REGIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
SUMMER COURSES IN SPATIAL ECONOMETRICS

July 31- August 3, 2017

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 crosssectional 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 procedure.

Instructor:
Gianfranco Piras

Organization:
The course is organized into a format that includes morning (theoretical) lectures and afternoon computing lab and applications sessions. A reading list will be provided for each of the topics covered. Additional course materials will be provided.

Applications:
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 preparation and background, and placed into the course on a first come, first served basis.

Important Dates:
Applications period opens: March 13, 2017
Extended Application Deadline: July 1, 2017
Acceptance Notification: Two days after application is received.
Confirm Participation by July 8, 2017
We will be able to admit a limited number of participants based on applications received by the deadline. Participation must be confirmed through the payment of course fees on or before July 8, 2017.

Fees:
The course fees are $3,000. Fees cover course tuition, lunches and course materials. Submitted fees will be nonrefundable. Accommodation and other living expenses are not included. A block of rooms will be reserved at nearby hotels at a discounted rate.
Additional information and a link for registration will be available soon on the RRI website at: http://secure-web.cisco.com/1nep51of25m835-Es8GuL0Znq2Te0tMdVled71gAtsmfgOVfO72iMh4mzblL2RlyfAG1co3FccV6kD3JYAh4GxRFXQIv4_nu3oLcX5IIO1gMXcHNdPxKKIx2OQ3GF7Zbo6kRNaJspkZNBqVrZxnpnmphHXZsgUd-y2whE8G7F4IwyPFWu3zhFJoWgmAXiOfMikPA1fWfq0Z1Z4UiZYGpa0wCJf41tyPhTraOX7cU_mAPN5KvEyUH1Ya0txUN7IDXDDl-7Dj09HJS13k2IqAEPzdfQOvwe4flGMBye0NGiJ23E3Z1lYJl99pROwhmcE9G4RmFMG3gGfPHnOfR9BzKbBHsvpxiYctXg8ST5FSkKJ_E_fDFzEFTfNpYkNWqN6gbb/http%3A%2F%2Frri.wvu.edu%2F.

West Virginia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.
West Virginia University is governed by the West Virginia University Board of Governors and the West Virginia Higher Education Policy
Commission. E. Gordon Gee is the 24th president of West Virginia University

The Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks a full-time, tenure-track faculty member at the rank of Assistant Professor with a teaching and research focus on the economics of agriculture in the United States. The successful candidate will conduct research and teach undergraduate and graduate courses (current teaching load is two courses per year), and serve as an advisor to graduate and undergraduate students. We seek an agricultural or applied economist with the quantitative and empirical skills needed to contribute to the Department's core missions in the economics of agriculture broadly defined. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to interact with a new college-wide data science initiative.

Please submit applications by November 26, 2018. Candidates should apply online at "Jobs at UW" (http://jobs.wisc.edu/), under job number 95879. Applications must be received through UW-Madison's online application system. As part of the online application, and in order to be considered for this position, applicants must upload a CV, statement of interest, a graduate transcript, and one to three writing samples (a minimum of one writing sample is required). Contact information for three references will be requested at the time of application. Initial interviews will be conducted at the ASSA meeting in Atlanta. Please email Prof. Paul Mitchell at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with position-related questions. 

UW-Madison is an AA/EEO employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, and status as a qualified individual with a disability.

Applicants should submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a writing sample, and the names and contact information of three professional references to http://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/76029. Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2018.

We will be in attendance at both the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) and Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) conferences this fall. If you would like to meet with us to discuss the position please contact Professor Newman (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) before October 23, for ACSP and Professor Hetling (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) before November 2, for APPAM.

If you have questions about the Bloustein School or this position please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

More details about the position can be found here - https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/76029.

The World Bank is pleased to invite abstract submissions for the 20^th Annual Conference on Land and Poverty to be held March 25 – 29, 2019 in Washington, DC. The theme is “Catalyzing Innovation”. The Conference structure and priority themes can be found on the conference website.

Please submit by October 12, 2018 your abstract for oral presentation of an individual paper, poster, or MasterClass for the learning day on March 29.

Abstract submission is possible onlyvia Conftool. Kindly consult the guidelines on how to create a new user account, submit an abstract for an individual paper and submit an abstract for a poster.

Please share this call within your networks. We are looking forward to welcome you at the conference.

Best regards,
Land Conference Organizers 

20th World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty
https://www.worldbank.org/landconference2019
https://www.conftool.com/landandpoverty2019/

12th World Congress of RSAI | May 29 - June 01, 2018 - Goa, India

Proceedings   ISBN: 978-989-54216-0-2 Pages: 1898 DOWNLOAD(49,41MB)

Dear all,

Please see below some information about the Winter Seminar of the German-speaking section (GfR) of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA). Just to add that the conference language is English.

I would like to invite you to the annual winter seminar of the German-speaking section (GfR) of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA). It will take place between the 16th and 23rd of February 2019 in Matrei in Osttirol (Austria). Abstract submissions (max. 500 words) in all sub-fields of regional science are welcome until the 15th of November 2018 via the homepage of GfR http://gfr.ersa.org/(please also state if you have restrictions regarding the day of presentation when submitting your abstract). You will receive a notification of acceptance no later than the end of November. The seminar language will be English.

The seminar has a rather unique format: sessions are only held in the afternoons and evenings, meaning that there is ample spare time for networking, paper writing, the development of new research ideas, research collaborations, and last but not least for enjoying the beautiful Alpine nature and winter sports activities in the surroundings. Time slots of one hour are reserved for each presentation, providing plenty of room for in-depth discussion. You can find the seminar programs of the previous year here: http://gfr.ersa.org/category/vergangene-veranstaltungen/winterseminar/

Participation in the seminar is free for first-time attendants and members of GfR or other regional sections of ERSA.

The seminar will take place at Hotel Gasthof Hinteregger:

Hintermarkt 4, A-9971 Matrei in Osttirol, Tel. +43 4875 6587,

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

www.hotelhinteregger.at

Rooms can be reserved at the following rates until December 15th 2018 by contacting Hotel Hinteregger directly:

Single room: 95 Euro per person per night (half board) Double room: 82 Euro per person per night (half board) Please forward the call to potentially interested persons.

Dieter Pennerstorfer

(Scientific Secretary of the GfR)

1)NARSC Conference Workshops

There will be two workshops at this year’s North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International in San Antonio, TX.

Workshop 1: CGE Economic Modeling with TERM-USA Using Customized RunGEM, facilitated by John Madden and Louise Roos of the Centre of Policy Studies (CoPS) Victoria University, Melbourne

Workshop 2: Spatial Data Analysis with PySAL, facilitated by Sergio J. Rey and Wei Kang, Center for Geospatial Sciences, School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside

Both workshops are full day events and will be held on Wednesday, November 7. The $95 registration fee includes coffee breaks and lunch. More information about the workshops can be found at http://www.narsc.org/newsite/conference/workshops-and-tutorials/. Space is limited, so please register as soon as possible. You must pre-register for these workshops. On-site registration will not be possible.

2) NARSC Conference Hotel

If you have not done so, please book your room at the conference hotel as soon as possible. If you do not plan to stay at the conference hotel, please make sure that you pay the registration surcharge. This is very important. NARSC has a contract with the conference hotel that commits us to filling a minimum number of room nights. If NARSC does not meet its room night quota, it will charged for unfilled room nights. You can book your room directly at http://www.narsc.org/newsite/conference/accommodations/.

If you are looking to save on hotel costs at the NARSC Meetings in San Antonio, we have created a roommate finder that you can use to find someone to share a room with you, at the conference hotel. The roommate finder can be found at http://www.narsc.org/newsite/conference/narsc-2017-roommate-finder/.

Call for papers for RSPP Special Issue “New trends and Dynamics on Territorial Management and Governance”

Dear Colleagues,

Based on the fresh and new trends, emerging issues and future challenges regarding territorial governance, public management and their inherent paths to achieve a sustainable development, the International Congress on Sustainable Development, Public Management and Territorial Governance that will take place at WSB University in Dabrowa Gornicza, between 28 and 31 May 2019 – will be associated to the journal Regional Science Policy and Practice, creating a challenge to publish a special issue on the journal (Regional Science Policy & Practice - RSPP).

This special issue is dedicated for the analyse and assessment of the ongoing dynamics and patterns in different territories regarding sustainability and the related issues that may have an influence over it. Therefore, the recent territorial policies and strategies as well as cross-border cooperation and the migratory fluxes are some of the examples that this special issue aims to address – mainly from the perspective of management and territorial governance.

Contextually, the best works will be invited to publish in the Special Issue. Thus, during the event abstracts submission, the authors will be notified to send their full texts until the 24^th of May 2019 to the editors of this special issue: Rui Alexandre Castanho, Joanna Kurowska-Pysz and Katarzyna Szczepańska-Woszczyna, represented by Rui Alexandre Castanho (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

The papers will be selected until 2019 and should be submitted to the regular review process of the journal until July 31 of 2019. With a regular review process, it is expected that the papers accepted will be published in the first Issue of 2020.

Editors of this Special Issue:

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

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

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