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Elisabete Martins
Call for applications - New RSAI committees (extended deadline)
Dear RSAI members,
I hope this email finds you all well.
I am writing you to let you know that, give the relevance of the bottom-up process of the activation of the three new RSAI committees, and to canvass enough good candidates to fill all positions, we decided to extend the deadline for proposing candidatures to Dec. 15. A public ballot among RSAI members will then be organized, with the possibility to vote open until Dec. 22, 2021. Winners of these elections will be shortly disclosed, and I'll be happy to get in touch with the new committee members, so that they can start working on their duties as of Jan. 1, 2022.
Thank you very much again for your support,
Kind regards,
Andrea Caragliu
Associate Professor of Regional and Urban Economics
Politecnico di Milano, ABC Department
RSAI Executive Director
The aims and rules for each of the three committees (Diversity and inclusion; Communication; and Honors) are presented in the attached power point. For each committee, we would like to ask your candidatures to be presented within Dec 15, 2021 at the latest by submitting a 2-page CV to the address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., specifying for which committee your candidature is meant.
The latest issue of Papers in Regional Science are available! Volume 100, Issue 6, December 2021
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Papers in Regional Science Pages: 1335-1657 December 2021 |
ISSUE INFORMATION
Free Access
Pages: 1335-1336 | First Published:01 December 2021
FULL ARTICLES
Open Access
Fernando Bruna, Juan Fernández-Sastre
Pages: 1337-1354 | First Published:06 August 2021
Skill relatedness, structural change and heterogeneous regions: evidence from a developing country
Jefferson Ricardo Bretas Galetti, Milene Simone Tessarin, Paulo Cesar Morceiro
Pages: 1355-1376 | First Published:06 July 2021
When, where, and for what industries does broadband foster establishment births?
Chloé Duvivier, Emma Cazou, Stéphanie Truchet-Aznar, Cédric Brunelle, Jean Dubé
Pages: 1377-1401 | First Published:24 June 2021
Open Access
Does urbanization matter in the expenditure‐happiness nexus?
Cristina Bernini, Silvia Emili, Federica Galli
Pages: 1403-1428 | First Published:04 November 2021
Open Access
Are old regions less attractive? Interregional labour migration in a context of population ageing
Paula Prenzel
Pages: 1429-1447 | First Published:25 June 2021
Kuan-Ming Huang, Xiaoli Etienne
Pages: 1449-1479 | First Published:01 July 2021
Open Access
Diana Gutiérrez-Posada, María Plotnikova, Fernando Rubiera-Morollón
Pages: 1481-1500 | First Published:05 August 2021
Open Access
Collected worker experiences, knowledge management practices and service innovation in urban Norway
Sverre J. Herstad, Marte C. W. Solheim, Marit Engen
Pages: 1501-1525 | First Published:07 August 2021
On urban sprawl: Closed city, open city or does it even matter?
Jeffrey A. DiBartolomeo, Geoffrey K. Turnbull
Pages: 1527-1543 | First Published:11 August 2021
Open Access
Reducing automation risk through career mobility: Where and for whom?
László Czaller, Rikard H. Eriksson, Balázs Lengyel
Pages: 1545-1569 | First Published:19 August 2021
No time for crime? The effect of compulsory engagement on youth crime
Nikhil Jha
Pages: 1571-1597 | First Published:09 June 2021
Open Access
Juan Manuel Valderas-Jaramillo, José Manuel Rueda-Cantuche
Pages: 1599-1624 | First Published:30 June 2021
Modelling heterogeneous preferences for nature‐based tourism trips
David Boto-García, Antonio Alvarez, José Baños
Pages: 1625-1653 | First Published:06 August 2021
REFEREES
Pages: 1655-1657 | First Published:01 December 2021
First Global Regional Development conference, December 3-5, 2021, Shenzhen Greater Bay Area, China
Dear TRSA members & friends:
Tomorrow will be the start of the First Global Regional Development conference on: “SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, DIGITAL CITY RESILIENCE AND SUCCESSFUL LOCAL LEADERSHIP”, to be held in Shenzhen Greater Bay Area, China, from December 3-5, 2021.
You are cordially invited to participate online in this prestigious and international event, which is co-organized with The Regional Science Academy and Tsinghua University, Beijing. The hybrid form (rather than an online meeting) has been chosen due to the current corona regulations in many countries,
with a large group of Chinese scholars meeting physically in Shenzhen and a scattered group of overseas participants meeting in their home office.
We are pleased to inform you that Professor Paul Romer, Nobel laureate in economics, will give a keynote lecture and join the interesting Round Table discussion on Friday, December 3, 2021 at 22.00 (Beijing time), while also Sameh Naguib Wahba, Global Director for Urban and Territorial Development, Disaster Risk Management and Resilience of the World Bank, and many other well-known speakers, will join.
We have great pleasure in sending you herewith the final programme. It promises to become an exciting event with a great audience. Despite the corona limitations, the conference promises to become a scientific highlight which will set the tone for innovative thinking on new regional and urban development concepts and practices. We all look forward to meeting you tomorrow and to continue our cooperation in the coming years.
We will be pleased and honoured to have you with us in this First Global Conference.
Cordially yours,
Karima Kourtit, also on behalf of Peter Nijkamp and Chinese hosts.
ERSA Monthly E-news - November 2021
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Dear Members of ERSA, dear colleagues,
Call for applications - New RSAI committees
Dear members of the RSAI,
I hope this email finds you all well.
I am writing you because the RSAI Council met on Nov 11, 2021, and decided to activate three new committees meant to further enhance the diversity of the association, its capability to attract young scholars, and to reach out a broader community.
Following up to the good experience of the election of the RSAI Dissertation award committee, we would like to invite applications from all of you to participate in the activities of these committees. The aims and rules for each of the three committees (Diversity and inclusion; Communication; and Honors) are presented in the attached power point. For each committee, we would like to ask your candidatures to be presented within Nov. 30, 2021 at the latest by submitting a 2-page CV to the address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., specifying for which committee your candidature is meant. A public ballot among RSAI members will then be organized, with the possibility to vote open until Dec. 15, 2021. Winners of these elections will be shortly disclosed and I'll be happy to get in touch with the new committee members, so that they can start working on their duties as of Jan. 1, 2022.
As you may see from the power point, a member from each supranational section (LARSA; NARSC; ERSA; PRSCO) should be elected, and maximum attention to diversity in the composition of these committees should ideally be sought.
We thank you all in advance for your participation and service,
Kind regards,
The latest issue of Regional Science Policy & Practice are available! Volume 13, Issue S1, November 2021
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Regional Science Policy & Practice Pages: 1-216 November 2021 Issue Edited by: Tomaz Ponce Dentinho, Neil Reid |
ISSUE INFORMATION
Free Access
Pages: 1 | First Published:17 November 2021
INTRODUCTION
Free Access
Effects and policies of COVID‐19
Tomaz Ponce Dentinho, Neil Reid
Pages: 2-3 | First Published:17 November 2021
RESEARCH NOTE
Free Access
Kingsley E. Haynes, Rajendra Kulkarni
Pages: 4-17 | First Published:24 March 2021
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Free Access
Welfare costs of travel reductions within the United States due to COVID‐19
Hakan Yilmazkuday
Pages: 18-31 | First Published:29 May 2021
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The impact of COVID‐19 on global value chains: Disruption in nonessential goods production
Joao-Pedro Ferreira, Pedro Ramos, Eduardo Barata, Christa Court, Luís Cruz
Pages: 32-54 | First Published:05 April 2021
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Impact of Covid‐19 on the convergence of GDP per capita in OECD countries
Vítor João Pereira Domingues Martinho
Pages: 55-72 | First Published:12 May 2021
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Unraveling spatial patterns of COVID‐19 in Italy: Global forces and local economic drivers
Eleonora Cutrini, Luca Salvati
Pages: 73-108 | First Published:21 August 2021
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On the link between temperature and regional COVID‐19 severity: Evidence from Italy
Vicente Rios, Lisa Gianmoena
Pages: 109-137 | First Published:06 September 2021
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Ilyes Boumahdi, Nouzha Zaoujal, Abdellali Fadlallah
Pages: 138-157 | First Published:24 February 2021
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Eduardo Rodrigues Sanguinet, Augusto Mussi Alvim, Miguel Atienza, Adelar Fochezatto
Pages: 158-186 | First Published:07 June 2021
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Oscar Espinosa, Jhonathan Rodríguez, Adriana Robayo, Lelio Arias, Sandra Moreno, Mariana Ospina, David Insuasti, Juan Oviedo
Pages: 187-197 | First Published:02 September 2021
Cultural and economic discrimination by the Great Leveller
Annie Tubadji, Don J. Webber, Frédéric Boy
Pages: 198-216 | First Published:17 July 2021
ERSA Covid Battle Series is back!
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INVITATION TO VIRTUAL EVENT: AFRICAN STATISTICS DAY-18November 2021- LINK ACCESS & PROGRAM
Statistics South Africa invites you to join us in celebrating
African Statistics Day 2021
This event raises public awareness on the importance of statistics in all aspects of social and economic life
The event will be hosted virtually on Thursday, 18 November 2021 from 10h00 - 12h00
Venue: Microsoft Teams virtual event
PLEASE CLICK ON BELOW MENTIONED LINK TO GAIN ACCESS TO EVENT
With South Africa’s first ever digital census scheduled to go into field from 3 February 2022,
the focus for this event will be on the modernization of data collection systems to enable
more efficient and effective data collection.
Theme: "Modernizing National Statistical Systems to support sociocultural development in Africa"
Keynote speaker:
Dr Fredrick Okwayo - Technical Advisor , Population Data Policy at
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Please RSVP by 13h00 on Wednesday, 17 November 2021
to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
ACDA & RSPP Workshop on Sustainable Development, Democracy and Election Rules, December 20, 2021
The aim of the workshop and resulting RSPP Special Issue is, on the one hand, to analyse the relation between the structure of government and election rules and the quality of governance and sustainable development of people and places and , on the other hand, to publish the outcomes of such analysis on a special Topic of RSPP.
Associate Director of the School of Landscape Architecture & Planning and Chair of the Department of Urban & Regional Planning in the UF College of Design, Construction and Planning
Associate Director of the School of Landscape Architecture & Planning and Chair of the Department of Urban & Regional Planning in the UF College of Design, Construction and Planning
Job Description
The University of Florida’s Department of Urban & Regional Planning (URP) seeks a visionary leader and proven educator who is committed to advancing issues of equity, diversity and inclusion to serve as Associate Director of the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning and as Chair of the Department of Urban & Regional Planning.
Our mission is to prepare future practitioners and scholars committed to advancing the efficacy, impact, and knowledge of the discipline of urban and regional planning, to engage in research and scholarship that enhances the understanding and practice of the profession, while addressing societal challenges and serving to the communities of our state, nation and the globe.
We seek applications from candidates who align with our mission, are passionate about working with faculty and students, are committed to research and creative scholarship, are respected researchers and educators, and who operate with the highest levels of ethical standards and integrity.
The position is a twelve-month appointment and is available from July 1st, 2022.
The Department and School
The University of Florida (UF) is a top-tier public, comprehensive, land-grant research institution, currently ranked 5th among all U.S. public universities by U.S. News and World Report. UF is dedicated to achieving and maintaining a culture of educational and research preeminence and the Department of URP within School of Landscape Architecture and Planning shares this drive while continuing to build on a strong tradition of research and teaching excellence, external engagement, and student achievement.
The Department of Urban & Regional Planning benefits from a collaborative environment with the Department of Landscape Architecture (LAE), also housed in the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning. The School builds on the synergies of the two disciplines and enjoys fostering rich opportunities for collaboration with scholars and experts in sustainability, environment and design, systems thinking, policy making, and regionalism. The School, created in 2009, benefits from a unique association with other allied design disciplines in the College including Architecture, Construction Management, Historic Preservation, Interior Design, and Sustainability. The Department’s mission is further supported by interdisciplinary research pursued by integrative research institutes, including the College’s Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER), the Florida Water Institute, and Florida Climate Institute, as well as multiple other Centers within the School and College.
This is a pivotal and exciting moment for the profession and the Department of URP. The Department of URP consists of a collegial faculty of twelve core, full-time members, as well as faculty affiliated with College research centers and programs. The Department, founded in 1975, was first accredited in 1978 and offers a master’s degree in URP (we are the first and only in the country to include accredited degrees being delivered both fully-online and via a traditional campus-based program), a large STEM designated Ph.D. program, a graduate minor, an undergraduate minor, a combined undergraduate-master’s degree (4+1), a graduate certificate in Urban Analytics and is in the final approval stage of a new Master of Science in Urban Analytics. Our growing and vibrant faculty are nationally and internationally recognized and are among the most productive in the country consistently attracting significant amounts of research funding every year.
The Associate Director and Chair will be responsible for contributing to the impact, focus and reputation of the Department of URP. As Associate Director and Chair, the position will directly report to the Dean of the College of Design, Construction and Planning, and works closely with the department chairs, faculty and key stakeholders in or affiliated with the Department of URP. As Associate Director, this position will work with the Director of School to create a cohesive vision for the School. It requires a certain type of leadership; someone who is able to lead dynamic new initiatives while developing current strengths within the respective programs; and identify and support focused research engagement and creative scholarship; and is able to cultivate student learning and foster alumni relations while promoting impactful outreach on the campus and in local, state, national and international contexts.
Importantly, the Associate Director and Chair position places a premium on innovation supported through a collegial environment. Openness to diverse ideas as well as openness in decision-making are essential skills for this position. Other leadership qualities include a vision to identify and develop a cutting-edge agenda in research, creative scholarship, teaching and service. Importantly, the Associate Director and Chair should be able to cultivate shared synergies between landscape architecture and urban & regional planning. He/she also needs to contribute to college- wide planning, fundraising, and engagement at the university level.
Finally, the Associate Director and Chair will also need strong interpersonal skills as an advocate for the Department’s stakeholders, including the professional community and program alumni. Further, it is critical to uphold an academic culture in the Department and School that demonstrates a commitment to diversity and equal opportunities across race, ethnicity and gender. In sum, the Chair sets the vision for the Department and establishes new opportunities while building on existing strengths for the Department and School through shared governance with stakeholders. In addition to administrative responsibilities, the Associate Director and Chair will also be asked to lead by example, create and support a research culture within the Department and School, and is expected to assist with meeting the departmental teaching needs (albeit at a reduced load).
This search is following an aggressive timeline. Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Applications will be reviewed beginning November 29th
Job Qualifications Required:
- Ph.D. in urban and regional planning or related field, such as urban studies, city planning, spatial planning, urban geography, etc.
- Distinguished record in teaching, funded research, creative scholarship, and service, sufficient to merit tenure upon hire at the rank of Professor.
- Academic administrative experience including management of budgets, personnel, and curriculum development at undergraduate or graduate levels
- Excellent communication skills
- Understanding of the importance of fundraising and alumni relations
- A demonstrated record of:
- Advancing the knowledge of urban and regional planning and its evolving role in society and effectively communicating its value within government, industry, and academic sectors
- Experience with extramural funding for research or funding that supports creative scholarship
- Commitment to undergraduate and graduate education, including online education, engagement with students, and promotion of student success
- Commitment to faculty development and mentoring
- Commitment to advancing issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion
Desired:
- Certification with the American Institute of Certified Planners
- Experience with professional program accreditation at undergraduate and graduate levels
- Experience with online education
- Experience establishing and implementing a strategic plan with clear goals and outcomes
- Experience working with intercollegiate, interdisciplinary, and international partnerships and programs
- Commitment to collaboration across college disciplines, institutes, and centers
- Experience with attracting, developing, and retaining outstanding faculty and staff
- Experience in fundraising and working with donors
- Experience with marketing and communications
- Experience working with advisory boards and maintaining relationships with alumni and industry professionals
- Experience in leading and/or actively participating in the field’s professional and academic organizations
INSTRUCTIONS
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Interested applicants are required to apply at https://jobs.ufl.edu. To ensure full consideration, the required documents should be submitted by November 29, 2021 when the Search Committee will begin reviewing applications and will continue until the positions are filled. A completed application should include a CV, letter of interest and vision for the department/school, research agenda/portfolio, and names and contact information for a minimum of three references (the references will not be contacted prior to receiving permission from applicants). For additional information, contact Robert Cox, Ph.D., Search Committee Chair (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Final candidate will be required to provide official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered “official” if a designation of “Issued to Student” is visible. Degrees earned from an education institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), which can be found at http://www.naces.org/.
The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a broadly diverse and inclusive faculty and staff.
The University of Florida is An Equal Employment Opportunity Institution. If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call 352/392-2477 or the Florida Relay System at 800/955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.
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The Regional Science Association International (RSAI), founded in 1954, is an international community of scholars interested in the regional impacts of national or global processes of economic and social change.