23 December 2020 – Nr 11   The issue contains: ·    Internal news: Bulgarian Section elections ·    Upcoming ERSA and ERSA Sections’ Events ·    Recently published by our members   Dear Members of ERSA, dear Colleagues,   2020 has been a challenging year unlike any other for all.     I have been impressed by our community’s ability to adapt, pivot and move forward. And I am very proud of the many interesting initiatives made and events organized by ERSA Sections around Europe.   For the ERSA Board and Office, these unprecedented times have forced our team to be inventive, grasp new opportunities, and implement new digital solutions, changing our onsite events model into a virtual experience, and building new competencies. We believe that we have been able to keep the connection and respond to our community’s needs.   The pandemic is unfortunately not over, and we are conscious that there are still efforts to make in 2021. The already rich online Event agenda for the coming months, confirms our community’s intent to continue grasping every opportunity to advance research projects, meet, and exchange. Yet, I hope we will have the chance to meet you again in person as soon as possible and at the 60th ERSA Congress in Bolzano next August!   With best wishes. Stay safe and healthy!   André Torre ERSA President   Upcoming Events   >>> On ERSA Agenda   Speakers line-up:   Paolo Veneri Alessandra Faggian Lise-Bourdeau-Lepage   The webinar will be based on the result of the recent publication of OECD on Regions and cities at a glance. Join us online. Registration is free but mandatory   more   30 Smart Young researchers now selected for an outstanding programme of Lectures and laboratory Sessions! Final Programme revealed   Call for Special Session Proposals – Deadline: 10 January 2021 Call for Abstracts and Papers Start: 15 January 2021 more       34th ERSA Summer School Spatial Analysis of Regional Inequality 27 June – 3 July 2021, Groningen, Netherlands   Save the date, more details on the programme and the call for applications to be posted shortly on ERSA website more   Internal news   ‌   Bulgarian Section: New managing Board elected   On November 23, 2020, the Bulgarian Regional Science Association held its General Assembly and elected the new Managing board and this one elected as   Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Kosyo Stoychev Vice-Chairperson: Prof. Zvetana Stoyanova, PhD Vice-Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Nikolay Tzonkov, PhD   “I am very proud to have been elected as chair of BARI, and very enthusiastic to work alongside with the new Board to move forward regional science in Bulgaria. We also look forward to developing new collaborations with ERSA Sections in the coming months.” Kosyo Stoychev   Congratulations to Kosyo Stoychev and the entire new managing board!   more   >>> Upcoming on ERSA Section Agendas   Italian Section: 1st AISRe Winter School European territorial challenges and regional policy: theories and methods 1-5 February 2021, Milan, Italy more   French Section: Doctoral Student Conference 2021 24-26 February 2021, University of Poitiers, France Submissions deadline: 15 January 2021 more   Greek Section: Annual Conference 2021 Regional Science in times the pandemic, economic crisis and uncertainty 25-26 June 2021, Athens, Greece Save the date more   German-speaking Section: 11th Summer Conference in Regional Science Structural change in rural and urban economies 1-2 July 2021, Braunschweig, Germany Papers/Extended Abstracts submission between 15 January and 28 February 2021   more   RSAI British & Irish Section: 48th Annual Conference 5-8 July, 2021, Stirling, United Kingdom Abstracts submission deadline: 21 February 2021 more   Italian Section: XLII AISRe Annual Scientific Conference Local Sustainable Development and Relaunch: What Role for Tradition and Innovation? 8-10 September 2021, Lecce, Italy Call for Organised Sessions deadline: 31 January 2021 Call for Abstracts/Posters deadline: 5 March 2021 AISRE AWARDS CALL 2021 to promote the dissemination of Regional Science among young scholars more   Bulgarian Section: Annual Conference Resilient regions for just transition after Covid-19 November 2021, Bulgaria 1st Announcement. More information to come soon.   See all events 2021   Latest on ERSA Forum on Coronavirus   Read below the new contributions received for our Forum on Multiple Impacts of Coronavirus:   Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Area of Tension between the Economy and Climate Change: A Case Study at Rural and City District Level in Southern Germany Rolf Bergs, Moneim Issa, Policy Research & Consultancy, Germany. 07 December 2020   You want to share a contribution? Email us at coronavirus@ersa.org See all contributions   ERSA Members Publish   The Economic Geography of Cross-Border Migration   Edited by: Karima Kourtit, Jheronimus Academy of Data Science’S-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Bruce Newbold, McMaster University Hamilton, Canada Peter Nijkamp, Jheronimus Academy of Data Science’S-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Mark Partridge,The Ohio State University Columbus, USA   More information from the publisher   Une géographie visionnaire   Edited by: Antoine Bailly, University of Genewa, Switzerland   More information from the publisher   See all recent publications   New publications to share? Your are member of the ERSA Community and you have recently published a book, grasp this opportunity to inform us about it. We are looking for ·    Books published in 2020 – 2021 ·    Written in English Send an email to ersa.member@ersa.org   Vacancies   Looking for opportunities to boost your career? ·    Research Fellow Urban Green Infrastructure, AMS, Application deadline: 27 December 2020 ·    The annual competitive examination for researchers positions at the CNRS, France, Application deadline: January 7 2021   Read more about current offers   To Keep up-to-date with all events on the agenda, visit our upcoming events page on our website.