Dear colleague:

We have just published a special issue of the journal Investigaciones Regionales / Journal of Regional Research (issue n. 32). It is now available both online (www.journalofregionalresearch.org) and print version.

This issue includes the following contents:

Introduction:

Introduction: Rethinking industrial districts in the XXI Century- Rafael Boix, Fabio Sforzi, Francesc Hernández

Articles:

Rethinking the industrial district: 35 years later- F. Sforzi

Beyond geo-sectoriality: the productive chorality of places- G. Becattini

Giacomo Becattini and the Marshall’s method- J. Trullén

What about Industrial District(s) in Regional Science?- F. Sforzi, R. Boix

Three Generations of Industrial districts- M. Bellandi, L. De Propris

The international resilience of Italian industrial districts/clusters (ID/C) between knowledge re-shoring and manufacturing off (near)-shoring- F. Belussi

How do multinational enterprises co-locate in industrial districts? An introduction to the integration of alternative explanations from international business and economic geography literatures– J. L. Hervás Oliver

An industrial district around a mining resource: the case of marble of Macael in Almería– J. Á. Aznar-Sánchez, A. Carretero-Gómez, J. F. Velasco-Muñoz

In vino veritas: competitive factors in wine-producing industrial districts- M. J. Ruiz, F. Hernández, V. Soler i Marco

Investigaciones Regionales/Journal of Regional Research is ranked as Q2 by Scimago JRC (Scopus), in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and indexed in other scientific and academic international databases.

To contact Us and Submit Manuscripts:

Investigaciones Regionales – Journal of Regional Research

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Yours sincerely,

Andrés Maroto, PhD

Editorial Board

Obituary for Rolf Funck

Rolf Funck died on August 24, 2015, with the age of 85. He was one of the most active and distinguished German regional scientists and President of the Regional Science Association International 1988/89.

After his studies of economics at the University of Münster, Ph.D. and habilitation, he was appointed Professor of Economics at the Universität Karlsruhe (TH) in 1963 and founded the Institute of Economic Policy Research, which thereafter existed for 50 years. His thinking was truly inter-disciplinary; for instance he founded two inter-faculty institutes, one for regional and one for cultural sciences. In 1996 he received the honorary doctorate of the University of Poznan, Poland, for his inter-disciplinary work.

In the final phase his activities he focused on the economics of culture and was most active with promoting the establishment and supporting the development of the ZKM Center for Art and Media, which has become a major point of attractiveness and has fostered the international cultural reputation of the city of Karlsruhe. Corresponding to his main interests his last works were on cultural and regional themes, which were published by the end of 2014.

He has co-edited a Festschrift for the 20th anniversary of the ZKM and a monograph on regional science issues entitled “Man, Space, Time and Environment: Economic Interactions in Four Dimensions.” This monograph includes a host of papers contributed by colleagues, who accompanied Rolf’s scientific life for a long time, and which are brought together under the umbrella of the four dimensions. It can be regarded his spiritual heritage for regional science: treat “man” in research as a real being with individual, social and cultural feelings, consider that “man’s” activities are processed in “space” and “time,” and protect the “environment” for future generations to live in.

Werner Rothengatter

Funck, R., and W. Rothengatter, editors, Man, Environment, Space and Time – Economic Interactions in Four Dimensions, Karlsruhe Papers in Regional Science, number 34, Nomos, Baden-Baden, Germany.

Please find attached the relevant job description. 

Please note that the deadline for applications is February 8^th, and that the candidate should be an OECD national.

Dear colleague:

We have just published a new issue of the journal Investigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research (Issue Nº 33). It is now available both on line and print version.

The contents of this issue are:

Articles:

-          Analysis of business incubators in Galicia through the «Integral Model of economic profitability»- Ferreiro Seoane, F. J., Del Campo Villares, M. O., Camino Santos, M.

-          The environmental setting, farming activities and rural accommodation prices- Bilbao-Terol, C., Valdés, L.

-          Medición y evolución de la identidad nacionalista en España- Torregrosa Montaner, R. J.

-          Indicador Sintético de Actividad Provincial (ISAP): un Aporte al Análisis de las Economías Regionales argentinas- Muñoz, F., Trombetta, M.

-          The Relocation of R&D Establishments in France: An Empirical Analysis- Arauzo-Carod, J.-M.ª, Manjón-Antolín, M., Martínez, Ó.

Methodological and Research notes:

-          Nueva metodología para la descomposición de los costes generalizados del transporte de mercancías por carretera usando la teoría económica de los números índice- Maroto, A., Zofío, J. L.

Surveys and debates:

-          Las leyendas regionales como intangibles territoriales- Martos Núñez, E., Martos García, A. E.

European Regional Policy:

-          La promoción de la innovación en la política regional y de cohesión en el periodo 2014-2020: su aplicación en España- Cordero Mestanza, G.

Books reviews:

-          Economía y Política de las Balanzas Fiscales en España - A. Zabalza

Investigaciones Regionales/Journal of Regional Research is ranked as Q2 by Scimago JRC (Scopus), in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and indexed in other scientific and academic international databases (EBSCO, ProQuest, EconLit, RePec, DOAJ, Redalyc, Latindex,…).

To contact Us and Submit Manuscripts:

Investigaciones Regionales – Journal of Regional Research

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

Yours sincerely,

Investigaciones Regionales – Journal of Regional Research

Dear NECTAR friends,

NECTAR CL 2 and CL 3 are organizing an International Workshop on “The role of planning towards sustainable urban mobility”. This meeting will take place in Brno, Czech Republic, during the 17-18 of May 2016.

Abstracts should be submitted until January 31, 2016.

Find more details in the attached call for abstracts.

Kind regards

Ana Condeço-Melhorado

NECTAR secretary

ERSA - RSAI SUMMER SCHOOL 2016

Space, Territory and Growth: Advances in Regional Science”, Politecnico di Milano, deadline 28/02/2016.

The European Regional Science Association is pleased to announce in collaboration with RSAI, AISRe and the Politecnico di Milano, the opportunity for Ph.D. students to participate in the 29th ERSA Summer School which will be held from the 3rd July to 10th July, 2016 in Milan, at the Politecnico di Milano.

The Coordinator of the School is Prof. Roberta Capello.

The aim of the Summer School is to provide Ph.D. students with the most updated advances in Regional Science from both the theoretical and methodological points of view.

Lectures will be taught by internationally recognized scientists in the field. Participants will also be given the possibility to present their own Ph.D. work.

Program and application portal are available at http://www.ersa.org/events/summer-schools/2016-summer-school/

The PLURIS represents the continuation of the partnership between researchers from Brazil and Portugal since 2005. It constitutes a technical and scientific multidisciplinary association, bringing together professionals working on the following topics: Environment and Energy; Groundbreaking and Intelligent Cities; Mobility and Transport; and Regional and Urban Planning.

Preceded by PLURIS 2014 held in Lisbon – Portugal, the biennial Congress has its seventh edition in Brazil, this time being based in Maceió – Alagoas, from 05 - 07 of October 2016. The Conference is open to participants with different profiles: researchers, students and professionals linked to the themes and topics addressed in the conference. Thus, the new edition in 2016 reinforces and supplements the established contacts and integrate new participants whose academic work and professional fall within the themes of the congress.

In the seventh edition of PLURIS, the contrasts, contradictions and urban complexities, challenges of the twenty-first century will be the focus of the event. The experience in cities today shows new forms of permanence, use and production of the urban environment and the challenge is the search for an equilibrated relation between man and the environment, the adequate constructive density and infrastructure for sustainable mobility and spatial inclusion, and others topics. Increasingly, the various professionals working in the urban spaces faces the needs of these current demands and the challenge of the intervention.

16th February 2016        | Deadline for submission of abstracts

More information at: http://www.fau.ufal.br/evento/pluris2016/en/enviodetrabalhos_resumos.html

We look forward to your participation in PLURIS 2016, and to see you in Maceió.
Sincerely,

The Local Organizing Committee,

Gianna Melo Barbirato
Ricardo Victor Rodrigues Barbosa
João Carlos Cordeiro Barbirato

Universidade Federal de Alagoas

The Organising Committee of the XI Iberian Conference on Rural Studies invites the submission of abstracts for oral communication or poster presentation. 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 of XICIER 2016 (http://xicier2016.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 29 February 2016.

The XICIER 2016 will be held from October 13 to October 15 at the University of Trás-os- Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), at Vila Real, Portugal. It is organised by the Centre of Transdisciplinary Studies for Development (CETRAD), the Portuguese Society of Rural Studies (SPER) and the Spanish Association of Agricultural Economics (AEEA). Other partners of the organization of the XICIER 2016 are: the Spanish Association of Geographers, (AGE), the Groups of Rural and Food Sociology from the Spanish Federation of Sociology (FES), the Rural Studies Network (RER , Brazil), the Spanish Society of Agrarian History (SEHA) and the Brazilian Society of Economics, Business and Rural Sociology ( SOBER .

The overall theme of the XICIER 2016 is the Smart and inclusive development in rural areas, providing the opportunity to discuss and to analyse ideas, proposals and results of research and actual experience already obtained on the applicability and implementation of smart growth agenda and sustainable and inclusive development in rural areas in different
geographical and socio-cultural contexts, especially in Europe and Latin America.

We rely on your support and participation!

For more information visit http://xicier2016.utad.pt or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Call for Applications

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THE BENJAMIN H. STEVENS 2016-2017
GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP IN REGIONAL SCIENCE

Graduate students enrolled in Ph.D. programs in North America are encouraged to apply for the Sixteenth Benjamin H. Stevens Graduate Fellowship in Regional Science, administered by the North American Regional Science Council of the Regional Science Association International (NARSC-RSAI). This Fellowship, in support of thesis research in Regional Science, is awarded annually in memory of Dr. Benjamin H. Stevens, an intellectual leader whose selfless devotion to graduate students as teacher, advisor, mentor, and friend had a profound impact on the field. Regional Science is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the theory and method of urban and regional phenomena. Regional Scientists apply theoretical and empirical frameworks and methods of the social and other sciences, as well as develop new ones specifically for regional analysis and policy.

Eligible students should have completed all degree requirements except for their dissertation by the time the Fellowship commences. A requirement of the Fellowship is that the recipient has no duties other than dissertation research during the Fellowship, although the recipient may hold other fellowships concurrently. Applications from students working in any area or any Ph.D. program are welcome as long as their dissertation research addresses a research question in Regional Science.

The Fellowship consists of a stipend in the amount of $30,000 (U.S.), paid over a twelve-month period. Applications for the 2016-2017 Fellowship should be sent electronically by the applicant to the Selection Committee Chair, Professor Laurie A. Schintler, and received by April 15, 2016. (Although the normal application deadline is February 15, in 2016 the application deadline was extended.)

An application consists of the following materials:

1. A curriculum vita of no more than two (2) pages in length.

2. A statement in ten (10) pages or less explaining the questions and issues to be addressed, the approach to be used, and the product expected from the thesis research, preceded by a summary (1-page maximum) describing the intellectual merit of the proposed research, and the broader impacts that may result. The 10-page limit is inclusive of references, but exclusive of tables and figures. This text should be in 12 point or larger font, double-spaced, with one-inch margins; references may be single-spaced.

3. Copies of the candidate’s transcripts for all graduate study. Unofficial copies are acceptable.

In addition, the thesis supervisor shall provide a confidential letter sent separately as an attachment from her/his email account with the student’s name in the subject line to Professor Laurie A. Schintler. In the letter the supervisor should assess the quality and significance of the proposed dissertation research, specify the current state of progress toward the candidate’s degree and provide a commitment by the thesis supervisor to obtain a tuition waiver for the candidate for the year of the Fellowship. A condition of the Fellowship is the granting of a tuition waiver for the year of the Fellowship by the university, or equivalent payment of the student’s tuition.

Applications should be emailed to Professor Laurie A. Schintler at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Questions may also be sent to her at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For information about NARSC, go to www.narsc.org/newsite/. For information about RSAI, go to www.rsai.org.

May 13, 2015

Revised, January 25, 2016