The Greek Section of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA) in collaboration with the Department of Geography of the University of Aegean organise and host the 30th ERSA Summer School between 9-15 July 2017 in  Lesvos island, Greece.

The aim of the week-long Summer School is to provide PhD students and early career researchers with an overview and hands-on practical lab experience of the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Geoinformatics in Regional Science. The programme will include lectures from distinguished scholars, PhD students and early career researchers' presentations as well as special sessions on 'how to
publish your research in international peer reviewed journals'. Thanks to the generous support of the Regional Science Association International and ERSA, the €200 registration fee for successful applicants covers the cost of accommodation, lunch and social events.

Central topic: GIS and Regional Science: Theory and Applications
Venue: Department of Geography, University of the Aegean, Lesvos Campus, Mytilene, Lesvos island, Greece

Call for Application Deadline: 10 March 2017
Places are limited. Apply now!

For more information (and to access the online online application form) please see:
https://ersa.eventsair.com/QuickEventWebsitePortal/2017-ersa-summer-school-lesvos/sms2017-site​

Keynote speaker​

Prof. Dr. Uwe Cantner

Deadline for Abstracts submissions: April 28th, 2017. Abstracts should be submitted electronically, using the platform available on the Conference website: https://events.digitalpapers.org/apdr2017/

All information at the congress website: http://www.apdr.pt/congresso/2017/

Looking forward to meeting you in Covilhã!

The Organizing Committee and the Board of APDR

24th APDR Congress

The RSAI is deeply saddened to announce the passing away on 1 March 2017 of the distinguished regional scientist, RSAI fellow, winner of the EIB-ERSA prize and former editor of PiRS, Raymond Florax. Raymond had a long and distinguished career in regional science and his research was of paramount importance to push the boundaries in the fields of spatial data analysis, spatial econometrics, spatial and environmental modelling, and meta-analysis. He was also a hugely respected member of our community. He will be sorely missed.

Our thoughts are with his wife Brigitte Waldorf, who is also an active member of the regional science community, and with the family.

http://www.feweb.vu.nl/nl/afdelingen-en-instituten/spatial-economics/in-memoriam-raymond-florax/index.aspx. 

Dear colleagues,

The form for submitting an abstract for the IALE 2017 European congress is now online at the congress website: http://www.iale-europe.eu/call-papers

You can find the call for papers in attachment.

The deadline is extended until the 15th of March 2017.

If you have any further questions or comments, you can contact the congress organisers through This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Looking forward to receiving your abstract,

On behalf of the congress organisers,

Veerle Van Eetvelde

Annelies Van Caenegem

Marc Antrop

6th Central European Conference on

„Engines of regional and urban development“

 on September 20. – September 22. 2017

in Banská Bystrica, in Slovakia.

Keynote speakers

Prof. Peter Nijkamp, Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam

Assoc. prof. John Östh, University of Uppsala, Sweden

Prof. Daniela L. Constantin, Academy of Economic Studies of Bucharest, Romania

More are coming soon!

Key topics of the conference:

Engines of development; creative and smart urban and rural development; resilience and vulnerability of cities and regions; centralization and peripheralization of regions

Important dates:

Abstract submission deadline: March 31^st 2017 on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Call for special session deadline: March 31^st 2017 on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Notification of acceptance of abstract: April 30^th 2017

Registration from: May 1^st 2017

Paper submission deadline: June 30^th 2017

The conference proceedings will be submitted to the Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI Web of Science) and other more attractive publishing opportunities will be known soon.

All the information concerning the Conference are available here: http://www.cers.umb.sk.

We are looking forward to meeting You in Banská Bystrica.

On behalf of organizing team,

Kamila Borseková, Katarína Vitálišová, Anna Vaňová

Faculty of Economics, Matej Bel University

Tajovského 10, 975 90 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

http://www.cers.umb.sk; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.​

We now welcome general submission of your own manuscripts or by your colleagues, Ph.D. students, etc., and please extend a copy of notice herein attached.

Thanks in advance for your consideration and time.

Best regards,
Yoshiro Higano
Editor-in-Chief

Dear Colleagues, 

The University of Aveiro, Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences is proud to host the 2017 AESOP PhD Workshop, from the 5th to the 8th of July, in a joint endeavour with the University of Lisbon, where the AESOP 2017 Congress will take place.

The AESOP PhD Workshop is an annual event for PhD students guided by high level academic mentors, a unique opportunity to share and discuss research ideas, findings and methodological approaches in an informal atmosphere.

This year the aggregating theme will be “Spaces of dialogue for places of dignity: challenges for planning research”, inspired on the Lisbon AESOP Congress title.

We kindly ask you to share this announcement with PhD students who might be interested in participate in this event.

NEW DEADLINE - ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: 14th March 2017

The University of Aveiro is delighted to organize for the second time the AESOP PhD workshop - after the successful edition of 1998.

More information can be found here.


With my best regards on behalf of the LOC,

Paulo Silva
(Chair of the PhD Workshop LOC)

Gran Sasso Science Institute - Urban Studies and Regional Science Area

Expression of Interest for Faculty Positions

Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) is a new Center for Advanced Studies and PhD School established in L’Aquila (Italy).   The Urban Studies and Regional Science Area of GSSI invites expressions of interest for permanent positions – at the level of Full or Associate Professor – and for tenure track positions (equivalent to Assistant Professorships) from highly qualified candidates with a background in Urban Studies and/or Regional Science. Preference will be given to candidates in the following areas: migration studies, local and regional development (also in relation to inner areas), resilience & natural disasters, policy evaluation, knowledge economy (including creativity, entrepreneurship, human and social capital, innovation), branding & tourism development, informality and normative, regulatory and institutional matters related to urban issues. Candidates must have a proven record of achievements, a clear potential to promote and lead research activities, and a specific interest in teaching at the graduate and postgraduate level to a group of particularly skilled students selected at international level.

APPLICATIONS

Applicants should submit their expression of interest in the form of: 1. Letter briefly describing the reasons for wanting to join the GSSI Faculty and for which position level they apply 2. Curriculum vitae with a complete list of publications 3. Brief research statement. Applications (and questions regarding the application process) must be submitted in electronic form to the email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

DISCLAIMER

Please note that this is not a permanent job vacancy advertisement. The expressions of interest received will contribute to the decision of the Gran Sasso Science Institute whether or not to open official calls, their number and the selection procedures.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

1- Teaching load One graduate course per year, seminar activity and tutoring of PhD students. All activities (teaching, seminars, tutoring, etc.) are in English.

2- Salary The amount of salary will be determined on a personal basis, according to the Italian Law.  Indicative figures of the gross amount for starting (minimum) salary are:

• Professor (prima fascia) € 72.431
• Associate Professor (seconda fascia) € 50.831
• Assistant Professor, tenure track (ricercatori TD – B) € 34.898 (up to € 40.540)
• Assistant Professor, no tenure track (ricercatori TD – A) € 34.898

Net income may vary case by case, after income taxes, local taxes, retirement plan, health care deduction and tax exemptions depending on the family structure. In the case of professors tenured abroad since more than three years in the corresponding level it will be possible a partial recognition of past services depending on legal constraints to be satisfied.

http://gssi.infn.it/communication/announcements/item/1751-expression-of-interest-for-faculty-positions-in-urban-studies-and-regional-science