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17/11/2015

.2015 – November Issue 1

ERSA 2016: CALL for Special Session Proposals is OPEN
DG REGIO & ERSA Lecture Series: UPDATE
REGION:CALL for Special Issues
RSAI World Congress: Registration is OPEN
OPEN DAYS 2045 & AESOP-ERSA Lecture Series – Reports
What'on in November

ERSA 2016: CALL for Special Sessions' proposals

The added-value of special sessions in ERSA congresses is undeniable.

Gunther Maier, Chair of the 2016 Local Organising Committee invites you to make proposals of Regional Science topics you would like to present during the Congress.

We kindly request you to send your proposal via the online submission form. If you want to submit more than one topic, please fill in twice the form.

Don't miss this chance of being part of the 2016 programme!

Deadline: 6 December 2015.

Link to the Special Session Submission Form

DG REGIO & ERSA: LECTURE SERIES

A new series of academic lectures on key issues of regional policy.

Update

The 1st Lecture Series for this year programme was held last Friday in DG Region Building, Brussels.

Success ! Over 60 participants with interesting comments and questions.

The Topic :"The Impact of Cohension Policy on 'old' and 'new' Member States" was covered by
Prof. John Bachtler, University of Strathclyde and Prof. Grzeg orz Gorzelak, University of Warsaw
Thank you to Prof. Daniela L. Constantin, President of the Romanian ERSA Section for being the discussant of this first Lecture.
ERSA members are encouraged to participate in these lecture series organized in cooperation with the European Commission because interaction between scientists and policymakers are essential to make concrete steps forward.

The Two next appointments are on 27 November and 11 December. Download the updated programme Here

RSAI 2016: CALL for Submissions

As you are aware, next year's RSAI World Congress will be held in Istanbul and hosted by ERSA Turkish Section. Tüzin Baycan has been designated as the Chair of the Local Organising Committee.

Deadline for submissions: 29 November 2015

The Journal of ERSA

NEW: CALLS for Special Issues

REGION has recently issued two calls for special issues on;
– Urban freight, land use planning and public administration strategies
– Well Being in cities and regions: measurement, analysis and policy practices.
Interested? Don't wait any longer, click on More

REPORTS:

ERSA participated with 2 main workshops:

– Smart Development for rural areas?
Speakers: André Torre, Hans Westlund, Michael Steiner, Stefano Corsi
Moderator: Jose Enrique Garcilazo

– Energy Issues and urban development' in collaboration with AESOP

Speaker: Cheryl de Boer
Moderator: Yann Francoise
Link to download the reports

AESOP-ERSA Lecture Series

Lecture 9 held in Zagreb on 22 October 2015
Topic: "Creative Industries'click with the economy … City slickers?"
Speakers: Klaus R. Kunzmann, Bénédicte Le Ray and Anne Brisset, KatarinaBacic and Ivana Rasic Bakaric
Moderator: Irena Dokic

Link to watch the video Report