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European Regional Science Association Newsletter
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PRESIDENT'S NEWS: EIB to Sponsor the European Prize in Regional Science
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ERSA ACTIVITIES: special issue on ERSA Congress LIVERPOOL 08, 2008 ERSA Prize for Prof. Venables, RSAI Founder's Medal for Prof. Bailly
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MEMBERS IN ACTIONS: New board for the ERSA Spanish section
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EDUCATION: China Summer Institute, Kiel Institute Summer School on Economic Policy, Prize for Excellence in Teaching,...
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EVENTS/CALL FOR PAPERS: Annual Conference of AICIS, OPUS 2008, AECR Congress, North American Meetings of the RSAI, ...
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JOBS: IRIT Laboratory-France, Job Bank
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: Marie Curie Initial Training Networks, People Work Programme
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PRESIDENT'S NEWS
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EIB to Sponsor the European Prize in Regional Science
We have some really good news about the European Prize in Regional Science. The Jury operates entirely independently and is composed of senior regional scientists from Europe and around the world. Its President, Professor Piet Rietveld of the Free University in Amsterdam, reports elsewhere that this year's Prize winner is Professor Tony Venables of the University of Oxford (as from September 2008). Tony's work is, of course, very well known. Apart from his many other contributions, he is the European pioneer of the New Economic Geography - contributing with Paul Krugman since 1992 and one of the three authors of the widely cited and highly influential The Spatial Economy (1999). But he has also contributed in a wide ranging way to the study of international trade, the new economic geography and applied work on urban and regional economics. The Jury have again made an excellent choice.
However the most recent and welcome news is that the European Investment Bank have agreed to provide EUR 5,000 annual sponsorship of our European Prize. This is being provided through the EIB's Universities Research Action Committee. We applied back in January of this year and after providing a detailed document in March, collated by Marie Hervo, confirmation arrived just on 14th May. Final details have still to be agreed but the decision is now official and we look forward to working with EIB/BEI officials from now on and we hope welcoming their representative to the Prize giving award in Liverpool in August. Tony Venables has agreed to give a plenary lecture as a part of that ceremony. So there is a double reason to congratulate the Jury on their work. I still remember with pleasure the vital lecture Jacques Thisse gave last summer in Paris when he received the prize for 2007 and I am sure Tony Venable's lecture will live up to that standard.
In the meantime I would like publicly to express my thanks to the Jury for its scrupulous work, maintaining the highest standards for European Regional Scientists to aim for and also to the EIB for their support. I will keep members updated and look forward to seeing as many of you as possible in Liverpool in August.
Paul Cheshire, 20 May 2008
More information about the ERSA 2008 Prize winner: see ERSA Activities
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48th ERSA Congress
Culture, Cohesion and Competitiveness
Liverpool, UK, 27-31 August 2008
The Congress organisers are delighted at the excellent response to the
Call for Papers. More than 1100 abstracts had been received by the time
the Call was closed in February.
Registration is now open. If you register before 15 June, you will benefit from reduced rate.
See you in Liverpool!
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
- Submission of abstracts
Current Participants, it is important that we have your correct email address: if you have previously submitted an abstract and have not yet received any email correspondence from the Congress Organisers, please email us at ERSA2008@liv.ac.uk with the subject heading "Correct Email Address".
- Call for papers Submission
Authors who wish to submit papers are now able to do so. Please bear in mind the deadlines: 30 June for all papers intended for inclusion on the Congress CD-ROM. Please note that papers must be submitted in PDF format: no other formats will be accepted.
More information: ERSA 2008 Submissions (www.liv.ac.uk/ersa2008/Submissions.htm)
- Registration
Registration is now open. If you register before 15 June, you will benefit from reduced rate. You can pay either by online secure credit card payment or by bank transfer.
More information: ERSA 2008 Registration (www.liv.ac.uk/ersa2008/Registration.htm)
- Accommodation: starting from 55 EUR
It is extremely important that you make your accommodation arrangements as soon as possible. Because Liverpool is European Capital of Culture in 2008, hotel rooms are in big demand. For the event we propose you two types of accommodation:
Residential
Opal Court is a new development located within easy walking distance of the main conference venue on the University of Liverpool campus and the city centre. The complex offers en-suite single bedrooms within fully equipped apartments, offering Sky TV, fitted furniture and a large work station/desk area. Each bedroom has its own phone line and internet connection. There is an on-site gym with a sauna, Jacuzzi and swimming pool, which can be used by delegates for an extra charge. The Opal Court complex has an on-site Management Team who will be on hand to help delegates with any issues. Accommodation is available at: Bed & Continental Breakfast-55 Euros (per bedroom per night). Please note that bookings for accommodation at Opal Court can only be made via the ERSA2008 website, if you wish to reserve a room in Opal Court, you will be required to book and pay for this accommodation as part of the registration process.
Hotels
There are a range of hotel categories available centrally located within a short walking distance from the Congress venues and we have negotiated special rates at a number of city centre hotels. For further information on these hotel bookings please go to www.conferencebookings.co.uk, and in the box marked "Delegates: Event Reference" enter the password TMPERSA08. Please note that hotel bookings are the responsibility of individual delegates and we cannot make reservations on delegates' behalf.
More information: ERSA 2008 Accommodation (www.liv.ac.uk/ersa2008/Accommodation.htm)
PROGRAMME
- Plenary sessions
The programme for the plenary sessions is
taking shape and promises to be one of the strongest of any ERSA
Congress. Among those who have agreed to give plenary lectures are:
Prof. Ed Glaeser (Harvard), Prof. Sir Alan Wilson (University College
London) and Prof. Tony Venables (University of Oxford).
- Congress Dinner: an evening to remember!
 The formal Congress Dinner will be held in the magnificent setting of Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral, the largest cathedral building in Britain. It will be held on Saturday, 30 August and should be an evening to remember!
LEISURE ACTIVITIES
- Football Matches
Many people have asked whether it will be possible to watch a Premiership football match during, or immediately after, the Congress. The fixture lists for next season will not be published until early summer. Watch here (www.liv.ac.uk/ersa2008/Congress%20News.htm) for more information about matches taking place in late August.
- Mathew Street Festival
The annual Mathew Street (Beatles) Festival is being held shortly before the Congress begins. This includes live bands playing at outdoor venues in Liverpool City Centre. The festival extends over the weekend 23-24 August and reaches its climax on Monday, 25 which is a public holiday in England. You may wish to spend a couple of days in Liverpool before the Congress starts on the 27.
More information: www.mathewstreetfestival.com
- Liverpool 2008 European Capital of Culture
More information: www.liverpool08.com
More information about the Congress: www.liv.ac.uk/ersa2008/index.htm or contact ersa2008@liverpool.ac.uk.
2008 ERSA Prize for Prof. Tony Venables
The ERSA prize committee of the European Regional Science Association has decided to award the 2008 ERSA prize to Tony Venables. This is the seventh prize that has been awarded. Earlier prizes have been given in recent years to our distinguished colleagues Peter Nijkamp, Jean Paelinck, Alan Wilson, Ake Andersson, Martin Beckmann and Jacques Thisse.
The decision to propose Tony Venables as the next prize winner was not difficult. It did not take the committee consisting of Johannes Broecker, Charlie Karlsson, Daniel Shefer, Roger Stough, Jacques Poot and Piet Rietveld (chairman) much time to arrive at the conclusion that Tony Venables is a strong candidate who satisfies all criteria for this prestigious prize.
 Tony Venables is professor of Economics at the
University of Oxford. He has published extensively in the areas of international trade and spatial economics, including work on trade and imperfect competition, economic integration, multinational firms, and economic geography. One of his main publications in the field of regional science is: The spatial economy; cities, regions and international trade, with M. Fujita and P. Krugman (MIT Press, 1999).
More information about Prof. Tony Venables: www.economics.ox.ac.uk/members/tvenables/ |
The RSAI Founder's Medal for Professor Antoine Bailly,
University of Geneva
 Professor
Antoine Bailly, professor Emeritus at the University of Geneva, chair
of the IGU Applied Geography Commission, is the recipient 2008 of the
Founder's Medal of the Regional Science Association International, an
award given only every four years. The award will be given in Liverpool
on 28 August 2008 in a plenary session of the European Congress in
Regional Science.
The criteria
The RSAI Founder's
Medal was established to recognise lifetime contributions to the field
of Regional Science and to the Association. The criteria established
for the award are as follows:
- The recipient should be a senior
scholar who has contributed in an important way to the field of
Regional Science in a scholarly sense;
- The recipient should have
been active in the RSAI for a sustained period, but not necessarily
active at the time of the award; also the award is not given
posthumously;
- The recipient should be a person with whom many
members can identify; his/her contributions could be a major work in
one area or many works in several areas;
- The contribution need not
be limited to one type of contribution; it might be theory, method or
policy, for example. It is recognised that the native country and
language of scholars affect the extent to which they are known by the
membership, and an effort should be made to take this into account.
Biography
Born
in 1944, Antoine Bailly is professor emeritus of economic geography at
the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He was a professor in different
universities in Canada, France, Portugal and Switzerland. Past vice
president of ERSA and past president of ASRDLF, president of the
Scientific Committee of the INRA PSDR (France) and of Forum Santé
Gesundheit (Switzerland). He has published over 30 books and 300 papers
in applied geography, economic and urban geography, and regional
science. He is the cofounder of regional medicometry.
More information about RSAI Founder's Medal: www.regionalscience.org/index.php/RSAI/
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EDUCATION
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China Summer Institute
Chinese economic development
Beijing, China, 27 June-1 July 2008
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| EVENTS/CALL FOR PAPERS
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2nd Annual Conference of AICIS
Branding Identities in a Globalized World
Mariehamn, Åland Islands, Finland, 10-11 June 2008
More information: www.aicis.ax
or contact : Agneta Karlsson : agneta.karlsson@aicis.ax
Harvey Armstrong : h.armstrong@sheffield.ac.uk
OPUS 2008 - Open Public Urban Spaces
Open Port to Open Space
Stavanger, Norway, 26-28 June 2008
OPUS 2008 will bring leading designers and researchers together to explore the value and design of open public urban spaces. The symposium will explore how public spaces transform the cultural life of cities and towns including European Capitals of Culture such as Liverpool, Graz, Stockholm, etc.
More information: www.uis.no/samfunn/naeringsliv/konferanser/opus_2008/
AESOP/ACSP Joint Congress
Bridging the Divide : Celebrating the City
Chicago, USA, 6-11 July 2008
Deadline to register: 2 June 2008.
If you have questions about registration please contact Kirsten Dazevedo (kdd@acsp.org).
More information: www.uic.edu/cuppa/upp/congress/
ERSA Annual Congress
Culture, Cohesion and Competitiveness: Regional Perspectives
LIverpool, UK, 27-31 August 2008
More information: see ERSA Activities
Newcastle Conference
Pedagogical Challenges to Planning Education
Newcastle, UK, 1-2 September 2008
More information: www.apl.ncl.ac.uk/aboutus/Conference08.html
Urban Water Conference
Water and Urban Development Paradigms
Leuven, Belgium, 15-19 September 2008
More information: www.urbanwaterconference.be/db/index.php or contact contact@urbanwaterconference.be.
Nordic Urban and Housing Research Seminar
Towards Sustainability in Urban Transformation, Governance Cultures and Housing Policies
Hanasaari, Espoo, Finland, 21-23 September 2008
More information: www.tkk.fi/Units/Separate/YTK/research/NSBB/index.html
XXIX Italian Regional Science Section Conference (ERSA Italian Section)
Knowledge, human capital and territorial dynamics
Bari, Italy, 24-26 September 2008
More information: www.aisre.it
EURA 2008 Conference
Learning Cities in a knowledge based society
Milan, Italy, 9-11 October 2008
Deadline to register: 1 July 2008.
More information: http://eura2008.polimi.it
3rd Seminar Jean Paelinck
Spatial modelling
Cartagena, Spain, 10-11 October, 2008
More information: http://metodos.upct.es/detaer/Seminar_JP/Seminar_JP.html
55th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International
New York, USA, 19-22 November 2008
Conference registration and abstract submission are now open.
More information: www.narsc.org/conference.html
CALL FOR PAPERS: XXXIV AECR (ERSA Spanish section) Congress
European Regional Policy and its consequence in Spain
Jaén, Spain, 27-29 November 2008
The XXXIV AECR Congress and the X Congress of the Regional Science Assocation of Andalusia will be held jointly.
The first Congress will be held about the theme "Politica regional europea y su incidencia en Espana: Economia, sociedad y medio ambiente", the second one about the theme "El olivar andaluz: Territorio y economia".
Deadline for abstracts submission: 2 June 2008.
More information: www.reunionesdeestudiosregionales.org/
2nd Halle Forum
Urban Economic Growth
Halle, Germany, 27-28 November, 2008
More information: www.iwh-halle.de
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JOBS
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IRIT Laboratory
France
More information: www.irit.fr
Job Bank Announcement
Planning
Chicago, US
ACSP and AESOP will be sponsoring a Job Bank at the 4th Joint Congress in July. This will be a chance for departments and programs to advertise job openings and an opportunity for students and faculty of planning in the job market to post their CVs.
All job announcement and CVs must be received no later than 20 June 2008.More information: Glenda Fisher (glenda@acsp.org), Job Bank Manager.
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Marie Curie Initial Training Networks
Call identifier: FP7-PEOPLE-ITN-2008
Date of publication: 4 April 2008
Deadline: 2 September 2008 at 17:00 (Brussels local time)
Indicative budget: EUR 185 million of the 2008 budget. The final budget awarded to this call, following the evaluation of projects, may however vary up to 10% of the total value of the call.
Topics called:
Action: Marie Curie Initial Training Networks
Funding Schemes: Support for training and career development of researchers
More information: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.FP7CallsPage
FP7 People Work Programme
Call Title: Marie Curie European Re-integration Grants
Call identifier: FP7-PEOPLE-ERG-2008
Date of publication: 30 November 2007
Deadline: Continuous submission with "cut-off dates" for evaluation of proposals received until then on 3 April 2008 and 8 October 2008, for both dates at 17:00 (Brussels local time).
Indicative budget: EUR 7 million of the 2008 budget (of which approximately 1/2 for each evaluation round following the cut-off dates). The final budget awarded to this call, following the evaluation of projects, may however vary up to 10% of the total value of the call.
Topics called:
Action: Marie Curie European Reintegration
Funding Schemes: Grants Support for training and career development of researchers
More information: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.FP7CallsPage
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