Dear all,

The new RSAI Newsletter November 2016 can now be found under

http://regionalscience.org/images/PDF/newsletter_RSAI_November2016.pdf

Dear All,

We are pleased to announce that the Research Centre for Spatial and Organizational Dynamics (CIEO) is organizing, in partnership with the International Centre for Studies and Research (ICSR) Mediterranean Knowledge, the conference "Mediterranean Cultures and Societies. Knowledge, Health and Tourism" to be held on 4-5 May 2017 at the University of Algarve in Faro, Portugal.

We invite you to participate in the Conference, through the submission of scientific abstracts to the overall theme of the conference “Mediterranean Cultures and Societies: Knowledge, Health and Tourism” or to one of the topics below:

- Europe and the Mediterranean

- History, cultures and heritage

- Knowledge and education processes

- Migrations and interculturality

- Political trends

- Mediterranean diet and well-being

- Tourism and leisure

- Identity, body and sexuality

- Media and communication

- Art and literature

For additional information please see the CFP attached or contact us through conference’s email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The deadline for the submission is until 15.10.2016.

Please feel free to circulate the attached announcement among colleagues.

Best regards,

The Organizing Committee

II International Conference of the ICSR Mediterranean Knowledge

Mediterranean Cultures and Societies. Knowledge, Health and Tourism

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46th ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Crown Hotel, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England

22^rd to 24^th of August 2017

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The RSAI British & Irish Section invites the submission of abstracts to be considered for the 2017 Annual Conference. Suggested themes for the conference are listed below, though quality papers in all areas of regional science are welcome.

Abstract submissions can be made online at http://www.rsai-bis.org/online-abstract-submission.html

The RSAI-BIS is also organizing a DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM for doctoral students in regional science on August 22^nd. A separate call will issued for contributions to the colloquium.

During the Annual Conference, there will be Special Session for early career/doctoral students with prizes for the best conference paper and the best conference presentation by early career researchers.

Important dates:

Proposals for special sessions are invited. Those wishing to organise special sessions are kindly invited to raise the issue with secretary of the section, Justin Doran (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or the local organiser Professor Graham Clarke (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Dear Colleagues,

We cordially invite researchers, scientists and experts to participate in the 16th Ernestas Galvanauskas’ International Scientific Conference „RETHINKING REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS“, which will be held on 25th November, 2016 in Siauliai, Lithuania. Please find more information in the attached invitation.

Registration deadline – November 4, 2016. (http://smf.su.lt/registracijos/galvanausko) 

We kindly ask you to forward this information to other colleaguesthat may be interested in the conference.

We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this mail.

We look forward to seeing you at the conference!

Best regards,

Conference Organizers

Bonjour à tous,

Nous offrirons l’atelier « L’utilisation de QSR NVIVO en analyse qualitative »
le 7 novembre prochain à Québec,
de 9h00 à 16h00.

Il reste cinq places. Faites vite si vous êtes intéressés.

Voici la description complète de l’atelier :

L'utilisation de QSR NVIVO en analyse qualitative
Cet atelier vise à initier le participant à utiliser efficacement le logiciel QSR NVivo. Tout au long de la journée, chaque participant expérimentera le logiciel dans une démarche séquentielle. À travers les explications techniques, certains principes d'analyse qualitative seront abordés, mais cet atelier ne constitue pas une initiation à l'analyse qualitative. Pour profiter pleinement de l'atelier, le participant devrait connaître suffisamment les principes et les procédures générales de l'analyse qualitative.

Les intéressés peuvent communiquer avec Monsieur Louis-Simon Tancrède :
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Bien cordialement,

La Direction de la revue Approches Inductives

In Cornell University's College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, we teach and practice architecture, fine arts, and city and regional planning as creative and powerful forces with the potential to improve the world. We prepare our students to address the complex problems of the 21st century through the application of the art and science of design. Providing rigorous theoretical training and studio experiences, we encourage imagination, technical creativity, critical thinking, a sense of history, and the development of a social, ethical, and artistic perspective. We advocate for the rights of all communities and all individuals to participate in the planning of their futures. We prepare our graduates for their role as world citizens in a diverse yet inclusive society.

Programs and Degrees in Regional Science

Master of Science/Master of Arts (MS/MA) in Regional Science

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Regional Science

Doctoral Dissertations in Regional Science in the last five years

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Dear NECTAR friends,

Please find below the announcement for the 2nd NECTAR PhD Award 

2^nd NECTAR PhD AWARD

In many NECTAR meetings, workshops and conferences, PhD students present and discuss their work. To recognize the high quality of the research conducted by the best of the PhD students supervised by NECTAR members,  NECTAR is proud to announce his second NECTAR PhD AWARD. The award is established in memory of Professor Piet Rietveld, who chaired NECTAR in the years 2002-2007 and who with his exceptional academic abilities inspired and stimulated many young researchers, PhD students and the NECTAR community in general. The NECTAR PhD Award will be awarded for the best recent PhD thesis work in the NECTAR field.

The 2^nd NECTAR PhD award will consider PhD theses written in English which have been or will be defended between June 2015 and May 2017. We will also consider submissions consisting of sets of journal papers which are to be included in a future thesis, and which are representative for its quality. PhD thesis work can be submitted only by a supervisor who should be a NECTAR member (i.e. 2016-2017 membership is paid).

To be considered, the PhD thesis should be in the general realm of NECTAR research, including topics from the fields of regional and urban economics, transport economics, urban/regional planning, transport planning and transport engineering. The PhD thesis should relate to one or more of the NECTAR cluster theme’s: networks, policy and environment, logistics and freight, travel, migration and labour market, accessibility, tourism, recreation and leisure and information and communication technologies.

Phds will be judged by a Committee comprising of former and present NECTAR Presidents, and a selection of the current NECTAR cluster co-chairs. Professor Erik Verhoef from VU University Amsterdam will chair the 2^nd  NECTAR PhD Award Committee. The decision of the committee – which will be rendered March 2017 - will be final.

The author of the winning thesis must present the research at the 14^th bi-annual NECTAR conference in Madrid, May 31^st -2^nd of June 2017. The winning author will receive a reimbursement for travel and accommodation cost for the conference. 

PhD supervisors who wish to submit their PhD thesis work for consideration should send (a) an electronic copy of the summary of the thesis and (b) the PhD thesis (or collection of papers) in PDF format before January 16, 2017 to the NECTAR secretariat (Ana Condeço-Melhorado) at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Dear colleagues!

The Department of Human Geography and Regional Studies, the School of Geology, Geography, Recreation and Tourism, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukraine) invites you to take part in the International Scientific and Practical Conference «Region-2016: Optimal Development Strategy» (10-11 November, 2016) and to publish your manuscripts in the scientific journal «Human Geography Journal», included in the scientometric bases Index Copernicus, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, Google Scholar, InfoBase Index, Eurasian Scientific Journal Index, ResearchBib, Scientific Indexing Services.

The deadline for submitting papers for conference participation – October 15, 2016; submitting papers in the journal – November 1, 2016.

The information letter on the conference is in the attached file. Requirements to manuscripts publication you can find in the web-site of the journalhttp://hgj.univer.kharkov.ua/index.php/en/ and in the attached file

If you have any questions, please, write to the following e-mails:

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. – on the publishing manuscripts to the journal;

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. – on participation in the conference.

Also I would like to inform you about research fields of the department. 

The department deals with researches in the field of human (social) geography, regional development and territory planning, geodemography and urban geography, social development monitoring, estimation of tourist and recreational potential and tourist activity optimization, etc.

Investigation of cities and their transformation in the post-communist period in terms of Ukraine’s integration in the European space has become one of our most perspective directions. The separate issues are as follows:

•      researches of problem cities (depressive, old industrial) and activities regarding their stimulation; elaboration the strategic plans of cities and regions development;

•      estimation of the cities’ tourist and recreational potential, including opportunities of industrial tourism development, as well as studying the city cultural landscape and its changes caused by human activity, village tourism development, estimation of the territories’ tourist and recreational potential, usage the nature reserve fund in tourism;

•      cross-border areas research, characteristics of socio-economic, demographic, cultural development, migration processes in the border areas.

Our department participated in the development Kharkiv Development Strategy-2020, especially in such directions: population and region’s settlement system, educational system and healthcare, social infrastructure and population social security, cross-border cooperation, agriculture and agro-industrial complex, tourist attractiveness of a territory.

We have worked out a list of original methods:

   • spatial analysis – construction the surface of interaction and spatial impact of the socio-geographical objects (settlements of different ranks, separate elements of the social and industrial infrastructure, etc).

   • analysis the status, dynamic and development monitoring of the socio-geographical objects (modeling of trajectory development, identification the level and pace development, deviations from the optimal trajectory, progressive and regressive development phases, correction of the managed decisions;

  •  multidimensial classification of socio-geographical system on different system development indicators (estimation the systems evolution potential, specialization of systems, specificity of development).

The indicated methods were tested by our researchers, PhD students and doctoral students in the researches of region’s social and demographical development, investment attractiveness and territory competitiveness, cross-border cooperation, depressive and old industrial regions development, agriculture and ecologically balanced husbandry, tourist and recreational potential, transport system, educational system, healthcare, religion and cultural sphere, geoecological situation, GIS infrastructure, etc.

If some of the listed research topics or activities are similar to yours we are glad to cooperate with you.  

The web-site of the department:

 http://soc-econom-region.univer.kharkov.ua/index.php?lang=en

Sincerely, Ludmila Niemets,

Head of the Department of Human Geography and Regional Studies,

School of Geology, Geography, Recreation and Tourism,

V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine

Tel.: +38 (057) 707-52-74

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