2012 BARCELONA WORKSHOP ON REGIONAL AND URBAN ECONOMICS: Innovation and Regional Economic Performance
2012 BARCELONA WORKSHOP ON REGIONAL AND URBAN ECONOMICS:
Innovation and Regional Economic Performance
Barcelona, October 18-19, 2012
AQR- IREA (UB)
Dear Colleague,
AQR-IREA is pleased to announce the 2012 BARCELONA WORKSHOP ON REGIONAL AND URBAN ECONOMICS: Innovation and Regional Economic Performance that will be held on October 18th-19th 2012 at the University of Barcelona.
The aim of this workshop is to bring together cutting-edge research papers on innovation and knowledge diffusion, and their linkages with regional economic performance. Particular attention will be paid to papers dealing with the mechanisms and actors of innovation and knowledge diffusion (knowledge spillovers, networks, skilled labour mobility, university-industry linkages).
The lectures of the Workshop will be given by Philip McCann (University of Groningen) and Karen Maguire (Regional Innovation Unit, OECD).
Call for papers
Although the Workshop will focus on empirical papers, theoretical studies are also welcome. The accepted papers (around 8) will be presented in plenary sessions that will complement the two keynote speakers’ presentations. Papers should be sent in pdf format to aqr_workshop@ub.edu before June 11th, 2012. Detailed abstracts will also be considered, but full papers will be favoured. Travel and accommodation costs for successful papers will be covered by the organisers.
Deadline for papers submission: June 11th 2012
Deadline for acceptance of papers: July 2nd 2012
Preliminary programme: July 13th 2012
Final programme: September 21st 2012
For further information, please visit the workshop website http://www.pcb.ub.es/aqr/workshop2012, see the attached file or contact aqr_workshop@ub.edu.
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We look forward for your participation at the Workshop!
AQR-IREA Research Group
University of Barcelona