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Professor Dr. Karin Peschel, long standing director of the Institute for Regional Research at Kiel Univer-sity, passed away on 19 June 2020. She was aged 84. In the 1960s, Karin Peschel played an active role in the foundation of the “Gesellschaft für Regionalforschung”, the German Speaking Section of the Regional Science Association International, in which she remained active for over 50 years.

Born in Leipzig, Karin Peschel studied Economics at the University of Braunschweig. In 1963, she earned her Economics doctorate at the University of Münster. Her doctoral dissertation, conducted under the supervision of Andreas Predöhl, concerned itself with the market-based organisation of the transport sector. Having completed her doctoral studies, she decided to pursue an academic career in Econom-ics, an unusual step for a woman in the 1960s. She habilitated in 1970 under the supervision of Rolf Funck in Karlsruhe. In 1971, she was successful in securing a professorship at the Institute of Theoret-ical Economics at Kiel University. In 1973, she replaced Reimut Jochimsen, assuming the leadership of the Institute for Regional Research.

At the institute, Karin Peschel initiated a research programme, which focussed on the spatial effects and structures of integration processes and international trade, respectively. One of the Institute’s prominent areas of research concerned the European integration of the Scandinavian economies. In the course of these research activities, she forged research ties with many academics and practitioners in Scandinavia, her research network later widening to encompass the entire Baltic Sea Region. The wealth of joint publications and conferences testify to these very productive collaborations.

Karin Peschel was also a much sought-after advisor on matters relating to regional, structural and in-novation policy. She was active in numerous committees at the federal level. However, her home state of Schleswig-Holstein remained close to her heart, a commitment testified by her tireless and devoted efforts towards promoting economic prosperity in the region.

From 1992 to 1996, Karin Peschel occupied the position of Rector at Kiel University. It should be remembered, she was the first woman to hold this office since the university’s foundation. Additionally,
she remained one of the very few women ever appointed to this position. She made history as Rector when, in 1993, she annulled the politically motivated revocations of doctoral degrees by the National
Socialist regime. In so doing, she helped to make amends for an injustice that had lasted for over 50 years.

Karin's hobby was riding, but her passion remained the mountains, despite relocating to the Baltic lowlands. In her youth, she climbed and explored the Alps with a friend. Later, she was to discover her
love for the mountainous landscape of Norway, a passion she could indulge through her many Scandinavian connections.

The Institute for Environmental, Resource and Spatial Economics mourns the loss of a dedicated scientist, a revered teacher and a beloved colleague.

RETHINKING CLUSTERS

3RD INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CLUSTER RESEARCH (online)

VALENCIA, SPAIN, NOVEMBER, 24th-25th, 2020

We are happy to announce the online RETHINKING CLUSTERS 2020 Conference for November, 24th-25th, 2020.

Due to Covid restrictions, the Conference migrates to an online version, to keep conversation among scholars alive!!

- The deadline for paper submission has been extended up to September, 1st, 2020.

- Remember to provide at least three key words when submitting, indicating the Track you prefer.

Please, see the new Call for Papers and visit: 

https://www.rethinkingclusters.org/

Those of you that already submitted, not necessarily submitting again. 

Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver and Rafael Boix, on behalf of the 3rd (online)  Rethinking Clusters Workshop Organizing Committee.

Prof. Geoffrey Hewings, Emeritus Director of REAL, has been awarded the 2020 Founder’s medal!

The proposal, made by the committee Mark Partridge (President); Lily Kiminami (PRSCO); Andrés Rodrigues-Pose and Philip McCann (ERSA); and Dan McMillen (NARSC), was approved as suggested by the award rules by the previous winners of the same award. The RSAI Council thanks all members of both groups for their professional service and dedication.

This award comes as no surprise, given Geoffrey’s outstanding career in Regional Science.

Prof. Hewings was the founding Director of REAL and served in this position until August 2016. He obtained a B.A. from the University of Birmingham (UK) and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington (Seattle). Prior to coming to Illinois in 1974, he was on the faculty of the University of Kent at Canterbury (UK) and the University of Toronto (Canada).

He is also a recipient of the Fulbright and the Woodrow Wilson awards and, in 2003, he has also been nominated Fellow of the Regional Science Association International. He is also Fellow of the International Input-Output Association (since 2010) and the Western Regional Science Association (also since 2010). Geoffrey has also served as President of the North American Regional Science Council, the Regional Science Association International, the Western Regional Science Association and the International Input-Output Association.

The RSAI congratulates Geoffrey on this outstanding achievement!

Papers in Regional Science’s 2-year and 5-year Impact Factors each increased in 2019. Additionally, the journal’s rankings in Geography and Economics improved, and its rank in Regional & Urban Planning remained the same.  

The North American Regional Science Council is pleased to announce its 2020 Summer Speakers Series. Registration is free, but you must register for each presentation separately. The line-up of speakers and their presentation titles can be found below. For more detailed information, including presentation abstracts and presenter bios, please go to http://www.narsc.org/newsite/narsc-summer-speakers-series/.

SPEAKER 1

Title: Regional Science: Origins and Development – A Personal Perspective

Presenter: Luc Anselin, University of Chicago. 

Time: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 11:00am-1:00pm (EST)

Registration Link: https://uiowa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gtEBGbCGRPK518_Qs3gNxQ
 

SPEAKER 2

Title: Anticipating a World of Automated Vehicles: Cost, Energy, & Urban System Implications

Presenter: Kara Kockelman, University of Texas at Austin.

Time: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 11:00am-1:00pm (EST)

Registration Link: https://uiowa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mseS0EtnQZaIRZNaOvetMA

 

SPEAKER 3

Title: COVID-19 and Implosion of Regional Economies

Presenter: Mark Partridge, Ohio State University.

Time: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 11:00am-1:00pm (EST)

Registration Link: https://uiowa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6UG3FrJ3Rgmx8bVO57f6_A

Dear colleagues

The Annual Congress of the Portuguese Association for Regional Development (http://www.apdr.pt/congresso/2020) will be face to face and online, in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.

Because there are urgent topics that need to be analyzed scientifically, we would like to extend participation to all regional scientists in the world who can communicate in these languages.

To make this more feasible, we postponed the abstract submission deadline to 3 July and reduced the cost of participation for participants from low- and middle-income countries.

Papers can easily be submitted to the Portuguese Journal of Regional Studies and the Regional Science Policy and Practice, in addition to being part of a well-structured edition of the proceedings of the Congress.

You are very much welcome to submit an abstract and present your thoughts.

The LOC

Tomaz Ponce Dentinho

Professor Emeritus Börje Johansson passed away in his home in Stockholm, Sweden, June 18, 2020, at the age of 74. Börje served as President of the European Regional Science Association 2000-2003. In 2013 he was awarded the EIB-ERSA Prize for his great contributions to regional science. From 1994 and 20 years onwards, he served as Editor for the Annals of Regional Science. He always stood out as a great beacon of regional science from the North.

Börje Johansson took his PhD in Economics at Gothenburg University 1978. 1982-1984 he was Acting Leader of the Integrated Regional & Urban Development Group (RUD) at IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria. 1985 he became Director of CERUM (Centre for Regional Science Research), University of Umeå. 1994 he was appointed Professor of Economics at JIBS (Jönköping International Business School), Jönköping, Sweden, a position that he kept until his retirement a few years ago. Börje also held positions as Professor in Economics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, and as Guest Professor in Infrastructure Economics at KTH, Stockholm, Sweden.

Börje’s research interests spanned over large areas of economics and regional science. He made important contributions to economic network theory and productivity analysis. He was an excellent teacher and fostered a new generation of PhD students wherever he was active. Börje also had an extraordinary ability to apply his theoretical knowledge to practical problems, and he had innumerable commissions for agencies and authorities at national and regional levels. He was always hard working and had an extraordinary scholarly and personal integrity combined with a terse sense of humour inherited from his family background in the coastal surroundings of Gothenburg.

Börje is mourned and missed by many colleagues and friends across the world, most of all by his children Eleanor, Eskil and Olof.

Hans Westlund                    Folke Snickars                    Charlie Karlsson

Professor                            Professor Emeritus              Professor Emeritus