Call for Applications - Editor-in-Chief, Investigaciones Regionales – Journal of Regional Research

The Spanish Regional Science Association (https://aecr.org) seeks candidates for the position of editor-in-chief of the official journal of the association, Investigaciones Regionales / Journal of Regional Research (https://investigacionesregionales.org), starting June the 1st, 2024 for a three-year term.

Investigaciones Regionales / Journal of Regional Research is an international journal that publishes high quality papers in applied regional science. It is a well stablished paper, with high impact factor (Q2 in Scopus 2022, Q1 FECYT, and accredited with excellence by the Spanish Ministry of Science, and expecting Clarivate’s impact factor for the 2024 edition).

It welcomes papers from a range of academic disciplines including economics, political science, public policy, geography, planning, environmental science and related fields.

Candidates should be AECR members in good standing, 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 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.

The editor will work with the existing Editorial Team of associate editors and potentially suggest some additional names. The candidate should propose also a strategy to renew the Editorial Board, both in terms of names and roles.

The Editor in Chief of Investigaciones Regionales / Journal of Regional Research reports to the AECR 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 within February 28th, 2024. Specific duties of the Editor-in-Chief

1. Maintaining and updating the aims and scope of the journal, editorial policies, and guidelines to authors.
2. Overseeing the manuscript peer review process through the publisher’s on-line submission portal (Open Journal System) in an unbiased, confidential, and timely manner.
3. Working with the editorial manager to check proofs and revisions to proofs.
4. Preparing and forwarding accepted manuscripts to the publisher’s production department.
5. Coordinating standards and practices across the Editorial Team and managing the workload of the Associate Editors.
6. Maintaining close and regular contact with the AECR on marketing and production matters.
7. Initiating and responding to correspondence with authors, managing editors, and reviewers.
8. Recruiting, selecting, and appointing members of the Editorial Team and Board that reflect the diversity of regional science and addressing any performance issues.
9. Appointing associate editors (to be approved by the AECR Council). The Editorial Team (editor and associate editors) will be comprised of AECR (or RSAI) members with high stature and respect in the community, and with the expertise to manage the breadth of regional science. Promoting young scholars to editorial positions is also welcomed.
10. Soliciting and managing special issues, selecting guest editors, and providing advice and assistance to guest editors.
11. Adhering to the page budget and financial structures set by AECR, and supporting the search of financial sustainability of the journal.
12. Serving as a non-voting ex officio member of the AECR Council and other governing bodies of the Association.
13. Reporting to the AECR Council through regular reports at Council meetings.
14. Reporting to the journal Editorial Board through board meetings held at least once a year.

Application process:

Interested individuals should submit an application package that includes:

• A letter of interest and qualifications;
• A vision statement for the next three to six years of publication of IIRR/JRR.
• A curriculum vitae;
• The names and contact information of three references.

All  requested  information  should  be  submitted  by  e-mail  to  the  Secretary  of  the AECR, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Call for Papers and Special Session Proposals

The APDR invites regional scientists, economists, sociologists, geographers, urban planners, policy makers, and researchers of related disciplines to participate in the 31^st APDR Congress with the theme "Regional Innovation Ecosystems and Sustainable Development" that will be held from 26th to 28th of June, 2024, at Polytechnic University of Leiria (School of Technology and Management), Leiria, Portugal.

In an era defined by dynamic global challenges, regional innovation ecosystems characterized by a strong collaboration between regional actors, both within and across regions, play a pivotal role in fostering sustainable development. As regions navigate the complex interplay between technological advancements, economic resilience, and environmental and digital transition, this congress provides a platform to discuss the diverse strategies employed across different regions to catalyze open and collaborative innovation, as a means to realize the full potential of the new opportunities available at the global level and to enhance societal well-being and sustainable development.

The call for papers and Special Session Proposals are open and your participation is very welcome!

Regular Sessions:

RS01 – Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems

RS02 – Territorial Sustainability Strategies

RS03 – Natural environment, resources and rural development

RS04 – Demographic Challenges, Migrations and Integration

RS05 – Education, Skills, Labour Markets and Regional Development

RS06 – Regions and Global Value Chains

RS07 – Energy transition and Regional Development

RS08 – Digital Transition and Smart Cities

RS09 – Social innovation, integration, poverty and exclusion

RS10 – Territorial Cohesion and asymmetries

RS11 – Governance, Leadership and Regional Development

RS12 – Regional resilience and crises

RS13 – Tourism, culture, sports and sustainable development

RS14 – Territorial Responsible Marketing

RS15 – Quantitative and qualitative methods in regional science

Deadline for Special Session proposals: March 4, 2024. Proposals should be sent by email to the secretariat of the Congress (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). 

Deadline for Abstracts submissions: April 15, 2024. Authors should submit their abstracts through online submission system by following the link https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/APDR2024

All information at the congress website: http://www.apdr.pt/congresso/2024.

Looking forward to meeting you in Leiria, Portugal!

The Organizing Committee and the Board of APDR

31^st APDR Congress

THE NEW ISSUE OF REGIONAL STATISTICS IS ALREADY AVAILABLE!

We are pleased to inform you that a new issue of the Regional Statistics has been released and now it’s available online.

https://www.ksh.hu/terstat_eng_current_issue

REGIONAL STATISTICS, 2023, VOL 13, No 6.

STUDIES

Amadeo Navarro Zapata - María Arrazola Vacas - José de Hevia Payá: Drivers of technological export performance in Spain: A regional approach, 2000–2016

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2023/2023_06/rs130601.pdf

György Kocziszky - Dóra Szendi: Comparative analysis of development paths in Central and Eastern European countries (V4+2) using a composite index, 1995–2020

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2023/2023_06/rs130602.pdf

Tibor Bareith - Adrián Csizmadia: The importance of aggregation in regional household income estimates: A case study from Hungary, 2019

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2023/2023_06/rs130603.pdf

József Benedek - Valér Veres: Regional development differences and cultural value patterns: The Romanian case

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2023/2023_06/rs130604.pdf

Pavla Jindrová - Hana Boháčová: Assessing the health system efficiency by using avoidable mortality indicators in European countries, 2019

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2023/2023_06/rs130605.pdf

Dženita Šiljak - Sándor Gyula Nagy: Patterns of the Western Balkans' convergence toward the EU since 2004

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2023/2023_06/rs130606.pdf

Petra Cselóvszki-Soltész - Gyula Zilahy: Characteristics of a regional ride-share platform – Motivations and spatial properties in Hungary, 2020

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2023/2023_06/rs130607.pdf

Levente Alpek - Gábor Hoványi - Róbert Tésits: Cognitive spatial perception and European Union image in a group of Hungarian high school students, 2022http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2023/2023_06/rs130608.pdf

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Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP)

Call for Papers Special Issue: Coordinated Regional Development to Dissolve Regional Disparity

Review of Regional Studies Special Issue:

Regional Science and Climate Change

Climate change and associated increased frequency of extreme weather events are related to many areas traditionally studied by regional scientists including trade, migration, agriculture, industry location, labor productivity, housing markets, demography, and transportation.  Regional scientists are involved in studying how these diverse areas are impacted by climate change, how these areas contribute to or have the potential to stymie climate change, and how policies might accelerate or ameliorate climate change impacts for populations, regions, and institutions. The Review of Regional Studies will be sponsoring sessions focused on these issues at the upcoming Southern Regional Science Associated Meeting held April 4-6, 2024, in Washington, DC. We will also be publishing a special issue on this topic. We invite submissions to either or both the session at the SRSA conference and/or the special issue.

Extended abstracts (1-page limit) should be submitted by February 29, 2024. The submission should indicate whether the proposed project should be considered for the conference or the special issue or both. Abstract submissions should be emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Authors of submitted abstracts will subsequently be invited to submit full manuscripts for the special issue. Those manuscripts will be due May 1, 2024. All manuscripts invited for the special issue will undergo peer review prior to acceptance for publication.

The Review of Regional Studies is provided as a service to the scholarly community by the Southern Regional Science Association. We publish high-quality scholarly research and provide for wide dissemination as an open access journal with no fees of any kind.

Review of Regional Studies Editors: Lei Zhang and Tammy Leonard

«The 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Regional Development in Central Asia»

Samarkand, Uzbekistan, May 6–7, 2024

Purpose of the conference

The 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Regional Development in Central Asia promoted by RSAI (the Regional Science Association International) in collaboration with Samarkand branch of Tashkent state university of economics, Samarkand, Uzbekistan.  The conference aims to bring together international speakers, and leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars across Europe and Central Asia to exchange and share their experiences and knowledge on all aspects of Regional Science and Sustainable Regional Development. It also serves as an interdisciplinary platform to present and discuss the most recent regional developments, innovations, as well as existing challenges and practical solutions adopted in the fields of Sustainable Regional Development in Central Asia.

Call for Contributions

Prospective authors are kindly invited to contribute to and help to shape the conference through submissions of their research works (abstract or paper). High-quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, or theoretical work in all areas of Sustainable Regional Development are encouraged for presentation at the conference.

https://conference2024.sbtsue.uz/site/submissions