ROMANIAN REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION (RRSA)

XIVth International Conference of the Romanian Regional Science Association

UNLOCKING REGIONAL POTENTIALS THROUGH COHESION POLICY - OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

23 - 24 November 2023 │ Bucharest, Romania

CALL FOR PAPERS: https://rrsa.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Call-for-Papers-Romanian-RRSA-2023-Conference.pdf

Details at www.rrsa.ro

The Department of Geography at The Ohio State University is accepting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the field of transportation geography. 

The department is primarily interested in applicants whose research and teaching are focused on transportation geography in an aviation context. The successful candidate will have research and teaching expertise in human and/or freight mobility at regional, continental, and/or global scales. This can encompass such areas as economic geography, the geopolitics of mobility, transportation systems and development, system resilience, weather and meteorology, climate change and climate-related hazards, as well as environmental, social, and economic sustainability.

More details can be found here: https://osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/job/Columbus-Campus/Assistant-Professor_R86656-1

The College of Law and Public Service at The University of La Verne invites applications for Assistant Professor position. 

The College is seeking individuals who will demonstrate a deep commitment to teaching excellence, service to the institution and community, as well as further developing its national reputation in scholarly research. Successful hires are expected to participate actively in the College’s activities and meetings, as well as in relevant community and professional activities that enhance and promote the best interests of the programs and the College. Faculty in the department regularly attend and make presentations at professional conferences and maintain memberships in appropriate professional organizations.
The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate and maintain a strong research agenda. Primary responsibilities for this position will be in both our Master of Public Administration and Doctorate in Public Administration programs (including service on dissertation committees), other responsibilities will be dependent upon candidate background and interests. Prior service in public sector or non-profit organizations is a particularly desirable qualification, as is a Juris Doctorate. We are especially interested in candidates who hold a PhD or DPA (completed by the time of appointment) in Public Administration, Public Policy, Political Science, or other closely related fields. Candidate should demonstrate strong teaching and research potential. Curriculum may be taught across multiple campuses and classes are delivered through various modalities that include in-person, online and/or hybrid. As such, some travel between campuses may be required. Candidates need to possess strong skills and pedagogical acumen in the virtual environment.

Please click this link for more details.

The University of Montana invites applications for Director for the Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER). 

The position directs a high-visibility applied economic research program with a focus on the regional economy.  The broad areas of research would include, but not be limited to, industries relevant to Montana and the mountain west, such as tourism, manufacturing, high tech, energy, and health care. The incumbent is expected to conduct peer-reviewed and client-specific applied research and to communicate findings to the public in non-technical language, including presentations at the Montana Economic Outlook Seminars.

The University of Montana is a flagship, research-intensive R1 institution with approximately 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students. It is located in Missoula, a culturally vibrant community of about 75,000, surrounded by mountains and three rivers converge. Abundant recreational opportunities in surrounding state and national forests and nearby Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park complement a thriving intellectual atmosphere.

The Bureau’s purpose is to serve the general public, as well as people in business, labor, and government, by providing an understanding of the economic environment in which Montanans live and work.

Please follow this link here for more details.

RSPP Special Issue Award

For the Best Special Issue Editors in Regional Science Policy and Practice

RSPP Special Issue Award aims to stimulate the quality of an enlarged editorial team focused in the edition of Special Issues.

RSPP Special Issue Award prizes the special issues with more than seven papers, published two years before based on their citations per paper and the judgement of a jury composed by three Fellows, the President and the Immediate Past President.

Winners 2023

Following the rules of the RSPP Special Issue Award the recipients of the RSPP Special Issue Award in 2023 based on the special published in 2021 and approved by the Jury composed by Hans Westlund, Eduardo Haddad, Gordon Mulligan, David Plane and Phillip McCann are:

1st Place Neil Reid for the Special Issues on “Effects and Policies of Covid-19” with 8 papers and 44 Cite Score citations (ratio 5,50) in September 2023.

2nd Place Eveline S. van Leeuwen and Solmaria Halleck Vega for the Special Issue “Voting and the rise of populism: Spatial perspectives and applications across Europe” with 10 papers and 50 Cite Score Citations (ratio 5,00) in September 2023.

3rd Place Paolo Postiglione for the Special Issue “New directions for regional analysis: Methods and applications” with 11 papers and 49 Cite Scores citations (ratio 4,45) in September 2023.

Dear Members of the Regional Science Association International, 

according to the RSAI Constitution, each first year of term of the RSAI President, the Association faces the pleasant task of electing the Incoming President, who will in 2024 take on the position of President Elect, and work along with Prof. Hans Westlund, current RSAI President, to gradually move on to the position of President in 2025. Here is an excerpt of the rules of the Association for managing this important step:

Nomination committee. The RSAI Council has appointed a dedicated nomination committee, that following the rule of the RSAI Constitution is made up of the RSAI President (Hans Westlund), the RSAI Immediate Past-President (Eduardo Haddad), four members of the RSAI Council (one each from among the council members who are appointees of the four superregional organizations: Eveline Van Leeuwen for ERSA, Lily Kiminami for PRSCO, Carlos Azzoni for LARSA; Sandy Dell'erba for NARSC), and two members of the Long Range Planning Committee (LRPC) recommended by the LRPC itself (Kingsley Haines and Yoshiro Higano).

Criteria of the nominees. The nominees should satisfy the following criteria: a) financial resources sufficient to cover travel costs to perform RSAI duties; b) support from candidate’s institution including relaxation of duties to enable President to travel as needed to execute RSAI business; c) RSAI Council experience (Council member experience) and/or other service to the regional science community (e.g., supra-regional and/or other sections, editor or one of the regional science journals, etc.).

Election procedure. The President Elect nomination committee shall [...] make a recommendation to Council at a Council meeting of this same year . Upon receiving this recommendation, the Council will select a nominee. The President‐Elect and Vice‐President shall start his/her appointment at the start of the next calendar year (i.e. the second year of the current President’s term).

RSAI members from the PRSCO area who want to be nominated as candidate for the President of the Regional Science Association International should send to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (cc-ing the RSAI ED at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) within Oct. 14, 2023 the following material:

-          A two-page CV and a Picture;

-          A two-page statement on the motives in support of the candidacy and on the future strategy for the RSAI.

The Nomination Committee will then nominate the candidates to be voted on-line by the Members of the Council. Results will be diffused through in RSAI webpage.

Thank you in advance for participating in this crucial stage of the Association's life,

Kind regards,

Andrea Caragliu

RSPP Workshop

Enlargement of the Western Balkan region in the European Union

29 September 2023, Pristina, Kosovo

The scientific journal Regional Science Policy and Practice belongs to Regional Science Association International and it is committed to promote the development of Regional Science across the globe specifically through the promotion of special issues on nurtured by workshops.
The main purpose of this workshop is to mobilize and nurture talents across the Western Balkans, publish a special issue of the journal on European Integration in Western Balkans and support RSAI in the creation of regional science sections in Western Balkans.

The workshop seeks to enhance participants understanding of recent developments and methodologies that could be useful for spatial and regional analysis facilitating the European integration and implementation of sustainable development goals in the Western Balkan region. Spatial assessment is more important to our understanding of economic and geographical problems, the workshop will develop the skillsets and knowledge of regional scientist to be able to analyse and understand complex spatial problems and to apply these tools in developing innovative research, in policy making and further expanding research capacities in the Western Balkan region.

Through this workshop, participants will be able to learn and apply spatial econometric models, geographic data, agglomeration and movement of labour and capital to make informed policy decisions that can facilitate the European integration process. Participants will have the opportunity to present their research and receive constructive feedback from peers and senior scholars.

Submission of abstracts: before 10 Sept. 2023

https://wbalkansworkshoppr.wixsite.com/my-site-1/submissions