Announcement

Dear TRSA members & friends:

This week will be the start of the Second Global Conference on Regional Development on the theme: “Uncertainty in Regional Development: Shocks and Resilience -  Innovative Strategies of  Regions and Cities”, to be held in the Shenzhen Greater Bay Area, China, from January 13-14, 2023. This is unfortunately an online venue due to the alarming corona explosion in China.

You are cordially invited to participate online in this prestigious and international event, which is co-organized by The Regional Science Academy, the Shenzhen Talent Institution and Tsinghua University, School of Public Policy & Management, Beijing.

We are pleased to inform you that Professor Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate in economics, will give a keynote lecture on ‘Is the 'New Economic Geography' still Relevant in 2023?’. He will also join the interesting Round Table discussion on Friday, January 13, 2022 at 20:45-22:00 (Beijing local time), while also Saskia Sassen, Michael Porter, Edward Glaeser, Michael Storper, and many other renowned speakers will join.

On Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 20:45-22:00 (Beijing time), Edward Glaeser (Harvard University) will present the TRSA lecture on GREAT MINDS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE on: The Scientific Significance of Paul Krugman, which will be followed by a concise Round Table discussion also joined by Paul Krugman, Edward Glaeser and other interesting panel members.

We have great pleasure in sending you herewith the final programme (see also: https://we.tl/t-y5dv3e0o5H). To get a full and free access to the conference please inform Ying Xue (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. It promises to become an exciting event with a great audience and more than 1000 (online) participants! Despite the corona limitations, the conference promises to become a scientific highlight which will set the tone for innovative thinking on new regional and urban development concepts and practices. We look forward to meeting you this week and to continue our cooperation in the coming years. 

We will be pleased and honoured to have you with us in this Second Global Conference. 

Cordially yours,

Karima Kourtit, also on behalf of Peter Nijkamp and Chinese hosts.

Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP) Call for Papers

Special Issue on Climate Economics

Guest Editors

Karina Sass (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Motivation

Climate change is without a doubt one of the biggest challenges of our time. It can harm the entire ecosystem, worsening the living conditions of humans and many animal species. It can increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, like hurricanes, floods, and drought, causing several socioeconomic impacts. It is a global event, but their impact and mitigation and adaptation actions are regional. Climate economics has a crucial role here. It can link the scientific base of climate change to the policy by estimating the socioeconomic impact of different climatic scenarios, identifying local and regional vulnerabilities, and evaluating mitigation and adaptation policies.

This call aims to mobilize publications on climate and regional development strategies and possible policy responses to climate change. We kindly invite contributions on topics related (but not limited) to:

• The cost of action and/or inaction to face climate change
• Local and regional impacts of extreme weather events
• Effects of climate change on migration and labor market
• Vulnerability assessment
• Policy evaluation
• New tools and methods for climate economics analysis

Invitation for submission

We welcome original, unpublished papers that address the above questions, or any other research questions not mentioned, as they relate to regional and climate economics. We look forward to papers from all parts of the world.

Please note that the deadline for submitting papers to https://rsaiconnect.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17577802 for the RSPP Special Issue on Climate Economics is November 15, 2023, with foreseen publication of accepted papers in 2024. Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you need more information.

Open position for a PhD (economics, management and similar) researcher (Investigador junior/ Recognised Researcher (R2)) for the research project "Vine&Wine Portugal", supported by the PRR - Recovery and Resilience Plan and the NextGeneration EU European Funds, under the Mobilizing Agendas for Reindustrialisation at the UTAD (University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro), Vila Real, Portugal.

Full-time, 36 months contract. Immediate availability required.

Details available https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/51209 (www.utad.pt) 

The Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina Charlotte invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area of Urban Analytics. We are seeking a dynamic and broadly trained geospatial data scientist with expertise in leveraging data science approaches to analyze and help solve social, economic, environmental, and/or infrastructural challenges of urban residents and their environment. This position will begin on August 15, 2023. We will start to review applications by January 31, 2023.

For more information visit https://jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/47325.

Please contact the search committee chair, Dr. Wenwu Tang (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) if you have any questions or need any further information.

XI Giorgio Rota Best Paper Award / Call

Urban economies as complex systems

Call: https://lnkd.in/daJhHTaV

https://www.centroeinaudi.it/notizie-in-evidenza/6291-xi-giorgio-rota-best-paper-award.html

Young researchers (born after December 31st, 1988) are invited to participate to the 11th GIORGIO ROTA Best Paper Award by submitting high quality scientific papers presenting original research on the subject "Urban economies as complex systems"

A maximum of three papers will be selected and the authors will be awarded a prize of 1.500 Euros (gross) per paper. The authors will be invited to present their work at the Giorgio Rota Conference that will be organised in May 2023 in Turin in presence or by webinar.

The workshop date and program will be published on the Centro Einaudi website (www.centroeinaudi.it).

The award is in Collaboration with Department of Economics and Statistics ‘Cognetti De Martiis’(ESt, University of Turin), with the Participation of Department of Economics, Social Studies, Applied Mathematics and Statistics (ESOMAS, University of Turin).

With the Support of Fondazione CRT

Dear colleague,

Our honor is to address you on behalf of the Faculty of Economics, Business, and Tourism, University of Split, Croatia. Namely, the 14^th International Conference under the title: Challenges of Europe: Design for the Next Generation will be held from May 17 to May 19, 2023, in Bol (island Brac, Croatia), and we are honored to announce our keynote speakers: professor Eric Maskin, Ph.D. (Nobel Prize in Economics in 2007), professor Alvin Roth, Ph.D. (Nobel Prize in Economics in 2012) and professor Edward Altman. Apart from the mentioned Nobel Prize winners, the plenary lecturers will also be the most relevant world scientists, such as Prof. David Reibstein, world-renowned branding and marketing metrics expert, and Prof. Özge Öner, a leading European expert in urban and spatial economics.

Please take into consideration that there are several different possibilities for participation:

• · REFEREED PAPERS (R-TYPE),
• · PAPERS IN PROGRESS (S-TYPE),
• · PAPERS FOR THE PH.D. WORSHOP (P-TYPE),
• · YOUNG PARTICIPANT PAPERS (Y-TYPE) and
• · SPECIAL SESSION PAPERS (X- TYPE).

In addition, several special events will be organized, such as Meet the Professors, Meet the Editors, Advice for young researchers, and a Ph.D. workshop.

All information can be found at our website https://conference.efst.hr/.

Please feel free to share this information with anyone that might be interested.

We look forward to your submission and welcome you to beautiful Bol in May next year!

Best regards,