Dear all,

only 7 days left for applying to our paid PhD positions in “Urban Studies and Regional Science” at the Gran Sasso Science Institute (l'Aquila, Italy). 8 positions are available; te position is for four years, starting in November 2018.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 20, 2018.

The methodological perspective in research and teaching is multidisciplinary. 

Approaches, methods and topics from diverse fields that constitute “urban studies”, such as human geography, spatial planning, urbanism, urban politics and policies, urban sociology and ethnography, are welcomed. In the same vein, we welcome applications from candidates more oriented towards regional science, such as economic geographers or economists, for instance. (Candidates do not need to have a background in both urban studies AND regional science; expertise in one of the two fields is enough!)

GENERAL INFORMATION: www.gssi.it/phd/

SCHOLARSHIP: The yearly amount of the scholarship is of € 16,160 gross.

FACILITIES AND BENEFITS: All PhD students will have: tuition fees waived; free accommodation at the GSSI facilities or a financial substitute of 350,00 Euros gross/month; free luncheon vouchers.

 CONTACTS: www.gssi.it - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Sincerely,

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Giulia Urso, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Economic Geography
GSSI - GRAN SASSO SCIENCE INSTITUTE
Social Sciences Unit

Via Michele Iacobucci, 2, 67100, L’Aquila, ITALY

Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Office: +39(0)8624280420

As the position of the Executive Director of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) will become vacant by the end of 2018, RSAI is launching a call for RSAI members who wish to be nominated as candidates in the election of the Executive Director of RSAI for the next three-year term starting 1 January 2019.

Any RSAI members who wish to be nominated as a candidate for the Executive Director of RSAI should send the following items to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 20 August 2018:

• A two-page statement outlining the reasons for your interest in becoming the next Executive Director of RSAI and your strategy in managing the day-to-day operations of the Association;
• A two-page CV with a picture.

According to Article V, section 3 of the RSAI Constitution, the Executive Director shall serve a three-year term of office. She/he shall be the chief executive officer in charge of setting and managing programs. The Executive Director shall be the chief operating officer in charge of implementing the policies of the Council, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Association and establishing contacts with new regional science organizations throughout the world. The duties of the Executive Director shall encompass those normally associated with the positions of Secretary but would have joint authority with the Treasurer for the finances of the RSAI and issuing cheques to cover the Association's operating expenses and the preparation of a financial statement to be submitted, by March 31 of each year, to the Council’s standing Finance Committee, in charge of financial planning and budgeting. The Executive Director shall oversee the production and distribution of a newsletter to the membership, shall maintain the roll of members and the association’s web site, shall oversee the collection of annual dues and the conduct of elections, and shall serve as international conference coordinator, keeping a calendar of regional science meetings and events throughout the world, providing advice on their scheduling, and monitoring the dates of other meetings so as to minimize scheduling conflicts. The Executive Director shall also have responsibility, as designated by the Council, for the organization and operation of the World Congresses of the Association. General responsibilities of the Executive Director can be seen here (ED_Responsibilities.pdf).

In order to help the Executive Director in organising the association and its meetings around the world, the RSAI will provide € 7,000 in travel costs and € 10,000 for secretarial assistance and accounting on a yearly basis.

The Nomination Committee for this election consists of Budy P. Resosudarmo (Chair), Mark Partridge, Jouke van Dijk, Patricio Aroca and Robert Capello. After receiving applicants, the Nomination Committee will nominate the candidates to be voted by the Members of the RSAI Council. The results will be diffused through RSAI News and in RSAI webpage.

Position Announcement

Chair and Professor, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics

College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

The Ohio State University

Applications and nominations are invited for outstanding candidates for the position of Chair of the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics at The Ohio State University. The new Chair will be uniquely positioned to build on the strengths of the department and will drive the department forward towards its mission of scholarship, education and dissemination of knowledge through application of economic principles to society’s challenges in agriculture, the food system, the environment, and economic development.

The Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics at The Ohio State University provides world-class teaching, research and outreach in applied economics, with concentrations in the areas of agricultural economics and agribusiness, environmental and resource economics, international and development economics, and regional and urban economics. The department has 19 tenured and tenure-track faculty and a dedicated group of 9 program staff personnel. The department offers academic programs leading to a B.S. degree in Agribusiness and Applied Economics, a B.S. degree in Environment, Economy, Development and Sustainability, a Masters of Applied Economics (MAE), and a Ph.D. in Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics. The Faculty produce nationally and internationally renowned programs to fulfill its land grant university missions in teaching, research, and extension education.

Responsibilities: The Department Chair is responsible for leadership, strategic planning, finances, administration, academic affairs and external relations of the department. The Chair will be committed to enhancing the education, research, and service missions and will possess an exceptional scholarly record, leadership skills, and strategic capacity to advance the department.

Responsibilities include oversight of personnel including performance reviews, administration of merit pay increases, development of workload assignments, and management of budgets and facilities. The Chair may also carry on instructional, research, and outreach activities commensurate with his/her administrative responsibilities. The Chair is responsible for establishment and maintenance of a financial and operational environment that is focused on appropriate internal controls. This should include, but not be limited to, appropriate segregation of duties in the processing of financial transactions, appropriate mandatory approvals, appropriate procedures to maintain effective custody over university resources, appropriate monitoring and oversight and appropriate mandatory reconciliations. The Chair reports to the Vice President and Executive Dean of the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

Qualifications: Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in agricultural economics, economics, or a related area, and must have distinguished academic credentials and eligibility for appointment to the rank of professor with tenure in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics at The Ohio State University. The applicant must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and should have a proven record of using sound judgment in identifying, prioritizing and solving organizational problems in an academic or related setting; as well as experience working with industry to drive ongoing communication and partnerships. Additional essential qualifications include successful administrative experience, the ability to effectively engage a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, and a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Application Procedure: Review of applications will begin September 1, 2018 and continue until a qualified candidate is identified. Nominations and applications from qualified individuals are invited at any time. Qualified applicants are requested to submit the following: letter of application; statement of the applicant’s vision and administrative philosophy; leadership experiences and qualifications; a one-page statement of philosophy and perspective related to inclusion and diversity, and how they can help us achieve our goals related to diversity and the mentoring of underrepresented groups; and curriculum vitae including names, addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of five references. Initial nominations and inquiries will be kept confidential; references will be contacted only upon approval of the applicant.

Application materials should be sent electronically (PDF format) to: Mary Roberts at Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.                                           

Questions should be directed to:

Dr. John C. Foltz

Chair of the Search Committee

Chair of the Department of Animal Sciences

College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

The Ohio State University

110B Animal Sciences Building

2029 Fyffe Road

Columbus, OH 43210

Telephone: 614-292-1242

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

The Ohio State University is committed to establishing a culturally and intellectually diverse environment, and encouraging all members of our learning community to reach their full potential. We are responsive to dual-career families and strongly promote work-life balance to support our community members through a suite of institutionalized policies. We are an NSF Advance Institution and a member of the Ohio/Western Pennsylvania/West Virginia Higher Education Recruitment Consortium.

On behalf of the Organising Committee, we are very excited to invite you to join us in beautiful Bol, Croatia, for the 13th International Conference: “Challenges of Europe: Growth, Competitiveness, Innovation and Well-being”.

We are extremely pleased to inform you that our Conference keynote speakers will be: prof. Erik Maskin (Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2007), prof. Oliver Hart (Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2016) as well as:prof. Olivier Blanchard (Peterson Institute for International Economics / President of the American Economic Association), prof. Edward Glaeser (Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University / Leading world expert in urban topics), prof.  Koen Pauwels (Professor of Marketing at Northeastern University / Worldwide expert in marketing productivity, metrics and social media) and  prof.  Sergei Guriev (Professor of Economics (on leave) at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) / Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).  

Date: 22 – 24 May 2019

Venue: Bol (Island Brač), Croatia

KEY DATES:

* Submitting the abstract is not a prerequisite for submitting Extended Abstracts or Full papers.

Don’t miss your chance to be a part of the 13^th International Conference “Challenges of Europe: Growth, Competitiveness, Innovation and Well-being” attended by the leading researchers, educators, policy makers, and practitioners from around the world providing a unique opportunity to network, share and learn.

We would be grateful if you could share the announcement and the Call for papers (attached to this e-mail) within your network and forward the information below on to anyone who you feel may be interested in attending the Conference.

For more information please visit http://conference.efst.hr/

If you have any questions, please contact:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   

We look forward to your submission and welcome you to beautiful Bol in May 2019!

Best regards,

Ivan Pavic

Chair person of the Programme Committee

Vinko Mustra

Chair person of the Organizing Committee

The University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Geography invites applications for a tenure-track position in spatial data science and geographic information science at the rank of Assistant Professor. The department seeks applicants with core research interests in, but not limited to, inferential and computational analysis of spatial data, data mining, spatial analytics, machine learning, geographic information retrieval, and geovisualization in support of any substantive domain in Geography or allied disciplines that rely on spatiotemporal data. The Department of Geography has strengths in three broadly defined areas: human geography; earth system science; and modeling, measurement and computation. This position is most strongly associated with the third of these areas, but interest in one or both of the other systematic areas is also desirable. We provide opportunities for interactions with many other departments and research units on campus, including the Center for Spatial Studies, various labs (Space and Time for Knowledge Organization, GeoTrans, Spatial Optimization, VIPER), the Broom Demography Center, and the Center for Information Technology & Society. Preference will be given to candidates demonstrating potential for significant and sustained research and teaching contributions in geographical data analysis, spatial statistics and geographic information science.

To apply, please log in to https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF01239to submit your cover letter, curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching interests, and names of three referees with their contact information. A Ph.D. in an appropriate field is required by the date of appointment. Applications completed by September 23, 2018 will receive priority consideration, but the position will remain open until filled. The effective start date of the position is July 1, 2019 or later.

The Department is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching and service as appropriate to the position.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to:

SCA 2018, The Third International Conference on Smart City Applications:

October 10 - 11, 2018 - Tetouan, Morocco

• All accepted papers for presentation will be published in the Springer series and will be available inSpringerLink Digital Library, Scopus and DBLP.
• General page:http://medi-ast.org/sca18/
• Submission: http://medi-ast.org/sca18/submission.html

 Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):  

 Track 1.  Smart Cities.

 Track 2.   Smart Building and Home Automation

 Track 3.   Smart Environment and Smart Agriculture

 Track 4.   Smart Governance and Territorial intelligence

 Track 5.   Smart Citizens

 Track 6.   Smart Economy and Digital Business

 Track 7.   Smart Education and Intelligent Learning System

 Track 8.   Smart Healthcare

Track 9.   Smart Grid and Renewable Energy

 Track 10.   Information Technologies and Computer Science

http://www.medi-ast.org/sca18/topics.html

Extended versions of selected papers will be published in:

• International Journal of Intelligent Enterprise
• International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change 
• International Journal of Smart Grid and Green Communications
• International Journal of Big Data Intelligence

Important Dates:

• Paper Submission Extended Deadline   :          15  June 2018
• Notification of  Paper Acceptance :    15 July  2018
• Camera Ready Paper Submission :  15 August 2018
• Authors Registration Deadline :        30 August  2018
• Symposium Date    :                       10 – 11 October  2018

Send your questions to:  

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

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SCA Committee

CARMA 2018 - Call for Participation

Internet and Big Data in Economics and Social Sciences

2nd International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics

July 12 - 13, 2018. Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
http://www.carmaconf.org
twitter: @carmaconf

Highlights

This year's CARMA features

• Special session on "Big data for Central Banks," chaired by Juri Marcucci (Bank of Italy)
• Special session on "Using Big Data in Official Statistics," chaired by Gian Luigi Mazzi (GOPA Luxembourg)
• Keynote speech by Norbert Wirth about "Data Science development at scale"
• High quality scientific program, with 65 papers divided into four main topic areas:
  • Internet and Big Data sources in economics and social sciences
  • Big Data methods in economics and social sciences
  • Internet and Big Data applications
  • Digital transformation and global society
• Poster sessions with new and innovative work in-progress (accepting submissions)

Call for Posters

The poster sessions of CARMA 2018 will provide an opportunity for presenting late-breaking results, on-going research projects, and speculative or innovative work in progress. These sessions are informal and highly interactive, and allow authors and participants to engage in in-depth discussions about the presented work from which new collaborations, ideas, and solutions can emerge.

Posters should cover the same key areas as the main research tracks and should contain original cutting-edge ideas, as well as speculative/provocative ones. Proposals of new research directions and innovative interdisciplinary approaches are also welcome.

Submissions

Authors should submit a two-page extended abstract of their poster. Submissions must be in PDF, and must be done by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The poster submission deadline is 4 June. Posters will be reviewed by members of the Scientific Committee based on originality, significance, quality, and clarity.

At least one of the poster authors is required to register at the conference and will be required to give a brief presentation of the poster in the interactive poster session.

About the venue

Valencia is the third largest city in Spain and is located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It embraces culture and tradition from the past combined with singular architecture, exciting gastronomy, nightlife, and beautiful white sand beaches. Valencia is the capital city of the Comunitat Valenciana region, which is major tourist destination in summer. More info at:

http://www.carmaconf.org/venue/about-valencia/

The organizing committee looks forward to welcoming you all to a fruitful conference with open discussions and important networking regarding research on Internet and Big Data methods and sources across economics and social sciences disciplines.

Joint Virtual Issue: Spatial Systems: Social Integration, Regional Development and Sustainability

Free to read for a limited time:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/%28ISSN%291435-5957.RSAI_VirtualIssue

The Institute of Transport and Economics at TU Dresden invites applications for the Chair (W2) of Big Data Analytics in Transportation (W3 with tenure track) initially limited to a six-year contract, to be filled at the earliest possible date.

We are seeking a scientist who is internationally recognised and possesses the potential for scientific research at the highest international level. The prerequisites are a university degree, an excellent doctorate in economics or statistics, high-quality scientific publications, experience in the acquisition of third-party research funds and proven methodological competence in at least one of the following fields: statistics, econometrics, numerical simulations or optimisation methods

See: http://www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/Stellen.asp?strukturId=fakvw&lang=en&style=verw

Please direct informal inquires to the Managing Director of the Institute: Georg Hirte (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; +49-351-46336788)