ERSA Monthly news & updates October Issue – 11/2025

In this issue you will find: ERSA2026 News Journals news Upcoming events Sections news Other events Publication We wish you a good reading

#ERSA2026

REMINDER Less than one month left to submit your Special Session Proposal for #ERSA2026 The clock is ticking! ⏳ Don’t miss the opportunity to bring ERSA research community together by proposing a Special Session for the ERSA2026 Congress. Special Sessions add significant value to the scientific programme and foster rich dialogue on timely and emerging topics. Let’s shape ERSA2026 together!  Deadline to submit proposals: 19 December 2025 ️ Congress dates: 25–28 August 2026 Click here to submit your session

Journals News

Global Challenges and Regional Science (GCRS) Check out the latest paper: Volume 4 – December 2025 A second spatial autocorrelation mechanism: Geographic hierarchies and urban systems.   Authors:Daniel A. Griffith, Bin Li, Marco Millones, Freddy Injoque, Braulio Quispe, Arturo Kerlim Villarino more

Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP) Call for Papers | RSPP Special Issue: Impacts of War in Ukraine: Perspectives and Challenges Guest Editors: Kateryna Zabarina – University of Warsaw. Submissions deadline: 31 December 2025 more Check out the latest paper: Volume 18, Issue 1 A.M. Lequieu, Who we Are is Where we Are: Making Home in the American Rust Belt, Columbia University Press, New York, NY. Pb (2024), Pb, 365pp, ISBN 978-0-231-19875-2   Author: Amitrajeet A. Batabyal more

Papers in Regional Science (PiRS) Latest Article: Volume 104, Issue 6 The role of spatial structures in shaping regional economic resilience: Evidence from OECD regions based on urban core configurations Authors: Seulki Kim, Euijune Kim more

New Article in REGION Vol. 12 No. 2 (2025) Latest Article: Know your competitor! Analyzing and predicting the location of competing stores : The case study of Valora at Swiss railway stations   Authors: Thomas Wieland more

News from Scienze Regionali New Issue (3/2025) – The latest special issue of Scienze Regionali, guest-edited by Maurizio Mussoni and Laura Vici, explores “Exogenous Shocks and Resilience in Tourism: A Regional Science Perspective.” Explore the issue Special Issue Highlight (1/2025) – The special issue “The Future of European Competitiveness: The Regional Dimension”, guest-edited by Roberta Capello, gathers leading scholars to reflect on the regional dimension of the Draghi Report—published exactly one year ago—discussing productivity, resilience, and regional disparities in Europe. Explore the issue

New Article in Review of Regional Research (RRR) Vol. 45 Issue 3August 2025 Latest article: The impact of housing prices on inflation in tourist-driven economies Authors: Maria Sard, Maria Tugores & Elisabeth Valle Access to all publications here

Investigaciones Regionales – Journal of Regional Research Investigaciones Regionales – Journal of Regional Research has published the 63rd Issue, the third volume corresponding to 2025. Special Issue 2025 Well-being and quality of life in Latin American and Caribbean cities: progress and challenges: Latest Article: Regional disparities in amenities and the life satisfaction of internal migrants Authors: Grace Carolina Guevara-Rosero, Alexander Sarango-Iturralde, Andrés García-Suaza Access to all publications here We invite authors to submit papers here

Latest issue of Romanian Journal of Regional Science Vol.19, No.1, Summer, Issued June 2025 Latest Article:Economic and political dependencies in cultural voting: A gravity model analysis of Eurovision   Authors: Alina M. Schoenberg, Dimitrios G. Ierapetritis, Chiara Foramitti, Christopher Schwand more

Journal of Regional & Urban Economics (JRUE/RERU) Call for Papers – Special issue Which methodologies for addressing the question of public services in territories? This special issue of the Journal of Regional & Urban Economics (JRUE/RERU) aims to focus on the measurement and qualification of accessibility to public services, a topic that remains seldom explored in the literature, although central to current debates and controversies on territorial inequalities. Spatial and temporal analysis; statistical and cartographic data, simulations, models or projections; quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods; original or innovative data are welcome in this issue. 2 page proposals are expected by 31 January 2026 Find out more

Upcoming events

Polish Section The 41th International Scientific Conference “Contemporary Determinants and Directions of Development of Industry and Services” Cracow, Poland, 1-2 December 2025 The registration is open until 30 September. More information here

Hungarian Section 8th Geography of Innovation Conference Corvinus University, Budapest, 28 – 30 January 2026 Extended abstract or paper submission deadline: 14 July 2025 More details available here XIV Scientific Conference on Landscape History – History Creating Landscape Pécs, 5-6 February 2026 more

British and Irish Section The British and Irish Section are pleased to announce the fourth annual Online Early Career Colloquium, which will take place on the 21st and 22nd of January 2026. This is a great opportunity for PhD researchers and early career researchers (within 3 years of their PhD) to present and discuss their work with experienced academics in their field. We welcome PhD researchers at any stage of their PhD. First-year PhD students are encouraged to apply and may present research plans or works in progress. Attendance at the colloquium is free. There are also prizes for the best paper and the best presentation. Prize winners will receive a certificate and will be invited to attend our annual RSAI-BIS conference in Belfast in May 2026, for free. The prize covers conference fee, accommodation, and economy-class travel costs. Successful presentations and papers will clearly demonstrate the location of the research within the regional science literature and clearly explain the theoretical and/or conceptual frameworks in regional science to which their work contributes. Abstracts can be submitted up to December 12th and the details are available on the Section website: Early Career Colloquium 2026 – Regional Science Association International. If you have any questions in relation to the event please contact the organiser, Dr Daragh O’Leary at daragholeary@ucc.ie.

British and Irish Section The British and Irish Section is delighted to confirm that their 2026 annual conference will take place at Queens University, Belfast on May 13 and 14. Chair of the Local Organising Committee, Dr Kevin Mulligan, says that “the Belfast conference will be a great occasion, and it is wonderful to see the conference returning to Northern Ireland for the first time since 2007”. Belfast is served by two airports, Belfast International Airport and the George Best Belfast City Airport, with good connectivity to the rest of Europe. Dublin Airport has flights to the US, Asia, and Africa and has a direct bus connection to Belfast. Dublin to Belfast is two hours by bus or train. There are also ferry connections to Belfast from Liverpool and Cairnryan in Scotland. So please mark the date in your diary and keep an eye on the Section website for more details. Call for abstracts opens soon.

German Speaking Section Call for Abstracts Winter Seminar of the German Speaking Section of ERSA, 15-21 February 2026, Innsbruck / Austria All contributions with a focus on regional/spatial phenomena and an economic, environmental, geographical or social science background are welcome! Submit your extended abstract at www.gfr.ersa.org by 23 November 2025, indicating any time constraints, and take advantage of a winter seminar with ample time for engaging discussions and socializing opportunities. Participation in the seminar is free of charge. Travel and accommodation costs, however, must be covered by the participants themselves. New: Early-career researchers can apply for a grant subsidizing accommodation costs when submitting their abstract. Contact: gfr@ersa.org More information at: Submission site Call for abstract

Italian Section Call for papers – XLVII Annual Scientific Conference Florence, June 24-26 2026   REGIONS BETWEEN INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY: THE CHALLENGES FOR DEVELOPMENT POLICIES The Italian Association of Regional Science (A.I.S.Re), the Italian section of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), announces its 47th Annual Scientific Conference. The conference, which welcomes contributions from national and international scholars across a variety of disciplines related to regional science, will be held at the Dipartimento di Scienze per l’Economia e l’Impresa, Università di Firenze, Polo delle Scienze Sociali di Novoli, Florence. More information: here “GIORGIO LEONARDI” 2026 – BEST PH.D. DISSERTATION AWARD – XLI EDITION To promote the diffusion of Regional Science among young scholars, AISRe (the Italian Section of the Regional Science Association International) has established an annual award for two Ph.D. dissertations in memory of Giorgio Leonardi. Applications must be send within the deadline of March 3rd, 2025. “AISRe” YOUNG AUTHOR BEST PAPER AWARD 2026 – XVIII EDITION To promote the diffusion of Regional Science in the Italian university system, AISRe has established an award for the most original and innovative paper presented by a young scholar at its annual scientific Conference. Candidates must send the abstract and paper through the Association’s website by March, 3rd, 2026. Complete information at the following LINK

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Sections News

9th Central European Conference in Regional Science (CERS) “Sustainability-driven territorial development. Challenges for CEECs” was successfully held on 27-29 November 2025 at Cluj-Napoca, Romania Details at: https://www.cers.rrsa.ro/

Call for Applications – PhD Positions in Rural Entrepreneurship (Marie Curie DN) The Deadline for applications is now January 6, 2026. We are pleased to share a call for two Doctoral Candidates in the field of Rural Entrepreneurship, based at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, within the framework of the EPHEMERAL project (Marie Curie Doctoral Network – Horizon Europe). Research Topics: 1. Rural tourism and heritage identities 2. Food networks & place-based communication beyond the rural Project website: www.sdu.dk/clf/EPHEMERAL  Full call and application details available here: https://www.ua.pt/en/sgrh/concursos-outras-posicoes An excellent opportunity for early-stage researchers interested in rural sociology, rural tourism, and place-based development. We kindly encourage ERSA members to share this call with their networks.

Other Events

ANZRSAI (the Australian and New Zealand section of RSAI) The ANZRSAI 48th Annual Conference will be held at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, on 1-2 December 2025, jointly with the Regional Studies Association. The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to 26 September 2025. Escape the northern winter for a conference in New Zealand! For more details: https://www.anzrsai.org/conference/

Publication

Share Your 2025 Book Publication with the RSAI-ERSA Community Are you a member of the RSAI-ERSA Community and have recently published a book (preferably written in English)? Don’t miss this opportunity to share your work with our network send the details to office@ersa.org.