September 30, 2022. Candidatures will have to include a professional CV and a photo.

The election of a councilor-at-large for the period 2023-2025 will take place electronically by RSAI members during the month of October 2022.

Best regards,

Nurturing new talent 2023

“Climate change is a long-term change in the average weather patterns that have come to define Earth’s local, regional and global climates.” (NASA, 2022,  accessed August 2nd, 2022). The consequent temperature increases, rising sea levels, ice losses, and increased frequency and severity in extreme weather events (such as hurricanes, heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, floods and land use/land cover changes) significantly affect regional economic development, resource management, urban and regional planning, and the spatial distribution of population and economic activities. It is believed that human activities, particularly fossil fuel burning, is a key driver of climate change since the mid-20th century. Therefore, carbon neutrality has been proposed as a countermeasure to climate change.

To achieve the proposed goal of carbon neutrality, it is important to understand the driving forces and regional economic implications of carbon intensity reduction. To date, transportation, energy and manufacture sectors are still the main contributors to greenhouse emissions in both China and the United States. Standard economic analysis of the externality problems applies here. More importantly, the spatially heterogeneous distributions of climates, population and socio-economic activities generate significant spatial spillover effects. The spatially correlated climate conditions, the spatially connected regional economies, and the interactions between the climate and regional economic systems raise important theoretical and empirical challenges. For instance, how will the spatial correlation and interactions affect the local climate and the consequent optimal design of regional policies?

 Any regional breakdowns of global carbon emissions will likely create evident regional disparities. There has been a surge of literature that highlights the importance of spatial agglomeration in affecting environmental performance at a different dimension. The spatial organization of economic activities plays an important role in shaping energy consumption and subsequent carbon emission. Regardless of compact development in cities or sprawled development in sub- and exurban areas, the spatial organization of population and economic activities are closely related to energy consumption either through agglomeration economies in urban areas or the lack of scale economy in sub- and exurban areas. Similarly, as firms make their location choices, the consideration of competition, economies of scale and economies of scope tend to create spatially correlated carbon emissions. Both international and regional trades further complicate the spatial distribution of carbon emissions. These challenging questions offer great opportunities for spatial economists to contribute their expertise and insights for both basic and applied policy-relevant research.
 

Within this context, the objective of this Special Issue will be on

1. how spatial economics could contribute to the regional impacts of climate change, carbon emission and policy designs for carbon neutrality, 
2. how the climate change, carbon emission and carbon neutral policies affect regional development and disparities, 
3. how spatial configuration influences energy-based demand and carbon emission, 
4. what cross-cutting insights may be gained from investigating the role of space in shaping carbon abatement.

This special issue seeks to advance our understanding of the spatial dimensions of climate change, carbon emission and the underlying mechanisms of spatial interactions.
We encourage the submission of research articles with any of the following characteristics (but not limited to): 

• Climate change, carbon emissions, carbon-neutral policies and their impacts on the regional development/disparities
• Heterogeneity in carbon emission across space
• Household/firm/industry location and greenhouse gases emission
• Compact cities and energy consumption
• Sprawled development, energy consumption and carbon emission
• Trade, transportation and carbon emission
• Urban planning and energy efficiency
• Spatial model of carbon behavior
• Climate change, urban forms and environmental performance

Special issue submission:

The submission deadline for this special issue is May 31 2023. We seek manuscripts including theoretical models of economic geography and empirical studies on driving forces of carbon emission as well as identifying the impacts of global warming on economic and social outcomes. Authors should submit complete manuscripts by the submission deadline via the Annals of Regional Science online submission system at  https://www.editorialmanager.com/arsc/default1.aspx

Guest Editors:

Yong Chen– Department of Applied Economics, Oregon State University, E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Jian Wang – SILC Business School, Shanghai University, E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Xiwei Zhu – School of Economics, Zhejiang University, E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

https://www.springer.com/journal/168/updates/23353338

ISSUE INFORMATION

Free Access

Issue Information

Pages: 769-770 | First Published: 23 August 2022

FULL ARTICLES

Open Access

The role of regions in global value chains: an analysis for the European Union

Lucía Bolea, Rosa Duarte, Geoffrey J. D. Hewings, Sofía Jiménez, Julio Sánchez-Chóliz

Pages: 771-794 | First Published: 07 April 2022

Open Access

Proposition for an additional input output multiplier metric to access the value contribution of regional cluster industries

Oluwafisayo Alabi, Karen Turner, Julia Race, Antonios Katris

Pages: 795-809 | First Published: 15 June 2022

Open Access

Regional economic effects of the Ring Road project in the Greater Tokyo Area: A spatial CGE approach

Tomoki Ishikura, Fuga Yokoyama

Pages: 811-837 | First Published: 18 April 2022

Manufacturing location patterns in Brazil

Edilberto Tiago de Almeida, Raul da Mota Silveira Neto, Roberta de Moraes Rocha

Pages: 839-873 | First Published: 11 April 2022

Open Access

Mapping regional strengths in a key enabling technology: The distribution of Internet of Things competences across European regions

Margherita Russo, Annalisa Caloffi, Ana Colovic, Pasquale Pavone, Saverio Romeo, Federica Rossi

Pages: 875-900 | First Published: 13 May 2022

Open Access

Internal migration and earnings: Do migrant entrepreneurs and migrant employees differ?

Bach Nguyen

Pages: 901-944 | First Published: 23 August 2022

Open Access

The beaten paths effect on patient inter‐regional mobility: An application to the Italian NHS

Paolo Berta, Gianmaria Martini, Daniele Spinelli, Giorgio Vittadini

Pages: 945-977 | First Published: 03 May 2022

Open Access

World City Innovation and Service Networks and Economic Growth

René Belderbos, Florence Benoit, Ben Derudder

Pages: 979-999 | First Published: 13 June 2022

Impacts of the political incentive for environmental protection on industrial land supply: Evidence from the cadre evaluation system reform in China

Fugang Gao, Huub Ploegmakers, Erwin van der Krabben, Xiaoping Shi

Pages: 1001-1025 | First Published: 16 May 2022

Master development, land appreciation, and government finance: Evidence from the Disney project in Shanghai

Xiaotong Li, Ying Li, Jinlan Ni, Jia Yuan

Pages: 1027-1046 | First Published: 08 April 2022

BOOK REVIEW

The regional economics of technological transformations: Industry 4.0 and servitisation in European regions, By Roberta Capello and Camilla Lenzi, Routledge, London. 2021. 326 pp. ISBN 978–0–36‐767,824‐1, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003132998

Lisa De Propris

Pages: 1047-1048 | First Published: 08 April 2022

Call for papers for RSPP Special Issue on

“Covid-19 and Cities: Is it merely a short-term crisis or has it changed our cities forever?”.

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.

Covid-19 started off as a small local epidemic in early 2020 but became so widespread globally that the WHO declared it as a pandemic in March 2020. Covid-19 spreads fast with increased density of people, so understandably cities have been the most affected due to the crisis everywhere. While a lot of research is ongoing on various effects of the pandemic, what is less addressed is the fact whether the effects of Covid-19 are short run or long lasting. For instance, Covid-19 led to lockdowns in many cities of the world including Mumbai, Delhi, Manila, Shanghai, Sydney. In April 2020, a Barclays report estimated that “the absolute economic loss was likely the largest from the shutdown of Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Delhi and Mumbai, ranging from $1 billion-$1.7 billion per week.”

It is not just the economy of these cities that have been adversely impacted, but also livelihood and food security for many migrants in these cities. In some cities, migrants lost their jobs and were food starved. They had no means of transport, so they walked to their hometowns. In contrast, reports are that housing became more affordable during the pandemic in the central parts of cities as it reduced the need for accessing employment there. But Covid-19 may also have led to significant suburbanization and sprawl as many working populations moved to cheaper locations while keeping their jobs in the central part of cities. There is some evidence that Covid-19 led to work from home (WFH) and work from anywhere (WFA) for the skilled labour force, but the unskilled were the ones to be the worst affected as their jobs (cooking, driving, domestic help, construction, and so on) cannot be done from home. Some research also finds that the pandemic pushed the urban poor further into poverty.

In other cities, Covid exposed the poor state of health care infrastructure there. City governments everywhere have had to battle challenges to take on additional responsibilities to cope with the pandemic—including testing, contact tracing, and monitoring. Due to the need for distancing, Covid-19 and the consequent lockdowns have also accelerated the growth of gig work, exemplified by food delivery, e-commerce, and even at-home beauty services.

This call aims to mobilize publications that analyse the effect that Covid-19 has had on various aspects of the urban economy: urban poverty, informal sector and unskilled and skilled labour force, housing, and the gig economy. Below are the questions the one-day conference proposes to answer:

1. What is the effect of Covid-19 on the urban economy and job opportunities?
2. How has Covid-19 impacted the urban workforce in general?
3. How have the marginalized and vulnerable been affected due to Covid-19?
4. Are the recoveries/deaths due to Covid-19 dependent on the robustness of healthcare infrastructure in cities?
5. What are the effects of Covid-19 on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure in cities?
6. Has the pandemic made housing more affordable in urban areas?
7. Due to Work from Home (WFH) and Work from Anywhere (WFA), has the pandemic made the urban environment more sustainable at all?
8. What are the ongoing policy responses of city governments to Covid and related challenges?
9. Are there any best practices from which city governments can learn regarding the management of future pandemics?
10. What is the effect of Covid-19 on the gig economy and on-demand labour?
11. Are these phenomena temporary or have they changed the landscape of our cities for good?

We welcome original, unpublished papers that address the above questions, or any other research questions not mentioned, as they relate to the effect of Covid-19 on cities. We look forward to papers from all parts of the world. Only very high-quality papers will be chosen to be presented at the conference. We are in advanced negotiations with an international journal to publish selected papers.

Submission Guidelines: Interested Authors should submit their paper to the Special Issue “Covid-19 and Cities” until 31 March 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.

Guest Editors