Nomination and Selection Protocol of RSAI Fellows

1. Each RSAI member - except RSAI fellows – is entitled to nominate candidates for the RSAI fellowship, but self-nominations are not allowed. Each nomination has to be done through a standard concise nomination form that follows a systematic template, which can be downloaded from the RSAI website.
2. A nominee has to be RSAI member (or a member of any section recognized by the RSAI) and to meet the qualifications mentioned in Annex A.
3. The selection of new RSAI fellows takes place only once a year, but nominations can be sent in at any time and will be considered for a given selection round, if they have been received before a given deadline. A nomination has a maximum life of two years.
4. All nominations will be put on a list supplemented with non-elected candidates for the RSAI fellowship who were on the short list from the previous year.
5. The short list will be screened by the RSAI fellows selection committee (in consultation with the RSAI director). This committee comprises 3 RSAI fellows appointed by the RSAI Council for a period of staggered 3-year terms. The selection committee has to seriously consider all available information on the candidates and can remove candidates (unanimous vote) who do not qualify.
6. The selection committee can also decide to reduce the list of nominated RSAI members to a manageable number, so that candidates can be selected with a qualified majority. This short list should normally not contain more than 10 to 12 names.
7. The short list is next circulated to all RSAI fellows, who have the exclusive right to vote for (a maximum of) 3 candidate-fellows. No ranking of candidates is allowed.
8. The selection committee can put an upper ceiling on the maximum number of candidates to be selected in a given year, if circumstances dictate so.
9. A vote of at least 1/3 will normally mean election, unless that would exceed the ceiling.
10. The selection committee informs the RSAI Director of the final selection results, who will communicate these results to the selected RSAI fellows, the RSAI Council, and the home institutions of the newly appointed fellows.

Standard Nomination Form for RSAI Fellows

1. Factual bio-data on candidate, including a proof for RSAI membership
2. Professional career of candidate (max. 100 words)
3. Substantive contribution to regional science (max. 200 words)
4. Path-breaking publications on regional science (max. 5)
5. Signs of international scientific recognition (max. 50 words)
6. Reasons for nominating the candidate (max. 50 words)

To ensure full consideration by the committee, these materials should be provided in electronic format (pdf preferred) by April 3, 2018 to Diego Puga, Chair 2018 Fellows Election Committee This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

RSPP Annual Paper Award

For the Best Paper in Regional Science Policy and Practice

Winners 2018

On behalf of the Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, Split, The Regional Science Academy and Regional Science Association International, we would like to inform you that registration for the Summer School titled "From Smart to Intelligent Cities" ( June 18th  to June 22nd , 2018, Split, Croatia) is STILL OPEN.

To register, please visit: http://summer.efst.hr

Please take into consideration the following important dates:

• Application deadline: April 30, 2018
• Notification of Acceptance: May 7, 2018
• Payment deadline: May 28, 2018

The EF ST Summer School "From Smart to Intelligent Cities" represents a unique opportunity to learn and discuss about structures, actors, processes and challenges of the regional and urban development, smart city management and touristic development in dialogue with leading international academics, experts and practitioners.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

The Summer School has been tailored to upper-year undergraduates, graduate students, PhD students and professionals from all over the world with an interest in different aspects of urban and regional development, smart city management and tourism. We encourage the participation of students in other applied fields who want to improve their knowledge in the field as well.

ORGANIZATION:

Summer School "FROM SMART TO INTELLIGENT CITIES" comprises of three courses:

1. "Concepts, Methods, Policy Framework"
   http://summer.efst.hr/Courses/From-Smart-to-Intelligent-Cities-concepts-methods-policy-framework
2. "Concepts, Methods, Digital Transformation"
   http://summer.efst.hr/Courses/From-Smart-to-Intelligent-Cities-Concepts-Methods-Digital-Transformation
3. "Concepts, Methods, Tourism Development"
   http://summer.efst.hr/Courses/From-Smart-To-Intelligent-Cities-Concepts-Methods-Touristic-Development

We would be grateful if you could share the announcement within your network and forward the information below on to anyone who you feel may be interested in attending the EFST Summer School  From Smart to Intelligent Cities.

For further details visit: http://summer.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 welcoming you to the beautiful city of Split in June 2018!

Best regards,

Vinko Muštra
Chairperson of the Programme committee

Marina Tudor
Programme coordinator

"The Geography of craft beer brewing and consumption: local entrepreneurialism and tourism development” is the title of the next RSAI-GSSI Summer Workshop organized by the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) area of Social Sciences, in cooperation with the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), the North American Regional Science Association (NARSC) and the University of Toledo.

The event is intended to provide a unique opportunity to pre-doctoral students and early career scholars (Associate Professors or below) to actively participate in a 2-day workshop focused on the role that craft breweries can play in economic and tourism development at a variety of scales - neighbourhood, city, and regional. The last session of the workshop will be dedicated to the pre-doctoral students, who will have a chance to present their research topics and receive feedback from internationally renowned Professors and early career scholars working on similar topics. In addition to that, two relevant case studies will be presented by local entrepreneurs: Apecchio and L’Aquila. Located in the Marche region of Italy, Apecchio is the home to three craft breweries and has used their existence to leverage the village’s tourism industry. L’Aquila is home to two craft brewery (Anbra - Anonima Brasseria Aquilana, and Alkibia). Moreover, the students will have the chance to meet and exchange ideas with the 30 Ph.D. candidates currently enrolled in the “Urban Studies and Regional Science” program at GSSI and 7 postdocs, in an international, multidisciplinary and stimulating environment. GSSI, in collaboration with RSAI and NARSC, will offer 10 scholarships to 2nd or 3rd year doctoral students for an intensive, two-day program with in-depth working sessions on topics related to the practical and theoretical significance of craft-beer brewing in regional development and on local entrepreneurialism. The final aim of this workshop is to provide 10 pre-doctoral and 10 early career scholars (associate professors or below) working on similar research topics with a chance to create a research network on this growing area of research. Favouring informal knowledge exchange (during lunches, social events and a craft beer tasting event) will be an integral part of the workshop. We also plan a number of follow-up activities. These include a special issue of a refereed academic journal and the organization of special sessions at regional science conferences such as NARSC and ERSA. The Workshop format is a 2-day meeting. It includes time for research, discussion and paper presentations – combining conventional parallel workshop sessions, plenary sessions and keynote speeches, where the participants can present their current research projects. 

Call for papers is now open, the deadline for applications is March 31st 2018. 

PROGRAM

The Workshop format is a 2-day meeting. It includes time for research, discussion and paper presentations – combining conventional parallel workshop sessions, plenary sessions and keynote speeches, where the participants can present their current research projects.

More specifically, the program of activities includes:

- [Day 1 afternoon] - Keynote lectures: Jo Swinnen (KU Leuven), Martin Stack (Rockhurst University). Lectures by Neil Reid (University of Toledo) and Maria Giulia Pezzi (Gran Sasso Science Institute). Panel Discussion: City Councillor of Apecchio, Owner of Anbra Brewery (L’Aquila), Jo Swinnen, and Martin Stack Beer tasting event and social dinner

- [Day 2 morning] – Pre-doctoral students’ presentations on their current research topics, and general discussion Lunch

- [Day 2 afternoon] – Parallel workshop sessions, concluding [Harvesting] session

Pre-doctoral students will be offered:

- free participation (no fees);
- shared accommodation and meals;
- travel reimbursement up to: €200 for Italian students €300 for European students €500 for students coming from the rest of the world 

Early career researchers [Associate Professors and below] will be offered with a number of travel bursaries up to 200€.

Details on how to apply will follow shortly.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The global brewing industry is experiencing dramatic change. The hegemony of large multinational brewing conglomerates such as AB InBev, Heineken, and Carlsberg is being challenged. The challenge comes from thousands of small-scale, locally owned, craft breweries. While craft beer’s popularity is most advanced in North America, Europe, and Australasia, craft breweries are also appearing in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The growth of craft beer's popularity is driven by the millennial demographic (18-35 year olds) who are demanding greater variety in terms of the style, flavour, and strength of the beer that they drink. Another component driving craft beer's success is the growing neolocalism movement, which has manifest itself in growing demand for products made by local producers. Across both North America and Europe, a number of places recognize the potential of craft breweries to contribute to local and regional economic development. In many American cities, for example, craft breweries have emerged as vital pieces in the jigsaw of revitalizing older distressed neighbourhoods (e.g., the Ohio City neighbourhood in Cleveland, Ohio). As the popularity of craft beer grows, a new phenomenon, beer tourism, has emerged. Beer tourism involves visiting breweries, beer festivals, and beer museums. As beer tourism increases in popularity, more places have developed strategies to market their breweries, beer festivals, and beer museums with the goal of attracting more beer tourists. At both the city and regional scales, for example, Ale-trails have developed to promote breweries, not as stand-alone businesses, but as a network of breweries that beer tourists can visit over the period of an afternoon, evening, or weekend. Beer festivals are also an increasingly popular way to attract beer tourists to a region. Beer festivals last anywhere between two to three hours to two to three days. 
Examples include The Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado, USA, Joburg Fest in Johannesburg, South Africa, and the Birmingham Beer Bash in Birmingham, UK. Some festivals, such as the Alogastronomia Festival in Apecchio, Italy include locally produced beer as an integral part of a broader festival that displays and promotes local food.

In focusing on relevant case studies we are able to shed light on “The Geography of craft beer brewing and consumption: local entrepreneurialism and tourism development”, representative topics shall include, but are not limited to, the following: 
- Craft beer tourism: issues, assets and future perspectives 
- Craft beer tourism: local entrepreneurialism, branding and sense of place 
- Craft beer tourism and brewery districts: a path for urban/rural regeneration? 
- Craft beer tourists: consumption habits, attitudes, impact and motivations 

How to apply: 
Pre-doctoral Students: The deadline for applications is March 31st 2018. 

Complete application should include: 
1. CV (maximum two pages) 
2. Title of the research project and an extended abstract (1500 words including contribution, theoretical framework, empirical approach and/or first results)
3. One reference letter from Ph.D. thesis advisors/supervisors Applications must be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the following email subject: “Application RSAI-GSSI Summer Workshop” 

Applications that are not complete will not be considered. Selected candidates will be notified by April 20th 2018. Final ranking will be also published on GSSI website. 

Early Career Scholars: The deadline for applications is March 31st 2018. 
Complete application should include: 
1. Title of the presented paper and an extended abstract (1500 words including contribution, theoretical framework, empirical approach and/or first results) Applications must be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the following email subject: “Application RSAI-GSSI Summer Workshop”

Applications that are not complete will not be considered. Selected contributions will be notified via email by April 20th 2018.

The abstract submission has been extended by 31 March, 2018.

15th PRSCO Summer Institute 2018
4-6 July 2018, Lima-Peru

http://summerinstitute2018.org/en/

Looking forward to seeing you in Lima.

The Organising Committee of the 1st International Conference on Development, Societies & Territories, DeST2018, invites the submission of abstracts for oral communication and paper submission. We would be extremely grateful if you could spread the word among members of your institution/association/network.

The submission is open on the webpage ofDeST2018 (http://dst2018.utad.pt/), where you can consult the list of topics, as well as other relevant information about the event. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 31st March 2018. Abstract should have a minimum of 350 words and not exceed 500 words

The DeST2018will be held on May 11 at the School of Hotel & Tourism Management (EHTL) in the historic city of Lamego, a UNESCO world heritage site close to the Douro Valley in the North of Portugal. It is jointly organised by the Centre for Transdisciplinary Development Studies (CETRAD) and the Department of Economics, Sociology & Management (DESG) of the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), with the support of the Iberian R&D unit network which anchor the PhD programme in Development, Societies & Territories (DeST).

The main topic of the DeST2018 conference is the Territorial Dynamics and Inequality: the contribution of inter and transdisciplinary approaches with the aim of stimulating an interdisciplinary debate, with a transdisciplinary view by putting together the research community and the socio-territorial development practitioners, including the local development actors, policy-makers, NGOs, businesses, communities and the representatives of civil society.

We rely on your support and participation!

For more information visit http://dst2018.utad.pt/or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Apologies for cross-postings.

We look forward seeing you in Lamego on the 11st of May!

​The DeST2018 Conference team

Dear Colleagues,

we are pleased to remind you about the upcoming 5th International Scientific Conference on: Spatial Econometrics And Regional Economic Analysis – SEREA 2018, that will take place in June 14-15, 2018 in Lodz at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Lodz, Poland.

Renowned professors: G. Arbia and J. P. Elhorst will be the keynote speakers at the event.

Please take notice that:

• the abstract submission and registration continues until March 30, 2018;
• young researchers’ paper competition will be held during the conference dedicated to PhD students and young doctors;
• our guest are entitled to reduced fee in chosen accommodation (after presenting during registration established password);

for more information on important dates, registration procedure, young researchers’ paper competition, accommodation, and many other vital issues see our website: http://serea.uni.lodz.pl or via email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

We would appreciate it if you could circulate this information among your colleagues.

With regards,

Conference Organizing Committee SEREA 2018

It was with great sadness that the Regional Science community learned of the passing of Waldo Tobler.

Waldo R. Tobler, professor emeritus of Geography, famed cartographer and founder of the first law of geography, passed away on February 20, 2018 at the age of eighty-eight.

Waldo received his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Washington in 1961. After graduating, he spent sixteen years at the University of Michigan. His service at UC Santa Barbara began in 1977 where he held the positions of Professor of Geography and Professor of Statistics until his retirement. He taught a range of courses, including the History of Cartography, Geographic Transformations, and Migration. Waldo was an active Professor Emeritus at UCSB until his death, and the Geography department and university benefited greatly from his decades of involvement.

Stuart Sweeney, Professor and Department Chair shares some of his fondest memories. “Waldo was always kind and generous with his time in all his interactions. He remained keenly interested in the department and frequently came to campus on Thursdays to attend Colloquium. At the conclusion of many student presentations, and sometimes job candidate talks, he would ask, ‘How will you know when you are finished?’ Which was his whimsical way of noting that the problem you were working on was ill-defined. In looking back at some of his articles, it’s his conversational tone and occasional whimsical insights that I so enjoyed,” said Sweeney. “In his classic 1970 article where he offhandedly penned the first law of geography, in defending the parsimony of his model of urban population growth, he noted: ‘The model I describe, for example, recognizes that people die, are born, and migrate. It does not explain why people die, are born, and migrate. Some would insist that I should incorporate more behavioral notions, but then it would be necessary to discuss the psychology of urban growth; to do this properly requires a treatise on the biochemistry of perception, which in turn requires discussion of the physics of ion interchange, and so on’ (1970, pp. 234).” The first law of geography is succinctly stated as: “everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things.” Waldo invoked that law in modeling the growth of an urban region over time based upon relationships with nearby towns.  In a 2004 retrospective on his first law, after responding to comments by several prominent geographers who had taken up discussion, he concluded by saying: “I did not expect such a discussion when I wrote that paper in 1970. I was just having fun doing an animation in order to bring time into geography more explicitly” (2004, pp. 308).

Waldo was the recipient of many well deserved honors including: Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Honorary Fellow of the American Geographical Society, Osborn Maitland Miller Medal of the American Geographical Society (Outstanding contributions in Cartography or Geodesy), Meritorious Contributor Medallion of the Association of American Geographers, ESRI Lifetime Achievement in GIS Award, among others. “We will certainly miss his weekly visits, his keen insights, and our conversations,” shared Sweeney. Waldo was a great friend and colleague to many of us and he will be greatly missed.

A memorial gathering and reception is scheduled for May 25th, 2018 at 3pm in the Mosher Alumni House.

Tobler, W.R., 1970. A computer movie simulating urban growth in the Detroit region. Economic geography, 46(sup1), pp.234-240.

Tobler, W., 2004. On the first law of geography: A reply. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 94(2), pp.304-310.

25th Ulvön Conference on Environmental Economics in collaboration with WONV 2018

19th-21st of June, 2018, Ulvön, Sweden

Keynotes

Vic Adamowicz

Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of Alberta

Anna Alberini

Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

Mikołaj Czajkowski

Department of Economics, University of Warsaw

The Ulvön Conference is a forum for dissemination of high quality research in the field of environmental and natural resource economics. The conference provides a great opportunity for PhD students and senior economists to build networks and interact with leading researchers within their field.

In 2018, the Ulvön conference is arranged in collaboration with the “Workshop On Non-Market Valuation” (WONV). The main objectives with WONV are to provide a forum for dissemination of high quality papers, present recent developments in theoretical and empirical analysis in the field of non-market valuation and create a network of researchers.

The conference admits about 40 participants and is held on the island of Ulvön, a small fishing hamlet that is part of UNESCOs world heritage. Although this year’s joint conference focus on non-market valuation research, contributions and presentations within any field of environmental and natural resource economics are very welcome.

See you at the conference

The organizing committee

Thomas Broberg, Tommy Lundgren and Lars Persson

Fee

€500 (includes food, lodging and transportation between Umeå and conference venue) 

€200 for presenting PhD students (includes food, lodging and transportation between Umeå and the conference venue) 

Learn more about the conference and submit abstract

For the WONV part of the conference, a best paper award for young researchers will be announced. To be eligible for the award, a full paper needs to be submitted.

The organizing committee will accept papers based on timeliness and quality. Deadline for submission is March 16th 2018. We encourage electronic submission of extended abstracts (1-2 pages).

Decisions of acceptance to the conference will be announced April 3rd. A link for registration will be provided and deadline for registering is April 16^th.  

Mona Bonta Bergman

Kommunikatör/Communication Officer

Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

European Forest Institute, EFINORD

Centrum för miljö- och naturresursekonomi, CERE 

Skogliga Hållbarhetsanalyser, SHa 

Skogsmarksgränd, 901 83 UMEÅ

Telefon: +46 (0)90-786 81 56, mobil: 0722-11 24 66

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