OVERVIEW

The National University of Villa María, Córdoba and the Argentine Regional Science Association (SAER) invites you to participate in the 7th Annual Meeting to be held on 23 and 24 August 2017 in Villa María, Córdoba.
The 7th annual conference will cover a wide range of topics on Regional Economics and Local Productive Development, including:

• The debate about the future of the local productive profile
• Financing of development programs
• Local development entrepreneurs and best practices
• Macroeconomics and local and regional development
• Bioeconomy and regional impact

Previous Seminars have attracted speakers from different countries. We welcome scholars, researchers, students as well as corporation and government executives. We will also host special panels on regional topics. You can either present your research work or just attend. There will be a session of work and/or thesis in progress.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

Submissions (extended abstracts up to 1,000 words or full papers) should include title,
keywords, JEL classification, author(s)’ full name(s), affiliation, address, email and phone of
the (responsible) author. Submissions (in pdf file format only) must be made by email only to
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DEADLINES

• Submission of papers or extended abstracts: July 20th, 2017
• Notification of acceptance: July 30th, 2017
• Submission of final papers/work in progress: August 12th , 2017

The organizers will invite participating authors to be discussants of a paper

RSPP Annual Paper Award

For the Best Paper in Regional Science Policy and Practice

Winners 2017

 AND

Dear members of RSAI,

Taking into account that nominations for Councilor to be elected at-large shall be made by the Council after solicitation of suggestions from the members of the Association we inform that the proposals for councilor-at-large can be send to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before the 20th of August 2017. Suggestions shall include a CV and a photo.

The election of four councilor-at-large for the period 2018-2020 will be done electronically by RSAI members along September 2017.

Best regards,

Tomaz Ponce Dentinho

Executive Director

Call for Special Session Proposals

Special Session Proposal Format
Proposals for special sessions should include:

• The special session title
• The name(s) of the organizer(s), with affiliation(s) and email(s) (identifying the chair)
• The aim and scope of the special session (500 words)

Deadline
Special session proposals should be sent by August 30, 2017 to the secretariat of the Congress at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Abstracts Submission Process
Authors submit abstracts for special sessions through session Organizers.
The organizers of the special session should ask for:

• title;
• authors(s);
• affiliations and emails (indicate the presenter and corresponding author);
• three keywords;
• abstract (400-500 words).

Abstract submission deadline: November 30, 2017
Notification of acceptance of abstract: January 12, 2018

After the abstract submission deadline the organizer(s) should send all the submissions to secretariat of the Congress at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The secretariat will insert the data in the CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM and give full access to the organizer for the management of the abstracts.

Call for Abstracts

The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) and the Regional Science Association of India invite regional scientists, economists, economic geographers, urban planners, policy makers, and researchers of related disciplines to participate in the 12th World Congress of the Regional Science Association International, with the main theme "Spatial Systems: Social Integration, Regional Development and Sustainability". The Congress will be hosted by the Regional Science Association of India.

We invite formal paper presentations (deadline of November 30, 2017). Organizers of special session are also welcome. The abstract submission portal is now open. Full information on the venue, abstract submission, registration, schedule of events, accommodation and travel information is posted at http://regionalscience.org/2018worldcongress

About the Focal Theme

Across the world, communities are striving to achieve an ecologically and socially secure future. The intricately linked ideas of sustainability and integration are the key to achieving our development goals. As regional scientists, our common pursuit of a sustainable future may be attained with more efficient understanding of the ‘region’ as a spatial unit. Keeping this objective in mind, the theme of the 2018 Congress highlights the importance of analyzing spatial systems as not just physical space or social space, but shared space. The sub-themes will be aimed at providing a platform for debates and discussions around the key issues of contemporary regional science and carve out the way to future research agenda.

Sub themes

We look forward to welcoming you in the dazzling city of Goal in May 2018.

With warmest regards,

The Organizing Committee

Date limite pour les soumissions de résumés: 13 Aout 2017. Les résumés doivent être soumis par voie électronique, en utilisant la plate-forme disponible sur le site de la conférence:

http://events.digitalpapers.org/amsr2017

Date limite pour les propositions de sessions spéciales: 30 juillet 2017. Les propositions doivent être envoyées au secrétariat du Congrès (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Plus d’informations sur le site du congrès: http://2017congresamsr.weebly.com/

Dans l’attente de vous rencontrer à Rabat!

Abdellatif Khattabi

Chair of the Local Organizing Committee

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; Tel: +212 6 07 07 07 54

Dear NECTARist,

I am pleased to let you know that Cluster 2 is organizing a Special Issue, hosted by RETREC (Research in Transportation Economics), as an output of the Madrid NECTAR conference.

The title of the Special Issue is "Modal Shift, Emission Reductions and Behavioral Change: Transport Policies and Innovations to Tackle Climate Change" and we are about to start disseminating it among participants from the NECTAR conference. Guest Editors: Edoardo Marcucci, Wafa Elias, Valerio Gatta and Michela Le Pira. The call for papers is available at the following link: 

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/research-in-transportation-economics/call-for-papers/call-for-papers-for-the-special-issue-modal-shift-emission-r 

Best regards,

Edoardo Marcucci, on behalf of the other Cluster 2 co-chairs 

Call for applications
The Peter Nijkamp Research Encouragement Award
The award recognizes the outstanding potential of a mid-career researcher from a nation in the developing world in which there is a section of RSAI. Conditions for applications are:
- No more than 10 years from the doctoral qualification (by Dec 31, 2017);
- Live in developing nations continuously for at least three years as at Dec 31, 2017;
- Be a member of RSAI;
- Submit a written formal research paper on a topic in Regional Science;
- Submit an updated version of CV
Nominees will be judged in part on the evaluation of the paper and in part on an evaluation of the research track record and performance (CV).
The winner(s) will receive support, up to 750 Euro, to participate in a Supra-Regional meeting or in the World Congress, at which the paper will be presented.
The jury will comprise the Immediate Past-President of RSAI as Chair, an Editor of Papers in Regional Science, and two Fellows of RSAI.
Deadline: November 30, 2017
(An eligible mid-career researcher from an eligible developing nation may submit a paper and their CV to the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for consideration for the Award at any time up to the end of November of that year)

RSAI has the great pleasure to announce that the jury consisting of Janice Madden, Carlos Azzoni and Erik Verhoef chose the article "Borrowing size in networks of cities: City size, network connectivity and metropolitan functions in Europe" by Evert J. Meijers, Martijn J. Burger and Marloes M. Hoogerbrugge,  published in Volume 95, Issue 1, Marh 2016, Pages: 181-198 as the winner of the Martin Beckmann Prize as the best paper published in Papers in Regional Science in 2016.

Motivation:

Through an elegant scientific approach, the paper interprets the contrast that exists between the current dynamics in the Western European urban system and the bourgeoning literature stressing the importance of agglomeration for economic growth. 

The papers argues that rise of ‘city network economies’ leads to processes of borrowed size as well as the rise of agglomeration shadows in networks of cities, and finds that network connectivity positively enhances the presence of metropolitan functions, even if local size remains the most significant determinant for most types of functions. 

Based on the originality of the interest in the topic, and the important results achieved, the jury concluded that the paper was the best published one in 2016.

Many congratulations to Evert J. Meijers, Martijn J. Burger and Marloes M. Hoogerbrugge!