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 first workshop is to mobilize and nurture talents across the Western Balkans, publish a special issue of the journal on Sustainable Regional Development and 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.

See program at https://westernbalkansworkshop.weebly.com/programme.html

The Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods (DEMM) of Università degli Studi di Milano is pleased to announce that submission of abstracts for the 4th European Conference, Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis are now open. The conference aims to collect contributions on “Cost-Benefit Analysis and Policy Evaluation for the Next Generation”. Papers in any area of public policy and public economics are welcome, with a focus on policy evaluation.

Potential themes include: policy design and impact evaluation in Health policies/Climate change adaptation,/Knowledge creation, Social and territorial cohesion, Methodological advances in CBA and policy evaluation.

Interested contributors should send an abstract of approximately 400 words, with the indication of a full title, corresponding author and co-authors, affiliations, and 3 keywords.

Papers to be presented at the conference will be selected by the Local Organizing Committee with the advice of an International Advisory Board.

All relevant information regarding the conference, including a detailed Call for Abstracts, will be available at the following web page, which will be constantly updated

 https://centrejeanmonnet.unimi.it/sbca-2023/

 https://www.benefitcostanalysis.org/european-conference-2023         

Important dates

Abstract submission deadline: 15 May 2023

Notification of acceptance: 16 June 2023

Early bird registration deadline: 3 July 2023

Final registration deadline: 14 July 2023

Submission of Abstracts: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sbca-eu2023

Program Chair: Chiara Del Bo - DEMM This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We are currently looking for a PhD candidate to conduct research into the ways that economic resilience can be measured at a spatial/ regional level with a focus on Australia. This program of research will extend from a larger project funded by an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant investigating the way Australian regions dealt with the economic and employment shocks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The successful applicant will work closely with Professor Scott Baum (Griffith) and Professor William Mitchell (University of Newcastle) to develop a program of research that will expand understanding of broader regional economic processes and exogenous and endogenous economic shocks. The project will provide a unique opportunity to be trained in a range of spatial and regional economic analytical techniques with the support of experienced supervisors.

please see details: https://www.griffith.edu.au/research-study/scholarships/regional-resilience-to-economics-shocks

Dear Colleagues

The Organising Committee of the I International Conference on Public Policies and Data Science of Amazonas and II Conference on Data Science for Social Sciences, which will take place between the 19th and 23rd of June this year, in the cities of Manaus and Itacoatiara, invites academics and researchers, professionals and technicians to submit their works on the themes of Regional Development/Public Policies and Data Science/Decision Support Systems. It is intended to stimulate the debate and exchange of experiences and ideas around the following questions:

• the role and challenges of public policy for the promotion of regional development
• the role and challenges of data science for the design and implementation of public policies and promotion of regional development

This is a joint initiative of the Federal University of Amazonas and the University of Aveiro (Portugal), which has the support of the Amazonas State Government (Brazil)

We share some information about the event:

Promotional video of the event; https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=cippcdam

I CIPPCDAM website: https://eventos.galoa.com.br/cippcdam-2023/page/2354-inicio

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cippcdam/

Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/in/cippcd-am-984092266

Sincerely,

The organizing committee of the I CIPPCDAM

Hidelbrando Ferreira Rodrigues - Federal University of Amazonas

João Lourenço Marques - University of Aveiro

Call for Submissions
PRSCO Award for Best Paper by a Young Regional Scientist

The Pacific Regional Science Conference Organization (PRSCO) offers a Best Paper Award annually. The Award is aimed at encouraging young regional scientists within the Asia-Pacific region to participate in research within the PRSCO community and to achieve research excellence. PRSCO now invites submissions for the 2023 Award.

The Award will be made for the best submission to the PRSCO Best Paper competition by a young regional scientist, under the age of 35 (on December 31, 2023), who is from a PRSCO-relevant part of the world.
The Award rules can be found on the PRSCO web site.

Papers submitted for the Best Paper Award should be presented to 18th the PRSCO summer institute in Cambodia on June 13-14, 2023.

Eligible authors who wish to submit a paper to the PRSCO Best Paper competition should email a pdf copy of their paper to the PRSCO Executive Secretary, Soushi Suzuki, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., by no later than Thursday, April 27, 2023.

Papers will be assessed by a PRSCO Best Paper Selection Committee and the author of the winning paper is expected to be notified by June 1, 2023. The decision of the Selection Committee will be final.

Submissions should include a cover page with the paper’s title, the author’s full name, affiliation, and contact details. Award applicants should either: state that the paper is single-authored; or provide the name of the co-author(s), together with evidence that the applicant is the lead author and has contributed over 70 per cent of the paper’s content. The applicant should also affirm that they meet the Award’s age criterion.

http://www.lst.hokkai-s-u.ac.jp/~soushi-s/prsco/PRSCOAwards.html

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

Winner 2023

RSAI has the great pleasure to announce that the jury consisting of Budy Resosudarmo (PRSCO), William Strange (NARSC), Isabelle Thomas (ERSA) and Rosella Nicolini, EiC of the journal chose the article:

Jhorland Ayala-García and Sandy Dall'Erba (2022) The Impact of preemptive investments on Natural disasters, published in Papers in Regional Science, Volume 101, Issue 5, Pages 1087-1103.

Motivation:

This study delivers a very original contribution to the current and relevant debate on the role of institutions and public policies aiming at contrasting the socioeconomic impact of natural disasters on citizens’ life. The authors implement a precise research strategy approaching physical geography to regional science. They exploit novel and original data combining satellite information with public finance data for Colombian municipality and propose different indicators for approximating the market and non-market losses of landslide-related events (associated with extreme rainfalls events due to climate change). The empirical analysis relies on a robust IV approach building on a very attentive selection of covariates fitting the proposed indicators. The conclusion is a direct message to institutions and policy-makers demanding effective measures to protect lives and assets of the most vulnerable population.

as the winner of the Martin Beckmann Prize as the best paper published in Papers in Regional Science in 2022.