Dear Regional Science community,

I am writing you because, following the request of many of you, the deadline for submitting your abstracts and special session proposals for the RSAI World Congress in Marrakech, June 2-5, has been further extended to February 7, 2020. This will be the final deadline.

We hope this will allow many of you to finalize your work to participate in this great scientific event: 49 Countries represented so far, 7 keynote speakers, cutting-edge research on the frontier of Regional Science, and the possibility to network with colleagues from all over the world.

Looking forward to seeing many of you in Marrakech,

Kind regards,

--
Andrea Caragliu
Executive Director, Regional Science Association International
Associate Professor of Regional and Urban Economics
Politecnico di Milano
ABC Department
Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32
20133 Milan (MI)
Italy

Call for Abstracts and Special Session Proposals

The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) and the Moroccan Regional Science Association (AMSR) invite regional scientists, economists, economic geographers, urban planners, policy makers, and researchers of related disciplines to participate in the 13th World Congress of the Regional Science Association International, with the main theme "Smart Regions – Opportunities for sustainable development in the digital era". The Congress will be hosted by the Moroccan Regional Science Association.

We invite formal paper presentations and Special Session Proposals (deadline of February 7, 2020). The abstract submission portal is now open. Full information on the venue, abstract submission, registration, schedule of events, accommodation and travel information is posted at https://www.regionalscience.org/2020worldcongress

About the Focal Theme

The congress is open for the world-wide diverse audience of regional scientists including academics, policy makers and practitioners and aims to bring together the key elements of multidisciplinary regional science research and to provide a scientific platform for presenting and discussing research at the frontiers of the spatial sciences in a broad sense. The themes which will be addressed zoom in particular on the pressing challenges of meeting the 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development Goals, in both developed and developing economies. As a new challenge to regional science research is formed by the emerging digital technology and its implications for analysis, monitoring, evaluation and forecasting spatial dynamics at all levels, the theme chosen for the congress is ‘Smart Regions- Opportunities for Sustainable Development in the Digital Era’. Therefore, the potential of spatial and temporal big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence, social media information, and of the new spatial maps emerging from digitization and robotization will be addressed by the congress as well, as these forces will have far-reaching impacts on human behaviour and interaction in space. Topics such as urban-rural development, migration, spatial and resources (al)location, border effects, urbanization, sustainable cities, mobility, land use, environmental quality, disaster management, energy transition, culture, poverty, segregation, spatial modelling are important issues covered in the 2020 RSAI World Congress.

Themes of specific interest are:

RS01 - Entrepreneurship

RS02 - Infrastructure, transportation and accessibility

RS03 - Knowledge and innovation

RS04 - Local finance

RS05 - Location theory and applications

RS06 - Methods in Regional Science and Urban Economics

RS07 - Migration and regional labor markets

RS08 - Real estate and housing

RS09 - Regional and urban policy

RS10 - Regional development

RS11 - Rural development

RS12 - Spatial implications of climate and environmental change

RS13 - Spatial planning

RS14 - The spatial dimension of sustainable development

RS15 - Theoretical and empirical urban economics

RS16 - Tourism

RS17 - Globalization and territorial intelligence

RS18 - Resilience and Risk Management

RS19 - Green economy and complexity of socio-ecosystems

RS20 - Biodiversity, ecosystems and ecosystem services

RS21 - Agriculture, fisheries and food security

RS22 - Nexus: water, agriculture and energy

We look forward to welcoming you in the dazzling city of Marrakech in June 2020.

With warmest regards,

The Organizing Committee

Dear NECTAR friends,

Please find enclosed a call for papers from Cluster 3 workshop on "

Intermodality and synchromodality in the European Modular System". The event will be held in Zaragoza (Spain) during the 4th and 5th of June. Abstracts can be submitted up to March 9th.

Best wishes

--

Ana Condeço-Melhorado

NECTAR Secretary

Rhegion United Nations 2020 – 2030

NEW DEADLINE for paper submission

January 31th, 2020

Rhegion: United Nations 2020 - 2030 International Workshop/Competition

NEW DEADLINE for Registration

February 15th, 2020

Rhegion United Nations 2020-2030: Territories And Cities, Material And Immaterial Heritage, Resilience And Transformation in the Perspective of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals to Change the World  and Rhegion: United Nations 2020-2030 International Workshop/Competition, events of the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria,  intend to propose Reggio Calabria as a cultural, scientific and operational reference, on a large scale, for the subjects covered by the UN 2020 - 2030 Agenda.

They are promoted by the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Department Heritage, Architecture, Urban Planning - PAU, the International PhD Programme in Architecture of the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, with the participation of New Metropolitan Perspectives and TREnD Project, with the patronage of Ministry of the Environment and Protection of the Territory and the Sea - MATTM, National Union of Municipalities and Community of Mountain Authorities - UNCEM, Regional Science Association International - RSAI,  International Society of City and Regional Planners - ISOCARP, National Institute of Urban Planning - INU, Society of Italian Townplanners - SIU, Society of Territorialists - SdT, Italian Regional Science Association - AISRe, Legambiente, Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development - ASviS, National Council of Engineers - CNI, National Council of Architects, Planners, Landscapers, Conservationists - CNAPPC, National Institute of Bio-architecture - INBAr, Dwelling on Earth - Abitare La Terra, Research Center for the Aesthetics of Law - CRED,  European Higher Institute of Political Studies - ISESP, Research Team for Mediterranean Entrepreneurship and Startups - RETMES, Order of Architects, Planners, Landscapers, Conservationists of Reggio Calabria Province, Confindustria Reggio Calabria, Touring Club Reggio Calabria.

There are 5 thematic areas:

1. History and Nature draw the Landscape
   Chair: Heritage, Architecture and Urban Planning Department - PAU
     2.  Environmental Resources, Sustainability, Technology
   Chair: Civil Engineering, Energy, Environment and Materials Department, and Department of Information Engineering, Infrastructures and Sustainable Energy
     3.  The Forms of Sustainability
   Chair: Architecture and Territory Department
     4.  Nature Resources and Anthropic Processes
   Chair: Agricultural Department, Agriculture, Forestry, Environment, Food
     5.  Ethics, Aestetich, and Rights of Environment
   Chair: Department of Law, Economics and Human Sciences
   Each session will be managed by a department of the University, having incorporated the two Engineering departments. A further session can be created.

Rhegion is a partner of New Metropolitan Perspectives Simposium, so the Call  follows its procedure for registration, paper upload, double peer review, specifying that the paper is for “Rhegion” and making a choice of priority among the 5 thematic areas. Accepted papers will be published in Smart Innovation, System and Technologies (2190-3018) by SPRINGER. The books of this series are submitted to SCOPUS, EI-Compendex and Springerlink.

The link is http://www.nmp.unirc.it/edition-2020/

Draft Program

 The Italian Ministry of the Environment for the protection of the territory and the sea will open the Program.

For the United Nations, the keynote speaker will be Vincent Kitio, Arch, PhD. | Chief, Urban Energy Unit | Urban Basic Services Branch | United Nations Human Settlements Program, UN-Habitat, Nairobi, Kenya. He will also deal with SDG7 and SDG11 objectives as witness of Nigeria, one of the international cases.

For the United State, prof. Mark Catridge - President of the International Regional Science Association, Swank Chair in Rural-Urban Policy/Prof., AED Economics, The Ohio State University, Adjunct Professor, School of Economics, Jinan Univ. Guangzhou, China, Social Sciences Dept., Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy, Coordinating Editor Springer Briefs in Regional Science.

Witness for China is Wang Xin - Doctor, Vice Dean, Associate Professor - TONGJI Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development, (IESD), MOE Joint Lab for International Cooperation on Eco-Urban Design, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University , Shanghai.

Andrè Torre, President of the European Regional Science Association - ERSA, professor at UMR SAD-APT Agro Paristech, will discuss about the European policies.

Emeritus prof Federico Butera of the Polytechnic of Milano will participate.

Legambiente, the National Union of Municipalities and Community of Mountain Authorities, the National Institute of Urban Planning, the Society of Territorialists, the National Council of Engineers, and the National Council of Architects, Planners, Landscapers, Conservationists have already confirmed their presence and We are waiting for others as the International Society of City and Regional Planners.

The two days of Rhegion Event, May 25 -26 and the Workshop, June 1-5, will probably be included among the events of the Sustainable Development Festival promoted by ASviS - of which there is the patronage and participation - that takes place from May 20 to June 5, 2020, throughout Italy.

We are awaiting confirmation of Jeremy Rifkin. It is possible that the urban sociologist Saskia Sassen will also participate.

A few months before the Event, a phase of diffusion in the city schools of the topics covered is foreseen.

Furthermore, the recognition of CFU for students will be required and, with the involvement of professional associations, of professional ones.

Registration for the International Workshop/Competition Rhegion: United Nations 2020

The Workshop aims is an opportunity to experiment, with the design practice, the theories of recovery and redevelopment, in the territorial context of the Metropolitan Area of Reggio Calabria, and to identify guidelines for sustainable territorial governance, considering the strong environmental value, the rich historical testimonies and therefore the significant tourist potential of the area.

The link is http://www.nmp.unirc.it/edition-2020/

alternatively send the requested documents to the address indicated in the attached call.

For further information:

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

Telephone +39. 0965.1696402

Mobile 3202347796

Best regards

Stefano Aragona

Scientific Responsable for Rhegion UN 2020 - 2030

Eng., Ph.D., Researcher in Urban Planning

Master of Science in the Economy & Policy Planning

Department of Heritage, Architecture, Urban Planning

University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria

Salita Melissari

89124 Reggio Calabria - Italy

Tel. +39 0965.1696402 

Mobile 320.2347796

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We are pleased to announce the upcoming 51^st annual conference of the Regional Science Association, India. The Amity Institute of Environmental Sciences and Amity Institute of Social Sciences of Amity University, Kolkata, India is going to organize an international conference on Planning Sustainable Regions: The Social-Economic-Ecological Triad during February 13-15, 2020. Kindly find the attached final circular of the conference. 

Dear RSAI members,

I am writing you to kindly elicit your candidatures for the 2020 Hirotada Kohno award.

As you may know, this is an important prize in regional science bestowed on people who proved outstanding service to our global community. While I am reporting the rules of the award below for your covenience, it suffices to remind you that all of you can propose candidatures that need to be supported by an official letter by the President and/or Secretary and/or Executive Officer of an official body within RSAI - that is, the RSAI itself; NARSC, ERSA, PRSCO; or a Section of RSAI.

You can find additional details on the award here:

http://regionalscience.org/index.php/awards/hirotada-kohno-award.html

Lastly, I would kindly ask you to submit your candidatures within Jan. 31, 2020 at the latest. A selection committee appointed by the RSAI Council will choose the winner who will ideally be awarded at the world conrgess in Marrakech, June 2-5, 2020 (where I expect to see many of you in person).

Thank you so much in advance for your cooperation,

Kind regards,

Andrea Caragliu
Executive Director, Regional Science Association International
Associate Professor of Regional and Urban Economics
Politecnico di Milano
ABC Department
Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32
20133 Milan (MI)
Italy

3.1 In the last quarter of each calendar year, the RSAI Executive Director will contact the RSAI Council, the Councils/Boards of NARSC, ERSA and PRSCO, and the Councils/Boards of all affiliated RSAI Sections, calling for written nominations of potential candidates for the Hirotada Kohno Award for Outstanding Service to the RSAI.

3.2 A nomination of a candidate for consideration for the Award must be made in writing by the President and/or Secretary and/or Executive Officer of an official body within RSAI - that is, the RSAI itself; NARSC, ERSA, PRSCO; or a Section of RSAI.

3.3 A written nomination of a candidate for consideration for the Award must include a detailed statement of the nature of the service contribution a candidate has made to RSAI. It must explain how and why that service contribution of the nominee meets the goal of the Award. It should contain testimonials from at least three persons who have held high office and/or currently hold high office in the organization within RSAI that is making the nomination. It must be demonstrated that the long and outstanding service of the nominee extends beyond the local Section of RSAI in the case where a Section of RSAI is initiating the nomination.

3.4 Nominations for the Award are to close by the end of January the following calendar year.

We are pleased to invite you to the 11^th International Sustainability Transitions Conference (IST2020), which will take place in Vienna, Austria, from 18th to 21st August 2020. It will be co-hosted by AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Center for Innovation Systems & Policy and Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien), Institute for Law and Governance/Research Institute for Urban Management and Governance, in association with the Sustainable Transition Research Network (STRN). The main topic of the 2020 conference is “Governance in an Era of Change – Making Sustainability Transitions Happen”.

Submissions for papers and sessions are open until 31st January 2020: http://ist2020.at/call-for-submission/

We are looking forward to meeting you in summer in Vienna!

Best regards and many thanks,

Gudrun Haindlmaier on behalf of the IST2020 local organizing team

The underlying factors of (recent) regional voting patterns 

Explaining spatial patterns of voting behaviour is a very recent and rapidly growing field of research in regional science. Since the rise of more right-wing and/or protest voting, it has become apparent that these votes are not randomly spread over space. An interesting example is the spatial distribution of votes in favour of the Brexit. Most people who voted to leave the EU were located in the middle-east regions of England while the people who preferred to remain in the EU mostly lived in and around London. These voting patterns coincide with geographical patterns of education level; income level and dependence on the manufacturing sector (Becker et al., 2017). Recently, Andres Rodríguez-Pose connected this voting behaviour to a feeling of discontent that is increasing in certain regions and he labelled recent ballot outcomes across the EU as ‘The revenge of the places that don’t matter (2018).

In this special issue, the focus is on underlying factors of regional voting patterns. The territory contains many variables that can help us understand voters' voices about the single currency, migration, budgets, environment, education, health, taxes, life and peace. Can we link voting patterns to discontent, and if so, what is causing this feeling of discontent? Do voting patterns on various topics differ between regions and countries, between urban- and rural regions, and between regions that grow or are in decline? What about space-time patterns? We in particular welcome submissions that focus on causality.

Planning

• Full paper submission February 1st 2020
• Reviews February 2020
• Final paper submission May 2020

Editors: Prof. Eveline van Leeuwen (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) & Dr. Solmaria Halleck-Vega (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Urban Economics group, Wageningen University

References

Becker, S. O., Fetzer, T., & Novy, D. (2017). Who voted for Brexit? A comprehensive district-level analysis. Economic Policy, 32(92), 601-650.

Rodríguez-Pose, A. (2018). The revenge of the places that don’t matter (and what to do about it). Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 11(1), 189-209.

Are you a talented and enthusiastic Urban/regional economist/geographer, environmental economist and/or behavioral economist? Are you a team-player appreciating collaborating with a larger group of post-docs based in different social sciences groups to generate innovative and unexpected insights that will really make a difference to a better world?

The Urban Economics group at Wageningen University is looking for 2 post-doc researchers (3-year position). One focusing on ‘The role of cities in circular food systems’ (project 1) and one on ‘Consumer preferences for food choices across different dimensions: health, environmental outcomes, location of damages’ (project 8).

For more information, please contact Prof. Eveline van Leeuwen (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Submission deadline is January 19^th 2020.

https://www.wur.nl/en/article/We-are-looking-for-15-Postdocs-in-social-sciences.htm

Call for Papers and Special Session Proposals

The APDR invite regional scientists, economists, economic geographers, urban planners, policy makers, and researchers of related disciplines to participate in the 27th APDR Congress that will be held from 9 to 10 of July, 2020, at the Centro Cultural e de Congressos de Angra do Heroísmo (CCCAH) in Terceira Island, Portugal.

Beyond the various themes related to regional science this congress will focus on the emerging topic of Sustainable Management of the Sea for Sustainable Regional Development. With the enlargement of the ocean areas managed by countries it is important to know what are the aims? What the management tools are? And what the impacts are for human communities?

The call for papers and Special Session Proposals are open and your participation is very welcome!

Themes of specific interest are:

• RS01 - Sustainable Management of the Sea for Sustainable Regional Development
• RS02 - New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals
• RS03 - Circular Economy at Regional, National and International Level
• RS04 - Migration, Integration, Growth and Welfare
• RS05 - Social, Economic and Environmental spatialized impacts of tourism and sports
• RS06 - Spatial Aspects of the Green Deal
• RS07 - Climate change mitigation and adaptation
• RS08 - Spatial Allocation of Public Goods and Services
• RS09 - Regional resilience and crisis
• RS10 - Low-density regions and development
• RS11 - Big and Available Data for regional science
• RS12 - Geographic Information Systems and location modelling
• RS13 - Systemic Analysis of Transport and Communication Networks
• RS14 - Methodological approaches to Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• RS15 - Operational Models for Cities and Regions
• RS16 - Qualitative analysis of spatial interaction within space
• RS17 - Spatial econometrics
• RS18 - Ecological Economic Approaches and Methods
• RS19 - Tools to analyse, evaluate and Manage Ecosystem Services
• RS20 - Urban design and city competitiveness and sustainability

Deadline for Special Session proposals: February 29, 2020. Proposals should be sent by email to the secretariat of the Congress (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Deadline for Abstracts submissions: March 30, 2020. Authors should submit their abstracts through online submission system by following the link https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/APDR2020.

All information at the congress website: http://www.apdr.pt/congresso/2020

Looking forward to meeting you in Angra do Heroísmo!

The Organizing Committee and the Board of APDR

27th APDR Congress