12 June 2016 Issue n° 6 

Topic: The Public Animateur: Place-based innovation and the Smart State

Speaking

Prof. Kevin Morgan, Cardiff University, Special Adviser to Commissioner Cretu

Discussing: Dr. Michaela Trippl, Associate Professor in Innovation Studies, Lund University

Join us at DG REGIO VIP Room, Brussels  on 17 June 2016, 16:00 – 18:00 

Pre-registration is mandatory to have access to the Lecture.

To obtain the link to register, please send an email to info@ersa.org

OR REGIO-DGA1.01-WORKSHOPS-AND-SEMINARS@ec.europa.eu

Download the updated programme 2016 including also the September Lecture here

The 29th ERSA-RSAI summer school on "Space, Territory and Growth: Advances in Regional Science" is about to start! 

The summer school will be hosted at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 4-9 July 2016. 

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Eminent scholars in the field confirmed their participation:  Prof. Ansgar Belke, Prof. Roberto Camagni, Prof. Roberta Capello (also chair of the LOC), Prof. Andrea Caragliu, Prof. Ugo Fratesi, Prof. Peter Nijkamp, Prof. Fabio Mazzola, Prof. Frank van Oort, Prof. Andrés Rodriguez-Pose. 

There were 75 applications from 25 countries. A though selection was then necessary, and finally there are 54 confirmed participants from 21 countries.  

Given the high interest raised by this event, ERSA summer schools will definitively continue to be a 'must-be' event for future young regional scientists

Roberta Capello,

Chair of the Local Organising Committee 

Download the final programme here

• 29th ERSA Summer School 2016

3-10 July, 2016, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Space, Territory and Growth. Advances in Regional Science  more

• 56th ERSA Congress
• 23-16 August 2016, Vienna, Austria
• First draft of the programme sessions soon available
   

• REGIO & ERSA Lecture

17 June 2016, VIP Room DG Regio Building, Brussels

The Public Animateur: Place-based innovation and the Smart State more

• REGIO & ERSA Lecture

9 September 2016, VIP Room DG Regio Building, Brussels
Skilled cities, regional disparities and efficient transport more

• 14th European Week of Regions and Cities

• (previously named Open Days) 
• Master Class
• 9-13 October 2016, Brussels (Belgium) 
• Organised by the European Commission, DG for Regional and Urban Policy, the EU Committee of the Regions (CoR), the Regional Studies Association (RSA), the European Regional Science Association (ERSA), and the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) more

ERSA Sections Events            

• French speaking Section – Le 53ème colloque de l'Association de Science Régionale de Langue Française

7- 9 July Gatineau, Québec, Canada – Programme update 6 June  more 

• British and Irish Section – 45th Annual Conference of the RSAI-BIS
  30 August-1st September 2016, Cornwall, England more

• New:Polish Section – International Conference and Workshop

15-16 September 2016, Warsaw, Poland

Call for abstracts deadline: 30 June 2016 more

• Italian Section – A. I. S. Re. XXXVII Annual Scientific Conference
  Which borders? Territories between identity and international integration?

20-22 September 2016 Ancona, Italy more

• New: Spanish Section – International Conference 

30 years of integration in Europe from the regional perspective: past lessons and future challenges 
16-18 November 2016, Santiago de Compostela, Spain  more

Other Events   

• Spatial Econometrics Association annual conference

13-15 June 2016, Rome, Italy more

• 19th Uddevalla Symposium 2016 

Geography, Open Innovation, Diversity and Entrepreneurship

30 June- 2 July 2016, London, UK – Latest Programme update 8 June  more

• Latest publication in Region
• Vol 3, No 1 (2016)
• Editorial: Regional Science debate takes place in REGION, Vicente Royuela more

• Recently published articles in PiRS

Article: R&D networks and regional knowledge production in Europe: Evidence from a space-time model, Iris Wanzenböck and Philipp Piribauer, 8 June and  more articles

• Call for articles

Journal: 

Space Populations Societies

Topic: Movements and labour markets in (cross)border regions: issues and impacts. 
Deadline 30 June 2016 Link for more details

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