Deadline: 06 December
Consultancy opportunity with UN-Habitat headquarters: Urban Migration Expert

Dear UNI partners,

Do you have experience in urban migration and a passion for sustainable urban practices worldwide?

We are hiring an expert to provide technical Expertise to the implementation of the Housing Rights Programme and the MC2CM project, specifically on the drafting of a City Migration Profile, focusing on the implementation of activities related to housing rights and inclusion of groups in a vulnerable situation.

The consultant will report to and work under the general guidance of the Housing Unit. The consultant will be expected to work remotely. 

Do you want to find out more? Apply before the opening closes on 06 December!
Full job description here.

ISSUE INFORMATION

Issue Information

Pages: 2209-2210 | First Published: 28 November 2019

FULL ARTICLES

Why are some Spanish regions more resilient than others?

Yolanda Ubago Martínez, Ignacio García‐Lautre, Belén Iraizoz, Pedro Pascual

Pages: 2211-2231 | First Published: 03 July 2019

Foreign firms in core or peripheral areas? The spatial dimension of job creation and wages in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Michele Binetti, Nicola D. Coniglio

Pages: 2233-2250 | First Published: 03 July 2019

Determinants of international tourist choices in Italian provinces: A joint demand–supply approach with spatial effects

Tomaso Pompili, Maurizio Pisati, Eleonora Lorenzini

Pages: 2251-2273 | First Published: 02 July 2019

Open Access

Regional diversity in experiences of cohesion policy: The cases of Emilia‐Romagna and Calabria

Valentina Aiello, Pierre Maurice Reverberi, Cristina Brasili

Pages: 2275-2293 | First Published: 19 June 2019

Spillover effects when IKEA enters: Do incumbent retailers win or lose?

Sven‐Olov Daunfeldt, Oana Mihaescu, Helena Nilsson, Niklas Rudholm

Pages: 2295-2313 | First Published: 07 June 2019

Do new and relocating firms have different preferences for accessibility?

Ioannis Baraklianos, Louafi Bouzouina, Patrick Bonnel, Ouassim Manout

Pages: 2315-2341 | First Published: 14 June 2019

The effect of FAR (floor area ratio) regulations on land values: The case of New York

Byunggeor Moon

Pages: 2343-2354 | First Published: 02 May 2019

Does cognition matter? Applying the push‐pull‐mooring model to Chinese farmers' willingness to withdraw from rural homesteads

Wen Fan, Lifang Zhang

Pages: 2355-2369 | First Published: 25 June 2019

A distance correlation index of spatial dependence for compositional data

1. Simona Andreano, Roberto Benedetti, Federica Piersimoni

Pages: 2371-2389 | First Published: 23 May 2019

SPAG: Index of spatial agglomeration

Katarzyna Kopczewska, Paweł Churski, Artur Ochojski, Adam Polko

Pages: 2391-2424 | First Published: 12 July 2019

Open Access

Personality traits, migration intentions, and cultural distance

Didier Fouarge, Merve Nezihe Özer, Philipp Seegers

Pages: 2425-2454 | First Published: 02 July 2019

The commuting behaviour of self‐employed workers: Evidence for Spain

Juan‐Francisco Albert, José M. Casado‐Díaz, Hipólito Simón

Pages: 2455-2477 | First Published: 06 July 2019

Spread or backwash: The impact on population dynamics and business performance of a new road in a rural county of Galicia (Spain)

David Peón, Jorge Rodríguez‐Álvarez, Edelmiro López‐Iglesias

Pages: 2479-2502 | First Published: 02 July 2019

BOOK REVIEW

Order without design. Alain Bertaud. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. 2018. 413 pp. ISBN #9780262038768.

Albert Saiz

Pages: 2503 | First Published: 26 October 2019

REFEREES

Acknowledgement to referees

Pages: 2505-2509 | First Published: 28 November 2019

Dear colleague,

We kindly invite you  to submit abstracts to the 23^rd Uddevalla Symposium 2020, June 11-13, 2020 on: The Geography of Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship – Implications for Regional Growth and Development. Please see attached abstract.

Venue: Stenungsbaden Hotel & Conference, Stenungsund, Sweden

Abstract Submission Deadline: January 28^th, 2020 https://symposium.hv.se/symposium-2020/abstract-submission/

We are very proud to present the following eleven Keynote Speakers!

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maria Abreu, University of Cambridge, UK

Prof. Zoltan Acs, George Mason University, USA

Prof. Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen, University of Buffalo, USA

Assoc. Prof. Tom Brökel, University of Stavanger, Norway

Prof. Susanne Durst, University West, Sweden

Prof. Maryann Feldman, University of North Carolina, USA

Prof. Nicolai Foss, Bocconi University, Italy

Dr. Sari Kerr, Wellesley College, USA
Prof. Dr. Annekatrin Niebuhr, Kiel University, Germany

Prof. Andrés Rodríguez-Pose London School of Economics, UK

Prof. Michael Storper, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, USA

Please see more information in attached Call for papers and on the special sessions at the homepage https://symposium.hv.se/symposium-2020/special-sessions/

Kind regards,

Iréne Bernhard, Chair

On behalf of the Organizing Committee

Organized by the Library of Social Sciences of the University of Florence under the patronage of the Department of Economics and Business Sciences of the same University

On Friday 6 December 2019 at 10.45 am "The Giacomo Becattini Archive" will be presented at the Library of Social Sciences of the University of Florence.

Speakers: Gaetano Aiello (Director of the Department of Economics and Business Sciences), Lucilla Conigliello (Director of the Library of Social Sciences), Marco Dardi (University of Florence), Maria Cristina Marcuzzo (Sapienza University of Rome), Fabio Sforzi (University of Parma).

Dear NECTAR friends,

December 1^st the general call opens for the coming Mobile Tartu conference 2020. Cluster 8 will be organizing a special Nectar session (or sessions). Attached you will find the cluster 8 ICT call for this special Nectar session.

Best regards

--

Ana Condeço-Melhorado

NECTAR Secretary

https://www.nectar-eu.eu/

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA) in collaboration with Faculty of Economics and Business-Universitas Gadjah Mada invite scholars, practitioners, and students to submit papers to be presented in the 16th IRSA International Conference. The theme of the conference is Institutions, Human Capital, and Development. The conference will be held in Yogyakarta on 13-14 July 2020.

Potential topics to be discussed in the conference include, but not limited to:

1. Institutions and economic growth
2. Institutional economics of corruption and reform
3. Agricultural and rural institutional development
4. Property rights and innovations
5. Religion and its long-term impact
6. Social capital and trust
7. Early childhood development and long-term outcomes
8. Curriculum, pedagogy, education technology and student achievement
9. Education spending and educational outcomes
10. Regional disparities in educational outcomes
11. Teacher labour supply and teacher incentives
12. Skills development and vocational training
13. Health and economic growth
14. Child and mother health in developing countries
15. Demand and supply of health care

Extended paper abstract of about 500 words should be submitted online via http://www.conftool.com/irsa2020 by 6 April 2020. Abstract should consist of background, data and methodology, potential contributions, and keywords. Abstracts must be submitted in English, as also the full paper.

Paper sessions are seminar-style for each paper and ample time for discussion and for participants to provide constructive feedback to authors. Paper presentations will be in English.

Important Dates

Jan 6, 2020: Abstract Submission Opening

Apr 6, 2020: Abstract Submission Deadline

May 4, 2020: Early Bird Registration Open

May 4, 2020: Notification of Abstract Acceptance

Jun 1, 2020: Early Bird Registration End

Jun 22, 2020: Full Paper Submission Deadline

Jun 22, 2020: Paper Presenter Registration Deadline

Jul 6, 2020: Non-Presenter Registration Deadline

Jul 10-11, 2020: Pre-conference training

Jul 13-14, 2020: Conference Date

Conference Secretariat: Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada Jalan Sosiohumaniora 1, Bulaksumur Yogyakarta, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, 55291, Indonesia Phone : +62274548510 Fax : +62274563212 Homepage : https://yogyakarta2020.irsa.or.id

CALL FOR PAPERS TO THE:

XIV World Conference of the Spatial Econometrics Association 2020

The Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE) at Jönköping International Business School is proud to be hosting the XIV World Conference of the Spatial Econometrics Association (SEA).

Following the tradition of previous SEA conferences, this conference is designed to bring together leading-edge views of senior academic scholars and mix them with the critical and creative views of post-docs and PhD students engaged in their thesis work. We welcome researchers from various fields, among others: Spatial econometrics, economic geography, regional economics, and urban and regional planning.

When: 24-26 June, 2020

Where: Jönköping, Sweden

Abstract submission deadline: January 31, 2020 (submit via seajibs.com)

Keynote speakers (additional keynotes will be announced shortly):

Xiaodong Liu, University of Colorado Boulder

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, London School of Economics

Publications: Papers presented at this conference will be considered for publication in a special issue in the Journal of Spatial Econometrics.

Jean Paelinck Prize for Young Researchers: The prize is established to recognize and honour the outstanding career and contributions of Professor Jean Paelinck, an internationally recognized spatial econometrician of outstanding merit, who is viewed as one of the founders of the field of spatial econometrics. The Jean Paelinck Prize for Young Researchers aims to recognize the research of junior scientists in Spatial Econometrics through paper presentation and in-depth discussion. Upon acceptance, competing papers will be presented in the Jean Paelinck Sessions, where the young researchers will be given extra time for presentation and receiving feedback. Every paper will be assigned to a discussant, and the sessions will be chaired by senior scientists. The winner will receive 300 Euros. All accepted papers will benefit from a reduced registration fee to the conference.

Sceintific committee:

Giuseppe Arbia, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Anil Bera, University of Illinois

Roger Bivand, Norwegian School of Economics

Jean Paul Elhorst, University of Groningen

Bernard Fingleton, University of Cambridge

Lung-Fei Lee University, Ohio State University

Julie Le Gallo, Agrosup Dijon, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté

Gianfranco Piras, Catholic University of America

Yang Zhenlin, Singapore Management University

Jönköping is conveniently located between Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö/Copenhagen. The city is beautifully situated along the southern shore of lake Vättern. With its international university and 140,000 inhabitants, Jönköping is full of life all year round. The interest in food is great in the city where you will find a variety of restaurants and cafés. For nature lovers and botanists, the region is a paradise with nature reserves, hiking trails, lovely views and one of Sweden’s largest oak forests

The overall mission of CEnSE is to organize, support, and carry out innovative, high-quality, basic, applied as well as policy relevant research on entrepreneurship and spatial economics. For more information about CEnSE, please visit our website: center.hj.se/cense

More information about the conference, Jönköping, CEnSE, the Journal of Spatial Econometrics, Jean Paelinck Prize for Young Researchers etc. can be found on: seajibs.com

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU IN JÖNKÖPING!

Professor Johan Klaesson (Director of CEnSE)

Associate Professor Mikaela Backman (Co-director of CEnSE)

Assistant Professor Sofia Wixe (Co-director of CEnSE)

Sofie Grahnat (Administrator of CEnSE)

Call for Book Chapter Proposals

Book Title: Entrepreneurship Trends in the Fourth Sector. Looking for sustainable development

Springer Book Series on “Studies on Entrepreneurship, Structural Change and Industrial Dynamics” (Series Ed. João Leitão and Devezas Tessaleno)

Synopsis:

Sustainable entrepreneurship is not an option anymore. Today´s traditional economic systems and business models have become outdated. Although tremendous progresses have been made by Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) interventions from public, private and non-profit organizations, the scale and urgency of the world´s biggest challenges have grown at an alarming rate. The general call for action represented by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) needs new entrepreneurial ventures.

The four sector is a relatively new sector that consists of for-benefit organizations that combine market-based approaches of the private sector with the social and environmental aims of the public and non-profit sectors. To indicate new types of social entrepreneurial activities that do not neatly fall into the traditional sectors, the concept of fourth sector has been introduced in different streams of academic research. The examples of entrepreneurship in the fourth sector represent new ways, in which societies address wicked problems.

This book aims to examine how entrepreneurial ventures serve for people expressing themselves and take part in societal processes of change. An important aspect is that such activities fall outside the traditional sectors, public, private or non-profit. This book will show trends in entrepreneurship in the fourth sector, will describe specific ecosystems fostering new ventures around the world and will characterize the most common and innovative business models, successful experiences and paradigmatic examples. The book wants to cover as well the main effects, among others, of technological change, innovation and institutional behavior on the fourth sector in the last years. It aims to address the main characteristics and driving forces of this phenomenon, the strategic business practices and the role of the social entrepreneurship in attaining a more harmonious and sustainable development.

In particular, this book will serve for exploring and discussing innovative studies, analyses and reports as key developments such as new business models, social innovations, marketing and strategy, urban activism, social movements, governance issues and options emerging along the fourth sector. The book embraces the emerging social and sustainable entrepreneurship phenomenon, with focus on urban and regional entrepreneurial ecosystems and structural change in society for a better future.

We welcome book chapter contributions centered (but not exclusively) on the following themes:

• Entrepreneurship opportunities in the Fourth Sector.
• New Business Models in the Fourth Sector.
• Social innovation in the Fourth Sector
• Social or Cause Marketing and strategies in the Fourth Sector.
• Entrepreneurial case studies and paradigmatic examples.
• Hybrid organizational configurations, Social Enterprises, B Corporations.
• Microfinance, venture philanthropy, sustainable business.
• Civic/Municipal Enterprises, Consortia, Cross-sectional Partnerships.
• Community Interest Companies, Cooperatives, Community Wealth Organizations.
• Common Good Corporations
• Tensions of a public-private hybrid organization, and the role of the individual.
• Kinds of governance issues and options emerging along the Fourth Sector.
• Urban activism, social movements, smart cities and structural changes.
• Self-organized civic activism and sustainable development goals.
• Migrants and refugees´ entrepreneurship in the Fourth Sector.
• One-to-one aid, volunteering, community participation, social cooperation, networking.
• Gender equality, female leadership and the Fourth Sector's focus on women.
• Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and regional development.
• Innovation, technology and digital economy in the Fourth Sector.
• The future

Important Dates:

January 15, 2020: Book Chapter Proposal

February 14, 2020: Accept/Reject Notification

April 15, 2020: Full Chapter Submission

May 15, 2020: Review Results Returned

June 15, 2020: Final Chapter Submission

October 31, 2020: Final Print Version Available (Tentative)

Submission Procedure:

Chapter proposal submissions are invited from researchers and practitioners on or before January 15, 2020. Proposals should be limited to between 1000- 2000 words, explaining the mission and concerns of the chapter and how it fits into the general theme of the book.

Only electronic submissions in PDF or Word format will be considered. Please send your proposal to the following emails (or one of them):

isanchez@unex.es luisa.c.carvalho@esce.ips.pt mcpr@uevora.pt mrlucas@uevora.pt backx@usp.br

Your submission must be made on or before the due date specified. Submissions will be reviewed in a single-blind manner. We look for multiple perspectives on the fourth sector topic.

Notifications regarding the status of the chapter proposal will be made available to authors by 14 February, 2020.

Based on accepted chapter proposals, chapter submissions will be accepted on or before 15 April, 2020. Two or more reviewers will review all submitted chapters.

Chapter submissions must be prepared in accordance with the submission guidelines (see series webpage: http://www.springer.com/series/15330) and must not exceed 25 pages, including bibliography and any appendix. Only electronic submissions in PDF or Word format will be considered.

Book Editors:

• M. Isabel Sánchez-Hernández, University of Extremadura, Spain
• Luísa Carvalho, Politechnic Institute of Setubal & CEFAGE, Portugal
• Conceição Rego, University of Évora & CEFAGE, Portugal
• Maria Raquel Lucas, University of Évora & CEFAGE, Portugal
• Adriana Backx-Noronha, University of São Paulo, Brazil