Three economic positions are to fill and the positions will be located in New York, NY. All contact info and directions on how to apply are listed in the descriptions below.

Econometrician (23 kB)

Economic Analyst (22 kB)

Chief Economist (24.5 kB)

Job Opportunity: Economist, Regional Planning and Research Division

 Job Opportunity: Economist, Regional Planning and Research Division (28.5 kB)

Who May be Considered
Applications will be accepted from all sources.

• Provides advice and guidance on the development of Commission and state research programs and projects utilizing statistical procedures, economic feasibility studies, and prior research in order to determine the validity of proposed research programs and advises on the attainability of goals and objectives. Assists Commission and state officials in the redesign of research proposals, including recommending alternative research methods and evaluating the qualifications of potential contractors.
• Analyzes economic and social data and provides the Commission with advice regarding the impact of economic and social trends in the Appalachian Region and on the Commission’s programs.
• Assists the Commission with the design and content of information prepared for public consumption concerning the economic aspects of the Commission’s regional development programs and projects, insuring that the information is valid and understandable to the general public.
• Recognizes and determines those areas where investigations, studies, research, and demonstration projects are desired. Prepares a research plan for ARC and supervises the implementation of the plan through staff research and study efforts or contracts with consultants.
• Attends Commission meetings as a resource person for research and economic development programs, responding to inquiries and questions as they relate to all phases of the ARC research programs related to economic development.

• Success in completing a federal background investigation;
• United States citizenship;
• A Ph.D. in economics or closely related field.

• Five years of experience in directing and conducting research in the economic development field;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills;
• Strong knowledge of the principles of regional and economic development;
• Demonstrated ability to analyze data and translate conclusions into useful program guidance;
• Ability to work independently as well as in teams.

Salary and Benefits
Pay will be commensurate with experience. This is not a federal position; however, if a federal employee is selected for this position and transfers without a break in service of more than three calendar days, he/she is entitled to continue his/her retirement, life and health insurance benefits, and leave entitlements. A non-federal selectee will be offered a comparable benefits package.

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Director of Center for Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing of the National University of Rwanda (CGIS-NUR)

 
The of Center for Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing of the National University of Rwanda (CGIS-NUR) serves as a national and regional training and research centre of excellence in the fields of Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing. The CGIS-NUR has approximately 25 full time or affiliated academic staff and 8 administrative/technical staff members. Due to retirement of its director, NUR is advertising the position to be filled as of September 1, 2008 or as soon as possible. This research and training centre is supervised by the Vice Rector of Academic Affairs, and its director operates on a faculty dean level.

The Director of CGIS-NUR has the overall responsibility for the centre’s activities including outreach at local, national, and regional levels, recruitment of staff, human resource development, planning, budgeting, reporting and chairing the various CGIS bodies. The Director is supported by a Deputy Director in charge of coordinating research and training activities of the centre.

The incumbent candidate should have a PhD with specialized training in GIS/RS or a related application field, enjoy international standing, have long term experience in research/project and institutional management as well as a high level of interpersonal skills and abilities to work with a team of professionals. Fluency in English or French and working knowledge of the other language is required.

Interested candidates should send a letter of application, a CV and relevant notified career documents to the Rector of the National University of Rwanda, P. O. Box 117, Huye, Rwanda. Copies of the above mentioned documents have to be received by August 4, 2008 at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . For more information please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or +250 08606208.

 CGIS_Director (44.92 kB) 

Done at Butare, July 14, 2008

The Vice Rector for Administration and Finance NUR

The Department of Public Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has an opening for a professor of public policy with substantive interests in regional or international economic development. Examples of specific areas of related interest might include public finance and tax policy, entrepreneurship incentives, innovation policy, or science and technology policy. The successful candidate will play a significant role in the university’s teaching, research, and engagement activities in this policy area, and will also be considered for a senior program leadership role in the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, a unit of the Kenan-Flagler Business School whose mission includes these research areas in partnership with the department (http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/KI/).

Candidates for this position must have an established record of research and publication, teaching, and service appropriate for a full professorship at a major research university. Both U.S. and international research applications are welcome; disciplinary background is not as important as the candidate’s analytic rigor and knowledge of the public policy academic enterprise. All candidates must be interested in teaching at both undergraduate and doctoral levels and in supervising Ph.D. dissertations and undergraduate honors theses.

The Department of Public Policy is within the College of Arts and Sciences. It confers A.B. and Ph.D. degrees and works closely with other Ph.D.-granting social science departments in the College, as well as departments and schools offering professional degrees, notably City and Regional Planning, Public Administration, Business, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Social Work, Public Health, and Law. The department has a full-time faculty of eleven, fourteen adjunct faculty, and an enrollment of approximately 20 doctoral students and 200 undergraduate majors ( http://www.unc.edu/depts/pubpol). An additional source of opportunities is the newly created Carolina Institute for Public Policy, established in association with the department to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations on policy-relevant research and to promote opportunities for faculty and students to interact with policymakers and other public leaders.

Interested applicants should send a detailed letter of interest and curriculum vitae to the address below. We will ask for the names of outside references at the appropriate time from those applicants we wish to pursue further. Evaluation of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Questions or preliminary inquiries may be directed to Richard N. L. Andrews, Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and chair of the department ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 919-843-5011).

Please send applications to Senior Faculty Search, Department of Public Policy, CB#3435 Abernethy Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3435, or email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; if by email, a signed original of the application letter is also requested. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

The U.S. Mission here was recently contacted by a Minister of the Government of Lesotho (GoL).  The Minister requested assistance with city planning expertise – something sorely lacking here!  Would it be possible for RSAL to provide any type of assistance, whether it be a guest speaker, educational resources, or anything else?

MPhil and PhD scholarships in labour economics and urban/regional economics are available at the University of Waikato.

For more details please see link below:

 Waikato scholarships (147.87 kB)

For more information about the Benjamin H. Stevens 2009-2010 Graduate Fellowship in Regional Science see link below.

 Stevens Fellowship (29.46 kB) 

GIScience 2010 :: First Circular

GISCIENCE CONFERENCE BACK IN EUROPE!

Zurich, Switzerland, September 14-17, 2010

Zurich, Switzerland will be the host city of the sixth GIScience, continuing a highly successful series of conferences that commenced in 2000, and which regularly attracts over 200 international researchers.

GIScience 2010 aims to bring together scientists from academia, industry, and government to discuss the state-of-the-art in geographic information science, and explore emerging research directions. The conference focuses on basic research findings across all sectors of the field, and pure application papers are discouraged. The conference has two (refereed) submission tracks: full papers and extended abstracts. Pre-conference workshops and tutorials (Sep. 14) and the main conference (Sep. 15-17) will take place at the University of Zurich-Irchel campus, featuring state-of-the-art conference facilities within a park-like setting.

The conference site is located only 20 minutes from both downtown and Zurich Airport, and is easily accessible through public transport.

The Second Circular, including the call for papers and more detail on the conference structure, accommodation, and registration will be sent out by the end of August, 2009. Note also the conference website, which will be updated on a regular basis:

http://www.giscience2010.org.

DEADLINES

Workshop and Tutorial proposals due       January 7, 2010

Workshop and Tutorial notification           January 29, 2010

Full papers due                                    January 29, 2010

Full paper notification                            March 15, 2010

Extended abstracts due                         April 30, 2010

Extended abstract notification                 June 15, 2010

The Regional Science Association International: British and Irish Section invites the submission of abstracts for their 39th Annual Conference in Glasgow from August 25 to 27, 2010.

 Call for Papers: RSAI-BIS conference 2010 (35.12 kB) 

The following are suggested themes, but quality papers in all areas of regional science are welcome.

·      Regional Growth and Productivity

·      Differential Regional Impacts of the Current Economic Crisis

·      Sustainable Regional Development

·      Regional Energy Use and Environmental Impacts

·      Patterns of Migration and Implications for Regional Labour Markets

·      Evaluating Regional Development Policies

·      Spatial Analysis and Geodemographics

·      Multisectoral Modelling Approaches

·      Innovation and Competitiveness

·      Spatial Productivity Disparities

·      Transport and Infrastructure

·      Rural Economies and Communities

There will be Special Session for early career / doctoral students with prizes for the best conference paper and the best conference presentation by early career researchers.

Early career researchers are those engaged in or having recently completed PhD study in regional science.  Those applying for the best presentation must be at a stage prior to a PhD viva date.  Applicants for the best conference paper must be within 3 years of their PhD viva.  If you are eligible and wish to be considered for these prizes please bring this to the attention of the Secretary when you submit your abstract.

Please submit abstracts of up to 300 words by e-mail to the Secretary at the address below as soon as possible and by February 12th 2010 at the very latest. Authors will be notified of the selection committee’s decision in April 2009.

For any further information regarding the conference please contact the Secretary: Dr Declan Jordan, Secretary RSAI:BIS, Department of Economics, University College Cork, Western Road, Cork, Ireland.

E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.