Call for papers | FIRST WORKSHOP ON URBAN AND REGIONAL ECONOMICS, June 27,28,29, 2017, Bogotá, Colombia

Giving the increasing importance of the cities as employment and sustainable living cores within a regional environment, and all the challenges on these areas for policymakers and citizens; the department of economics of the Ponticia Universidad Javeriana and the Banco de la República de Colombia will host their rst workshop on urban and regional to be held in Bogota the 27, 28 and 29 of June 2017. The workshop aims to provide researchers with a space for presenting and discussing research on urban and regional economics.

Gilles Duranton (UPenn), Nathaniel Baum-Snow (U. Toronto), Esteban Rossi Hansberg (Princeton), Klaus Desmet (SMU), Alex Anas (University at Bualo), Erick Verhoef (VU Amsterdam), Miguel Angel Garcia Lopez(UAB) are some of the special guest that have conrmed attendance.

Topics
The conference will consider the following topics: location theory, environment and the city, urban spatial structure, policies for competitive cities and regions, regional labor markets, congestion pricing, transport economics, urban inequality and segregation and gender aspects in urban areas, urban economic growth and development. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome.

The program will include key note presentations from invited speakers and policy makers.

Format
Accepted papers will be presented in parallel sessions. We will assign one discussant to every paper in its eld of expertise, so each person accepted will have the responsibility to present and discuss one paper.

Submission
We encourage, PhD students and scholars to submit papers about their original research by March 15, 2017 to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Notication of acceptance will be sent by May 1st

Registration
Registration will be open after May 2nd. There will be a registration fee. Participants and attendees should cover their own travel and accommodation expenses.

All inquiries please direct to the organizing committee: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Program committee:
David Castells-Quintana, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Ana María Díaz, Ponticia Universidad Javeriana. Paula Herrera-Idárraga, Ponticia Universidad Javeriana. Luis Carlos Reyes, Ponticia Universidad Javeriana. Andrés Rosas, Ponticia Universidad Javeriana. Guillermo Sinisterra, Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración.

12 International Conference Challenges of Europe:

“INNOVATIVE RESPONSES FOR RESILIENT GROWTH AND COMPETITIVENESS”

17 -19 May, 2017 / Bol, Island Brač, Croatia

It is expected that all ABC participants sign up for the Conference and present a paper. Please look at the website and the link to the conference: http://conference.efst.hr/

3-year Postdoctoral Research Assistant position in Marine and Coastal
Conservation and Management at NUI Galway and the Marine Institute, Ireland

The researcher will work on a project to develop a quantitative, spatially explicit ecological risk assessment framework for development in Irish coastal waters. The framework is intended to demonstrate the use of systematic spatial planning conservation methodology as a decision support system for consent authorities. The successful candidate will work on a research award at NUI Galway, Discipline of Geography in close collaboration with the Marine Institute and the Socio-economic Marine Research Unit (SEMRU) at NUI Galway.

Deadline: February 17th, 2017

For more information about the post please visit: http://www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/jobs/researchjobs/

1st short Announcement, JAN 2017:
The 54th Annual Meeting of the Japan Section of the RSAI
2017.01.23

The 54th Annual Meeting of the Japan Section of the RSAI will be held from 6th Fri. till 8th Sun., October 2017 in Kyoto, Japan.

Venue: Ritsumeikan University, Kinugasa Campus (Tojiin-Kitamachi, Kita-Ku, Kyoto)
http://en.ritsumei.ac.jp/access/ 

Please book your accommodation(s) by yourself as soon as possible because Kyoto starts Autumn-high season after October.

List of Organizing Committee:
Chair:
Hidehiko KANEGAE (Ritsumeikan University)

Vice-Chair:
Yusuke TOYODA (Ritsumikan University)

Committee members:
Kiyoto KUROKAWA (Ritsumeikan University)
Kenich ISHIBASHI (Nagoya Sangyo University)
Satoru ONO (Ritsumeikan Univesity)
Minji CUI (Ritsumeikan University)

Office:
Project II, The Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan
University
http://r-dmuch.jp/en/index.html 
,Komatsubara Kitamachi -58, Kita-ku, Kyoto, 6038341, JAPAN

Contact & updated information:
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
URL: http://jsrsai.jp/en/

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA) in collaboration with Sam Ratulangi University invites scholars, practitioners and graduate students to submit papers to be presented in the 6th IRSA International Institute. The theme of the conference is Maritime Infrastructure and Regional Development, and it will be held in Manado, North Sulawesi on July 17-18, 2017.

Potential topics to be discussed in this conference include, but are not limited to:

• Eastern Indonesia Regional Development
• Infrastructure Development and Financing Infrastructure Development
• Logistic and Transportation
• National and Regional Competitiveness
• Public Private Partnership
• Village Fund for Infrastructure
• Political Economy and Governance of Regional Development
• Financial Inclusion
• Regional/International Trade, Public Finance, Investment and Inflation
• Rural Development, Agriculture, Urban Issues, Rural-Urban Migration
• Other Topics Related to Regional Science or Regional Development

Extended paper abstract of about 250-500 words should be submitted online via http://manado2017.irsa-indonesia.org/abstract-submission/ by April 14, 2017.

Abstract should consist of background, data and methodology, potential contribution to knowledge, and keywords. Abstracts must be submitted in English, as also the full paper.

Paper sessions are seminar-style for each paper and ample time for discussion and for participants to provide constructive feedback to authors. Paper presentations will be in English.

Important Dates

The Latin America Regional Science Association (LARSA) represents the affiliated and common interests of the various regional science organizations of the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

LARSA operates as an objective, scientific body without political, social, financial, or nationalistic bias. It supports its objectives by promoting acquaintance and discussion among regional scientists and with scholars in related fields, by encouraging the publication of scholarly studies, and by performing services to aid the advancement of the field of regional science.

LARSA serves as the organizational body representative of the interests of its institutional and individual members with respect to the Regional Science Association International (RSAI). It affiliates sub-national, national or regional sections of the Regional Science Association International located on Latin America and the Caribbean. The sections are institutional members of LARSA and their individual associates are members of RSAI. Institutional members can simultaneously be members of other supra national associations.