Dear All, Since 2014 ERSA is involved in the university programme of the European Week of Regions and Cities. We are now making you aware that the Call for Application for the 6th Master Class of  the 16th European Week of Regions and Cities  is OPEN. We believe this is an added-value programme for young scientits and  we will be glad if you could disseminate this information among your respective contacts or post it on your websites.. Thanks in advance for spreading the word! Best regards Maristella *************** The Master Class will enable 30 PhD students and early-career researchers to be selected and have the chance to participate in the 6th edition of this Master Class to be held between 8 and 12 October 2017. The Master Class is a unique format to connect young researchers and will include presentations of papers by the participants as well as lectures and panel debates with policy makers, EU officials and senior academics to improve understanding of and research on EU Cohesion Policy.The EWRC is the biggest event world-wide on regional and urban development. Applications must be accompanied by abstracts of papers to be developed on one of these themes: 1) Reshaping governance and institutional relations 2) Territorial cohesion and cooperation; 3) Policy effectiveness in response to development challenges for European regions. Application deadline: Interested PhD students and early career researchers are requested to submit applications by the deadline of 9 May 2018, 15.00 (GMT) or 16.00 (CET). Please note that the organisers will cover travel and accommodation expenses of all participants More