Following the procedures to select the RSPP paper award, the jury constituted by Gordon Mulligan, David Plane , Philip McCann, Neil Reid and Tomaz Dentinho selected two articles as winners of the 2022 Best Paper award on RSPP. Congratulations to all winners!

The two papers are:

-  Gabriel Lyrio de Oliveira and André Luis Squarize Chagas (2020) - Effects of a cash transfer programme on origin–destination migration flows. Regional Science Policy & Practice 12(1), 83–104.

Motivation:

Very thorough study using state-of-art regional science methodology to study effects of the Bolsa Familia programme in Brazil, showing an Interesting and pedagogical method to analyse the regional redistribution of income with very good data and important results for policy makers. Spatial and social redistribution of public money is an important topic and a good exemplar of a RSPP article.

-  Kevin Credit (2020) - Neighbourhood inequity: Exploring the factors underlying racial and ethnic disparities in COVID- 19 testing and infection rates using ZIP code data in Chicago and New York. Regional Science Policy & Practice 12(6),1249-1271.

Motivation:

The paper focus a cutting-edge topic using a fine-grained neighbourhood modelling leading to interesting empirical findings s as well as specific and focused policy recommendations tied to the study results. It is a very relevant demonstration that it is possible and advisable to get  scientific evidences from emergent phenomena that can be useful for policy makers.

NECTAR Newsletter                                                                                 February 2021

Upcoming events

Critical Discourses on Transport and Urban Development

Cluster 1 (Transport Infrastructure Impacts and Evaluation) is organising an online workshop on Critical Discourses on Transport and Urban Development on June 15, 2021. The workshop is hosted by cluster co-chair Robin Hickman from the University College London. The call for papers can be found here.

Intermodality and synchromodality in the European Modular System

Cluster 3 (Logistics and Freight) will organise an online workshop on “Intermodality and synchromodality in the European Modular System” on the 3rd and 4th of June 2021. The workshop is organized by University of Zaragoza. The call for papers can be found here.

Accessibility and Quality of Life

A Cluster 6 Special session “Accessibility and Quality of Life” at the World Society for Transport and Land Use Research (WSTLUR) Conference, August 9-13, 2021, Portland State University, United states. WSTLUR is planned as a hybrid conference - with in-person and remote engagement, with contingencies for a totally online conference if necessary. Submission deadline for full papers is March 15, 2021. For details please visit the WSTLUR conference webpage.

2021 NECTAR International Conference

The Biennial NECTAR conference in Toronto scheduled for 2021 will be postponed to July 20-22, 2022. The organization of the conference is in 2021 is too challenging given the uncertainty on the developments of the pandemic. The new date will allow NECTARists to combine the trip with participating in WCTR planned in Montreal for 24 - 28 July 2022. There’s a direct train from downtown Toronto to downtown Montreal.

Cluster 1 News

Niek Mouter new cluster co-chair for Cluster 1

Niek Mouter has joined Cluster 1 (Transport Infrastructure Impacts and Evaluation) as co-chair, replacing Moshe Givoni who sadly passed away at the end of 2019. Niek is Assistant Professor of Infrastructure Policy Appraisal at TU Delft’s Transport & Logistics group, with a background in economics (MSc) and philosophy of law (LLM). His research focuses on improving the appraisal of infrastructure projects and in my work he combines insights from various disciplines such as economics, philosophy, political science and urban planning. His current work addresses the inclusion of ethical considerations in appraisal models, such as the Cost-Benefit Analysis, and improving the usability of appraisal models for politicians, civil servants and other stakeholders. He (co) developed new appraisal approaches such as ‘willingness to allocate public budget experiments’ and ‘Participatory Value Evaluation’.

Award

Peter Nijkamp received the Roger R. Stough Outstanding Mentor Award

The Roger R. Stough Outstanding Mentor Award has been awarded to Peter Nijkamp, cluster 5 (Leisure, Recreation and Tourism) co-chair. The award recognizes regional scientists who have been exceptional mentors to students, junior faculty members and underrepresented populations and communities over a lifelong career. Peter received the award at the recent conference of the North American Regional Science Association (NARSC). Congratulations, Peter!

NECTAR agenda

June 3-4 2021, Cluster 3 online workshop on “Intermodality and synchromodality in the European Modular System”, University of Zaragoza, Spain

June 15, 2021, Online Cluster 1 workshop on Critical Discourses on Transport and Urban Development, UCL, London

August 9-13, 2021, Cluster 6 Special session “Accessibility and Quality of Life” at the World Society for Transport and Land Use Research (WSTLUR) Conference.

July 20-22, 2022, Biennial International NECTAR conference, University of Toronto, Canada

RSAI-GSSI Workshop on

“Regions in-between the green transition and the digital transformation” June, 3-4, 2021, GSSI-Virtual Premises

The RSAI-GSSI Virtual Workshop on “Regions in-between the green transition and the digital transformation” is organized by the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), Social Sciences Unit, in cooperation with the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) and is going to be held on 3-4 June 2021.

The workshop aims at building bridges between emerging research on the green transition and the digital transformation at the regional level. It will provide academic training and stimulate debates about the extent to which the digital transformation can be harnessed by regions for the development of green technologies and the adoption of  more environmentally sustainable models of  development. The workshop will also address the implications that the intersection between the two transitions (green and digital), which may lead to contrasting implications in terms of social inclusion and justice, will have on the spreading of regional and interregional inequalities. The workshop will also focus on the impact that the socio-economic shock and recession brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic could have on the unfolding of the digital and the green transitions, and on whether it has been contributing to create an overlap or a mismatch between the respective trajectories of change.

The event is addressed and open to PhD students, post-docs and early-career researchers willing to meet and exchange ideas with scholars of different fields, in particular, but not only, between regional science and transition studies, innovation studies and environmental economics, economic geography and urban studies. Presenting completed research papers is advisable, but applicants could also submit for discussion early drafts or structured proposals of their research work.

The workshop is intended to be inherently multi-disciplinary as much as multi-focused on the wide set of regional domains in which the green and the digital transition can focus, including, among the others, those of the focal research tracks of the GSSI: “i) inner areas and peripheral development; ii) disasters and regional resilience; iii) human capital, migrations and local labour market; iv) cultural heritage, tourism and regional urban development; v) business, innovation and environmental sustainability within and across regions”.

Consistently with the spirit of the RSAI Building Bridges program, the workshop intends to facilitate connections between students and scholars of several parts of the world, counting on the crucial role that sharing heterogeneous experiences and backgrounds – in particular between core and peripheral areas - has for the success of the workshop. Students and researchers from low-income and lower- middle-income economies are particularly welcome and invited to apply.

How to apply

Applications should be sent by April 25, 2021 (12.00 CET) to the following email address:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Applications should include:

1. A short CV of the
2. A cover page with title and authors of the proposed paper or research
3. A one-page abstract containing:
   1. A statement of research objectives.
   2. The positioning in the related literature.
   3. A brief illustration of the research method and of the expected
4. A full paper, in case this is already

Applications will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee of the Workshop (see below), on the basis of the originality, the theoretical and empirical contribution, and the scientific rigor of the proposal. The Scientific Committee will select up to a maximum of 20 participants, among PhD students, post-docs and early-career researchers.

Program

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions the event will be held remotely through the Zoom platform, in a GSSI channel that will be timely communicated to the participants. The workshop will host two key- note speeches, by Professor Lars Coenen (The Mohn Center for Innovation and Regional Development, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences) and Professor Elisa Giuliani (Responsible Management Research Centre and University of Pisa, Italy). It will be articulated in a set of topical sessions, within which each  participant will  have 30 minutes available: 20 minutes for  the  presentation, and  the remaining 10 minutes for discussion, questions and answers. An interactive round table with the members of the Scientific Committee will conclude the program.

Prize

At the end of the workshop, a prize amounting to 400 € will be awarded for the best paper/research proposal and presentation, to a participant researcher under 35 years old. The selection will be carried out by the Scientific Committee.

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Scientific Committee: Roberta Capello (Polytechnic University of Milan and AISRE), Andrés Barge Gil (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Andrea Caragliu (Polytechnic University of Milan and RSAI), Valentina De Marchi (University of Padua), Alessandra Faggian (GSSI), Claudia Ghisetti (Catholic University of Milan), Camilla Lenzi (Polytechnic University of Milan), Giovanni Marin (University of Urbino), Sandro Montresor (GSSI), Massimiliano Mazzanti (University of Ferrara), Francesco Quatraro (University of Turin), Mabel Sanchez Barrioluengo (University of Manchester), André Torre (University Paris-Saclay and ESRA), Elvira Uyarra (University of Manchester).

GSSI Organizing Committee: Andrea Ascani, Maria Giovanna Brandano, Fabiano Compagnucci, Alberto Marzucchi, Marco Modica, Sandro Montresor, Alessandro Palma, Ugo Rossi, Giulia Urso.

The 2021 call for grant applications (postdoctoral, starting and team grant) is opened in ETIS from 1 March to 17:00 (Estonian time) on 31 March 2021.

NB! The application is submitted only after the institution has confirmed it via ETIS. Please follow the deadlines of your institution.

Frequently asked questions about grant applications: call 2021

Guidelines for Completing Your Ethics Self-Assessment for Grant Application

The recommended form for the data management plan

Guidelines regarding bibliometric background information

Technology Readiness Levels (TRL)

TRL descriptions adapted for Social sciences, and Humanities and Arts

NB! The information webinar (in English) on call for grant applications takes place on 17 February from 14-16 (Estonian time) here.

Information in Estonian can be found here.

Contact
Siret Rutiku
Head of Department of Research Funding
Tel +372 731 7381
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More information: https://www.etag.ee/en/funding/research-funding/personal-research-funding/put-taotlusvoor-2021/

ISSUE INFORMATION

Free Access

Issue Information

Pages: 1-2 | First Published: 02 February 2021

FULL ARTICLES

Open Access

Explaining the dynamics of relatedness: The role of co‐location and complexity

Sándor Juhász, Tom Broekel, Ron Boschma

Pages: 3-21 | First Published: 18 August 2020

EU regional convergence in the agricultural sector: Are there synergies between agricultural and regional policies?

Elena Calegari, Enrico Fabrizi, Gianni Guastella, Francesco Timpano

Pages: 23-50 | First Published: 17 August 2020

The effect of micro‐territorial networks on industrial small and medium enterprises' innovation: A case study in the Spanish region of Cantabria

José Manuel López‐Fernández, Mariluz Maté‐Sánchez‐Val, Francisco Manuel Somohano‐Rodriguez

Pages: 51-77 | First Published: 18 August 2020

Does the geographical mobility of scientists shape their collaboration network? A panel approach of chemists’ careers

Marine Bernard, Bastien Bernela, Marie Ferru

Pages: 79-99 | First Published: 29 July 2020

European cultural heritage and tourism flows: The magnetic role of superstar World Heritage Sites

Elisa Panzera, Thomas de Graaff, Henri L.F. de Groot

Pages: 101-122 | First Published: 02 August 2020

The impact of health status and human capital formation on regional performance: Empirical evidence

Mercedes Gumbau Albert

Pages: 123-139 | First Published: 14 July 2020

Ethnic regional networks and immigrants' earnings: A spatial autoregressive network approach

Xingang Wang, Sholeh A. Maani

Pages: 141-168 | First Published: 02 July 2020

De facto power of elites and regional growth

Seung‐hun Chung, Mark D. Partridge

Pages: 169-202 | First Published: 22 June 2020

Accessibility of land data and information integration in recently‐independent countries: Timor‐Leste case study

Zenoveva X. Correia, Antoni B. Moore, David P. Goodwin

Pages: 203-225 | First Published: 08 July 2020

Measure of accessibility to postal services in France: A potential spatial accessibility approach applied in an urban region

Aurélie Mercier, Stéphanie Souche‐Le Corvec, Nicolas Ovtracht

Pages: 227-249 | First Published: 02 August 2020

Are preferences for city attributes heterogeneous? An assessment using a discrete choice experiment

Diana Romero‐Espinosa, Mauricio Sarrias, Ricardo Daziano

Pages: 251-272 | First Published: 03 August 2020

A theoretical model linking the development of the transportation system with citizens' trust in government actors

Francesca Pagliara, Massimo Aria, Lucia Russo, Valentina Della Corte

Pages: 273-285 | First Published: 19 August 2020

RESEARCH NOTES & COMMENTS

Alternative measure of border effects across regions: Ripley's K‐function method

Ying Ge, Yingxia Pu, Mengdi Sun

Pages: 287-302 | First Published: 02 August 2020

Special Issue of Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science on: The Science of Space

There is nowadays a rising interest in theoretical frameworks for regional science. The Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science (Springer-Nature) has just released a series of articles on this topic, in a special issue edited by Peter Nijkamp, Karima Kourtit and Soushi Suzuki (vol. 5. no.1, March 2021).

You are cordially invited to visit these contributions at: https://link.springer.com/journal/41685/online-first. Also access to: https://rdcu.be/cd1QG

THE NEW ISSUE OF REGIONAL STATISTICS IS ALREADY AVAILABLE!

We are pleased to inform you that a new issue of the Regional Statistics has been released and now it’s avaiable online.

http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2021/eterstat2101.pdf

REGIONAL STATISTICS, 2021, VOL 11, No 1.

STUDIES

Pandelis Mitsis: Examining the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis using Bayesian model averaging

http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2021/rs110102.pdf

Gianluca Egidi – Magda Edwards –  Sirio Cividino – Filippo Gambella – Luca Salvati: Exploring non-linear relationships among  redundant variables through non-parametric  principal component analysis:  An empirical analysis with land-use data

http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2021/rs110105.pdf

Osama Alhendi – Lóránt Dénes Dávid – Gyula Fodor – Gogo Fredrick Collins Adol – Péter Balogh: The impact of language and quality education  on regional and economic development:  a study of 99 countries

http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2021/rs110101.pdf

Róbert Tésits – Tibor Zsigmond – Levente Alpek – Gábor Hoványi: The role of endogenous capital factors in the territorial development of the Sellye District in Hungary

http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2021/rs110103.pdf

Mustafa Kırca – Mustafa Özer: The effects of tourism demand on regional sectoral employment in Turkey

http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2021/rs110104.pdf

Nilanjan Banik – Buddhadeb Ghosh – Rahul Roy Choudhury  : Impact of MGNREGA on labour wage rate dynamics  in India

http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2021/rs110106.pdf

Inna V. Mitrofanova – Tatjana В. Ivanova – Elena V. Kleitman – Elena R. Mkrtchan: The ‘Smart city‘ concept and its implementors:  On the way to the information control in Volgograd Russia

http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2021/rs110108.pdf

Y Nguyen Cao: Modelling firm relocation decision behaviour  in the Tokyo metropolitan region, through discrete choice theory

http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2021/rs110107.pdf

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