Dear colleagues,

For your information and for colleagues that investigating in the proposed areas.

There is still a few days left before the deadline for proposals submission !!!

Your proposals are welcome!

Best regards,

Conceição Rego

Please find attached the announcement of the 1st Congress of LACRSA, to take place in São Paulo, October 11-13, with pre-congress workshops starting Oct 9.

Please visit http://aber-eventos.com.br/ for information.

The 10th edition of the Spatial Econometrics Advanced Institute, The Summer School of the Spatial Econometrics Association will be held at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome (ITALY) May 15th - June 9th

(Instructors: Giuseppe Arbia, Anil Bera, Ingmar Prucha, Badi Baltagi)

Details at http://www.spatialeconometricsassociation.org/home-advanced/

Deadline for applications:  Mar, 31st, 2017

The 11th World Conference of the Spatial Econometrics Association will be held in Singapore, hosted by the School of Economics, Singapore Management University

Details at: http://www.spatialeconometricsassociation.org/

• Conference Dates: Jun 13, 2017 to Jun 15, 2017
• Deadline for paper submissions:  Feb 28, 2017
• Deadline for participant registration: Monday, May 15, 2017

• Keynote speakers: Peter Robinson (LSE), Jushan Bai (Columbia University), and Lung-Fei Lee (Ohio State University)

• Invited Speakers: Anil Bera (UIUC), Badi Baltagi (Syracuse University), and Ingmar Prucha (U. Maryland)

• Young researcher paper competition sponsored by the Spatial Econometrics Association.

• Crash introductory 2-days course on Spatial Econometrics, Singapore, June 16th and 17th (Instructors: Giuseppe Arbia, Anil Bera, Ingmar Prucha, Badi Baltagi).

CITTA 10th ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON PLANNING RESEARCH

Planning for Climate Change: Political Climate and Policy Changes

Theme of the conference

Over the last decades, climate change has evolved from an issue of interest to some natural scientists primarily, into one of the top priorities on the global policy agenda. Yet, domestic political institutions and policy-maker's normative commitments continue to play a key role in countries’ decisions to mitigate, to plan for and to adapt to the effects of climate change. Therefore, the extent to which the international political climate frames the nature of national policies for climate change is still very much on the agenda, but with new nuances and facets. The CITTA 10th Annual Conference on Planning Research tackles this timely issue by discussing the challenges that communities and governments face when it comes to planning for climate change.

 

http://citta-conference.fe.up.pt/

São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Climate Change: Scientific basis, adaptation, vulnerability and mitigation

03-15 July 2017, São Paulo, Brazil

Application deadline: 31st March 2017

Goal: To provide graduate students with advanced knowledge on climate change science and related topics: Observations and future projections; impacts; vulnerability; adaptation and mitigation; and the Paris Agreement: How to reach the 1.5ºC target, including aspects of public policy. Participants will discuss with renowned scientists important themes of the three IPCC Assessment Report 5 Working Groups, in a multidisciplinary and multicultural context. The program will include theoretical classes, work in groups, a poster session, science-policy discussions, and visits to key institutions in the State of São Paulo conducting climate change research with policy applications.

Audience: This School is for graduate students and early career scientists. Priority will be given to candidates currently enrolled in graduate programs (Masters/MSc and Doctoral/PhD courses). About 100 students, 50 from Brazil and 50 from other countries, will be selected to participate in the School. A limited number of travel grants is available.

The School is organized by the INterdisciplinary CLimate INvestigation cEnter (INCLINE) and the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), and sponsored by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), Pró Reitoria de Pesquisa/University of São Paulo (PRP/USP), IAI and Santander.

For more information, see the flyer and full announcement attached. 

Website of the School: http://inclineusp.wixsite.com/spsascc

All information concerning the School is also available at the INCLINE website at http://www.incline.iag.usp.br/data/spsascc and at the IAI website at http://www.iai.int/?p=18544

Dear Colleagues,

We have already seven submissions for the Special Session Walled Territories accepted for the ERSA Congress 2017 in Groningen. There is an extension of the Call for submission until the 28^th of February. We think this is a very important topic for the world today that deserves more deep thoughts and analysis from regional science and the authors are invited to submit their work to a special issue of Regional Science Policy and Practice.  

You have until the 28^th of February to propose an abstract https://ersa.eventsair.com/QuickEventWebsitePortal/2017-ersa-congress/official-website/ExtraContent/ContentSubPage?page=7&subPage=1 and a few months to develop the theme. The territorial illnesses of the world are nearby to be better understood. There are market and policy failures; but there are also science failures mostly when we are distracted from the reality.

Write your title, aims, methods and hypothesis in the abstract. There are loads of data to be treated and, we are sure, very effective results to be discussed, improved and publicised.

We can create a great year of 2017.

Andrea Szekely and Tomaz Dentinho

We would like to offer your attention the latest issue of our journal Regional Statistics! www.ksh.hu/terstat_eng

STUDIES

The cognitive and geographical structure of knowledge links and how they influence firms’ innovation performance – Tom Broekel – Ron Boschma

DOI: 10.15196/RS06201 http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2016/rs06201.pdf

An improved radiation model and its applicability for understanding commuting patterns
in Hungary – Levente Varga – Géza Tóth – Zoltán Néda

DOI: 10.15196/RS06202  http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2016/rs06202.pdf

Commuting patterns in Romania: Case study on Cluj County – József Benedek
– Iulia Hărănguș – Titus Man

DOI: 10.15196/RS06203 http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2016/rs06203.pdf

The Transport in Our Time-Budget – Tamás Fleischer – Melinda Tir  

DOI: 10.15196/RS06204 http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2016/rs06204.pdf

Migration settlement networks in the Carpathian Basin, 2001–2011
– Áron Kincses – Lajos Bálint

DOI: 10.15196/RS06205 http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2016/rs06205.pdf

Estimates of Net Capital Stock and Consumption of Fixed Capital for Australian States and Territories, 1990–2013 – Serguei Mikhailitchenko

DOI: 10.15196/RS06206 http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2016/rs06206.pdf

Characteristics of transit tourism in Hungary with a focus on expenditure
– Áron Kincses – Géza Tóth – Mihály Tömöri – Gábor Michalkó

DOI: 10.15196/RS06207 http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2016/rs06207.pdf

The uneven transformation of consumption spaces and the rise of new marginalities
in Hungary – Erika Nagy – Gábor Nagy – Gábor Dudás

DOI: 10.15196/RS06208 http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2016/rs06208.pdf

VISUALIZATIONS

Brand wars in cyberspace: a GIS solution – Ákos Jakobi – Hajnalka Lőcsei

DOI: 10.15196/RS06209 http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2016/rs06209.pdf

The world’s economic centre of gravity – Géza Tóth – Zoltán Nagy

DOI: 10.15196/RS06210 http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2016/rs06210.pdf

We suggest the Facebook page of the journal as well: www.facebook.com/RegionalStatistics

The authors may send full papers or extended abstracts which will first be evaluated by the Conference reviewers. Extended abstracts of 1600 to 2200 words will have the same structure as full papers: introduction, literature review, methodology, results and conclusions.

For the papers accepted in the conference there is the possibility of publication in three journals: Scientific Annals of Economics and Business, Timisoara Journal of Economics and Business and Journal of Heterodox Economics. These papers will be reviewed according to the internal review criteria.

During the conference we will benefit from the presence of Professor Alistair Anderson PhD, Editor-in-Chief of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development Journal, indexed ISI (Impact Factor 1.629). Prof. Anderson will select some of the papers presented at the conference if these are adequate to the journal.

A maximum of two papers may be submitted to the conference by every participant, as sole author or co-author.

Only original papers are accepted, on subjects related to the topics below. Although these are the proposed topics, the conference welcomes papers focusing on other topics in economics and business. However, when choosing the title, it is recommended to consider the following areas or topics:

The official language of the conference is English.

The two-day conference programme will include a plenary session, parallel sessions, coffee breaks, a conference dinner, and a guided tour of the beautiful city of Timisoara and its surroundings.

For any questions or inquiries please send us an e-mail at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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