Department Head, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs

The Department of Urban Planning and Policy in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs (CUPPA) of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) invites nominations and applications for the position of Head. The successful candidate will provide leadership for the growth of the department and a vision for the department’s continued excellence in research, teaching, and service. They will have a visible presence in the Chicago metropolitan region, throughout Illinois, and globally.  The department offers a highly-regarded professional degree program, the Masters in Urban Planning and Policy (MUPP), which is accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board. It also hosts a new and rapidly growing Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies and a small but selective doctoral program, and the Urban Data Visualization Lab. The department has 18 tenured and tenure-track faculty, and currently 160 MUPP students, 80 undergraduate majors, and 25 Ph.D. students are enrolled.

Located just west of Chicago's Loop, UIC is a Carnegie Research I University (very high research activity). It enrolls 27,000 students and is the largest public research university in the Chicago area. CUPPA was created in 1995 as part of UIC's Great Cities Initiative and houses two academic programs (Urban Planning and Policy and Public Administration). The College also hosts six research centers and institutes: the Survey Research Laboratory, the Great Cities Institute, the Urban Transportation Center, the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, the Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement, and the Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement.

Key Responsibilities/Duties

The Head is the administrative officer of the department with responsibility for instructional programs and for administrative, budgetary, promotion, and recruitment matters. The department has a long tradition of shared governance and the Head regularly consults with faculty, students, staff and the departmental Advisory Committee around key decisions.  The Head also represents the department within the College, University, and academic and professional communities.  The successful candidate will have a distinguished record of scholarship commensurate with the rank of full professor, exceptional administrative skills, teaching excellence, and demonstrated commitment to community engagement, and social justice. The area of specialization is open but should align with at least one of the department’s concentrations:  spatial planning and design; urban transportation; community development; economic development; globalization and international planning; and environmental planning and policy.

In recognition of UIC’s status as an urban-serving university and the department’s historical commitment to racial equity, applications from underrepresented minorities are especially encouraged. 

UIC’s tenure/tenure-track and full-time non-tenure track faculty are represented by UIC United Faculty Local 6456: American Federation of Teachers / American Association of University Professors / Illinois Federation of Teachers / AFL-CIO.

Application Procedure

To apply please submit a complete on-line application and upload a complete curriculum vitae, a statement of qualifications, and the names and contact information of three references at

https://jobs.uic.edu/job-board/job-details?jobID=59021&job=upp-department-head                             

Minimum Qualifications (required) for posting to UIC Job Board

• An earned doctorate in urban planning, geography, urban studies, architecture, or a related field.
• Tenure at a highly-ranked academic institution, including at least ten years of faculty service.
• A thorough knowledge of the academic discipline and professional organizations within urban planning and policy. 
• Firsthand knowledge of university administration, especially in the areas of faculty development, grants management, student affairs, continuing education, alumni affairs, and public service.
• Understanding of budgeting and financial management, marketing, and strategic planning within an academic department.
• Ability to collaborate, build consensus, and plan for joint action with faculty, students, and staff.

The review process will continue until the position is filled. For best consideration, applications should be received by February 29, 2016.  Applications will be reviewed beginning 1/29/16.

As an EOE/AA employer, the University of Illinois will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, and veteran or disability status.

Dear colleague,

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the INFER Annual Conference organized by the Research Centre on Industrial and Public Economics (CREIP), the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) and the International Network for Economic Research (INFER), which will be held from 8th to 10th June 2016. The conference is open to contributions from all areas of economic research. However, there will be a session on Spatial Econometrics for both theoretical and applied papers related to spatial modelling. The deadline for receiving proposals is 26th February 2016.

You may find further details in the attach document and at the web of the conference (http://wwwa.fundacio.urv.cat/congressos/infer-conference/)

We look forward to meet you in Reus.

Best Regards,

Miguel Manjón (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.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>), Universitat Rovira i Virgili
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ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

Dear Colleague,

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), a world association of academics and researchers, organizes its 3^rd Annual International Panel on Small Societies-Small Business-Small Cities & Villages, 25-28 July 2016, Athens, Greece as part of the 13^th Annual International Conference on SΜΕs, Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Management – Marketing – Economic - Social Aspects, 25-28 July 2016, Athens, Greece. Please submit a 300-word abstract before 28 December 2015, by email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), addressed to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER & Honorary Professor, University of Stirling, U.K.

Please include with this order: Title of Paper, First Name, Family name of all co-authors, Current Position of all co-authors, Institutional Affiliation (University/Organization) of all co-authors, Country of all co-authors, an email address of all co-authors and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Decisions will be reached within four weeks of your submission.

Should you wish to participate in the Conference without presenting a paper, for example, to chair a session, to evaluate papers which are to be included in the conference proceedings or books, to contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an email to Dr. George Poulos, Vice-President of Research, ATINER & Emeritus Professor, University of South Africa, South Africa (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).   

Dear colleague,

I would like to draw your attention to the announcement of the August Loesch Prize 2016, granted by the city of Heidenheim an der Brenz (Germany) and the August Loesch Association. Please write an E-Mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you would like to submit your work, to get further information about the submission process. The invitation of submissions is attached. Please forward it to anybody who might be interested.

Johannes Broecker

10TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PORTUGUESE ECONOMIC JOURNAL

CALL FOR
PAPERS

The _10th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Economic Journal_,
organized by CeBER, Center for Business and Economics Research, will
take place at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, on
July 1-3, 2016. The Meeting webpage is http://www.uc.pt/en/feuc/PEJ2016
[1] .

SUBMISSIONS in all fields of Economics are welcome and should be
made through Conference Maker, at


https://editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conference/conference.cgi?action=login&db_name=PEJ2016
[2]

UNTIL MARCH 15, 2016. Papers should be written in English. The
title page should contain the following elements: name of the author(s),
affiliation(s), presenter, address(es), email(s), title of the paper,
abstract (up to 600 words), keywords and JEL classification codes.


KEYNOTE SPEAKER _PEDRO CARNEIRO_ [3] University College, London.


PORTUGUESE ECONOMIC JOURNAL WEBSITE http://www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/~pej


IMPORTANT DATES

Paper submission: until March 15, 2016


Communication of decisions: April 15, 2016

Early registration: until
May 24, 2016

Deadline for presenters' registration: June 10, 2016


Late registration: as of May 25, 2016

Conference: July 1-3, 2016


FURTHER INFORMATION on REGISTRATION, FEES, VENUE and ACCOMMODATION can
be found at the Meeting webpage.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Ricardo Reis
(LSE, UK)

Guilherme Carmona (University of Surrey, UK)

Isabel Horta
Correia (Banco de Portugal and Católica-Lisbon SBE, Portugal)

Joana
Pais (ISEG-Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)

João Gomes (University of
Pennsylvania, USA)

Leonor Modesto (Católica-Lisbon SBE, Portugal)


Luis Cabral (NYU, USA)

Miguel Ferreira (NOVA SBE, Portugal)

Miguel
Portela (Universidade do Minho, Portugal)

Paulo Rodrigues (Banco de
Portugal and NOVA SBE, Portugal)

Pedro Carneiro (UCL, UK)

LOCAL
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

José Murteira (U. Coimbra, Portugal)

Ana
Margarida Monteiro (U. Coimbra, Portugal)

Óscar Lourenço (U. Coimbra,
Portugal)

Pedro Godinho (U. Coimbra, Portugal)

CONTACTS

Faculdade
de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra,

Av. Dias da Silva, 165


3004-512 Coimbra

Portugal

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



Links:
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[1] http://www.uc.pt/en/feuc/PEJ2016
[2]
https://editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conference/conference.cgi?action=login&db_name=PEJ2016
[3]
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctppca/

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

Thank you very much for your great interest to the 2016 RSAI World Congress Istanbul. We have received hundreds of abstracts with a great geographical diversity from Mexico, Brazil, US to Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, and from Japan, Indonesia, China to Germany, France, Italy and many other European countries. You have made our congress a real ‘World Congress’! Thank you very much! We have also received many requests for the extension of the deadline. In the light of these requests and ongoing demand, we are very glad to inform you that the deadline for abstract submission has been extended until Sunday 17th of January 2016.

If you are still unsure about attending the conference, you can find more information about the conference/themes/speakers and special sessions at the congress website: www.2016worldcongress.regionalscience.org

As we are approaching the year-­‐end and embracing the coming 2016, I would like on behalf of Turkish Regional Science Association and RSAI World Congress Local Organizing Committee, to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

With warmest regards,

Prof.Dr. Tüzin Baycan
President Turkish Regional Science Association
Chair RSAI World Congress Local Organizing Committee

6th Annual Conference of the Argentine Regional Science Association

May 26‐27, 2016, San Carlos de Bariloche

Call for Papers

OVERVIEW
The Argentine Regional Science Association (SAER) invites you to participate in the 6th edition of its Annual Conference to be held in May 26‐27, 2015 in San Carlos de Bariloche, organized by the Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro, Sede Andina.
The 6th Annual Conference will cover a wide range of topics on Regional Economics including:

• Regional finances, trade, investments and capital markets
• Regional economic growth and development
• Science & Technology, Tourism & Export sectors at Regions

Previous Seminars (http://www.saerargentina.com.ar ) have attracted speakers from different countries. We welcome scholars, researchers, students as well as corporation and government executives. We will also host special panels on regional topics. You can either present your research work or just attend. There will be a session of work and/or thesis in progress.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Submissions (extended abstracts up to 1,000 words or full papers) should be in English and include title, keywords, JEL classification, author(s)’ full name(s), affiliation, address, email and phone of the (responsible) author. Submissions (in pdf file format only) must be made by email only to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

DEADLINES

• Submission of papers or extended abstracts: March 20, 2016
• Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2016
• Submission of final papers/work in progress: May 15, 2016

The organizers will invite participating authors to be discussants of a paper.

Director

The University of Toledo Intermodal Transportation Institute

Applications and nominations are sought for the position of Director of the University of Toledo’s Intermodal Transportation Institute (ITI).  The Intermodal Transportation Institute, established in 2004, is an interdisciplinary Institute developed to promote and coordinate UT’s research, education and community engagement relating to transportation and to serve as a portal for external constituencies to access UT’s transportation-related talent and resources.  The ITI has a broad agenda of interdisciplinary activities relating to the full spectrum of transportation-related topics of academic interest and of interest to the local community.  These include supply chain management and business logistics, the design and planning of intermodal transportation systems, transportation data resources, transportation infrastructure improvements, alternative energy sources for transportation, and land-use planning and transportation needs projections.  In addition to research activities, the Institute organizes events and seminars to advance understanding of transportation research in Northwest Ohio and the Great Lakes Region.

The Institute is overseen by a governing board chaired by the Vice President for Government Relations that includes the deans of the colleges of Business and Innovation, Engineering, Language Literature and Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences and Mathematics.  The Institute is also supported by an external Advisory Board composed of local business and government leaders.

Applications and nominations are encouraged for exceptional candidates who may come from either an academic or non-academic background.  Depending upon the academic qualifications of the successful candidate, the position may carry academic rank in an appropriate department.  The Director will be expected to generate external funding to support the Institute, develop external funding opportunities for other faculty members, coordinate research activities with other universities and governmental agencies, and organize and lead proposal development activities.  The successful candidate will be recognized on and off campus as a leader in transportation and should bring the following qualifications: 

• A record of high quality transportation-related research publications.
• A record of winning and directing funded transportation related research projects.
• A Ph.D. or terminal degree in a discipline related to transportation or at least five years of senior-level administrative experience in a non-academic transportation related organization such as industry or a federal or state agency.
• Demonstrated experience in working on interdisciplinary transportation- related research projects.
• A record of working with external constituencies, including transportation-related businesses, universities, and other community leaders.
• A thorough knowledge of current issues and trends relating to transportation as well as federal initiatives and funding underway relating to transportation.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to generate support for the Institute both across the University and from outside the University.
• A passion for transportation that can motivate students, faculty and others.

This is a full-time 12 month position that includes summer support and an administrative stipend.  If the Director has academic rank, he or she will maintain a portion of his or her duties and responsibilities to the Director’s home department including some teaching and graduate program responsibilities. 

Letters of nomination should be submitted no later than Friday, January 29, 2016.  Applicants should submit a letter of application explaining their interest and qualifications for the position along with a current curriculum vita and the names, titles and contact information for three references (who will be contacted after approval of the candidate) no later than Monday, February 15, 2016.  Application packets and letters or nominations should be sent to https://jobs.utoledo.edu.  Questions regarding the position should be directed to the Chair of the Search Committee: Neil Reid, Ph.D., Department of Geography & Planning, MS 140, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43606, USA.  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The University of Toledo is an Equal Access, Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer and Educator.

56th ERSA Congress

23-26 August 2016, Vienna (Austria)

Call for Special Session Proposal

Deadline: 6 December 2015

Link to the Special Session Submission Form

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

2016 Summer School

Welcome

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, Italy, at the Politecnico di Milano.

The theme being:

Space, Territory and Growth.
Advances in Regional Science”

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, provided that this is sufficiently advanced to be presented and to get useful feedback.

Further information can be found below:

 Programme overview

 Application

 Practical Information

ERSA Office 
Sept 2015