The abstracts and papers to be reviewed (for R-sessions, Young Scientist Sessions and Special Sessions) must be submitted all together

before the deadline of the 4th of March 2011. The Scientific Committee will review the abstracts and the papers all together.

 ERSA 2011 Congress, Barcelona, Spain. 

Invitation from  

Prof Jordi Suriñach i Caralt

Chairman of the ERSA 2011 Local Organising Committee

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

We invite you to submit your abstracts and papers for the 51^st European Congress of the Regional Association International, to be held in Barcelona (Spain) from 30th of August – 3rd of September 2011. We are preparing an attractive conference, with top academics and high quality presentations, parallel sessions, round tables and special sessions: an essential event for those who wish to keep up to date with developments in regional science and urban economics.

Policy Plenary Lecture of the Conference 

• Johannes Hahn 

          (Commissioner of Regional Policy of the European Union)

Keynote speakers 

• David Audretsch
• Maryanne Feldman
• Richard Florida
• Diego Puga

Special Round Tables participants

Antoine Bailly, Roberta Capello, Graham Clarke, Phil McCann, Rosina Moreno, Peter Nijkamp, Henry Overman, Raffaele Paci, Mark Partridge, Dan Rickman, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, André Torré, and more to come…

1^st European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association 

The Urban Economics Association seeks to promote participation and excellence in academic research in urban and regional economics. The ERSA conference in Barcelona will be the first European meeting of the UEA. To participate in the special sessions organized by the UEA, visit  http://www.urbaneconomics.org/.

On behalf of the Local Organising Committee and the Nordic Section of the European Regional Science Association.  

I wish you all a warm welcome to ERSA 2011 Congress in Barcelona.

Prof Jordi Suriñach i Caralt

Chairman of the Local Organising Committee

ERSA 2011 – Special Session Spin-offs and the diffusion of innovation and routines: a micro perspective – CALL for papers to be submitted through the ERSA website.  

ERSA 2011 – Special Session Cross Border Regions and Transport Accessibility – CALL for papers to be submitted through the ERSA website.  

ERSA 2011 – Special Session Turkish Cases – Please go to the ERSA website for further information, relating to the Special Session of Turkish Cases in Contemporary Issues/Dimensions for Regional Development at the ERSA 2011 Congress.

ERSA 2011 – Special Session Territorial Governance, rural areas and local agro food systems

Please go to the ERSA website for further information, relating to the Special Session of Territorial Governance, rural areas and local agro food systems at the ERSA 2011 Congress in Barcelona.

During the ERSA Congress Barcelona – 1st European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association – Call for Papers Submission Deadline: February 21, 2011. At the 51st European Congress of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) 30th August – 3rd September 2011 Barcelona, Spain.

The 8th International Conference of the Romanian Regional Science Association

The 8th International Conference of the Romanian Regional Science Association, dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Romanian RSA will take place at the "Babes-Bolyai" University of Cluj-Napoca, on June 24-25, 2011.

CALL FOR PAPERS/POSTERS The 1st Nordic Winter Conference

 The 1st Nordic Winter Conference of NS-RSA Regions: Sustainability, Growth, and Policy March

30th-April 1st, 2011. In the ski-resort Hemavan, Sweden.

Improving the Quality of Public Services – Moscow, Russia

Call for Papers – Extended to January 24, 2011 A Multinational Conference University – Higher School of Economics University of Maryland School of Public Policy Association for Public Policy

Call for Papers for the 22nd PRSCO on: New Trend and Challenges – Green Growth of Regional Economy and High Tech Development & Job Creation. In Korea 3-6 July 2011

2011 winter seminar of the ERSA German Speaking

The next winter seminar of the German Speaking Section of the ERSA will take place February 26th – March 5th, 2011 in Neukirchen am Großvenediger (Austria). International scientists are cordially

14th Uddevalla Symposium – Entrepreneurial Knowledge, Technology and Transformation of Regions – Hosted by the ELAB, University of Bergamo, Italy June 16-18, 2011

Canadian Journal of Regional Science
The new website of the Canadian Journal of Regional Science has been launched.   

http://www.cjrs-rcsr.org.  

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