Dear NECTAR colleagues,

NECTAR Cluster 6 (Accessibility) and Cluster 4 (Travel, Migration, Housing and Labour Markets), together with the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission are organizing a joint workshop.  The meeting will take place in Seville, Spain (1- 2 October 2020) and will be dealing with the topic of “Challenges for Transport and Accessibility Policy: New Data Sources and Mobility Options”. 

More information in the attached call for papers

Best regards,

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Ana Condeço-Melhorado

NECTAR Secretary

https://www.nectar-eu.eu/

The deadline for registration for the International Workshop/Competition Rhegion UN 2020 - 2030 has been postponed to March 31, 2020.

I attach you can find the Call for the International Workshop/Competition.

RSPP Call for Paper

Regional development in Central-Eastern Europe

Regional development of Central-Eastern Europe follows its trajectory, which results from natural, historical, political and social factors. World and European challenges are translated into local actions. Regional policy in Central-European Europe profits from already implemented solutions in other regions, as well as promotes its own policy innovations.

Goal of the special issue on “Regional development in Central-Eastern Europe” is to analyse regional development and policy in wider context. The contributions include, beyond others, policy efficiency, transformation of regions, infrastructure and mobility, living and well-being, aging and silver economy, smart cities, urban and rural development, challenges of environment and natural resources.

Interested scholars are encouraged to submit an article in the platform of Regional Science Policy and Practice until July 31, 2020. The papers will be on-line after accepted by a blind peer review process. The accepted paper will be compiled in a special issue in 2021.

Editors: Katarzyna Kopczewska kkopczewska@wne.uw.edu.pl

RSPP Call for Paper

Special Issue on Spatial Resilience and the Border Regions of Europe

One of the least exploited research directions in regional science is the investigation of spatial patterns in relation to resilience, as well as of the role that geographical positioning, respectively the interaction between space and socio-economic activities, play in fostering and enhancing resilience, especially in border regions.

Some key research questions arise as being particularly important for development policies: Are there spatial differences in the resilience outcomes, and have various regions different responses to economic shocks along with their ability to adapt to new economic circumstances, depending on the geographical positioning of a region? Are regions with external borders less resilient to economic, environmental, social or political shocks than regions without any national borders, or with borders that are internal to the EU? Is the impact of a shock on border regions different from the impact on domestic regions? Or does the impact differ on peripheral regions vs. central ones? Can cross-border cooperation reduce border effects and transform borders from a disadvantage into an opportunity? What role do physical, administrative, economic, cultural, institutional, or political barriers have on the resilience of border regions?

This special issue on Spatial Resilience and the Border Regions of Europe aims at responding to some of key challenges for border regions, collecting a set of studies on:

• The principles and effects of spatial resilience (be it cities, regions, rural areas, spatial labor markets, migration, transport systems, public facilities etc.);
• How to better connect and inter-connect the territorial dimension with the economic, social or the ecological issues of resilience in the borderline regions (both external and internal);
• The systemic vulnerability, territorial planning, growth patterns, urban development, quality of life and demographic aspects of cities in the border regions;
• The core-periphery structural differentiation or evolutionary paradigms connected with the resilience capacity;
• Border effects on resilience and the role of cross-border cooperation;
• New approaches on spatial dynamics, from the perspective of the equilibrating forces inherent in regional and urban systems.

Case studies on Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Estonia, Leetonia, Latvia, Greece, Turkey, Russia and Finland, but also on the internal “borders” of EU will be more that welcomed.

Papers should be submitted to the regular review process of the journal (https://rsaiconnect.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17577802) until March 31, 2020.

The coordinators of the Special Issue:

Gabriela Carmen PASCARIU (gcpas@uaic.ro)

Karima KOURTIT (k.kourtit@jads.nl)

Ramona TIGANASU (ramona.frunza@uaic.ro)

The Economic Studies Department of the Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF) and Universidad Panamericana (UP) invites scholars to join our conference “Spatial Aspects of Migration, Borders and Integration”.

Topics include but are not limited to, the following:

• Regional economic growth
• International and cross-border trade
• Environmental issues of border
• Cross-border Governance, cooperation and administration
• Migration, third country safe, asylum and refugees

Scholarly articles focus on policy issues in Latin America are especially encourage, but any work with related topics are welcome.

Papers can present the results of research, discuss conceptual approaches to policy implications, describe work in progress or raise issues for debate.

This workshop seeks to gather a group of researchers, academics, and students working in regional economy development topics to discuss research done in the field. It will also contribute to build a network of Latin American economists interested in regional economic development.

Special Issue

The workshop will invite those papers selected and presented at the workshop to the RSPP Special Issue on “Spatial Aspects of Migration, Borders and Integration”.

Keynote Speakers:

In addition to selected paper, presentations there will be four keynote speeches by:

Patricio Aroca      Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

Mark Partridge    The Ohio State University

Tomaz Dentinho  University of Azores

Neil Reid             University of Toledo

Costs:

There is no fee, but registration to the workshop is required by October 10, 2020.

Language:

All Workshop sessions will be held in English.

Submissions:

Prospective participants should submit a full version of the paper in English NLT September 11th, 2020 to: redmexico@up.edu.mx . Authors will be notified of the final decision by September 30, 2020.

Please feel free to make any inquiries about the event at the above email address or visit our website https://realmexico.com.mx/

Call

1st AISRe Summer School 2020 | European territorial challenges and regional policy: theories and methods

Venue  Milan (IT). Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Di.SEA.DE 

Dates 6-10 July 2020 

Objectives and themes 

The Summer School will focus on the most relevant theoretical concepts and analytical models in order to understand the implications of the recent territorial challenges in Europe. The goal of the Summer School is to teach a research method for studying complex issues, both positive and normative, with advanced theoretical and methodological tools. Within this framework, the Summer School will address the following topics: 

• Development and growth: a comparison between old and new indicators 

• Global challenges (migration and global value chain) 

• Changing territorial structure (urban regions and major cities) 

• Regional policy: instruments, modelling and assessment 

Structure of the Program 

Each topic will be developed along one day through lessons, seminars on specific topics and tutorial sessions according to the following scheme: 

9.30-12.30 a.m. lesson 

14.00-16.00 p.m. lesson/seminar/tutorial session 

16.30-18.30 Students’ presentation 

Confirmed senior scholars with high reputation on the topics of the Summer School will deliver lectures, while experts will conduct seminars and tutorial sessions. All presentations will be in English. 

Speakers: 

• Development and growth: a comparison between old and new indicators (Paolo Veneri, OECD; Camilla Lenzi, Politecnico di Milano) 

• Migrations and globalization: two challenges for territorial development (Alessandra Faggian, GSSI; Laura Resmini, Università di Milano Bicocca; Andrea Ascani, Utrecht University)) 

• Changing territorial structure (Ezio Micelli, IUAV, Venezia) 

• Regional policy: instruments, modelling and assessment (Fabio Mazzola, Universita di Palermo; Andrea Conte, EC-JRC, Sevilla; Simona Comi, Università di Milano-Bicocca; Luca Bettarelli, Università di Milano-Bicocca) 

Local Organizing Committee 

Laura Resmini, Università di Milano-Bicocca (Co-ordinator) 

Luca Bettarelli, Università di Milano-Bicocca 

Simona Comi, Università di Milano-Bicocca 

Scientific Committee 

Roberta Capello (Politecnico di Milano); Cristina Bernini (Università di Bologna); Marusca De Castris (Università degli Studi Roma Tre); Alessandra Faggian (Gran Sasso Science Institute – GSSI); Patrizia Lattarulo (IRPET); Ilaria Mariotti (Politecnico di Milano); Rosanna Nisticò (Università della Calabria); Andrea Omizzolo (EURAC); Guido Pellegrini (Università di Roma La Sapienza); Giovanni Perucca (Politecnico di Milano); Davide Piacentino (Università di Palermo); Vincenzo Provenzano (Università di Palermo); Elena Ragazzi (IRCrES - CNR); Francesca Silvia Rota (IRES Piemonte); Domenico Scalera (Università del Sannio). 

How to participate 

PhD students and early career researchers with less than 3 years of postdoctoral experience, from Italian universities and research centres can apply to this call. 

Candidates must send their CV (Europass format, maximum 5 pages) and an abstract of a research project/paper on which they are currently working (maximum 2,000 words). The selection committee will evaluate the applications on the basis of the documentation submitted. The CV and the quality of the abstract, as far as its consistency with the topics of regional and urban sciences, are the only criteria for the selection. 

Candidates have to send their application to the following email address: laura.resmini@unimib.it by March 20th 2020. In the object of the email, please specify “NAME OF THE CANDIDATE – Application to the AISRe summer school”. 

A maximum of 25 candidates will be selected for participation, and they will receive an email notification by 15th April 2020. 

There are no registration fees. Travel, meals and accommodation are at the expense of the participant. Options for accommodation at affordable prices in the university campus will be discussed after the selection of the participants, based on the number of bed places available. Once selected, participants are requested to register as individual member of the Association. Information about membership fees can be found on the Association website (https://www.aisre.it/en/association/membership-and-fees). AISRe membership also includes: 

- a subscription to Scienze Regionali (Italian Journal of Regional Science) for the following calendar year (https://www.mulino.it/riviste/issn/1720-3929); 

- the volumes of the Regional Science Series (FrancoAngeli) published during the business year; 

- the registration to the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), which includes an online subscription to the journals Papers in Regional Science and Regional Science Policy & Practice for the following calendar year; 

- the opportunity to pay a reduced fee at the annual conferences of the international associations: European Regional Science Association (ERSA) (www.ersa.org) and Regional Science Association International (RSAI) (https://regionalscience.org/). 

A certificate of attendance will be issued at the end of the school, for full participation only. 

More at: https://www.aisre.it/en/workshops/aisre-summer-schools?fbclid=IwAR28NWRI2jYmOIZft7m1HCAqNkqHjbHo3m3NAYKbwNUggCkleSNvm3QAnqY

This fully funded PhD project will use a combination of econometric and computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling techniques to look at the impact of high-tech new businesses on employment in local and regional economies.
 
This project aims at capturing and measuring the impact of new businesses generation on local and regional economies in the UK. Attracting new, particularly high productivity, businesses is a policy priority of the UK government and underpins the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy. One reason for this is that when new businesses are started in local area, new jobs are created both in the same industry and in other industries, due to the increase in demand for local goods. This is known as the local employment multiplier effect.
 
The hope of government is that by attracting new, high productivity, firms to parts of the UK which lack these sorts of jobs, that this will create spillover employment effects throughout regional and local economies. However, these positive impacts may be offset by a series of general equilibrium forces that could result for example in an overall increase in the cost of living in the area.
 
This project will combine detailed microeconometric work and multi-sectoral multi-regional CGE modelling to produce a strong evidence base on the magnitude of UK local employment multipliers. The first part of this work will involve the use of firm—level and individual level microdata to better understand and model key inputs to the assessment of local employment multipliers. The second part of this work will develop and use a multiregional CGE model of the UK to capture induced and general equilibrium effects.
 
More information can be found here:

https://www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/postgraduateresearchopportunities/businesspgropportunities/economicspgropportunities/canlocalareasgainnewjobswhennewhigh-techbusinessesareattracted/
 
The deadline to apply is: 30 April 2020
 
Supervisors: Gioele Figus, gioele.figus@strath.ac.uk and Stuart Mcintyre, s.mcintyre@strath.ac.uk