27 September Issue – Nr 10   The issue contains: ·     ERSA2018 Congress photos ·     Call for Appllication: 2nd ERSA Winter School, Trento, Italy ·     ERSA at #EURegionsWeek ·     Events Agenda – coming next and in 2019 ·     Vacancies   The 2018 ERSA Congress concluded successfully on 31 August Our satisfaction survey confirms that the congress programme encountered a good satisfaction of 83% of respondents. The survey also reveals that Networking opportunities met the expectations of 95% of respondents with and 85% were happy with the feedback obtained on their research from peers.   See the photos of the event here   ERSA Awards presented at Cork   2018 Epainos Award Winner Daniele Mantegazzi,  Università della Svizzera Italiana, with his paper on The geography of political ideologies in Switzerland more 2018 ERSA Prize Winner Andrés Rodríguez-Pose was awarded the ERSA Prize in Regional Science for his outstanding contribution to pushing the boundaries of regional science. more   Newly elected President of ERSA ERSA Section representatives unanimously elected André Torre as the new President of ERSA at the ERSAC Meeting held at Cork on 31 August. André Torre, will succeed Jouke van Dijk as per January 2019. André underlines “the attractiveness of ERSA with its place at the forefront of the scientific debate and as a meeting point for researchers from various places, disciplines and approaches”. more   Handover of the ERSA flag to Lyon A key moment of the Closing Ceremony, was the handover of the ERSA flag to Lyon, City host of the 59th ERSA Congress to be held from 27-30 August 2019.  The preparations have already started. We wish the Lyon Local Organising Committee and ERSA French Section ASRDLF a lot of success.   2nd ERSA Winter School 21-25 January 2019, Trento, Italy   Last two days to apply Call for Application Deadline: 28 September 2018. more   The draft Agenda is now available A promising programme including prominent Scholars in the field. The already confirmed lecturers are: Rudiger Ahrend, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, OECD Roberta Capello, , Politecnico of Milan Riccardo Crescenzi, London School of Economics Diego Giuliani, University of Trento Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Deputy Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, OECD Guido Pellegrini, University La Sapienza, Rome Jouke van Dijk, University of Groningen Eveline van Leeuwen, Wageningen University & Research   Download the draft agenda here   Reminder: Last days to register and join us at #EURegionsWeek ERSA is involved in the Master Class programe and two university workshops more   The #EURegionsWeek is the biggest event world-wide on regional and urban development. It is organised and led by the European Commission.   All events are free of charge to participants, but upon prior registration only. Registration deadline: 28 September 2018. Register now   Next on the agenda   2018 Barcelona Workshop on Regional and Urban Economics Territorial resilience: mitigation and adaptation 4-5 October 2018, Barcelona, Spain Final Programme is out more Keynote Speakers: Alessandra Faggian and Péter Benczúr Registration deadline: 28 September 2018   ERSA supports this event.   2nd International Conference of the IGU Commission on Agricultural Geography and Land Engineering 17-19 October 2018, Jönköping, Sweden Deadline for full paper submission: 1 October 2018 more   Hungarian Section – 16th Annual Meeting Flows in the spatial economy 18-19 October 2018, Kecskemét, Hungary The Call for abstracts and registration deadline: 30 September 2018.   ERSA supports this event. more   ESPON 2020 Scientific Conference Building the next generation of research on territorial development 14 November 2018, London, United Kingdom Notification of acceptance and Programme: end of September ERSA supports this event. more   Dutch Section 2-days Meeting on Smart Cities & Development Where do big data and regional science meet? And what can they deliver for policy making 15-16 November 2018, Den Bosch, The Netherlands Jointly organised with JADS (Jheronimus Academy of Data Science). Save the date! More info to be published shortlly more   4th ERSA-REGIO Academic Lecture 2018 19 November 2018, DG REGIO, Brussels, Belgium Lecturer: Alessandra Faggian Topic: Brain drain, brain circulation and its importance for regional development more   Mark your agenda 2019   32nd ERSA Summer School Cities and regions in the process of transformation 16-22 June 2019, Katowice, Poland Call for Application Start: 17 December 2018  more   The 56th Colloquium of the ASRDLF and the 12th Conference of the Romanian Regional Science Association 4-6 July 2019, ”Al.I. Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania   Save the date! More info to be published shortlly  more     RSAI British & Irish Section 47th Annual Conference 16-18 July 2019, Cambridge, United Kingdom Save the date! More info to be published shortlly more     59th ERSA Congress Cities, regions and digital transformations: opportunities, risks and challenges 27-30 August 2019, Lyon, France Call for Special Sessions Start: 22 October 2018 Call for abstracts (and) papers Start: 10 December 2018  more   To Keep up-to-date with all events on the agenda, visit our upcoming events page on our website.   See ongoing offer ·     Assistant Professor Urban Economics (Tenure Track), University of Wageningen, Netherlands Deadline for applications: 28 September 2018 more