Professor Arthur Getis, a Professor Emeritus of Geography at San Diego State University, received the RSAI Jean Paelinck Award 2017. 

The Jean Paelinck Award recognizes and honors the truly outstanding scholarly achievement of a senior and internationally recognized regional scientist in the field of Regional Science Methods and it is awarded with the nomination of five RSAI Fellows, with the selection of the Jury and with the approval by the RSAI Council.

RSAI has the great pleasure to announce that Juan Ramón Cuadrado-Roura is the 2017 recipient of the Hirotada Kohno Award for Outstanding Service to RSAI. Congratulations!

Cuadrado-Roura is Founder Director of the Institute for Economic and Social Analysis (IAES) and Applied Economics Professor at the University of Alcalá. 

Dear colleague:

We have just published a new issue of the journal Investigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research (Issue Nº 38). It is now available both on line and print version.

About Investigaciones Regionales – Journal of Regional Research:

The founding aim of Investigaciones Regionales–Journal of Regional Research was to create a prestigious journal through which to disseminate quality research carried out in the broad academic and professional field of regional, urban and territorial studies. The review process of the papers submitted to the Journal follows international standards.

Investigaciones Regionales-Journal of Regional Research is ranked as Q3 by Scimago JRC (Scopus), in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and indexed in other scientific and academic international databases (Emerging Source Citation Index (ESCI), EBSCO, ProQuest, EconLit, RePec, DOAJ, Redalyc, Latindex, Fuente Académica, …).

The Journal has a multidisciplinary approach, welcoming submissions from fields such as Economics, Geography, Sociology, Land Planning and Political Science, whose scientific focus, originality and added value contribute to the dissemination of new ideas and methodological approaches, strengthening and improving the quality of the publication, via its This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The contents of this issue are:

Articles:

• Progreso tecnológico y divergencias regionales: evidencia para Colombia (1980-2010) - Segundo Abrahán Sanabria Gómez
• Patterns and drivers of cultural economy in Spain’s extra-metropolitan small towns - Ana Isabel Escalona Orcao, Luis Antonio Sáez Pérez, Belén Sánchez-Valverde García
• La demanda turística internacional: recuperación de la crisis y turismo de lujo, una primera aproximación al caso español - Mercedes Jiménez García, Antonio Rafael Peña Sánchez, José Ruiz Chico
• El conocimiento local como factor de innovación social: el caso del distrito municipal de Quito - Carlos M. Jardon, Klaus Gierhake
• La participación de los agentes económicos y sociales en la revitalización de los municipios rurales - Pedro Benito Moyano Pesquera, Belén Miranda Escolar, Pablo Gordo Gómez
• Hacia una primera tipología de los sistemas regionales de innovación en Argentina- Andrés Niembro

Surveys and debates:

• Medición económica del capital y depreciación endógena: una aplicación a la economía española y sus regiones - Javier Escribá-Pérez, María José Murgui-García, J. Ramón Ruiz-Tamarit

European Regional Policy:

• Evaluation of the Cohesion Policy Operational Program 2007-2013. The case ofExtremadura- Enrique López-Bazo, Rosina Moreno, Vicente Royuela, Jordi Suriñach

Books reviews:

• The New Geography of Jobs - Ernest Reig

To contact Us and Submit Manuscripts:

Investigaciones Regionales – Journal of Regional Research

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Yours sincerely,

Investigaciones Regionales – Journal of Regional Research

Dear  Member of the Uddevalla Symposium Network,

We are now planning for the 21^st Uddevalla Symposium 2018. It will take place in Luleå Sweden 14-16 June 2018  and be hosted by Luleå University of Technology with Prof. Joakim Wincent as local host. Congratulations Luleå!

The overall theme is: Diversity, Innovation, Entrepreneurship –  Regional, Urban, National and International Perspectives. The following eleven excellent keynote speakers will contribute with different perspectives to the overall theme:

We invite you to suggest a proposal for a special session at this upcoming 21^st Uddevalla Symposium. The proposal should include:

1. Title of the proposed special session
2. A short description of the special session
3. Name and affiliation of a suggested chair (or chairs) for the special session.

N.b. that at least four papers have to be presented in each special session.

We will need your proposal at the latest on November 16^th, 2017 in order to market the Call for Papers. You may submit the proposal for a special session to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Organizing committee then decides on which proposal(s) will be accepted.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee

Iréne Bernhard

2-year post-doctoral research position funded by the EU H2020 Project RELOCAL “Resituating the Local in Cohesion and Territorial Development” (www.relocal.eu). The post holder will be based at ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon.

For full details see the job advert attached. To apply please follow the link: https://goo.gl/rgkJ6k

24th APDR Congress  

July 2017, Covilhã

ISBN: ISBN 978-989-8780-05-8
N. Páginas: 1271
Formato: Online

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Dear NECTAR friends

Please find enclosed a call for papers for the next CL 3 workshop on  “The Future of Freight Transport” that will be held in Venice (8th and 9th March 2017).

Deadline for submission of abstracts: December, 10^th

Kind regards

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Ana Condeço-Melhorado

NECTAR Secretary