Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany​

 

 

Special Sessions

• SS01 - Entrepreneurship in sustainable and creative territories

​Organizer: Luísa Carvalho, Open University, Lisbon, Portugal

• SS02 - Asymmetries in metropolitan areas: measuring, correcting, rethinking

Organizer: Jorge Gonçalves, CERIS, CESUR, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

• SS03 - Cultura e desenvolvimento regional: As contribuições da arte, do folclore e de outras manifestações artísticas para o progresso regional

Organizers: Noelio Dantaslé Spinola, Universidade Salvador (UNIFACS), Bahia, Brasil; Josias Alves de Jesus, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB), Bahia, Brasil

• SS04 - Mega-events legacy on hosting cities

Organizers: J. Cadima Ribeiro, NIPE (Economic Policies Research Unit), University of Minho, Portugal; Paula Remoaldo, Lab2PT (Laboratory of Landscape, Patrimony and Territory), University of Minho, Portugal

• SS05 - Segurança e desenvolvimento regional: Correlações económicas, culturais e políticas com progresso regional

Organizers: Carlos Gomes, UNIFACS - Universidade Salvador, Brasil; João Apolinário, Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA, Brasil

• SS06 - Creative tourism in small cities and rural areas

Organizers: Ana Rita Cruz, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), DINÂMIA’CET-IUL, Portugal; Nancy Duxbury, Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal; Pedro Costa, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), DINÂMIA’CET-IUL, Portugal

• SS07 - Territorial innovation models, smart specialisation and public policies

Organizers: Hugo Pinto, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra & Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal; Paulo Neto, Universidade de Évora, Escola de Ciências Sociais, Departamento de Economia, CEFAGE-UÉ e UMPP, Portugal; Maria Manuel Serrano, Universidade de Évora, Escola de Ciências Sociais, Departamento de Sociologia, SOCIUS-CSG/ISEG-UL e UMPP, Portugal; Ana Cristina Fernandes, Grupo de Pesquisa em Inovação, Tecnologia e Territória – GRITT, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brasil

• SS08 - Support of higher education institutions to regions’ intellectual capital: Is it true?

Organizers: Conceição Rego, UEvora, Portugal; Cássio Rolim, Universidade Federal do Paraná  PPGDE-UFPR, Brasil

• SS09 - Wicked problems and integrated governance

​Organizer: Rui Marques, Integrated Governance Forum, Portugal

• SS10 - Entrepreneurship, gender, and regional development

Organizers: Maria de Lourdes Machado, CIPES-Centro de Investigação de Politicas do Ensino Superior & A3ES- Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior, Portugal; Helena Alves, Universidade da Beira Interior & NECE (Núcleo de Estudos em Ciências Empresariais), Portugal

• SS11 - Knowledge cities: Updating the state of the art

​Organizer: Ramón Sanguino Galván, Department of Business Administration, University of Extremadura, Spain

• SS12 - Desenvolvimento Regional e Governação Integrada em Territórios de Baixa Densidade

Organizers: Jorge Pulido Valente, Vice Presidente CCDR-Alentejo; Carmen Geraldo Carvalheira, Vice Presidente CCDR-Alentejo; Helder Guerreiro, Vogal CD Alentejo 2020; Rui Marques, Coordenador GOVINT; Paula Nanita, GOVINT

 

Regular Sessions: 

• RS01 – Models for Regional Development
• RS02 – Regional and Local Development Policies
• RS03 – Regional Intellectual Capital
• RS04 – Financing of Economic Growth
• RS05 – Regional Innovation Systems, Clusters and Ecosystems
• RS06 – Regional and Local Public Finance
• RS07 – Sectoral Policies and Regional Dynamics
• RS08 – Infrastructure, Transportation Networks and Regional Development
• RS09 – Labour Markets and Development
• RS10 – Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
• RS11 – Quality of Life and City Planning
• RS12 – Services, Tourism and Sustainable Regions
• RS13 – Education, Innovation and Territory
• RS14 – Rural Development and Agrarian Economy
• RS15 – Regional and Urban Planning and Regional Development
• RS16 – Sports and Regional Development
• RS17 – Low Density Regions and Development
• RS18 – Bartolomeu Award* 

*This recognition is awarded to scientists aged less than 33 years (including co-authors) on the 15th of July each year, presenting a paper in a session of APDR Congress. The prize is awarded by a jury of appreciation by the Director of the Portuguese Journal of Regional Studies and two scientists appointed by him. The assessment criteria are: conceptual coherence, relevance to regional science and its impact on regional development