28 January, 2019 – Nr 01   The issue contains: ·     Welcome from André Torre ·     ERSA2019 Keynote Speakers and Submissions Call reminder ·     ERSA Winter School in Trento last week ·     Events Agenda Update   Word from the President   Dear ERSA members, colleagues and friends,   Let me first wish you a Happy New Year! Personally and for your professional wishes. I am very honored and enthusiastic to start my term as President of ERSA. I would like first, on behalf of ERSA, to express my gratitude to my predecessor Jouke van Dijk for his substantial achievements for the Association. The recent good developments of ERSA result to Jouke. He has been involved in many activities in front and behind the scenes, attending many events organized by our Sections, exchanging with key persons of our global network, but also strengthening our relationships and collaboration with international Institutions. He will be a hard act to follow and I want to continue to seek Jouke’s advice when needed in the future. In short, in my five-year term as President, I will continue efforts to strengthen the position of ERSA as an essential and recognized scientific key player at the European level and worldwide. We must also enhance our interactions and collaborations with Institutions in order to increase our impact on evidence based regional and territorial policies. My ambition is also to make ERSA an even stronger supportive body for all its members at both the Section and the individual levels. With the ERSA Office directed by Maristella Angotzi I want to seek closer interactions with our Section Representatives but also our individual Members. I am also very eager to working closely with the ERSA board, which includes our new young and talented Vice-President Eveline van Leeuwen. Our Annual Congress takes places in Lyon this year, and I hope to have the opportunity to exchange with many of you during this unique platform gathering regional scientists from across the globe, the largest event in Regional Science worldwide. I will also visit various events like our Summer school in Katowice, or congresses and seminars in different countries Sections in order to meet you and to discuss about future and possible improvements of our unique relation for the sake of ERSA.   André Torre ERSA President   see interview of André Torre here.   Keynote Sessions highlight   The Local Organising Committee is very honored and very pleased to welcome in Lyon 5 eminent scholars from across the world and with different background and research fields: The speakers’ line up include: Roberta Capello, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Maryann Feldman, University of North Carolina, USA Susan Parnell, University of Cape Town, South of Africa Yannis Psycharis, Panteion University, Greece Jacques François Thisse, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium  more   Call for Submissions REMINDER   Only one month left. Now is the time to prepare your participation for ERSA2019! We expect 1000 participants from across the globe in Lyon! Don’t miss this unique opportunity to be part of the biggest platform in the field of regional science.   Call for Submission Deadline: 28 February 2018. more   Join us on Twitter Participate in our Campaign #LyonIwillbethere and start networking with fellow participants from around the world Twitter @ersa2019Lyon #ersa2019Lyon and #LyonIwillbethere   1st ERSA-REGIO Academic Lecture 2019   1st ERSA-REGIO Academic Lecture 2019 7 February 2019, Brussels, Belgium Speaker: Prof. Enrique López-Bazo, AQR-University of Barcelona, Spain Topic: Innovation and the region’s context Discussant: Dr. Michaela Backman, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden     Registration is free but mandatory! Deadline 1 February   Can’t attend ? You are invited to follow the lecture via web-streaming. more   2nd ERSA Winter School : Great Success   The ERSA-OECD Winter School concluded in Trento last Friday 27 PhD Students and young researchers from Europe and beyond attended the 2nd ERSA Winter School in Trento (21-25 January). See final agenda and the lecturers’ presentations posted on the event website more See key moments and exchanges of the event on Twitter  @ERSA_Org #ersawinterschool #spatialproductivity   Section News   Türkish Section – Election We are pleased to announce the re-election of Tüzin Baycan in the quality of President of the Türkish National Committee of Regional Science We wish Tüzin and the new Board a lot of success!   Events Agenda 2019 Update     ASRDLF 2019 Doctoral Courses 4-6 February, Grenoble, France These doctoral courses are aimed at doctoral students in the Human and Social Sciences (planning, economics, geography, management, history, political science, sociology, etc.) as long as their work focuses on territorial issues. more   German Speaking Section 2019 Annual Winter Seminar of the GfR 16-23 February 2019, Matrei in Osttirol, Austria more   9th Slovak Winter Seminar of Regional Science, 13th – 16th March 2019, Low Tatras, slovakia more   13th International Conference Challenges of Europe 22-24 May 2019, Bol, Island Brac, Croatia Special session co-organised by the ERSA-Croatian section, EURA and RSA Title: Monitoring systems for measuring progress in spatial, urban and regional development – Case of Croatia more   Turkish Section: Annual Congress Topic (tbc) 2-4 May 2019, Gaziantep, Turkey Save the date! more   32nd ERSA Summer School Cities and regions in the process of transformation 16-22 June 2019, Katowice, Poland Call for Application Deadline: 8 March 2018 Target: PhD students and junior researchers with less than 10 years of research experience. Places are limited to 30 participants. more   Portuguese Section: 26th APDR Congress Evidence-based territorial policymaking: Formulation, implementation and evaluation of policy 4-5 July 2019, University of Aveiro, Portugal Special Session Proposal Deadline: 29 February 2019 more   French Speaking Section and Romanian Section: The 56th Colloquium of the ASRDLF and the 12th Conference of the Romanian Regional Science Association 4-6 July 2019, ”Al.I. Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania Call for Abstracts Deadline: 20 February 2019 more   RSAI British & Irish Section 47th Annual Conference 16-19 July 2019, Cambridge, United Kingdom Deadline for Abstract Submission: 22 February, 2019 more   Italian Section A. I. S. Re XXXX Annual Scientific Conference 16-18 September 2019, L’Aquila, Italy Save the date! More info to be published shortly more   Spanish Section Annual Conference 20-22 November 2019, Castellón de la Plana, Spain Save the date!   Vacancies   Looking for a new career opportunity?   • 10 Job opportunities at the University of Groningen,Faculty of Spatial Sciences • Call for international Grants on Sustainable Urbanisation from NC, JPI Urban Europe network and Chinese funding agency NSFC • Postdoc Research Fellow – Economic geography/Urban geography more