9 January 2020 – Nr 1     SEIZE YOUR 2020 ERSA OPPORTUNITIES!     ERSA-RSAI network offers a wide range of opportunities for regional scientists worldwide. We invite you to mark your agenda and seize the best opportunities for yourself, regarding our events, publications and awards.   Best Wishes for the New Year! from André Torre   Upcoming Events and ongoing Calls   >>> ERSA Agenda   5 March 2020 Brussels, Belgium REGIO-ERSA Academic Lecture Regional development theories and EU regional policy: an evolving relationship Speaker: Prof. Roberta Capello, Politecno di Milano   14-19 June 2020 Sion, Switzerland ERSA Summer School 2020 Regions in transition, what implications for tourism and manufacturing? Application Submission Deadline: March 6, 2020   25-28-August 2020 Bolzano, Italy 60th ERSA Congress 2020 “Territorial Futures” Abstracts Submission Deadline: March 2, 2020   >>> ERSA Sections’ Agendas   15-22 February 2020, Matrei in Osttirol, Austria German speaking Section: Winter Seminar 2020 of the Gesellschaft für Regionalforschung   26-28 February 2020 Aras, France French speaking Section: Doctoral Student Conference 2020 of ASRDLF Abstract Submission Deadline: January 10, 2020   11-14 March 2020 Slovakia Slovak Section: 10th Central European Winter Seminar in Regional Science Ongoing registration and abstracts submission   16 April 2020 Portugal Portuguese Section: 25th APDR Workshop Abstracts Submission Deadline: January 31, 2020   29 June – 3 July 2020 Split, Croatia Croatian Section: International Summer School 2020   2-3 July 2020 Braunschweig, Germany German speaking Section: 11th Summer Conference in Regional Science Paper/ extended abstract Submission: From 15 January to 29 February 2020   7-9 July, 2020 Stirling, UK British and Irish Section: 48th RSAI-BIS Annual Conference Abstract Submission Deadline: February 21, 2020 Proposals for special sessions are invited.   9-10 July 2020 Portugal Portuguese Section: 27th APDR Congress Special Session Proposal Deadline: February 29, 2020 Abstract Submission Deadline: March 30, 2020   2-4 September 2020, Lecce, Italy Italian Section: AISRE XLI Annual Scientific Conference Organized Session Proposal Deadline: January 31, 2020 Abstracts Submission Deadline: March 5, 2020   See more events   Awards opportunities   >>> Rewarding excellence >> Recognized Scholars >> Early career researchers and doctoral students   ERSA 60th ERSA Congress 2020 “Territorial Futures” ·    The prestigeous Epainos Award for young scientists is awarded to the best paper presented at the ERSA congress by a young researcher. ERSA Prize in Regional Science   British and Irish Section 48th RSAI-BIS Annual Conference ·    Best conference presentation by early career researchers / PhD students   Italian Section AISRE XLI Annual Scientific Conference ·    Ph.D. Dissertation Awards; ·    Award for the best paper presented by a young scholar (in collaboration with GSSI); ·    Award for the best poster.   RSAI 2020 RSAI Best dissertation Award in Regional Science Application Deadline: July 31, 2020 more RSAI awards opportunities   Publications opportunities     >>> REGION – ERSA 100 % Open access Journal   >>> RSAI Journals >>PiRS – Papers in Regional Science >> RSPP – Regional Science Policy & Practice   >>> 7 ERSA Sections Journals   > Spatial Economic Analysis British and Irish Section RSAI-BIS > Revue d’Economie Régionale et Urbaine (Reru) French speaking Section ASRDLF > Review of Regional Research German speaking Section GfR > Italian Journal of Regional Science Italian Section AISRe > Studio Regionalia Polish Section ERSAPL > Investigaciones Regionales – Journal of Regional Research Spanish Section AECR > Romanian Journal of Regional Science Romanian Section RRSA   >>> Current Calls for Special Issues >> Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP) Tackling with Societal, Technological and Climate Changes in Peripheral Territories Paper Submission Deadline: January 2020 Regional Development in Latin-America Paper Submission Deadline: : March 2020 The Underlying Factors of (Recent) Regional Voting Patterns Paper Submission Deadline: May 2020   >> Other calls include: >> Journal of Labour Market Research Spatial Dimensions of the Labour Market Paper Submission Deadline: 28 February 2020 >> Annals of Regional Science Entrepreneurial Territories: Measures, Determinants and Outcomes Submission Deadline: 29 February 2020   More opportunities will be announced in the coming weeks and months.We invite you to stay tuned for regular updates!