RSAI NEWS

Dear members of RSAI,

Taking into account that nominations for Councilors to be elected at-large shall be made by the Council after solicitation of suggestions from the members of the Association (http://www.regionalscience.org/Table/Organisation/Constitution/) we inform that the proposals for councilor-at-large can be send to rsai@apdr.pt before the 31^h of July 2014. Suggestions shall include a CV and a photo.

The election of two councilors-at-large for the period 2015-2017 will be done electronically by RSAI members along September 2014

Best regards,

Tomaz Ponce Dentinho

Executive Director

The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) invites submissions for the annual competition for the best doctoral dissertation in regional science. Regional science is an interdisciplinary field concerned with theory, method, and application of regional, urban and rural, geographic and spatial investigations and analyses.

The winner will be decided by the selection committee and will receive a cash award of 750 Euros. Award announcements will be made at the North American Meetings of the RSAI, where participants in the competition are strongly encouraged to be present. The competition is held annually. The Selection Committee reserves the right to not make an award. Decisions made by the Selection Committee are final.

Eligibility:

1.         A dissertation completed in any Ph.D. program in any country is eligible,

2.         A dissertation written in English,

3.         A dissertation successfully defended, with official graduation date between July 1st 2013 and June 30th 2014,

4.         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. 

Application (in either PDF or MS Word format):

1. A two-page curriculum vita;

2. A letter of support and nomination from the major professor (also known as dissertation committee chairperson or supervisor) on stationary paper and with signature;

3. The dissertation.

4. Applications should be submitted electrically by July 31th, 2014 to the Selection Committee Chair, Dr. Shaoming Cheng (scheng@fiu.edu). Large submissions can be uploaded to a cloud file-sharing site.

For further information about the RSAI Dissertation Competition, please contact Prof. Shaoming Cheng at scheng@fiu.edu and / or look at http://www.regionalscience.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=365&Itemid=602

Best regards,

Tomaz Ponce Dentinho

Executive Director

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