AESOP Newsletter 4/2014 - April 24
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Call for papers THE RIMINI CONFERENCE in ECONOMICS and FINANCE RCEF-2014
Important Announcement
Deadline Extension
“The 5th GLUNLAB Workshop of RCEA”
Rimini, Italy
The deadline for the submission of abstracts for
“The 5th GLUNLAB workshop of RCEA”
to be held in Rimini on 9-10 June, 2014 has been extended to
May 1st, 2014
For details, see the conference website at: http://www.rcfea.org/ and attached Call for Papers.
GLUNLAB (http://www.rcfea.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=27 ) is a research group of RCEA (Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis) which was originally created to link the impact of labour/ job reallocations with the processes of regional specialization and localization. In this context GLUNLAB has been focusing mainly on labour market flows within an equilibrium spatial configuration of economic activities. GLUNLAB has been aiming at combining aspects of Economic Geography with the analysis of the aggregate effects of labour/job reallocation. GLUNLAB has also developed in different directions and has been analysing the relationships between unemployment and other socio-economic indicators with growth and development. Particular interest has been devoted to signs of social progress as well as labour market linkages to the spatial divisions of poverty and wealth. The 5th GLUNLAB workshop is planning a full set of parallel sessions in Economic Geography, Regional Economics, Spatial Economics and Econometrics inside the RCEF2014. Papers within these fields linked to Labour Economics, Economics Development and Economic Growth are particularly welcome.
“The 5th GLUNLAB workshop of RCEA” will be held within <<The Rimini Conference in Economics and Finance 2014:
“The Next Convergence”>> at the same venue.
Location: Centro Congressi SGR, Via G. Chiabrera34/D, 47924 Rimini, Italy, http://www.centrocongressisgr.it/
The RCEF2014, “The next Convergence” is also organised by the Rimini Centre of Economic Analysis (RCEA).
Plenary Session of the 5th Rimini GLUNLAB Workshop
“The First Tapan Biswas Memorial Lecture in Economics of RCEA”
Plenary Speaker
Pranab Bardhan
University of California, Berkeley and RCEA
13th International Workshop Spatial Econometrics and Statistics, 5th and 16th of April 2014 Toulon-France
Please find attached the program of the 13th workshop on spatial statistics and econometrics that will take place in Toulon on the 15th and 16th of April.
More information: http://sew2014.univ-tln.fr/?lang=en
New website ASSOCIATION MAROCAINE DES SCIENCES RÉGIONALES (AMSR) et atelier migration
Chers collègues
J'ai le plaisir de vous annoncer le lancement du site web d'AMSR. Je vous invite à visiter la page réservée au séminaire sur la migration qui contient deux fichiers à télécharger (le programme et la plateforme) et offre aussi la possibilité de s'inscrire au séminaire:
http://www.amsr.ma/index.php/evenements/activites-2/1-atelier-immigration/event_details
Meilleures salutations
Abdellatif Khattabi, Ph.D.
Professeur
Lawrence Brown, 1935-2014
Call for papers for XL Spanish Meeting (RER): Financing and the role of the regions and towns in the economic recovery
English version of the Meeting website is already available: http://www.reunionesdeestudiosregionales.org/Home-82-home
In attach you have more information.
Important dates:
Abstracts: 15 May 2014
Abstract acceptance: 31 May 2014
Paper: 30 September 2014
Final acceptance: 15 October 2013
Regular Payment Period: 31 October 2014
Extra Payment Period: 21 November 2014
Conference in Armenia by Peter Nijkamp, 21 March 2014
By invite and organization of RSAI Armenian section and financial support of Gulbenkian Foundation honorable professor of Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Dr. Peter Nijkamp visited Armenia on March 21th.
The purpose of this visit was to become acquainted with the scientific capacity of Armenia and to discuss among many things the possibility of bilateral cooperation with Armenian university.
During his one day visit professor had separate meetings with scholars of Armenian State University, American University of Armenia and Armenian State University of Economics.
The purpose of his visit was also to conduct public seminar on “International migration and regional development” for Armenian students and researchers in AUA (number of participants is around 40).
With the culmination of the visit came an understanding of further steps that should be taken, particularly has been agreed that in autumn of 2014 with support of Armenian universities international workshop will be organized. Also the team that will be responsible for organization of the workshop and will be decentralized from any institution was created during this visit and is composed from scholars of main universities of Armenian.
REPORT
From March 20-22, 2014 Peter Nijkamp has visited Armenia, with a view to the creation of an Armenian Section of the RSAI. This visit was a follow-up of earlier contacts established by Tomaz Dentinho. He visited three universities in the capital city Yerevan, the American University of Armenia, the State University of Yerevan, and the Armenian State University of Economics. The meeting was well prepared by the local organizer, Anahit Harutyunyan. Various meetings took place to seek for opportunities to reinforce regional science initiatives in the country and to come to the foundation for an official RSAI Section in Armenia. Several international workshops and teaching courses are foreseen in the coming year, so that the plan for an Armenian RSAI Section may materialize next year. Some Armenian representatives will also participate in the forthcoming ERSA conference in St. Petersburg (August 2014).
Migration Impact Assessment: New Horizons
Prof. Dr. Peter Nijkamp
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Abstract. Most countries of the world are increasingly affected by international migration: either as senders of emigrants, receivers of immigrants, or in many cases as both. The composition of the migrant population is often very different from that of the host population in terms of demographic, cultural and socio-economic characteristics. Migrant settlement is world-wide also predominantly concentrated in specific ‘attractor’ regions, in particular in metropolitan agglomerations of the developed world. The extent to which foreign migrants exert positive or negative long-range effects on the local, regional or national economy is, however, an underresearched topic in many counties. Broadly speaking, both sending countries and host countries have gained from two centuries of mass population redistribution and crossborder mobility is presently greater than ever before. However, in recent years there has been a growing backlash against the notion that international migration at current levels provides a net benefit to nation states. Migrant-sending countries are concerned about a ‘brain drain’ of highly qualified workers, while receiving countries worry that the ‘migrant absorption capacity’ has been exceeded, leading to detrimental economic outcomes and rising social tensions. Of course, there are clear parallels with the other dimensions of unprecedented global economic integration since 1980s, namely trade and capital mobility, of which the benefits and costs are also hotly debated. This paper discusses examples of a range of the scientific methods that are currently available to conduct Migration Impact Assessment (MIA). It also provides various case studies that may assist in verifying and quantifying the societal consequences of international migration. We define MIA as the integrated application of scientific tools to trace the broad socio-economic impacts of cross-border migration and related policies. Clearly, the impacts of migration go beyond the socio-economic realm and include cultural, environmental, political, spiritual and strategic issues.
International Workshop on Irregular Migration, Marrakech and Rabat, Morocco April 8-11, 2014
International Workshop on Irregular Migration
Marrakech and Rabat, Morocco
April 8-11, 2014
Organizers:
Amelie F. Constant (George Washington University and IZA)
Abdellatif Khattabi (Association Marocaine des Sciences Régionales)
Peter Nijkamp (Free University, Amsterdam and IZA)
Abdelaziz Adidi (Institut National de l’Aménagement et de l’Urbanisme)
Karima Kouritit (Free University, Amsterdam)
Information and Program of the Workshop (download)
School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management (GPEM) Head of School, Professor and Lecturer/Senior Lecturer positions available
The School of GPEM is recruiting a new Head of School, Professor in Planning, Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, and Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Urban Environmental or Development Planning.
Applications for Head of School close 28 April 2014. Apply online: http://uqjobs.uq.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=495813&stp=AW
Applications for all other positions close 14 April 2014. Apply online: http://uqjobs.uq.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=495778&stp=AW
REMINDER: NECTAR Cluster 4 meeting on Commuting, Migration, Housing and Labour Market
Dear NECTAR friends,
We would like to remind you that the deadline for the next NECTAR Cluster 4 meeting on Commuting, Migration, Housing and Labour Market is soon approaching (Friday 4th of April).
This cluster meeting will be held during the 12th and 13th of June (2014) in Stockholm Sweden. Please see the attached call for paper for more information.
All questions about this meeting should be directed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Kind regards
Ana Condeço-Melhorado
NECTAR secretary
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The Regional Science Association International (RSAI), founded in 1954, is an international community of scholars interested in the regional impacts of national or global processes of economic and social change.