16th PRSCO Summer Institute 

July 25-26, 2019, Bangkok, Thailand 

http://www.th-rsai.org/prsco-2019/

Deadline for Abstract Submission: Extended to 31 March 2019

Description:

The objective of the course is to provide a (not so short) introduction to spatial econometrics. Students will learn how to model and incorporate spatial dependencies into their empirical analyses. The course will cover basic as well as more advanced concepts ranging from the different typologies of spatial data, through the definition of connectivity in space (spatial weights matrices), to a comprehensive treatment of various spatial econometric models, both cross-sectional as well as panel. Estimation methods presented will include MLE (maximum likelihood), GMM (generalized method of moments), GLS (generalized least squares), and GS2SLS (generalized spatial two-stage least squares). The latter part of the course will deal with special topics such as panel data models and various testing procedures.

Instructor:

Gianfranco Piras, Associate Professor of Economics, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

Organization:

The course is organized into a format that includes morning (theoretical) lectures and afternoon computing lab and applications sessions.

Material:

Suggested readings include:
Kelejian H.H. and Piras G. (2017) “Spatial Econometrics, 1st Edition”, Academic Press.
Additional readings will be provided during the course.

Applications:

Applications Period Opens: January 8, 2019
Extended Application Deadline: April 23, 2019
Acceptance Notification: Two days after application is received.
Confirm Participation by April 27, 2019

Important Dates:

Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae and a brief statement of interest to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Applicants will be screened for suitable levels of prearation and background, and placed into the course on a first-come, first-served basis.

Fees: (Fees may change)

Course fees are $1,500. Fees cover course tuition, lunches and course material. Submitted fees will be non-refundable. Accommodation and other living expenses are not included. A block of rooms will be reserved at nearby hotels at a discounted rate.

Location:

The course will be hosted by West Virginia University’s Regional Research Institute located at 886 Chestnut Ridge Road, Morgan, WV, United States 26506.

http://rri.wvu.edu/2018-summer-course-in-spatial-econometrics/

10th Seminar Jean Paelinck

http://dae.unizar.es/10thseminarjp

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we are pleased to invite you to Zaragoza (Spain) to the 10th edition of the Seminar of Spatial Econometrics in honor of Professor Jean Paelinck. The Seminar will be held in October 24-25, 2019.

The conference aims to provide a forum for debate between young and senior researchers and it is open to both theoretical and applied papers, which deal explicitly with questions of spatial statistics and econometrics. Welcomed contributions are related with the topic of the seminar: Spatial Big Data. Contributions dealing with other topics are also welcomed.

A workshop on Web scraping with R will be held for participants in the seminar.

PHD STUDENTS

To encourage the participation of young researchers, the GAEC group offers 2 grants for PhD students, which include free registration and accommodation. A selection process will be carried out to select the best two papers among applicants.

Paper submission for Ph.D. Students: July 25, 2019

CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Dr. Giuseppe Arbia. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Dr. Javier Gutiérrez. Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Dr. Javier J. Pérez. Bank of Spain

Important dates

Abstract submission: July 25, 2019

Full paper submission: September 8, 2019

Notification of acceptance: September 22, 2019

Registration: October 13, 2019

You are invited to submit your paper or abstract to the following email address:

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

More information concerning the workshop is available at:

http://dae.unizar.es/10thseminarjp

Call for Abstracts

It is our pleasure to announce the 26th APDR Congress, to be held at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, from July 4 to July 5, 2019.

Theme of the Conference:

Evidence-based territorial policymaking: formulation, implementation and evaluation of policy

Keynote Speakers

 The call for abstracts are open and your participation is very welcome!

Deadline for Abstracts submissions: April 16, 2019. Abstracts should be submitted electronically, using the platform available on the Conference website: https://events.digitalpapers.org/apdr2019  

All information at the congress website: http://www.apdr.pt/congresso/2019  

Looking forward to meeting you in Aveiro!

The Organizing Committee and the Board of APDR

26th APDR Congress

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to bring your attention to the following Special Session which we are organizing on: ”Serious Games and Urban Studies”, on behalf  of the 59th congress of the European Regional Science Association (27 - 30 August 2019, Lyon, France).

Convenor(s): Arnaud Banos (Géographie-cités), Jean Debrie (Géographie-cités), Mathieu Gardrat (LAET), Olivier Klein (LAET), Nathalie Molines (AVENUES-GSU)

See more details on congress themes here : Congress Themes

Submission portal Sign In : Submission portal Sign

Important dates: Deadline for submission of abstracts (and) papers : Extended deadline to March 15th, 23.59, GMT+1

Serious  games  have  been  used  for  many  years  in  education  and  training,  and now have an increasing  role  in  our  society.  The  vast  potentials  of  this  medium  are  now  taking  shape for various audiences, situations and subjects: healthcare, environment, communication, politics, corporate,  defense,  etc. Cities also  appear  to  be  an  ideal  playground  for  serious  games. Gamification  allows  rendering  the  complexity  of  the urban  system  into understandable  and playable  processes  for  a  wide public.  This  gamification  however  raises  many  questions concerning  its  role  for  research and  the  knowledge  of  the  urban  system, as  well  as  for practitioners, such as:

• Data collection and analysis : methods to improve knowledge with games (behaviours, interactions)
• Prospective and scenario calibration: how actual urban stakeholders can help defining scenarios through games?
• Simulation: how  games  allow  modelling(stakeholders’ interactions, land use and transport interactions...)and produce exploitable results?
• Education, training and awareness: helping outreach and dissemination of researches
• Consultation and mediation on specific subjects.

Other uses  might  of  course  be  of  use to  researchers.  The process  of  gamification  itself  also questions the adaptation of theories into practices and their validity. The goal of this session is therefore to discuss the experiences, uses and potentials of city-themed serious games in the field of academic research.

For additional information please contact:; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Best regards,

Arnaud, Jean, Mathieu, Nathalie and Olivier

The Conference on the topic “Institutions, Governance and Regional Development” will be organized by Caucasus Association of Regional Science and will take place in Yerevan, Armenia, from 5th to 6th of September 2019, at the Yeravan State University.

This Conference aims at providing a scientific platform for academics and young researchers interested in spatial economics and planning, regional and local development and related issues. That creates unique opportunity of networking and exchanging ideas on ongoing research in the field.

Deadline for the application is 31th July 2019.

More information at: https://rsai64.wixsite.com/yerevan2019

The Conference on the topic “Institutions, Governance and Regional Development” will be organized by Caucasus Association of Regional Science and will take place in Yerevan, Armenia, from 5th to 6th of September 2019, at the Yeravan State University.

This Conference aims at providing a scientific platform for academics and young researchers interested in spatial economics and planning, regional and local development and related issues. That creates unique opportunity of networking and exchanging ideas on ongoing research in the field.

Deadline for the application is 31th July 2019.

More information at: https://rsai64.wixsite.com/yerevan2019

Dear colleagues,

The abstract submission for the XLV Meeting of Regional Science and the VI Valencian Conference of Regional Science, which are organised by the Spanish and Valencian Associations of Regional Science, is open. The Conference will be held at University Jaume I (Castelló), from 20^th to 22^nd of November, 2019, with the organizative support of the Interuniversity Institute of Local Development.

The motto for the Conference is “Tackling with societal, technological and climate changes in peripheral territories”. The sessions of the Conference will include a wide range of topics, which will be grouped in 20 subject areas and special sessions. We are pleased to announce that the Professor Raquel Ortega Argilés (University of Birmingham) and the Professor Jérôme Vicente (Université de Toulouse) will join the Conference as keynote speaker.

Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words and uploaded to the members’ area before May 15^th of 2019 using the attached template. As well as the previous years, you will be able to submit the results of an ongoing research even if it is not a complete paper yet. The Scientific Committee will consider the acceptance of this kind of work through the submission of a long abstract, which should have a minimum extension of 1,500 words. The template of abstract and further information about the Conference are attached.

Unpublished papers written by researchers of an age under 33 years and presented at the parallel sessions are eligible for the Juan Ramón Cuadrado Young Researchers’ Prize. The jury that will grant the Prize is the Scientific Committee of the Conferences. The authors of the paper awarded with the prize will receive an accreditation for the award and a gift.

PhD students in the first stages of their dissertations and master degree students with a research orientation will enjoy reduced registration fees that will let them access to the parallel sessions of the Conference, and participate in the special session for young researchers also. There, they will present briefly their research ideas, preferably through posters.

We are looking forward to your participation and we hope to have the opportunity to welcome you at Castelló.

Greetings,

The Local Organizing Committee

Congress Information

European International Conference on Transforming Urban Systems (EICTUS-2019)
26 – 28 June 2019
Université de Strasbourg, France

https://eictus-2019.sciencesconf.org/


CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – Submission deadline 15 March 2019

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the “Zone Atelier Environnementale Urbaine (ZAEU)” Université de Strasbourg - France, we are highly delighted to invite you to submit your abstract and participate in the European International Conference on Transforming Urban Systems (EICTUS-2019), which will be held from  26 – 28 June 2019 at Université de Strasbourg, France.

Major conference themes are as under:
•       Sustainable cities
•       Urban metabolism and sustainability
•       Urban ecology and eco-services
•       Urban land-use, development and planning
•       Urban climate, risks, resilience, vulnerabilities and adaptation
•       Energy resources, sustainable urban energy productions and supplies
•       Urban mobility, sustainable and innovative urban transport systems
•       Urban pollutions (air, water, soil) and reduction strategies
•       Urban risks, remediation and protection strategies
•       Urban economy and cost-effectiveness strategies
•       Other inter-disciplinary topics related to urban transition

Abstract submission: You are warmly invited to submit a 300 to 500 words summary of your work on or before 15 March 2019.

For further details, please visit the website of the conference: https://eictus-2019.sciencesconf.org/

We warmly invite you in the incredibly diverse city of Strasbourg for a stimulating and enjoyable EICTUS-2019 to share the knowledge and to learn and develop the network for future research.


With best regards from France,

Dr.  Nadège BLOND
Conference Chair

Dr. Sandrine GLATRON
Directrice ZAEU

Dr. Sajjad Hussain SAJJAD
Organizing Chair

Dear Members of the Regional Science Association International,

Following the Constitution of our Association, in 2019 RSAI is expected to elect its President Elect, due to succeed to Mark Partridge from 2021. According to By-Law 5.a:

“The RSAI President shall be elected by the Council for a two-year term and confirmed by a vote of the entire active membership of the Association. To canvass suitable candidates for nomination, the Council establishes a “Nomination Committee” comprising the RSAI President, the RSAI Immediate Past-President, three members of the RSAI Council (one each from among the council members who are appointees of the three superregional organizations), and two members of the Long Range Planning Committee (LRPC) recommended by the LRPC itself”.

The Nomination Committee has been nominated at the RSAI Council meeting in San Antonio, and is composed by Mark Partridge (Chair), Budy Resosudarmo, Neil Reid, Rachel Franklin, André Torre, Eduardo Haddad, Geoffrey Hewings, and Kingsley Haines. The committee proposed the Executive Director to launch this Call for Nominations of Candidates for the Election by the RSAI Council of the President of the Regional Science Association International 2021-2022.

RSAI members from LARSA who wish to propose their candidature for the Presidency of the Regional Science Association International may submit their proposal to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. within May, 15^th 2019. Candidatures should contain the following documents:

• A two-page CV and a Picture;
• A two-page statement on the motivations for applying as RSAI President and a discussion of the plans for the future strategy for the RSAI.

The Nomination Committee will then nominate the candidates to be voted on-line by the Members of the Council. Results will be diffused through RSAI News and on the RSAI webpage.

Best regards,