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RSAI NEWS | December 2016

RSAI NEWS | December 2016

 

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REMINDER | 2018 RSAI World Congress | Request for Proposals

 

Application Process

1. Proposals should address each of the 12 criteria for hosting the 2018 world congress outlined above. However, it is understood that some of the information provided by the congress proposers (such as names of suggested keynote speakers, sponsorship, etc.) will be tentative at the time the proposal is submitted. 

2. Proposals should include a list of the key people involved in organising the congress, a draft congress plan (including dates, location and schedule), a detailed draft budget (including a schedule of registration fees) and a suggested range of accommodations and charges.

3. The acceptance of a proposal by RSAI Council does not constitute a binding agreement between the two parties. The subsequently drawn up MOU, which is guided by the proposal, will constitute a binding agreement.

4. Proposals should be submitted by email to rsai@apdr.pt by Friday December 16, 2016, 23:59 GMT.

5.  A decision regarding the 2018 World Congress will be made by Council on or before Friday January 20, 2017, 23:59 GMT.

 

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REMINDER | Call for Applications – Editor-in-Chief, Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP)

 

The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) seeks candidates for the position of editor-in-chief of the official journal of the association, Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP). RSPP is an international journal that publishes high quality papers in applied regional science that explore policy and practice issues in regional and local development. It welcomes papers from a range of academic disciplines and practitioners including planning, public policy, geography, economics and environmental science and related fields. Papers should address the interface between academic debates and policy development and application. RSPP provides an opportunity for academics and policy-makers to develop a dialogue to identify and explore many of the challenges facing local and regional economies.

Candidates should be RSAI members with a wide knowledge of urban and regional phenomena as well as distinguished records of scholarly contributions internationally. Candidates should also possess strong intellectual vision, leadership and organizational abilities, and experience relevant to editing a journal in the field of regional science. The appointment will start in early 2017 and continue for a three-year renewable term.

The editor’s primary responsibility is to continue to enhance the journal’s quality, reputation, and scholarship. The editor will be expected to strengthen the journal’s competitive position in support of RSAI’s worldwide mission.

The editor will recommend an international team of associate editors and a book review editor to help administer the peer review process, promote excellence in content and advance editorial initiatives.

The RSPP editor reports to RSAI through the RSAI Council.

Detailed information on responsibilities and on the process for applying for the editor-in-chief position is available below.

Letters of interest must be received by December, 19th 2016.

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REMINDER | RSAI AWARDS

 

Award

Goal

The Award

Target

Current Call

RSAI Hirotada Kohno Award

Honors and thanks a member of the RSAI who has provided long and outstanding service to the development and organization of Regional Science and to the development and management of RSAI at the International and/or Supra-Regional, including an outstanding contribution to the development of Regional Science at the Local Section level.

  • Annual
  • Plague
  • Awards will be presented at one of the three RSAI super-regional meetings/conferences (NARSC, ERSA, PRSCO) or at the RSAI World Congress.

A member of the RSAI who has provided long and outstanding service to the development and organization of Regional Science.

Nominations for the Award must be sent before 30 October 2017 to rsai@apdr.pt.

 

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RSAI Martin Beckmann Award

Recognizes a regional science scholar who has demonstrated innovation and excellence in Regional Science research through the publication of a paper of outstanding merit in Papers in Regional Science.

  • Annual
  • Multiple Awards/Certificates annually possible
  • Awards will be presented at one of the three RSAI Supra-regional meetings/conferences (NARSC, ERSA, PRSCO) or at the RSAI World Congress.

Paper published in PIRS in the previous year.

Submit an article to the Journal Papers in Regional Science.

 

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RSAI Peter Nijkamp Research Encouragement Award

Recognizes the outstanding potential of an early mid-career researcher from a nation in the developing world and in which there is a formal Section of RSAI, and seeks to encourage the development of the early career scholar as a high quality researcher in the field of Regional Science and as a participant in the international Regional Science community.

  • Annual
  • Certificate
  • Up to a limit of 750 € for travel to the Supra-Regional (NARSC, ERSA, PRSCO) meeting or the RSAI World Congress at which the paper will be presented.

Restricted to persons in full time employment in either a teaching or a research position in a university or research institution in a developing nation in which there is a member section of RSAI, and who has held their doctoral qualification for no more than ten (10) years as at the 31 December in the year in which they apply for the Award.

An applicant must be an RSAI section member and have been living in that or another developing nation continuously for at least the three year period from the 31 December of the year in which the application for the Award is made.

 

The proposals can be send to rsai@apdr.pt, before 15 August 2017.

 

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RSAI Dissertation Award

Awards the Best Doctoral Dissertation in Regional Science.

  • Annual
  • Certificate
  • Cash award of 750 Euros

Eligibility:

  • A dissertation completed in any Ph.D. program in any country is eligible,
  • A dissertation written in English,
  • A dissertation successfully defended, with official graduation date between July 1st 2015 and June 30th 2016,
  • A dissertation on a single or multiple general regional science topics. The Selection Committee reserves the right to determine whether a dissertation is relevant to the field of regional science.

Applications should be submitted electronically by 31 July 2017 to the Selection Committee Chair, Dr. Shaoming Cheng (scheng@fiu.edu).

 

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RSAI Fellows

RSAI fellows are distinguished scholars with a proven and recognized research record in the field of regional science during a considerable part of their scientific career.

  • Annual
  • Plague
  • Awards will be presented at one of the three RSAI super-regional meetings/conferences (NARSC, ERSA, PRSCO) or at the RSAI World Congress

Members of the RSAI are selected based on scholarship, scientific impact and service after a careful nomination and selection procedure, based on a broad consultation of the RSAI membership.

Nominations should be provided in electronic format (pdf preferred) by 31 January 2017 to Bernard Fingleton, Chair 2017 Fellows Election Committee. bf100@cam.ac.uk.

 

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RSAI Founder's Medal

Recognize lifetime contributions to the field of Regional Science and to the Association.

  • Every four (4) years
  • Medal
  • Award will be presented at the RSAI World Congress

The recipient should:

  • be a senior scholar who has contributed in an important way to the field of Regional Science in a scholarly sense;
  • have been active in the RSAI for a sustained period, but not necessarily active at the time of the award; also, the award is not given posthumously;
  • be a person with whom many members can identify; his/her contributions could be a major work in one area or many works in several areas;

The nominations should be sent to the RSAI Selection Committee.

The next Founder’s Medal will be awarded in 2020.

 

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RSAI Jean Paelinck Award

The Jean Paelinck Award for Distinguished Sustained Scholarship in Regional Science Methods recognizes and honors the truly outstanding scholarly achievement of a senior and internationally recognized regional scientist in the field of Regional Science Methods. Such an achievement should be recognized from an early stage in a recipient’s academic career and be sustained throughout the duration of their career.

  • Every two (2) years
  • Certificate

 

May only be awarded to a regional scientist who has already been recognized for his/her scholarly excellence.

Normally the recipient of the award would be nearing retirement or be formally retired, but still be active as a contributor to scholarship in Regional Science.

The nominations can be send to rsai@apdr.pt, before 31 December 2016.

 

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RSAI Stan Czamanski Prize

Award the author of the best Ph.D. dissertation proposal judged to exemplify the philosophy and approach of Professor Czamanski.

  • Annual
  • US$1,000 prize is awarded to the student and a plaque to the student’s advisor.

To be eligible, the dissertation proposal must have been defended and approved during the past 12 months.

Applications are to be submitted by 2 October 2017 to rsai@apdr.pt.

 

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RSAI Young Researchers Prize

Aims to showcase the research of young scholars in regional science through paper presentation and in-depth discussion organized at the Regional Science Association World Congress.

  • Each RSAI World Congress
  • Certificate
  • The first prize winner will receive € 600. A second prize of € 300 will also be awarded. All accepted papers will have a reduced registration fee in the Regional Science World Congress.

RSAI Young Researchers that present a paper on the RSAI World Congress,

Closing date stated on RSAI World Congress website

 

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PRSCO Best Paper by Young Regional Scientist

The Award is aimed at encouraging young regional scientists within the Asia-Pacific region to participate in research within the PRSCO community and to achieve research excellence.

  • Annual
  • Certificate
  • Contribution to cost of participating in PRSCO conference or summer institute

The 2016 Award will be made for the best submission to the PRSCO Best Paper competition by a young regional scientist, under the age of 33 (on July 1, 2017), who is from a PRSCO-relevant part of the world.

Eligible authors who wish to submit a paper to the 2017 PRSCO Best Paper competition should email a pdf copy of their paper to the PRSCO Executive Secretary (Hiroyuki SHIBUSAWA at hiro-shibu@tut.jp) by no later than 17 January 2017.

 

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PRSCO Higano Award for Outstanding Service

The Award is to recognise a member, or friend, of PRSCO who has provided long and outstanding service to the development and organisation of Regional Science, particularly in the Asia-Pacific area

  •  Annual
  • Certificate
  •  Up to two per year
  • Contribution to costs of attending the PRSCO Conference or Summer Institute

The Award is to recognize a member, or friend, of PRSCO who has provided long and outstanding service to the development and organisation of Regional Science, particularly in the Asia-Pacific area

Submissions must be received by the PRSCO Executive Secretary by 31 January 2017.

 

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ERSA Epainos Award for Young Scientists

The prestigeous Epainos Award for young scientists is awarded every year to the best paper presented at the ERSA congress by a young researcher.

 

  • Annual
  • The prize money is € 600 for first prize and € 300 for second prize.

The sessions are primarily targeted to Masters and PhD students, and young scholars of comparable age, and meet the following criteria:

  • All co-authors must be less than 33 years old on 1 September  congress year;
  •  None of the co-authors holds a senior position.
  • All papers accepted for the Epainos Award competition will be presented in Young Scientists Sessions specially marked as Epainos Session.

Closing date stated on ERSA Congress website

 

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EIB – ERSA Prize

The EIB – European Prize in Regional Science is created to recognize outstanding regional scientists at the European level and to increase the image of ERSA in the scientific world. The EIB – European Prize in Regional Science can be awarded each year to a distinguished European regional scientist.

  • Annual
  • ERSA gives the award (diploma) based on the recommendation of an independent jury. The independence of the jury is essential to help assure that the jury is objective and that it works to serve the best interests of regional science.

The EIB-ERSA Prize in Regional Science recognizes the outstanding contributions of scholars to the advancement in regional science and in related spatial area studies.

A consultation of regional scientists, from all over the world, is made under the authority of the President of the jury. During the consultation regional scientists are asked to propose the name of a living European regional scientist, who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of regional science.

The names proposed during the consultation are sent to the President. Using an ‘approval voting’ procedure, the jury chooses the laureate from the candidates proposed during the consultation. The President cannot propose names. In the case of a tie, the President has the casting vote.

 

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NARSC Graduate Student Paper Competition

Is held annually in conjunction with the North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI). This contest encourages the participation of young scholars by providing a forum for paper presentation and discussion by senior scholars in the field of regional science. Beginning in 2010, two separate competitions have been held for graduate student papers:

  • Annual
  • The winners will be announced during the awards luncheon at the NARSC Conference.
  • All authors who are selected as finalists will receive a cash prize. In-kind prizes may also be awarded.
  • The prize-winning papers will also be considered for publication in Papers in Regional Science. Because the papers will be subject to standard review procedures, publication is not guaranteed.

1) Graduate-Student-Author Paper Competition: Eligibility for the award is limited to current Masters and PhD students, and/or recent graduates who completed their degrees after August 1, 2015.

2) Graduate-Student-Led Paper Competition: Eligibility for the award requires that the paper’s “primary author” be a current Masters or PhD student, or a recent graduate who completed his/her degree after August 1st, 2015

Closing date stated on NARSC Congress website

 

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NARSC The Benjamin H. Stevens Graduate Fellowship in Regional Science

Was established in 1998 in memory of Dr. Benjamin H. Stevens (1929-1997), an intellectual leader whose selfless devotion to graduate students as teacher, advisor, mentor and friend continues to have a profound impact on the field of Regional Science.

  • Annual
  • The Fellowship consists of a stipend in the amount of $30,000 (U.S.), paid over a twelve-month period.

Eligible students should have completed all degree requirements except for their dissertation by the time the Fellowship commences. A requirement of the Fellowship is that the recipient has no duties other than dissertation research during the Fellowship, although the recipient may hold other fellowships concurrently. Applications from students working in any area or any Ph.D. program are welcome as long as their dissertation research addresses a research question in Regional Science.

Applications for the 2017-2018 Fellowship should be sent electronically by the applicant to the Selection Committee Chair, Professor Elena Irwin at irwin.78@osu.edu, and received by February 15, 2017

 

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NARSC Walter Isard Award for Scholarly Achievement

This award is named in honor of Professor Walter Isard, father of Regional Science, founder of the Regional Science Association, and a leading scholar in the worldwide Regional Science community. Established in 1994, the award pays tribute to regional scientists who have made significant theoretical and methodological contributions to the field of Regional Science throughout their careers.

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NARSC David Boyce Award for Service to Regional Science

This award honors Professor David Boyce, a prominent figure in Regional Science who promoted the Regional Science Association for a number of years and was instrumental in its long term success. The award acknowledges the service contributions that members have made to Regional Science organizations.

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NARSC Geoffrey J.D. Hewings Award

Named in honor of Professor Geoffrey J.D. Hewings who over the years introduced numerous graduate students to Regional Science and mentored them as young scholars. The award recognizes distinguished contributions to Regional Science research by scholars who have recently completed doctoral studies.

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NARSC Special Recognition Awards

Occasionally, the North American Regional Science Council wishes to recognize the special contribution of individuals to the advancement and support for Regional Science in North America

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NARSC The William Alonso Memorial Prize for Innovative Work in Regional Science

Recognize the recent innovative research contribution of Regional Science scholars in the spirit of Dr. William Alonso

 

Although occasionally awarded to an article, the Alonso Prize is primarily a book prize. A book’s key idea might have been presented first in a journal article, such as Alonso’s “A Theory of the Urban Land Market,” Papers of the Regional Science Association, 1960, but its fuller development and synthesis with other work can make the book innovative and eligible for the Prize.

The deadline for nominations is July 31, 2017.

 

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