Dear Colleagues,

I would like to raise your attention for a symposium on the Policy and Governance Innovation in Agricultural Landscapes, at the next IALE (International Association for Landscape Ecology) World Conference in Milano (Italy), 1st-5th July 2019. 

The symposium is entitled "Policy and governance innovation in agricultural landscapes: Recent trends and future pathways towards enhanced sustainability and  food security". A full description can be found here: http://www.iale2019.unimib.it/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2018/11/SYMP53.pdf

Conveners are José Munoz-Rojas and Teresa Pinto-Correia (ICAAM, Évora), Isabel Loupa-Ramos (IST-Lisbon), Rafael Mata Olmo (UAM-Madrid) and Lone Kristensen (U. Copenhagen)

A Special Issue will be published in either Sustainability (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability) or Land (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land)

For submission of abstracts, please go to the following website and submit by the 25th February 2019: http://www.iale2019.unimib.it/abstract-submission-form/  (and select SYMP53)

For any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me or any other co-convener directly

Looking forward to receiving your contributions

The International Congress on Sustainable Development, Public Management and Territorial Governance

WSB University, Faculty of Applied Sciences 28-31 May 2019, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland

The International Congress on Sustainable Development, Public Management and Territorial Governance is organized in cooperation:

-  WSB University,Poland

- University of Extremadura,Spain

-  Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre,Portugal

- University of Madeira,Portugal

-  FISAT. 

The congress will take place between 28 and 31 May 2019, at the Faculty of Applied Sciences, WSB University, in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland.

This event will explore the ongoing dynamic, emerging issues and future challenges regarding territorial governance and public management as well as the other fields of research that may have an influence on sustainable development.

Contextually, several themes will be addressed, namely: Public Management; Territorial Governance and Strategies; Cross-Border Cooperation and Inter-Regional Cooperation; Inter- Organizational Cooperation; Sustainable Planning; Sustainable Development; Smart Cities; Biodiversity Policies and Strategies; Accessibility and Connectivity Transport Systems; Sustainable Tourism Management; Sustainable Culture Management; Renewables Energies; Circular and Green Economy; Environmental Rights and Legislation; Migratory fluxes - Strategies, Management and Planning.

Keynote speakers:

- Elisabete A. Silva, University of Cambridge, Great Britain 

- Christophe Sohn, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, Luxembourg

- Martin Klatt, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

- Ana Vulevic, Institute of Transportation CIP, Serbia

- Hana Stverkova, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

- Fernández, Jeri, António, FISAT, Peru

Working agenda:

28thMay
Opening Ceremony & Gala Dinner (starting at 7 p.m.) 

29thMay

Plenary session, parallel sessions (from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.), trip to Katowice, social dinner at 7 p.m.) 

30thMay

Parallel sessions, poster session, workshop with scientific journals’ editors  (from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.), social dinner at 7 p.m. 

31stMay

Closing session, trip to Cracow with Gala Lunch (ending at 5 p.m.)

Early registration should be open until February 17, 2019. However, late registration will be possible as well. The registration deadline is April 30, 2019. Registration forms should be sent to the following address www.wsb.edu.pl/congress (conferenceregistration).

Registration fees:

Early Registration – 280,00 €;

Late Registration – 350,00 €;

Student (subject to confirmation) – 200,00 €.

The payment should be made by April 30, 2019.

in euro - Akademia WSB w Dabrowie Gorniczej / WSB University in Dabrowa Gornicza 

ING Bank Śląski S.A.; 40-086 KATOWICE UL.SOKOLSKA 34; Poland

IBAN / account number: PL 05 1050 1227 1000 0023 3028 9576  

code BIC (SWIFT)  INGBPLPW

in zloty -Akademia WSB w Dąbrowie Górniczej 

IBAN / account number: 64 1050 1272 1000 0008 0063 3554  

Transfer name: „Congress 2019” + the name of the participant

The participants should send the payment confirmation to the congress email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstracts and papers in English, Portuguese or Spanish should be submitted to the following e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the Congress Scientific Committee, according to the adequacy of the contents of the Congress topics. Please submit an abstract of no more than 200 words, before the 17^thof February, for prior evaluation. Posters may also be submitted – the authors should use the specific format available on the congress website. The submission process will take place between November 1, 2018, and April 30, 2019. Successful applicants will be informed on a regular basis, no later than May 5, 2019. The deadline for full papers is May 24,2019.

Congress languages: preferably English, however Polish, Portuguese and Spanish can also be used (especially during parallel sessions).

The publication of the works in a Book of Abstracts (with ISBN) is foreseen as the Congress outcome.

The best works will be invited to be published - as a book chapter - by the prestigious publisher “Thomson Reuters” (7th  worldwide position in scientific publications) – an additional  payment      of 300,00€ - the guidelines for authors could be found on the eventwebsite.

Other works will be reviewed for possible publication in Scientific Journals associated with the event:

Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050) – special issue: Sustainable Cross-Border Cooperation: Common Planning, Policies, Strategies, Methods and Activities (Editors: Joanna Kurowska-Pysz, Rui Alexandre Castanho, Luís Loures) – publication fee according to the price list

Regional Science Policy & Practice (ISSN 1757-7802) – special issue: New trends and Dynamics on Territorial Management and Governance (Editors: Rui Alexandre Castanho, Joanna Kurowska-Pysz, Katarzyna Szczepańska-Woszczyna) – publication fee according to the price list

Forum Scientiae Oeconomia (ISSN 2300-5947), an international journal published in Poland, indexed in: EBSCO, ARIANTA, BazEkon, CEEOL, ERIH Plus, Google Scholar, Index Copernicus, PBN - Polska Bibliografia Naukowa, DOAJ (accredited by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education – 7 points) - no publication fees.

Revista Monfragüe Desarrollo Resiliente (ISSN 2340-5457) - the journal focuses on scientific works regarding the approach of resilience, as a more concrete approach than the traditional concept     of "Sustainability". Thus, the journal provides an open space of reflection and rigorous debate,     for those who intend to enter the study of the resilient development - no publicationfees.

Congress participants shall cover the publishing costs and pay fees directly to the publishers after the paper has received positive reviews.

If the proposal is accepted and the participant cannot attend the event, it is possible to send the poster – still, the registration payment is required.

Accommodation costs are not included in the congress fee. Suggested accommodation:

Holiday Inn**** Dąbrowa Górnicza https://hidabrowa.pl/en/ booking - until places are empty, 15th April at latest

please contact with the hotel using e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.in the correspondence use the contact password: WSBUniversity

the prices: 229 pln single / 279 pln double

Pogoria Residence*** Dąbrowa Górnicza http://www.pogoriaresidence.pl/en/

booking - until places are empty, 15th April at latest

please contact with the hotel using its online booking system

in the correspondence use the contact password: WSBUniversity the prices: 179 pln single / 233 pln double

Suggested airports in Poland, with the best access to the congress venue: 

Katowice Airport https://www.katowice-airport.com/en/

Kraków Airport http://www.krakowairport.pl/en/

Warsaw Chopin Airport  https://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/en/index.html

Chairpersons (contact persons): 

Joanna Kurowska-Pysz, Rui Alexandre Castanho, Julian Mora Aliseda 

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

Hope to see you in Poland.

Professor of Human Geography (Regional Studies)

The University of Eastern Finland, UEF, is one of the largest multidisciplinary universities in Finland. We offer education in nearly one hundred major subjects, and are home to approximately 15,500 students and 2,500 members of staff. We operate in Joensuu and Kuopio. In international rankings, we are ranked among the leading universities in the world. 

The Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies operates on two campuses of the University of Eastern Finland – in Joensuu and Kuopio. The faculty trains experts in the fields of history, geography, economics and business administration, law, social sciences,and social and health management. The faculty's research is closely linked to the research areas identified in the university's strategy. The faculty has approximately 4,300 Bachelor’s and Master’s degree students and approximately 450 postgraduate students actively pursuing their studies. The faculty has approximately 300 staff members. www.uef.fi/yhka 
 
We are now inviting applications for 

a Professor of Human Geography (Regional Studies) position, Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, Joensuu Campus 

The focus of the professorship is regional studies in the context of human geography. A re-gion is defined as a broad concept that offers perspectives on, e.g., scales, territorialism, re-gional development and regional policy, as well as on border studies and health geography. In the framework of human geography, research should be based on strong social theoretical and spatial approaches; the application and development of various qualitative and quantitative methods, including geoinformatics, are central to this framework.

A description of the post has been  prepared for the purposes of describing the professorship/ filling the  professorship. This description of the post specifies the professor's  duties, qualification requirements and appendices to be included in the  application. The description of the post is available on the website at http://www.uef.fi/en/web/guest/uef/open-vacansies/instructions.

The position will be filled with an open-ended contract as from 1 August 2019.

The salary of the position is determined in accordance with the salary system of Finnish universities and is based on levels 8 - 11 of the job requirement level chart for teaching and research staff (€4,771.69 – 7,031.37/month). In addition to the job requirement component, the salary includes a personal performance component, which may be a maximum of 50 % of the job requirement component.

Further information:

Dean Sari Rissanen (+358 405943774 / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.); Head of the Department of Geographical and Historical Studies Minna Tanskanen (+358 503728884 /This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Further information relating to the application procedure can be obtained from Executive Head of Administration Ulla Hurskainen (+358 5125238 /This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) 

A probationary period is applied to all new members of the staff 

The electronic application is required to contain the following appendices:

1) a resume or a curriculum vitae compiled in accordance with the template for researcher’s curriculum vitae of the Finnish Advisory Board on Research Integrity (http://www.tenk.fi/en/template-researchers-curriculum-vitae) 
2) a portfolio of teaching merits (http://www.uef.fi/en/web/guest/uef/avoimet-tyopaikat/liitteet --> Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies -> Portfolio instructions) 
3) a complete list of publications compiled in accordance with the publication classification of the Ministry of Education and Culture (https://www.aka.fi/en/funding/how-to-apply/application-guidelines/guidelines-for-list-of-publications/) 
4) a plan (no more than 4 pages) of the applicant's views on how to develop the field with regard to research, education and societal interaction 
5) a. a separate, numbered and indexed list of a maximum of 10 publications with which the applicant wishes to demonstrate his or her qualifications and merits for the post; 
b. copies of the publications referred to in the list. 
6) copies of the applicant’s academic degree certificates / diplomas 
7) copies of certificates / diplomas relating to the applicant’s language proficiency, if not indicated in the academic degree certificates / diplomas. 

The application needs to be submitted no later than 20.2.2019(by 24.00 hours Finnish time)by using the electronic application form.

https://www.uef.fi/en/web/guest/uef/en-open-positions

https://rekry.saima.fi/certiahome/application_edit_welcome.html?field_id=0&job_name=Professor+of+Human+Geography+%28Regional+Studies%29&job_id=6802&jc=16&lang=en&place_id=114&did=5600

It is a pleasure to inform you that the issue nº. 50 (2019) of our journal (Portuguese Review of Regional Studies) is now available online. You can accede to it using the link:

http://www.apdr.pt/siteRPER/EN/revistaEN.html

We are very happy to invite you  to submit abstracts to the 22^nd Uddevalla Symposium 2019, June 27-29, 2019 on:

Unlocking the Potential of Regions Through Entrepreneurship and Innovation

This year hosted by the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) (School of Advanced Studies), in L’Aquila, Italy. 

Abstract Submission Deadline: January 28^th, 2019

We are proud to present 11 famous Keynote Speakers that will talk about their current research on different perspectives of the overall theme:

Please see more information in attached Call for papers and at the homepage  https://symposium.hv.se/call-for-papers/

Best wishes,

Iréne Bernhard, Chair

On behalf of the Organizing Committee

Dear Friends,

The Department of Economic Studies of the "G. d’Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy, has the pleasure to host the 16th European Union Regional Economics Applications Laboratory (EU REAL) Workshop, with a focus on "New directions in regional development and spatial inequalities". The workshop will be held in Pescara (Abruzzo), in September 3-4, 2019.

We are delighted to welcome the EU-REAL community to discuss our research and to enhance the cooperation among our institutions, in the year in which REAL celebrates 30 years of Quality Research (1989-2019).

We kindly invite contribution on topics related (but not limited to):

- Regional economic growth and development

- Regional, rural and urban policy

- Infrastructure, transport flows and networks among regions

- Input-Output (I-O) and Computable General Equilibrium models (CGEs)

- Tourism and regional development

- Migration and regional labor markets

- Regional healthcare planning and migration flows

- Quantitative methods for regional sciences

- Spatial concentration

- Spatial econometrics and statistics 

- Spatial inequalities

- Natural environment, resources and sustainable development

Abstracts should be sent in Doc or Pdf -format, with a maximum of 500 words, including author's name(s), affiliation(s), main topic and 3-5 keywords and be sent to

 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by May 15th, 2019. 

Looking forward to seeing you in Pescara.

Best,

Alfredo Cartone, Domenica Panzera, Paolo Postiglione

https://sites.google.com/view/eureal/next-event?authuser=0

Invitation of Young Researchers (PhD students)

For Participation in the Nurturing Talent Workshop

Essaouira, Morocco, February 28-March 1, 2019

I am pleased to invite you to participate in our international Workshop on “Innovation and Creativity in Regions in the Developing World”, to be held in Essaouira (Morocco) from February 28 to March 1 2019. This workshop is part of the Nurturing Talent programme of the Regional Science Association International. The aim is to stimulate young researchers to present and discuss their work and to be connected with other promising and talented researchers in a dedicated field of regional science. We expect some 5 senior scholars from outside Morocco (Peter Nijkamp, Mark Partridge, Tomaz Dentinho, Karima Kourtit and Andrea Caragliu) and other scholars from the country to guide the two-day workshop, to act as a sounding board for your research, and to introduce you to international research networks or publication outlets.

Essaouira is one of the most beautiful coastal cities in Morocco and can easily be reached easily by ground transportation in less than two hours from the city of Marrakech (which has many international connections). We will be able to cover the local costs (accommodation, food and local transportation costs) during your stay at the workshop. So, only your international travel costs have to be covered by your home institution.

I would like to add that the workshop is organized back-to-back with an international conference on “From Creativity in the City to the Creative City” which will be held from February 26 to March 1, 2019 in the same place. You are of course also cordially invited to participate (optionally) in this international conference.

If you are interested in joining the above mentioned workshop, you are requested to send an expression of interest to my e-mail address (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), accompanied by a title and short abstract (in english) of your planned presentation, before February 3, 2019. You will receive more information after acceptance by the committee of evaluation of your letter of interest and abstract. Notification of acceptances will be communicated by February 10th, 2019.

I am really looking forward to welcoming you in Essaouira soon.

Cordially yours,

Abdellatif Khattabi

Workshop organizer

Invitation of Young Researchers (PhD students)

For Participation in the Nurturing Talent Workshop

Essaouira, Morocco, February 28-March 1, 2019

I am pleased to invite you to participate in our international Workshop on “Innovation and Creativity in Regions in the Developing World”, to be held in Essaouira (Morocco) from February 28 to March 1 2019. This workshop is part of the Nurturing Talent programme of the Regional Science Association International. The aim is to stimulate young researchers to present and discuss their work and to be connected with other promising and talented researchers in a dedicated field of regional science. We expect some 5 senior scholars from outside Morocco (Peter Nijkamp, Mark Partridge, Tomaz Dentinho, Karima Kourtit and Andrea Caragliu) and other scholars from the country to guide the two-day workshop, to act as a sounding board for your research, and to introduce you to international research networks or publication outlets.

Essaouira is one of the most beautiful coastal cities in Morocco and can easily be reached easily by ground transportation in less than two hours from the city of Marrakech (which has many international connections). We will be able to cover the local costs (accommodation, food and local transportation costs) during your stay at the workshop. So, only your international travel costs have to be covered by your home institution.

I would like to add that the workshop is organized back-to-back with an international conference on “From Creativity in the City to the Creative City” which will be held from February 26 to March 1, 2019 in the same place. You are of course also cordially invited to participate (optionally) in this international conference.

If you are interested in joining the above mentioned workshop, you are requested to send an expression of interest to my e-mail address (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), accompanied by a title and short abstract (in english) of your planned presentation, before February 3, 2019. You will receive more information after acceptance by the committee of evaluation of your letter of interest and abstract. Notification of acceptances will be communicated by February 10th, 2019.

I am really looking forward to welcoming you in Essaouira soon.

Cordially yours,

Abdellatif Khattabi

Workshop organizer

Dear NECTAR friends, 

The deadline for abstract submission to the NECTAR conference in Helsinki, June 5-7 2019, will be extended until January 31, 2019. This extension is for regular paper sessions and special sessions.  Further information and submissions can be found here:https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/towards-human-scale-cities-open-and-happy  

Moreover, I would like to let you know that 13th Aalto University Summer School on Transportation – Mobility Systems for Open and Happy Cities is open for submissions. The Summer School is organised before the conference (May 29 – June 4, 2019) at Otaniemi campus of Aalto University, Helsinki. The theme of the Summer School is Mobility Systems for Open and Happy Cities, in synergy with the 15th NECTAR conference theme, and underlying Nordic values of transparency and citizen well-being. The activities will include lectures, site visit and envisioning workshops, all focused on various aspects of planning and policy, including technological trends and variety of quantitative and qualitative methods. The lecturers will include NECTAR cluster chairs and other renowned experts. The summer school will involve a close collaboration with planners from the City of Helsinki. Graduate students (MSc and PhD) are eligible for 3 ECTS from the Summer School. 

Registration is due May 15. Spaces are limited and assigned in order of application. Graduate students and post-docs who are NECTAR members can get a scholarship covering their fee. In the online registration form, under Additional information field, the applicant needs to write “NECTAR Member” to be considered for scholarship. In the application you also need to by provide your CV.

Further info:   https://www.aalto.fi/events/aalto-university-summer-school-on-transportation

I hope to see you in Helsinki!

Karst Geurs, NECTAR chair

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https://www.nectar-eu.eu/

Performance of water supply services and multi-objective asset management: contribution of the cost-benefit analysis

Under the project “Gestion patrimoniale des réseaux d’eau potable pour préserver la qualité de l’eau et réduire les pertes – Renouvellement Orienté des Canalisations (ROC)” funded by the Région Nouvelle Aquitaine, the Agence de l’eau Loire-Bretagne and the Agence de l’eau Adour- Garonne, Irstea offers a renewable 12-month postdoctoral position in economics from April 1, 2019.

Drinking water networks are a high value asset with a long service life; their management must hus adopt a long-term approach and adapting to changes in their environment, mainly connected to global change and new technologies. The key challenge of this “asset management” is the annual renewal of a small portion of pipelines, in order to mitigate the effects of ageing on their performances, and to prevent the deterioration of the quality of service. It thus concerns technical, organisational (service), economic and financial (costs and benefits), environmental (resources) and societal (territorial governance, users) issues, which call for interdisciplinary answers enlisting engineering, mathematics and social sciences.

In this context, the ROC project aims to develop tools and methods allowing potable water distribution system authorities to build asset management strategies oriented towards limiting water loss and safeguarding water quality. The study sites are located in the Région Nouvelle- Aquitaine.

Today, health risks (in particular linked to the presence of Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) in PVC pipes) and the limitation of water loss are usually driving the decision regarding water pipes renewal. However, the methodological reflection remains focused on risks of service interruptions and impacts of malfunctions on the urban environment. And it is mainly based on multi-criteria decision-making. A major challenge for research thus lies in taking into account the other dimensions of the performance of water supply service, namely integrity of the network (resource protection) and water quality (among which the issue of CVM). This is especially true since, in most cases, actions undertaken to satisfy one axis of performance are sub-optimal for the others. It appears that technical sciences are able to generate new knowledge on each axis taken separately. However, their integration, which is an operational necessity, requires a more complete picture on the issue and the resort of economics. To achieve this goal, we propose to use a Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), which seems to allow taking into account the multi-objectives character of asset management.

The postdoctoral student will lead the CBA in order to compare three asset management strategies leading to the same amount of work but each focussing on one specific dimension of service performance (water quality; service continuity and protection of the urban environment, that is to say prevention against breakages; limitation of water loss), while considering the water price. More precisely, the postdoctoral student will have to:

• Convey the state of the art and best practices in the economic analysis of the performance of drinking water supply services;
• Contribute to building the research question, in link with the scientific objectives of the project;
• Define the data collection protocol, taking into account the existing literature and recent methodological developments in the area;
• Conduct the CBA and analyse the results;
• Contribute to the dissemination of those results.

Profile for the ideal candidate

• Ph.D. in economics
• Mastery of the quantitative techniques (statistics and econometrics) and of dedicated software
• Experience in fields surveys
• Familiarity with monetary valuation methods
• Interest in the issues of water management
• Autonomy
• Oral and drafting skills in French and English
• Aptitude for team work and interdisciplinarity

Practical information

• Duration of the contract: renewable 12 months. Expected starting period: May 1, 2019
• Salary: around €2,850 bruts per month (according to the EPST salary scheme)
• The position is based in Cestas, France (Irstea, UR ETBX). Travels are expected in France and abroad (associated expenses will be covered)

Conditions and application procedure

Your pre-selection application should include a CV and an up-to-two-page cover letter describing your interest in the subject and a post-doctoral research project on the basis of the information provided above. An initial selection from the applications received will be made; a hearing will then be organised.

Applications should be submitted by email to Bénédicte Rulleau (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) before 24 February 2019.