52nd Regional Science Conference

on

Resurgence of Regions

To be held at

The Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK), Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Call for papers for the

RSPP Special Session on

Sustainable Development of Afghanistan

by

Abdul Shaban

Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and

Rohina Zaffari

University of Kabul, Kabul

Human capital, democracy, peace, economic openness, and physical resources play determining role in the development of any country or region. Afghanistan, a country with about 39 million population, is endowed with enormous natural resources. The country is located on the crucial crossroad of China, India, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Notwithstanding its geopolitical significance and the rich mineral resources, the political and social instabilities have acted as barriers to the economic development of the country. The war over the years and conservative social practices have kept Afghanistan economically deprived. It is not surprising that today’s Afghanistan is one of the least developed countries of the world. Scarce data reveal that about 38% of the population of the country lived below the poverty line in 2010, and per capita income was only US $461 in 2020. Because of war and poverty, the net migration in 2020 was -315 thousand.

Given, the difficult political history and development situation, Afghanistan requires deeper analysis of its existing situation and human practices to learn and track itself on the path of sustainable development. The major challenge before the country is how to evolve a war-torn economy into a peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable economy?

This proposed special session will attempt to understand the possibilities of development of Afghanistan in the context the regional history and current realities, with the following major subareas (though not limited to),

• From war to peace, prospects for regional development in Afghanistan
• Regional philosophy of peace and development and spatial practices
• Economic structure and potentials of growth
• Inequality, poverty, and potential for sustainable community development
• The role of trade, especially the regional trade (India, Pakistan, China, Iran, and Central Asian Countries), and investment in development,
• Urban centres, regional growth (including rural-urban), and development
• Educational Institutions, skills, and human capital
• Women and development
• Sustainable Development Goals in the Regions of Afghanistan

Submission of abstract for the special session

For the special session, we invite an abstract of 250-500 words from prospective authors highlighting the research problem, data, methods, major findings, and policy suggestions. The last date of submission of the abstract is 25 November 2021. Author(s) of papers will be communicated about the suitability of their abstracts, with suggestions if any by 23th November 2021. This Special Session will be held online on 10th December 2021

The authors presenting paper in this special session will have an opportunity to submit their paper for special issue of the Journal Regional Science Policy & Practice. For details see,

https://regionalscience.org/index.php/news/journals/item/2872-rspp-call-for-papers- special-issue-on-sustainable-development-of-afghanistan.html

The abstract can be emailed to  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with copy (cc) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Please mark in Subject Line “Abstract for RSPP Special Session”

The authors of the abstracts will be requested to register for the conference once their abstract is accepted.

https://forms.gle/DZs66yTYvDKyZYTT8 

The conference will be held in online mode.

Cornell’s Department of City and Regional Planning is hiring an Assoc. Dean for Diversity and Inclusion

https://jobs.acsp.org/job/aap-associate-dean-for-diversity-and-inclusion/58942593/

Cornell’s Department of City and Regional Planning is pleased to announce two tenure track Assistant Professor (or early stage Associate Professor) positions at Cornell.  One position is part of a Cohort hire on Social Justice and Equity, and the other position is a collaboration with humanities to address Planning in the Digital Realm.   

The  full job descriptions are found at the links below.

• Social Justice and Equity - Cohort https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/20244
• Planning and the Digital Realm - CIVIC  https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/20253

If a candidate wishes to be considered for both jobs, they must apply separately for each. Review of applications will begin on Nov 22, 2021.

Please find enclosed the call for papers to a workshop of NECTAR Cluster 4 which will be held at Université Gustave Eiffel, Marne-la-Vallée, France, March 17-18 2022. The workshop is about "Teleworking, commuting and the housing market in the post COVID19 era".

Also note that the meeting can be combined with an UERA Thematic Working Group on Accessibility that is planned the day before the event, March 16, on the quarter-hour city, also in Marne-la-Vallée.

ISSUE INFORMATION

Segregation of high-skilled workers and the productivity of cities

Public expenditure on disability (PED) in Europe: An efficiency analysis

Financial inclusion and exclusion across Mexican municipalities

Agencies, scales and times of path creation: The case of IoT in Toulouse

Proceedings

28th APDR Congress

September 2021, UTAD, Vila Real

Green and inclusive transitions in Southern European regions: What can we do better?

ISBN: 978-989-8780-09-6

Format: Online

DOWNLOAD - http://apdr.pt/data/documents/ATAScongress2021.pdf

Dear IO Community,

We would like to invite you to participate in the Call for Paper for next year's I-O Workshop. The workshop will be held from March 9-11, 2022.

The format is still uncertain at this stage. We favor a face-to-face event in Osnabrück, possibly supplemented by a hybrid format. However, a purely online event cannot be ruled out entirely at the moment. We ask for your understanding that we cannot commit ourselves here yet. 

Attached to the email is the Call for Paper in English and German. All further information can be found there.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Best regards.

Anke Mönnig

On behalf of the entire organization team

The Second Call for Papers for the ANZRSAI 2021 conference has been published on the ANZRSAI website.

The conference will be a hybrid conference, Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th December 2021.

Registered participants can join us in person at the City Campus of RMIT in Swanston Street, Melbourne, or can join us on-line through Microsoft Teams.

The Second Call for Papers can be downloaded here. The deadline for submissions is 31 October 2021.