Call for Papers
URBE
URban freight and BEhavior change
October 1st - 2nd 2015, Rome, Italy
Conference organized by Department of Political Sciences and Centre for Research on the Economics of Institutions, University of Roma Tre
Website: http://host.uniroma3.it/eventi/urbe
We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the URBE - URban freight and BEhavior change Conference to be held in Rome, Italy, October 1st-2nd, 2015. Researchers, practitioners, politicians and public authorities are invited to use the conference as a platform for knowledge-exchange and transfer.
The conference is endorsed by: 1) Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems (CoE-SUFS), 2) World Conference for Transport Research Society’s SIGB5 - Freight Modelling (WCTRS), 3) Italian Society of Transport Economics and Logistics (SIET), 4) Italian Society of Transport Politics (SIPOTRA), 5) Italian Association of Regional Science (AISRE).
Aims and scope
URBE aims at identifying the behavioral game changers capable of modifying the present trends and pro-actively responding to the sustainability challenges urban freight distribution poses to modern cities given the role it plays in linking production, logistics and society.
The conference, taking a trans-disciplinary approach, focuses on the various alternatives capable of stimulating stakeholders’ behavioral change and engagement for a sustainable urban freight distribution. In more detail, the main topics relate to the behavioral pros and cons of: stakeholder involvement methodologies, advanced modeling techniques, innovative organizational structures, policy appraisal and evaluation techniques.
Please find below a non-exhaustive list of possible subjects to be addressed.
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Stakeholder involvement methodologies Advanced modeling techniques |
Policy appraisal and evaluation techniques Innovative organizational structures Areas of concern and possible solutions |
The official language of the Conference is English.
Submission
We are now inviting submissions for conference presentations. Extended abstracts (max. 2 pages, please follow the instructions on the website) should contain all relevant information to allow the peer review process, giving an overview of: (1) main objectives and motivations, (2) topics covered and methodology, (3) results obtained/expected and conclusions.
The deadline for abstract submission is April 1st, 2015. Abstracts should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and will be assessed by the scientific committee within a double-blind-review.
Journal special issues
The intention is to organize special issues of selected papers in appropriate journals depending upon a critical mass of good papers.
Timeline
- 01 April, 2015 – Submission of extended abstracts
- 01 May, 2015 – Notification of abstract status
- 01 July, 2015 – Early registration deadline
- 01 September, 2015 – Submission of full papers and registration deadline for Authors
- 01-02 October, 2015 – Conference in Rome, Italy
| SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE | |
| Chandra Bhat The University of Texas at Austin – USA Michael Browne University of Westminster - United Kingdom Ennio Cascetta Federico II University of Naples – Italy Laetitia Dablanc IFSTTAR – France Romeo Danielis University of Trieste – Italy Gerard de Jong University of Leeds - United Kingdom Francesco Filippi Sapienza University of Rome - Italy Hanno Friedrich Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) – Germany Rodrigo Garrido Diego Portales University - Chile Valerio Gatta (local organizer) Roma Tre University – Italy Stephane Hess University of Leeds - United Kingdom José Holguín-Veras Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – USA Gernot Liedtke Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) – Germany Cathy Macharis Free University of Brussels – Belgium |
Edoardo Marcucci (local organizer) Roma Tre University – Italy Vittorio Marzano Federico II University of Naples – Italy Alan McKinnon Kühne Logistics University - Germany Sandra Melo Instituto Superior Tecnico of Lisbon – Portugal Agostino Nuzzolo Tor Vergata University – Italy Matthew Roorda University of Toronto – Canada Francesco Russo Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria – Italy Amanda Stathopoulos Northwestern University – USA Eiichi Taniguchi Kyoto University – Japan Lóránt Tavasszy Delft University of Technology – Netherlands Eva Valeri European Commission, JRC, Seville – Spain Thierry Vanelslander University of Antwerp – Belgium Xiaokun Wang Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – USA Johan Woxenius University of Gothenburg – Sweden |
We look forward to receiving your submissions and seeing you on October 1-2, 2015 in Rome, Italy
Sincerely,
Local Organizing Committee
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Website: http://host.uniroma3.it/eventi/urbe