In the framework of the EU funded project  TIPPING+ (Enabling Positive Tipping Points towards clean-energy transitions in Coal and Carbon Intensive Regions), the Paris School of Economics is recruiting a post-doctoral research fellow for 1 year (with possible extension for a second year).

The research fellow will be in charge of performing (i) an econometric assessment  of the impact of climate policy in European Carbon Intensive Regions and (ii) a forward-looking analysis of the potential structural changes induced by these policies. The latter analysis will rely on the development of dynamic models of the European production network.

The candidate must have a very strong quantitative background with a PhD in applied mathematics, economics, or related field (operation research, physics, statistics). Furthermore, he/she must have a good understanding of current trends in the European climate policy landscape. Interested candidates should send a cover letter and a cv (including a publication list and the contact details of three referees) to  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled.

Call for papers | Special Issue on “Space, Time and Political Economy”

Extended deadline: May 1, 2021

Following the third encounter of the Portuguese Association of Political Economy (EcPol) held in January 30 – February 1, 2020, at Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto and Católica Porto Business School and dedicated to the theme “Space, Time and Political Economy”, we are hereby inviting contributions to the special issue of Regional Science Policy & Practice.

Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP) is the official policy and practitioner oriented journal of the Regional Science Association International. It is an international journal that publishes high quality papers in applied regional science that explore policy and practice issues in regional and local development. It welcomes papers from a range of academic disciplines and practitioners including planning, public policy, geography, economics and environmental science and related fields. More information about the journal can be found at:

https://rsaiconnect.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/17577802/homepage/productinformation

We welcome to this special issue contributions that study the economy in the context of a transdisciplinary study of human action. The economy is a concrete reality situated in a geographical and historical context. The various spatio-temporal contexts produce a diversity and cultural wealth that cannot be fully understood outside a transdisciplinary perspective that encompasses not only contributions from the various social sciences, but also the natural sciences, which help us to understand the material conditions of each territory.

Articles are accepted in the following topics, amongst others:

The economy and its geographical, historical and political contexts;

Economic institutions in space;

Social and spatial distribution, equality and reciprocity;

The multiple (temporal and geographical) scales of economies;

Economic ideas and policies for territorial change;

The territory and innovation / the territory and tradition;

Territorial aspects of inequality;

The political economy of space and time in capitalism and socialism.

Submissions should be made through the journal’s platform at:

https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rspp

Submissions should clearly state the special issue to which they are submitted. The length of the submissions should not exceed 6,000 words including abstract and footnotes and they should be written in English. Further information on the submission guidelines can be found at:

https://rsaiconnect.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/17577802/homepage/forauthors

Extended submission deadline: May 1, 2021

Any further queries on this special issue can be sent to the guest editors:

Francisca Guedes de Oliveira (Católica Porto Business School and CEGE): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Gonçalo Marcelo (CECH, Univ. de Coimbra / Católica Porto Business School): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Nuno Martins (Católica Porto Business School and CEGE): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Yi Niu, from Capital University of Economics and Business, Bejing, China, received the 2020 Peter Nijkamp RSAI Research Encouragement Award for an Mid-Career Scholar from a Developing Country.

Congratulations!

The Award recognizes the outstanding potential of an mid-career researcher from a nation in the developing world and in which there is a formal Section of RSAI, and seeks to encourage the development of the early career scholar as a high quality researcher in the field of Regional Science and as a participant in the international Regional Science community.

The Martin Beckmann RSAI Annual Award for the Best Paper in Papers in Regional Science

Winner 2020

RSAI has the great pleasure to announce that the jury consisting of Janet Kohlhase, Dan Rickman and Jouke van Dijk chose the article:

Roberto Ezcurra and Vicente Rios, Quality of government and regional resilience in the European Union. Evidence from the Great Recession, published in Volume 98, Issue 3, June 2019, Pages 1267-1290.

Motivation: Through an elegant scientific approach, the paper examines the relationship between quality of government and regional resilience in the European Union during the Great Recession. The results show that the quality of government is an important factor when shaping the regional reaction to the crisis. The analysis clearly deonstates that higher quality of government is associated with greater regional resilience over the Great Recession. The paper gives emphasis to the role played in this context by spatial spillovers induced by the quality of government in neighbouring regions, which turn out to have an important role.

as the winner of the Martin Beckmann Prize as the best paper published in Papers in Regional Science in 2019.

RSPP Paper 2021 Award (related to papers published in 2019)

RSPP Annual Paper Award

For the Best Paper in Regional Science Policy and Practice

Winners 2021

André Torre, Etienne Polge and Frederic Wallet (2019) - Proximities and the role of relational networks in innovation: The case of the dairy industry in two villages of the “green municipality” of Paragominas. Regional Science Policy & Practice 11(2), 279-294

"Interesting paper for showing structural differences between large- and small-scale productions, with an informative characterization and a clear presentation of integrated methods that allow the analysis of a local and global issue (deforestation) also looking into rural innovation. Somewhat descriptive and eclectic, but uses interview data and interesting methodology to examine spatial linkages and proximity effects using empirically testable models out of qualitative fieldwork. The principles clearly articulated in the paper can be applied in numerous different contexts across many countries and regions and will be of real interest to wide range of regional scientists tackling policy-relevant challenges in contexts where there is a paucity of secondary data. It is an enlightening Policy & Practice entry-level paper for a bright student to get his/her feet wet with this general topic."

The winner paper is free on-line until the end of August - https://rsaiconnect.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/rsp3.12151

About Course: Applied General Equilibrium Models I and II

Professor Dr. Karin Peschel, long standing director of the Institute for Regional Research at Kiel Univer-sity, passed away on 19 June 2020. She was aged 84. In the 1960s, Karin Peschel played an active role in the foundation of the “Gesellschaft für Regionalforschung”, the German Speaking Section of the Regional Science Association International, in which she remained active for over 50 years.

Born in Leipzig, Karin Peschel studied Economics at the University of Braunschweig. In 1963, she earned her Economics doctorate at the University of Münster. Her doctoral dissertation, conducted under the supervision of Andreas Predöhl, concerned itself with the market-based organisation of the transport sector. Having completed her doctoral studies, she decided to pursue an academic career in Econom-ics, an unusual step for a woman in the 1960s. She habilitated in 1970 under the supervision of Rolf Funck in Karlsruhe. In 1971, she was successful in securing a professorship at the Institute of Theoret-ical Economics at Kiel University. In 1973, she replaced Reimut Jochimsen, assuming the leadership of the Institute for Regional Research.

At the institute, Karin Peschel initiated a research programme, which focussed on the spatial effects and structures of integration processes and international trade, respectively. One of the Institute’s prominent areas of research concerned the European integration of the Scandinavian economies. In the course of these research activities, she forged research ties with many academics and practitioners in Scandinavia, her research network later widening to encompass the entire Baltic Sea Region. The wealth of joint publications and conferences testify to these very productive collaborations.

Karin Peschel was also a much sought-after advisor on matters relating to regional, structural and in-novation policy. She was active in numerous committees at the federal level. However, her home state of Schleswig-Holstein remained close to her heart, a commitment testified by her tireless and devoted efforts towards promoting economic prosperity in the region.

From 1992 to 1996, Karin Peschel occupied the position of Rector at Kiel University. It should be remembered, she was the first woman to hold this office since the university’s foundation. Additionally,
she remained one of the very few women ever appointed to this position. She made history as Rector when, in 1993, she annulled the politically motivated revocations of doctoral degrees by the National
Socialist regime. In so doing, she helped to make amends for an injustice that had lasted for over 50 years.

Karin's hobby was riding, but her passion remained the mountains, despite relocating to the Baltic lowlands. In her youth, she climbed and explored the Alps with a friend. Later, she was to discover her
love for the mountainous landscape of Norway, a passion she could indulge through her many Scandinavian connections.

The Institute for Environmental, Resource and Spatial Economics mourns the loss of a dedicated scientist, a revered teacher and a beloved colleague.

RETHINKING CLUSTERS

3RD INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CLUSTER RESEARCH (online)

VALENCIA, SPAIN, NOVEMBER, 24th-25th, 2020

We are happy to announce the online RETHINKING CLUSTERS 2020 Conference for November, 24th-25th, 2020.

Due to Covid restrictions, the Conference migrates to an online version, to keep conversation among scholars alive!!

- The deadline for paper submission has been extended up to September, 1st, 2020.

- Remember to provide at least three key words when submitting, indicating the Track you prefer.

Please, see the new Call for Papers and visit: 

https://www.rethinkingclusters.org/

Those of you that already submitted, not necessarily submitting again. 

Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver and Rafael Boix, on behalf of the 3rd (online)  Rethinking Clusters Workshop Organizing Committee.