Dear All,

ESEE 2015: Transformations

The 11th international conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics will take place in Leeds, UK from 30 June – 3 July 2015.

The conference topics include: post-growth economics; natural resources, ecosystem services and environmental quality; development, consumption and well-being; power, politics, institutions and the reality of achieving change; new business models and understandings of human behaviour.

Reminder: The deadline for early bird registrations is 22 March.

To register, go to http://www.esee2015.org/ and log on to the submission/registration system.

We look forward to welcoming you to Leeds in June.

Best regards,

Tim Foxon

(Chair, ESEE 2015 Organising Committee)

Dear Sir / Madam,

Following the first announcement on the 3rd International Conference on Urban and Regional Economics we highly encourage you to register for the event hosted by University of Economics in Katowice, Poland in cooperation with European Regional Science Association – Polish Section.

Submissions should focus on:

•functional urban areas and relevant policies (conference focus theme) •innovation in cities •regional specialization •interactions in regional development •land use policy for cities and regions •EU regional policy and its impact on cities and regions •urban and metropolitan governance •economic resilience of metropolitan regions and agglomerations •urban and regional regeneration •urban and regional competitiveness and entrepreneurship •urban and regional public services and infrastructure

The conference will be held in Katowice on June 11-12, 2015 and will host keynote speaker - PROF. JULIE LeGALLO from UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE-COMTÉ CRESE.

Should you know young and talented Ph.D. students, do let them know about the ERSA young researcher prize. Two best papers are to be awarded with fee waiver and travel / accommodation refund up to 200 EUR.

For further details see the attached call for papers and submit the registration form to the local organising committee.

Do not hesitate to contact us for any further assistance and feel free to distribute the information within your professional and scientific networks.

We look forward to welcoming you to Katowice in June 2015.

Yours sincerely

Local Organizing Committee

Adam Polko, Department of Spatial Economics | University of Economics in Katowice Artur Ochojski, Department of Strategic and Regional Studies | University of Economics in Katowice

Call for Papers

Conference on Urban Development in China
25-26th June, 2015
Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China

Along its fast paced economic growth in the last decades, China went through a fast urbanization process since 1977, going from a mostly rural country to an urban society. While China is not the only emerging economy that went through a fast paced urbanization process, some specificities of the Chinese context lead to unique features and challenges. Perhaps one of the best well known feature of the Chinese economy is the household registration system, hukou, which, by limiting mobility of migrants (both rural-urban and urban-urban), affects agglomeration economies and urban growth. Furthermore, the hukou system, by limiting access to public services for migrants, resulted in a segmented urban labour market, where migrants are at a disadvantage relative to local resident, leading to increased income inequality within cities. Another feature of the Chinese economy that has affected urbanization is the reliance on public investment by both public companies and local governments. This has lead to excess public investment in some cities, leading to appearance of "ghost towns", and well as a housing bubble in other places. The current investment policy has also affected the urban structure, with some excessively large cities, particularly when compared with the next level cities, leading to increasing income inequality across cities and provinces. Demographic changes, driven by the one child policy, will be one of the major challenges that China will face in sustaining economic growth and urbanization. To address these issues, the Chines Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Construction have launched projects under several smart cities projects, to make cities more efficient and competitive through the use of technology.

We would like to invite the submission of papers for the 2 day conference, to bring together Western and Chinese researchers to discuss the past of future of urban development in China. Contributions in the following areas are especially welcomed:

• Regional and Urban Growth
• Demography, Internal Migration and Urban Labour Markets
• Inter and Intra Regional Income Inequality
• Smart Cities, Innovation and Competitiveness
• Urban Housing Markets
• Transport and Infrastructure
• Regional Policies in China

Keynote Speakers:

• André Rodriguez-Pose - Professor of Economic Geography at London School of Economics; President of the Regional Science Association International
• Kaizhong Yang – Professor of School of Government at Peking University; President of the Regional Science Association of China
• Mark Roberts – Senior Economist at the World Bank

A joint conference organized by:

• Regional Science Association International (RSAI)
• Regional Science Association of China (RSAC)
• Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy, and Society (CJRES)

Hosted by:

• International Business School Suzhou (IBSS)
• Xi'an Jiao tong – Liverpool University (XJTLU)

Organizers:

• Steven Brakman, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
• Tiago Freire, International Business School Suzhou, China
• Charles van Marrewijk, International Business School Suzhou, China
• Kaizhong Yang, School of Government, Peking University, President of Regional Science Association of China, China
• Jiuwen Sun, School of Economics, Renmin University of China, Excutive President of Regional Science Association of China, China.
• Yuyuan Wen, School of Economics, Renmin University, China

Dates:

• Thursday, 25^th of June, 2015
• Friday 26^th June, 2015

Submissions:
Researchers interested in participating should submit an abstract (up to 500 words) and full paper by the 15^th of April through the following website - http://events.digitalpapers.org/udc. The working language of the seminar will be English. Only papers written in English will be considered. Presenters will be informed of the decision by the 1^st of May.

Travellers to China are reminded that they must obtain a travel visa.

The PDF version of Call for Papers can be downloaded here

Transportation instruction can be downloaded here

If you need to book car service, please complete  the form here, and submit it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Should you have any questions, please contact Dr. Tiago Freire at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

See more at: http://academic.xjtlu.edu.cn/ibss/research/conference?menuCode=040.005#sthash.AIvRs3lS.Z0zzkNV6.dpuf

Call for Applications

NEW DEADLINE FOR APLLICATIONS: 16th of March 2015.

RSAI Summer Course, on the theme Interdisciplinary Analysis and Policies for Regional Sustainability, that will be held from the 1st till the 5th of June 2015 at the “Tezh Ler” Resort, Dilijan, Armenia.
http://www.armenia2015.regionalscience.org/applications.html

Estimados,

adjuntamos el call for papers para el Workshop sobre Sistema Regionales de Innovación que se desarrollará en la universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina.

A disposición

Daniel Comba

We invite researchers, irrespective of their institutional or geographical affiliation, to submit theoretical, applied or policy-oriented papers in any field of economics to our conference.

The conference will be held at the University of Azores, Campus of Angra do Heroísmo in Terceira Island, Portugal, on July 3-5, 2015.

To submit a paper, send an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. attaching the paper in pdf format. The deadline is March 15, 2015.

*Submission guidelines*

Papers should be written in English. Please make sure you add an abstract (up to 600 words), keywords, and JEL classification codes to the title page.

*Plenary session*

The Keynote Lecture will be delivered by Sergio Rebelo (Northwestern University, USA)

*Important dates*

Paper submission: until March 15, 2015

Communication of decisions: April 15, 2015

Early registration: until May 31, 2015

Deadline for presenters' registration: May 31, 2015

Conference: July 3-5, 2015

Note: presenters should register by May 31 for their papers to be included in the final program.

*Organization*

Matters related to submissions and papers will be handled by the scientific committee

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

For other matters, please contact the local organizers

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Scientific Committee:

• Ana Rute Cardoso, Institute for Economic Analysis (CSIC), Spain (Chair)
• Enriqueta Aragones, Institute for Economic Analysis (CSIC), Spain 
• Mónica Costa Dias, Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK
• Julian di Giovanni, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
• Paulo Guimarães, Bank of Portugal, Portugal
• Matilde P. Machado, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
• Nuno Martins, University of Azores, Portugal
• José Mata, Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal 
• Sérgio Rebelo, Northwestern University, USA
• Ricardo Reis, Columbia University, USA
• Sofia B. Villas-Boas, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Local Organizers:

- Elisabete Martins, ACDA/APDR, Portugal

- Emiliana Silva, University of Azores, Portugal

- Susana Sardinha, CEEAplA, Portugal

- Tomaz Ponce Dentinho, ACDA/APDR/ University of Azores, Portugal

The conference is hosted by the Department of Agrarian Sciences of the University of Azores and organized by ACDA - Associação para a Ciência e Desenvolvimento dos Açores.

Journal website: http://www.springer.com/economics/journal/10258

For further details, please check http://www.apdr.pt/PEJ2015/

Tomaz PONCE DENTINHO (Chair of the LOC and President of APDR), is welcoming you all to attend to the  55th ERSA Congress and 21st APDR Congress in Lisbon

Abstract Submission Deadline extended until February 25th, 2015!!!

CALL FOR PAPERS

2015 Southern Regional Science Association Annual Meeting

Mobile, AL, March 26-28, 2015,

Battle House Renaissance Hotel, Mobile, AL

 Join us in Mobile, Alabama for the 54th SRSA Annual Meeting. The conference will be held at the Battle House Renaissance Hotel, Mobile, AL, March 26th-28th, 2015. You can learn more about the conference, submit an abstract, and register for the conference by visiting the SRSA Conference Website at http://www.srsa.org/conferencesub.htm.

We welcome both individual papers and organized sessions. To propose a session, please e-mail Santiago Pinto at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

To join us, please click on the link to the conference registration site http://www.srsa.org/conferencesub.htm and follow the steps:

0) Login/Create and Account: To register for the conference or submit an abstract you must first login. If you don’t have an account, you will need to create one. Once logged, you can submit an abstract, register for the conference, and check the status of your registration.

1) Abstract Submission: Papers must be submitted online in the abstract submission section of the website. Then click on “Submit your abstract here” to begin the submission process and follow the instructions. Unless the paper is part of a special session, submit the paper under the track “General Papers”. The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended until February 25th, 2015.

2) Conference Registration: The conference registration section allows secure electronic financial transactions.

3) Hotel Reservation: A block of rooms have been reserved at the Battle House Renaissance Hotel at the rate of $139/night + 14% tax. Rooms are available from Wednesday, March 25th through Sunday, March 29th, 2015. Please, make your hotel reservation as soon as possible.

Please, be sure to consult the conference website for additional information and details. If you have further questions, here is contact information:

Program Chair: Santiago Pinto (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Technical support: Mark Burkey (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Shaoming Cheng (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

We look forward to seeing you in March!!!